PRINCETON, N.J. - The Yale men's swimming team took on Harvard and Princeton this evening in the first session of the HYP meet. While the Bulldogs trail both the Tigers and Crimson, there were strong performances. Yale enters Day Two down to Princeton 106–80 while also behind Harvard 125–61, but there are still many events to go,
The 200-yard freestyle team of
Joseph Page,
Philippe Marcoux,
Michael Blank, and
Henry Gaissert was victorious with a time of 1:18.22.
Tyler Harmon continued his success with a strong second-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke, ending with a time of 48.13.
Gaissert was steady once more in his signature 50-yard freestyle event, finishing in second with a time of 19.68. The 400-yard relay medley team of Greg Kailin,
Sam Pekarek,
Connor Lee, and
Philippe Marcoux were impressive in their event. The team took second with a 3:14.08 time.
The swimming resumes at 12 p.m. on Saturday.
