Sam Pekarek
Nina Lindberg

Men's Swimming and Diving

Ivy League Championship Under Way

Yale’s 800 Freestyle Relay Finishes 4th

Sam Pekarek
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Two Yale relay teams competed on the first day of the Ivy League Men's Swimming and Diving Championships on the campus of Harvard University.
 
In the 800-yard freestyle relay, the team of first-year Joseph Page, junior Patrick Frith, sophomore Nathan Stern, and senior Henry Gaissert finished fourth with a 6:27.04 final time.
 
In the 200-yard medley relay, the team of Gaissert, junior Sam Pekarek, sophomore Philippe Marcoux and sophomore Michael Blank placed seventh with a time of 1:27.98.
 
Yale currently sits in sixth place in the competition with 98 points, but three days of competition remain.
 
Thursday's preliminaries get under way at 11 a.m. followed by the final at 6 p.m. 
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Players Mentioned

Michael Blank

Michael Blank

Freestyle/Butterfly/Backstroke
Sophomore
Patrick Frith

Patrick Frith

Freestyle/Butterfly/IM
Junior
Henry Gaissert

Henry Gaissert

Freestyle/Butterfly
Senior
Philippe Marcoux

Philippe Marcoux

Freestyle/Backstroke
Sophomore
Sam Pekarek

Sam Pekarek

Breaststroke/IM
Junior
Nathan Stern

Nathan Stern

Freestyle/Butterfly
Sophomore
Joseph Page

Joseph Page

Freestyle
First Year

Players Mentioned

Michael Blank

Michael Blank

Sophomore
Freestyle/Butterfly/Backstroke
Patrick Frith

Patrick Frith

Junior
Freestyle/Butterfly/IM
Henry Gaissert

Henry Gaissert

Senior
Freestyle/Butterfly
Philippe Marcoux

Philippe Marcoux

Sophomore
Freestyle/Backstroke
Sam Pekarek

Sam Pekarek

Junior
Breaststroke/IM
Nathan Stern

Nathan Stern

Sophomore
Freestyle/Butterfly
Joseph Page

Joseph Page

First Year
Freestyle