Princeton University Athletics
Princeton University
EISL Championships
Swim City
March 02, 2002 | Men's Swimming and Diving
March 2, 2002
Cambridge, Mass. - Jesse Gage capped off an incredible three days at the EISL Championships in Cambridge, Mass. with another individual title and another relay title to give the Princeton men's swim team the team title with 1,522 team points. The Tigers rallied to edge out Harvard on the last day of competition at Blodgett Pool, winning each of the last four events of the meet.
Gage won the 100-yard freestyle in 44.15 after Harvard swimmers captured the first two events of the day. Fellow junior Garth Fealey took first in the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:00.12, ahead of teammate Evan DeLaney, who finished second with a time of 2:01.94. Fealey's win was the first of four straight Princeton first-place finishes to close out the 2002 championships.
Junior Carl Hessler followed Fealey's victory with one of his own in the 200-yard butterfly (1:45.73). Juan Valdivieso finished second (1:47.14) to give Princeton its second straight 1-2 finish of the day. The 3-meter board gave Princeton yet another first-place finish with Kent DeMond posting 527 points on the board and giving the Tigers 32 more team points on the night.
The final event of the night and of the championships was the 400-yard freestyle relay. It came down to Princeton and Harvard and it was the Tigers (Gage, Hessler, Mike Salerno and Nathan Rebuck) who edged out the Crimson, touching in at 2:57.44, finishing first in the event and first at the meet. Harvard took second in both the relay and at the championships.
EISL Championships - Team Finish1. Princeton 1,522 2. Harvard 1,494 3. Yale 1,201.50 4. Brown 914 5. Columbia 707 6. Cornell 630.50 7. Navy 500 8. Pennsylvania 449 9. Dartmouth 401 10. Army 367
Princeton Individual Winners Jesse Gage - 50 free, 100 fly*, 100 free Garth Fealey - 100 breast*, 200 breast Carl Hessler - 200 fly Kent DeMond - 3-meter board
Princeton Relay Winners 200 freestyle - Jesse Gage, Nathan Rebuck, Jamie Leahy, Mike Salerno 400 medley - Jesse Gage, Pan Donahue, Carl Hessler, Garth Fealey 200 medley - Jesse Gage, Pat Donahue, Garth Fealey, Jamie Leahy 400 freestyle - Jesse Gage, Carl Hessler, Mike Salerno, Nathan Rebuck
* Meet and school record