CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 22 Harvard University men's swimming and diving heads to New Haven, Conn., to compete in the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet from Saturday, Jan. 29 to Sunday, Jan. 30 at the Bulldogs' Kiphuth Exhibition Pool. 

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Yearbook: Harvard Athletics Winter Yearbook 2021-22
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What to Know: Meet Information

• Competition begins on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 3:45 p.m. with 1-meter diving prior to the early heats of the 1650 freestyle at 5:00 p.m. Swimming events resume at 6:15 p.m. with the 200 free relay, 200 free, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 50 free, 200 IM, 1650 finals, and 400 medley relay.
• Action concludes on Sunday, Jan. 30 starting with 3-meter diving at 9:30 a.m. Swimming events begin at 12:05 p.m. with the 200 medley relay, 400 IM, 100 free, 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 500 free, 200 breaststroke, and 400 free relay.
• Harvard brings a 6-1 overall record and 5-0 Ivy League mark into the weekend. Princeton remains undefeated at 6-0, 5-0 Ivy while Yale carries a 4-2, 3-2 Ivy record.
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What to Know: Top Marks

• Senior Dean Farris owns the Ivy League's top time in the 100 free (42.34, NCAA B cut), 50 backstroke (21.35), and 100 backstroke (45.96, NCAA B cut). He also stands second in the 50 free (19.60, B cut), 200 free (1:35.57, NCAA B cut), and 100 butterfly (46.17, NCAA B cut).
• Senior Raphael Marcoux holds the Ivy League's top time in the 50 free (19.41, NCAA B cut) and ranks third in the 100 free (43.83).
• Sophomore Will Grant leads the Ancient Eight in the 200 backstroke (1:43.07, NCAA B cut). He ranks second in the league in the 100 back (47.02, NCAA B cut) and in the 50 back (21.98).
• Junior Umitcan Gures holds the league's top time in the 100 butterfly (45.15, NCAA B cut) and stands fourth in the 50 free (19.79, NCAA B cut).
• Sophomore Cole Kuster leads the Ivy League in the 1000 free (9:05.09). He also stands third in the league in the 500 free (4:22.17, NCAA B cut).
• First-year Shane Washart paces the conference in the 1650 free (15:07.49, NCAA B cut).
• First-year Arik Katz ranks third in both the 1000 free (9:14.40) and 1650 free (15:10.62).
• Senior Jake Johnson stands second in the league in the 200 butterfly (1:42.99, NCAA B cut). Johnson sits third in both the 200 IM (1:44.58, NCAA B cut) and 100 butterfly (46.20, NCAA B cut).
• Senior Mahlon Reihman sits second in the conference in the 100 free (42.98, NCAA B cut).
• Sophomore Noah Brune stands second in the Ancient Eight in the 1000 free (9:12.27).
• Sophomore Marcus Holmquist ranks fourth in the conference in the 200 free (1:36.71) and fifth in the 100 free (43.93).
• Junior Jared Simpson ranks fourth in the conference in the 100 breaststroke (53.52, NCAA B cut).
• On the boards, sophomore Luke Foster holds the team's top score in 1-meter diving (364.90) while first-year Adam Wesson carries the team's top mark in 3-meter diving (389.93). 

What to Know: Rankings and Meet Performances

• The Crimson ranks at No. 22 from the CSCAA poll from January, sitting as the top school from a non-power five conference. Harvard stood at No. 22 in the CSCAA preseason rankings and at No. 23 in the December poll. Harvard featured as the only non-power five program in the CSCAA preseason poll.
• The Crimson checked in at No. 15 in SwimSwam's first edition of Power Rankings for the 2021-22 season. In the Nov. 17 edition, Harvard featured at No. 17, and in the Dec. 14 edition, the Crimson moved to No. 16.
• In its regular season home finale, No. 22 Harvard won 15 of the day's 16 events to best the University of Pennsylvania, 211-86, at Blodgett Pool on Jan. 22. Alongside its 15 event wins, the Crimson tallied 11 second-place showings and seven third-place finishes.
• The No. 23 Crimson won 15 of the day's 16 events to defeat Brown, 215-84, on Jan. 18 at Blodgett Pool in the team's first home meet since Nov. 19, 2021. Alongside its 15 event wins, the Crimson tallied 11 second-place finishes and eight third-place showings in its second of three home meets this season.
• No. 23 Harvard won five events, including both relays, as the Crimson topped the University of the Pacific, 186-30, and fell to No. 10 Stanford University, 162-127, on Jan. 14 at the Avery Aquatic Center. Harvard won both the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay. Senior Dean Farris took first place in both the 200 freestyle and 100 freestyle, senior Jake Johnson claimed first in the 200 butterfly, and first-year Adam Wesson won 3-meter diving. Farris (200 free), Johnson (200 fly), and senior Raphael Marcoux (50 free) all registered NCAA B cut times.
• Competing at the Minnesota Invitational against four nationally ranked teams, the Crimson tallied NCAA qualifying times in both the 400 free relay and 200 free relay, setting a school record in the 400 free relay (2:49.85).
• Over the course of the Minnesota Invitational, senior Dean Farris contributed to two NCAA A cut relays (400 free, 200 free), an NCAA B cut relay (200 medley), and three individual NCAA B cuts (100 free, 100 fly, 50 free). Junior Umitcan Gures was a part of the 200 free relay A cut and 200 medley relay B cut alongside three NCAA B cut individual times (200 fly, 100 fly, 50 free) and an event win in the 100 fly. Senior Raphael Marcoux swam in the NCAA A cut relays (400 free, 200 free) as well as the NCAA B cut 200 medley relay and an individual NCAA B cut in the 50 free.
• Senior Mahlon Reihman competed with the NCAA A cut relays (400 free, 200 free) and added an individual NCAA B cut in the 100 free. Senior Jake Johnson (200 fly, 100 fly, 200 IM), sophomore Will Grant (200 back, 100 back), and junior Jared Simpson (100 breast, 200 medley relay) all took part in multiple NCAA B cut swims.
• Harvard defeated Columbia University, 207-93, on Nov. 19 at Blodgett Pool in its home opener as the Crimson competed at home for the first time since Feb. 29, 2020 – a span of 629 days. The Crimson won 13 of the 14 swimming events and added 12 second-place showings and eight third-place finishes to top the visiting Lions, taking its third straight Ivy League dual win to begin the season.
• Harvard returned to competition on Saturday, Nov. 13 for the first time since February 29, 2020 – a span of 622 days. Competing for the first time in over 600 days, No. 22 Harvard beat Cornell University, 233-65, and Dartmouth College, 219-77, in an Ivy League tri meet on Nov. 13 at Ithaca College's Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium in its season opener. The Crimson bested the host Big Red as well as the Big Green behind 14 event wins, 12 second-place finishes, and 13 third-place efforts.
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At the Helm

Kevin Tyrrell enters his ninth year as The Ulen-Brooks Endowed Coach for Harvard Men's Swimming & Diving in the 2021-22 season. Under Tyrrell's direction, the Crimson has captured five Ivy League championships, including four consecutive titles from 2016-17 to 2019-20. Tyrell has earned Ivy League Coach of the Year honors three times (2016-17, 2018-19, 2019-20). 

Next Up

Harvard competes at the Ivy League Championships from Feb. 23-26 at Princeton's DeNunzio Pool.