PRINCETON, N.J. – No. 18 Harvard University men's swimming and diving tallied four more event wins on its way to its fifth straight Ivy title as the Crimson placed first in the team standings at the 2022 Ivy League Men's Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday at Princeton's DeNunzio Pool.
 
On the fourth and final day of the championships, Harvard claimed its 28^th Ivy title all-time and sixth under Kevin Tyrrell, The Ulen-Brooks Endowed Coach for Harvard Men's Swimming & Diving, with 1,596 points. The Crimson topped second-place Princeton (1,492), third-place Penn (1,066), and the five other Ivy schools.
 
On Saturday, the Crimson totaled three individual event wins alongside a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay. First-year Shane Washart won the 1650-yard freestyle, sophomore Will Grant captured the 200-yard backstroke, and senior Dean Farris claimed the 100-yard freestyle. The quartet of senior Mahlon Reihman, sophomore Marcus Holmquist, junior Ryan Linnihan, and Farris won the 400 free relay with an NCAA A cut time, meet record, and pool record.
 
Over the course of the four days, the Crimson won 13 events, including all five relays. Harvard tallied four NCAA A cut times, five school records, five meet records, and five pool records. A total of 17 different Harvard student-athletes posted NCAA B cut times over 40 events in addition to two NCAA B cut relay times.
 
Three Harvard student-athletes – Washart, Grant, and Farris – won multiple individual events at the meet. Washart took both the 1650 free and 1000 free, Grant captured both the 100 back and 200 back, and Farris claimed the 200 free and 100 free. Farris – who also contributed to four of the Crimson's relay wins – earned the meet's Career High Point Swimmer award.

Harvard Highlights: Finals

• First-year Shane Washart captured the 1,650-yard freestyle for his second individual event win of the meet alongside the 100-yard freestyle. Washart won the event in an NCAA B cut time of 14:47.51 as the Crimson took three of the top five spots in the event. Harvard won the event for the 21^st time in program history.
• Also competing in the 1650 free, first-year Arik Katz placed third in an NCAA B cut time of 14:54.67, and sophomore Cole Kuster came in fifth in an NCAA B cut time of 15:07.04. Sophomore Noah Brune came in seventh in the B final – 13^th overall – in 15:26.83.
• Sophomore Will Grant captured the 200-yard backstroke for the second straight season and took his second event win at the meet alongside his victory in the 100-yard backstroke. Grant won the 200 back with an NCAA B cut time of 1:41.43. The Crimson took two of the top three spots as first-year Anthony Rincon finished in third in an NCAA B cut time of 1:43.21. The Crimson captured the 200 back for the 27^th time.
• Senior Dean Farris won the 100-yard freestyle for the second time in his career (2019) and captured his second individual event win at the meet alongside his win in the 200-yard freestyle. Farris won the race in an NCAA B cut time of 41.97 as the Crimson took three of the top five spots. Harvard won the event for the 15^th time.
• Closing the meet with the 400-yard freestyle relay, the quartet of senior Mahlon Reihman, sophomore Marcus Holmquist, junior Ryan Linnihan, and senior Dean Farris won the race with an NCAA A cut time of 2:50.40, setting meet and pool records in the process. Harvard won the event for the 21^st time and for the first time since 2014. The Crimson captured all five relays at the championship.
• Also competing in the 100 free, senior Mahlon Reihman placed second in an NCAA B cut time of 42.49, and sophomore Marcus Holmquist came in fifth in an NCAA B cut time of 43.43. Senior Raphael Marcoux came in eighth in 44.39, and junior Ryan Linnihan won the B final for ninth overall in 44.18.
• In the 200-yard breaststroke, junior Jared Simpson placed fourth in an NCAA B cut time of 1:55.13 while first-year Dylan Rhee won the B final for ninth overall behind an NCAA B cut time of 1:57.74.
• In the 200-yard butterfly, first-year Aayush Deshpande led the Crimson with a fourth-place finish in an NCAA B cut time of 1:44.85. Senior Jake Johnson followed in sixth in an NCAA B cut time of 1:45.74. First-year Ben Littlejohn won the B final for ninth overall in 1:46.46, finishing ahead of sophomore Noah Brune (15^th overall, 1:48.68) and junior Umitcan Gures (16^th overall, 1:49.52).
• In the 3-meter diving championship final, sophomore Luke Foster placed eighth with a score of 272.20.

Harvard Highlights: Prelims

• Harvard claimed the top two spots in the 200 back prelims as sophomore Will Grant took first overall with an NCAA B cut time of 1:42.28, and first-year Anthony Rincon won his heat and finished second overall behind an NCAA B cut time of 1:42.42.
• The Crimson captured three of the top four positions in the 100 free and advanced four swimmers to the A final – all with NCAA B cut times. Senior Mahlon Reihman won his heat – first overall – in 42.61, senior Dean Farris claimed his heat – second overall – in 43.05, and senior Raphael Marcoux took his heat – fourth overall – in 43.37. Sophomore Marcus Holmquist came in eighth overall (43.69), and junior Ryan Linnihan placed ninth overall (44.03) for the top spot in the B final.
• In the 200 breast, junior Jared Simpson came in sixth overall in an NCAA B cut time of 1:56.33, and first-year Dylan Rhee finished 10^th overall behind an NCAA B cut time of 1:58.16. First-year Quinn Harron swam an exhibition in the event, clocking an NCAA B cut time of 1:57.10.
• Closing the prelims session with the 200 fly, the Crimson posted four NCAA B cut times. Senior Jake Johnson won his heat – fourth overall – in 1:44.84 (NCAA B) while first-year Aayush Deshpande came in second in his heat – sixth overall – in 1:45.28 (NCAA B). Junior Umitcan Gures finished ninth overall in 1:45.88 (NCAA B), first-year Ben Littlejohn placed 11^th overall in 1:46.51 (NCAA B), and sophomore Noah Brune came in 12^th overall in 1:47.10.
• As a team, Harvard totaled 13 NCAA B cut swims in the session.

Next Up

Harvard will look to send representatives to the NCAA Zone Diving Championships (Mar. 7-9) and NCAA Championships (Mar. 23-26).