MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Harvard Men's Swimming and Diving completed its second day at the Minnesota Invitational on Thursday at Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.

What to Know

• Cole Kuster earned a spot in the A-final of the 500 freestyle after finishing in sixth place in the prelims with a season-best time of 4:23.19. In the championship round, the senior finished in fourth place overall, setting a new season-best with a time of 4:22.13.
• Shane Washart and Harris Durham secured lanes in the 500 free B-final with season-best efforts of 4:25.27 and 4:28.21, respectively. Both erased those season-bests in the finals with Washart completing the race in 4:24.79 (4^th), and Durham finishing in 4:25.92 (5^th).
• The Crimson trio of Filip Lanyi (4:29.78), Noah Brune (4:31.32) and Anders Aistars (4:31.32) all earned 500 free C-final berths after posting their best times of 2023-24 in the prelims. In the finals, Brune was the threesome's top finisher at 4:29.98, followed by Aistars (4:31.41) and Lanyi (4:31.86).
• Will Grant put up a new season-best time in the 200 IM, recording a prelim time of 1:45.50. His third-place performance moved him to the night session's A-final where he put up another season-best (1:44.26), finishing third overall. Both of Grant's times were NCAA B-standards.
• David Schmitt posted a season-best time of 1:49.93 in the prelims, which was good for 22^nd overall and a spot in the C-final. The first-year then finished in fourth in the C-final with a new season-best performance of 1:49.67.
• The Crimson had two swimmers – Marcus Holmquist and David Greeley – qualify for the B-final of the 50 free after they finished in 14^th (19.96) and 16^th place (20.02), respectively. Both prelim times were their best in 2023-24. Then in the finals, Holmquist set a new season-best (19.76), while tying for first. Greeley, meanwhile, finished in eighth (20.22). Sonny Wang, additionally, was a C-final qualifier with a time of 20.25 and then posted a 20.27 in the night session.
• In the final event of the evening, Harvard's top-performing quartet of Baffico, Washart, Kuster and Schmitt finished the 200 free relay in 1:21.49, which was good for 10^th place.
• On the diving side, Denny Gulia-Janovski was the Crimson's top performer on the three-meter board, posting a score of 311.20, which was good for fifth place.

Up Next

Harvard returns to the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center on Friday at 10 a.m. CT for the prelims, with the finals set for a 6 p.m. CT start. Diving prelims are slated for 1 p.m. CT.