CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Men's Swimming and Diving is set to welcome in the fall eight new members to the program. The Crimson's Class of 2029 consists of eight athletes – six on the swimming side and two divers.
 
The group joins a Harvard program that has won seven of the last eight Ivy League championships and returns all of its NCAA Championship participants from 2025. Last year, the Crimson was represented on the national stage by rising junior David Schmitt and relay swimmers Sonny Wang, Marre Gattnar, David Greeley and Evan Croley.
 
Below is an in-depth look at Harvard's Class of 2029.
 
Will Browne
Charlottesville, Va. (St. Anne's-Belfield School)
Freestyle/Butterfly
 
Before Harvard
Earned four varsity letters and captained the St. Anne's-Belfield School for one season… Competed for Cavalier Aquatics for 10 years… Three-time NISCA All-American… Crowned VISAA individual state champion seven different times… Named the 2025 Central Virginia Swimmer of the Year… Earned All-Central Virginia First-Team accolades four times… Tabbed the 2025 VPL Most Valuable Swimmer… Recipient of St. Anne's-Belfield Swimming MVP honors… Helped set the 400 medley relay national age group record (15-18)… Helped Cavalier Aquatics twice win the YMCA national championship… Volunteered for five years with Ben Hair Just Swim for Life Organization, which provides swim lessons for underprivileged children in the community.

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Pablo Martinez
Aldaia, Spain (IES Conselleria)
Distance Freestyle
 
Before Harvard
Lettered in swimming… Swam for CN Ferca San Jose, starting in 2018-19… Helped CN Ferca San Jose compete twice in the national honor division (2022, 2024)…. Finished second and third at the national men's level in the junior category (2022, 2023, 2024)… Helped CN Ferca San Jose win the trophy for the best club in the community (2021-25)… Crowned Spanish Junior Champion 15 times (2022-25), took second place 11 times (2021-25) and finished third five (2021-25)… Was third in Spain in the absolute category (2024)... Established 19 age records and one absolute community standard, while also setting two age national records... Swam at four European Championships (swimming and open water) and World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships (2022-25)… Crowned European champion and took second place once in the 4x1250m open water relay (2023, 2024)… Took eighth place in the 1500m freestyle at the 2024 Eurojunior meet… Received two medal for sporting merit for international results from the Spanish federation (2024, 2025)… Certificate of Honors recipient.

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Maro Miknic
Kostrena, Croatia (Prva susacka hrvatska gimnazija)
Butterfly/Sprint Freestyle
 
Prior to Harvard
Swam all four years on the varsity team… Competed on the club level for Plivacki klub Nevera in Rijeka for 14 years… Five-time national swimming champion (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)… European vice champion in 2024… Set nine national junior swimming records… Volunteered in the Municipality of Kostrena in 2024 and 2025… Father was a national sailing champion on multiple occasions and competed at the 1992 Olympic Games.
 
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William Mulgrew
Walpole, Mass. (Xaverian Brothers)
Distance Freestyle
 
Before Harvard
Competed for the varsity swim team… Part of the Shawmut Aquatic Club from 2014-25… Olympic Trials qualifier in the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle, taking seventh place in the 1500… Member of the USA Swimming National Junior Team… Part of Team USA for the 2024 Junior Pan Pacific Championships… State champion in the 200 free and 500 free… USA Swimming Scholastic All-American… National Honor Society member… Mother and father both swam at Miami University.

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Ognjen Pilipovic (he/him/his)
Novi Sad, Serbia (Fifth Belgrade Gymnasium)
Middle-Distance Freestyle/Butterfly
 
Prior to Harvard
Swam on the varsity team from 2020-24… Swam for Swimming Club Vojvodina from 2013-15, and Swimming Club Partizan from 2015-25… Competed at the Mediterranean Games for the Junior National Team (2021, 2022), capturing two silver medals and one bronze… Swam at the 2021 Central European Junior Championships, earning two silvers and a bronze… Won a silver and a bronze at the Multinational Junior Championships (2023, 2024)… Bronze medalist at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival… Helped relay to fifth-place finish at 2024 European Senior Championships… 10-time national senior champion… European Junior Championships semifinalist… 17-time national age group record holder… Member of the Serbian Swimming Junior Team from 2021-24 and member of Serbian Swimming Senior Team in 2024… Three-time Best Junior Swimmer recipient at the National Championships (2022, 2023, 2024).

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Vito Rados
Zagreb, Croatia (Gimnazija i ekonomska škola Benedikta Kotruljevica)
Breaststroke/Individual Medley
 
Before Harvard
Four-year varsity swimmer… Swam for HAPK Mladost, beginning in 2014… Served as Croatian Junior Swimming National Team captain (2023-24)… National champion in the 100 and 200 breaststroke in 2023 and 2024… Set the national record in the 200 breast in 2023… Part of the 4x100 medley relay and 4x50 medley relay that set national records in 2023 and 2024… Helped the 4x100 medley relay to a fourth-place finish at the 2024 European Junior Swimming Championships… Finished 11^th in the 100 breast and 13^th in the 200 breast at the 2023 European Junior Swimming Championships… Came in 13^th place in the 100 breast at the 2024 European Junior Swimming Championships… Helped the 4x100 medley relay finish in ninth place and finished in 19^th in the 100 breast at the 2023 World Aquatics Junior Championships… Recipient of the City of Zagreb Excellence Award, which is presented to students who achieve excellence both academically (4.0 GPA) and athletically on an international level (National Team – European and World Championships).

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Chase Shipp
San Juan Capistrano, Calif. (Laguna Beach)
Diving
 
Before Harvard
Dived all four years in high school… Competed for Crown Valley Divers on the 1- and 3-meter board from 2018-25… Three-time All-American… Named Laguna Beach MVP as a freshman, sophomore and junior… Landed on the All-County Team as a freshman and sophomore… Garnered scholar-athlete accolades three times… Sunset League Most Valuable Diver and Men's Diver of the Year in 2022, 2023 and 2024… Earned a spot on USA Diving's national team four times on both boards… Set high school diving records each year… CIF-Southern Section Division I runner-up as a freshman and sophomore, and Division II champion as a junior… Sunset League champion three times (2022, 2023, 2024)… Two-time CIF state finalist… AP Scholar with Distinction… Four-time Superintendent's Honor Roll.

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Rem Turatbekov
Fairfax, Va. (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology)
Diving
 
Before Harvard
Earned two varsity letters… Started competing for Dominion Dive Club in 2021… Three-time All-American… Set the school diving record for a championship event with 520 points… Took second place at the state meet in 2024 and third in 2025.