Top Collegiate Times
50-Yard Freestyle: 20.42 (12/5/24)
100-Yard Freestyle: 46.31 (11/16/24)
200-Yard Freestyle: 1:41.21 (11/11/22)
100-Yard Backstroke: 46.88 (2/28/25)
200-Yard Backstroke: 1:45.46 (3/1/25)
50-Yard Butterfly: 22.63 (10/23/21)
100-Yard Butterfly: 46.06 (2/28/25)
200-Yard Butterfly: 1:44.67 (2/25/23)
200-Yard Individual Medley: 1:48.19 (12/1/22)
2024-25 - Senior
CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team... Earned a spot on the CSC Academic All-District Team ... Named to the All-Ivy League Second Team in the 200 free relay ... Posted the fifth-fastest 100 fly (46.06) and sixth-fastest 100 back (46.88) in school history ... Swam on the third-best 200 free relay (1:16.53) in school history ... Set personal bests in the 50 free (20.42), 100 free (46.31), 100 back (46.88), 200 back (1:45.46) and 100 fly (46.06) ... Swam on the team's fastest 200 free relay (1:16.53 - Ivy) ... Also swam in the 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay during the year.
2023-24 - Junior
CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team ... All-Ivy League First Team – 200 Free Relay … All-Ivy League First Team – 400 Free Relay … All-Ivy League First Team – 200 Medley Relay … Swam his fastest 100 back (47.23), 100 butterfly (46.55) and 200 butterfly (1:46.31) at the Ivy Championships …Touched the wall in the 200 IM after 1:52.87 at Florida State … Was on the fastest 200 free relay team for the season (1:17.41 at Ivy Championships) … Was on the fastest 400 free relay team of the season with a time that was good for top-5 in the program (2:50.73 at Ivy Championships) … Swam the third leg of the fastest 200 medley relay of the season (1:24.86 at Ivy Championships) …Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League title for the seventh straight season.
2022-23 - Sophomore
All-Ivy League Second Team in 800 free relay ... Established a personal best in the 100 fly (46.52) and 200 fly (1:44.67), both of which ranked second on the team for the season, at the Ivy League Championships ... Set a personal record in the 200 IM (1:48.19 at the Minnesota Invitational ... Swam on the team's top 800 free relay (6:18.42 at Ivies) ... Competed in the 200 free relay (1:21.62), 400 free relay (2:54.33), 200 medley relay (1:26.96) and 400 medley relay (3:11.29).
2021-22 - First-Year
Placed third in the 100 butterfly and fourth in the 200 butterfly at the Ivy League Championships … Posted season-best times of 22.63 in the 50 fly, 46.70 in the 100 fly, 1:44.85 in the 200 fly, and 1:48.65 in the 200 IM … Clocked NCAA B cut times in the 100 fly and 200 fly … Ranked as the team’s second-fastest swimmer in the 200 fly on the season … Also competed in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay … Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League championship for the fifth straight year … Earned Second-Team CSCAA Individual Scholar All-America honors.
2020-21
Season canceled due to COVID-19.
Before Harvard
Nine-time NISCA and three-time Scholastic All-American … Named MVP twice at Waubonsie Valley High School (2019, 2020) … Finished second four times in the state championships … Three-time All-Conference and Academic All-Conference … Holds four school records in the 200 medley relay, 200 IM, 100 butterfly, and 400 freestyle relay … Competed in three NCSA Championship relay teams … Holds four individual club records and relay records … National Merit Commended … Summa Cum Laude … Leader in Business … Enjoys cooking, spikeball, traveling to different countries and trying cuisine … Son of Archana and Anand Deshpande.