Top Collegiate Times
50-Yard Freestyle: 18.92 (3/28/19)
100-Yard Freestyle: 40.80 (3/30/19)
200-Yard Freestyle: 1:29.15 (3/27/19)
500-Yard Freestyle: 4:27.05 (11/30/17)
50-Yard Backstroke: 20.36 (3/23/22)
100-Yard Backstroke: 43.66 (3/29/19)
200-Yard Backstroke: 1:38.99 (2/24/18)
100-Yard Breaststroke: 56.86 (10/23/21)
100-Yard Butterfly: 46.17 (12/3/21)
200-Yard Individual Medley: 1:51.52 (1/21/17)
Career Notes
Earned 23 career All-America awards with nine First Team accolades and 14 honorable mention honors spread across 10 individual events and 13 relay events … Won 27 career Ivy League titles across 11 individual events and 16 relays … Captured 28 career All-Ivy awards … Set 10 program records across five individual events (50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back, 200 back) and five relays (200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay) … Won four Ivy League team titles … Captured the High Point Swimmer of the Meet award three times at the Ivy League Championships.
2021-22 • Senior
Gained seven All-America awards at the NCAA Championships, including First Team honors in the 100 back (seventh place) and Second Team accolades in six events – the 200 medley relay (ninth), 800 free relay (15th), 200 free relay (ninth), 400 medley relay (11th), 100 free (ninth), 400 free relay (ninth) … Set school records in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay; with all four times coming at the NCAA Championships … Won the 2022 Harold Ulen Career High Point Swimmer award at the Ivy League Championships … Captured Harvard’s William J. Bingham ’16 Award as the Crimson’s top male student-athlete … Won six Ivy League titles in two individual events (200 free, 100 free) and four relays (200 medley, 800 free relay, 400 medley, and 400 free relay), earning First Team All-Ivy in all six events; set meet records in the 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, and 400 free relay … Placed second in the 50 free at the Ivy League Championships, gaining Second Team All-Ivy … Posted season-best times of 19.37 in the 50 free, 41.42 in the 100 free, 1:32.67 in the 200 free, 20.36 in the 50 back, 44.55 in the 100 back, 56.85 in the 100 breast, and 46.17 in the 100 fly … Clocked NCAA A cut times in the 100 free and 100 back … Notched NCAA B cut times in the 50 free, 200 free, and 100 fly … Tallied the team’s fastest times of the year in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, and 100 back … Won the 100 fly at Cornell, 200 back vs. Columbia, 200 free and 100 free at Stanford, 100 fly vs. Brown, 100 back and 100 free vs. Penn, and 200 free and 100 fly at the H-Y-P meet during the dual season … Served team as a captain … Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League championship for the fifth straight year … Earned First Team CSCAA Individual Scholar All-America honors.
2020-21
Competed at Wave II of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in June 2021, placing 15th in the 100-meter backstroke (54.17), 15th in the 100-meter freestyle (49.15), 19th in the 100-meter butterfly (52.95), and 30th in the 50-meter freestyle (22.68) ... Earned "elite" designation from the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee in September 2020 ... Collegiate season canceled due to COVID-19.
2019-20
Earned a spot on the U.S. National Team roster in the 200 freestyle.
2018-19 • Junior
NCAA champion in the 100 back and 100 free ... All-American in the 50 free, 100 free, 100 back, 200 free relay and 800 free relay ... Honorable Mention All-American in the 400 free relay and 200 medley relay ... NCAA Championships qualifier in the 50 free, 100 free and 100 back ... With his NCAA wins in the 100 back (43.66) and 100 free (40.80), he became the first Harvard swimmer to win at least two events at nationals since 1954 (Dave F. Hawkins – 100 breast, 200 breast) ... He became just the third Crimson swimmer to have won multiple events at NCAAs in program history (William Kendall '40, Hawkins '56, Farris) ... With his victory in the 100 back, Farris became Harvard's first NCAA champion since David Berkoff in 1989 (100 back) ... Opened the meet by breaking the NCAA and American record in the 200 free when he opened the 800 free relay with a time of 1:29.15 ... CoSIDA Academic Third-Team All-American ... Named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District At-Large Team ... Named the Phil Moriarty Co-High Point Swimmer of the Meet for the Ivy League Championships (Brennan Novak) ... First-team all-Ivy League in the 100 free, 200 free, 100 back, 200 free relay, 800 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay ... Set four individual Harvard records: 50 free (18.92 - NCAAs), 100 free (40.80 - NCAAs), 200 free (1:29.15 - NCAAs) and 100 back (43.66 - NCAAs) ... Was part of four relay teams that set the new program record (200 medley relay: 1:24.33 - Ivy League Championships; 200 free relay: 1:16.43 - NCAAs; 400 free relay: 2:49.88 - NCAAs; 800 free relay: 6:11.73 - NCAAs) ... Earned 2019 Winter Academic All-Ivy honors.
2017-18 • Sophomore
All-America first-team recipient in 200 backstroke and 200 freestyle ... All-America honorable mention in 50 free, 800 free relay, 200 free relay, and 200 medley relay ... Broke the program record in the 50 free at the NCAA Championships with a time of 19.16 in the prelims ... Named the Phil Moriarty High Point Swimmer of the Meet for the 2018 Ivy League Championships (sharing the honor with teammate Brennan Novak) ... First team All-Ivy in the 200 free (1:31.12), 100 back (44.81), 200 back (1:38.99), and four relays (400 free, 800 free, 200 medley, and 400 medley) ... Posted three top times in the nation (200 free, 200 back, and 100 back) ... Recorded the best time in the nation in the 200 back at the Ivy League Championship (1:31.12) as of Feb. 24 ... Shattered the program record in the 200 back, recording the second best time in the nation (1:38.99) at the Ivy Championship ... Registered the third best time in the NCAA in the 100 back (44.81) at the Ivy Championship ... Broke two of Columbia's pool records, the 100 back (47.41) and the 100 free (43.44) (Nov.17)... Earned three first place finishes in the 100 back against No. 10 Arizona State (Jan. 6), Columbia (Nov. 17), and Cornell and Dartmouth (Nov. 11)... Placed first in the 100 free twice against No. 10 Arizona State (Jan. 6), and Cornell and Dartmouth (Nov. 11)... Swam the anchor leg of the 400 free relay squad against No. 10 Arizona State (Jan. 6), touching the wall with a time of 2:58.20 to finish first ... Earned 2018 Winter Academic All-Ivy honors.
2016-17 • First-year
Earned All-America honors with a fourth-place finish in the 200 free (1:32.25) and honorable mention All-America in both the 200 back (14th; 1:40.89) and as second leg of 800 free relay team (14th; 6:17.26) at NCAA Championships … Phil Moriarty High Point Swimmer of the Meet for 2017 Ivy League Championships … First-team all-Ivy in the 100 free (42.06), 200 free (1:31.56), 100 back (45.38) and four relay teams … Broke four Ivy League Championship records (two individual and two relays); eight Harvard team records (four individual and four relays); and six Blodgett Pool records (three individual and three relays) … Named The Crimson’s Male Rookie of the Year for all sports.
Before Harvard
2016 Olympic Trials qualifier in four events … Seven-time NISCA Automatic All-American … Two-time Georgia High School Swim Coaches Association Boys All-State first team (2015-16) … Two-time champion at the 2016 NCSA Junior Nationals (100m free & 100m backstroke) … Was the 2015 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals East Male High Point Champion … Two-time Georgia High School State Swimming Champion … Holds eight Paideia school records … Outstanding Male Athlete at Paideia … Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Georgia High School Athlete of the Year for Boy’s Swimming … NISCA Academic All-American ... USA Swimming Academic All-American ... Enjoys photography and golf.
