Top Collegiate Times
50-Yard Backstroke: 23.67 (11/9/19)
100-Yard Backstroke: 48.87 (3/1/19)
200-Yard Backstroke: 1:45.20 (1/28/23)
50-Yard Breaststroke: 25.62 (10/23/21)
100-Yard Breaststroke: 52.55 (2/25/22)
200-Yard Breaststroke: 1:55.13 (2/26/22)
100-Yard Butterfly: 50.36 (1/18/23)
200-Yard Individual Medley: 1:44.01 (2/24/22)
400-Yard Individual Medley: 4:08.95 (11/16/18)
2022-23 - Senior
College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Third Team ... CSC Academic All-District ... Academic All-Ivy League ... Competed at the NCAA Championships in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay ... All-Ivy First Team in the 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay ... Top 200 back time of his career occurred at HYP (1/28/23) ... Recorded the team's best 100 breast time (53.18) and its fastest 200 breast performance (1:56.03) at the Ivy League Championships ... Was Harvard's No. 2 swimmer in the 200 IM, posting a time of 1:44.97 at the Ivy Championships ... Competed on the Crimson's top 200 medley relay team, logging a time of 1:23.79 at the Ivy meet ... Swam on the team's top 400 medley relay squad as it posted a time of 3:05.51 at Ivies ... Was a part of the team's second-best 200 free relay and 400 free relay teams, both of which competed at the NCAA Championships.
2021-22 - Junior
Earned Second-Team CSCAA All-America honors in the 200 medley relay (ninth) and 400 medley relay (11th) at the NCAA Championships … Won Ivy League titles in the 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay, earning First Team All-Ivy and setting meet records in both events … Placed third in the 200 IM, third in the 100 breast, and fourth in the 200 breast at the Ivy League Championships … Set school records in the 200 medley relay (1:22.42) and 400 medley relay (3:03.24) at the NCAA Championships … Posted season-best times of 50.25 in the 100 back, 25.62 in the 50 breast, 52.55 in the 100 breast, 1:55.13 in the 200 breast, and 1:44.01 in the 200 IM … Tallied the team’s fastest times of the season in the 100 breast and 200 breast … Notched NCAA B cut times in the 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 IM … Ranked as the team’s second-fastest swimmer in the 200 IM on the year … Won the 100 breast and 200 breast at Cornell, the 100 breast and 200 IM vs Columbia, the 100 breast vs. Penn, and the 100 breast at the H-Y-P meet during the regular season … Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League title for the fifth straight season … Earned First Team CSCAA Individual Scholar All-America honors.
2020-21
Season canceled due to COVID-19.
2019-20 - Sophomore
Earned Second-Team All-Ivy honors in the 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard medley relay ... Registered an NCAA B-cut time and personal-best in the 200-yard breaststroke (1:57.24) at the Ivy League Championships to finish second ... Clocked two more personal-bests at the league championship meet in the 100-yard breaststroke (54.47) ... Swam the second leg of the Crimson's second-place finishing 200-yard medley relay squad posting a time of 24.82 ... Finished second in the 200-yard backstroke at the annual H-Y-P meet with a personal-best 1:45.22 ... Competed in numerous events at the Minnesota Invitational registering, at the time personal-best times in three events.
2018-19 - First-Year
Recorded the team's second-fastest 200 breast (1:59.00) at the Ivy League Championships ... Finished the season with Harvard's third-best 100 back (48.87) and 200 back (1:46.48), both accomplished at the Ivy League Championships ... Turned in the team's seventh-best 100 breast performance of the year (58.76) at Georgia ... Completed the 200 IM in 1:57.02 at Bryant ... Logged a time of 4:08.95 in the 400 IM vs. Columbia ... Swam the second leg of Harvard's third-best 200 medley relay of the season (1:30.48) ... Competed on various 400 medley relay teams.
Before Harvard
Four-year varsity swimmer at Waubonsie Valley … Seven-time Illinois state finalist … Two-time Illinois All-State selection … Three-time All-Conference … Two-time state conference champion …. Two-time Waubonsie Valley team MVP … Holds three Waubonsie Valley school records … Swam in the IHSA state swimming championships as a member of the 200 medley relay … Finished second in the 50 freestyle at NCSA Junior National Time Trials with a personal-best time of 21.66 … 11-year member of the Fox Valley Swim Team … National Merit Finalist … Summa Cum Laude … Three-time Academic All-Conference … Enjoys basketball and video games … Son of David and Laura Simpson.
