Harvard University

Top Collegiate Times
100-Yard Freestyle: 47.03 (11/16/19)
200-Yard Freestyle: 1:40.37 (11/29/17)
500-Yard Freestyle: 4:30.87 (1/4/20)
50-Yard Backstroke: 23.69 (11/16/19)
100-Yard Backstroke: 49.02 (1/31/20)
200-Yard Backstroke: 1:44.03 (2/29/20)
200-Yard Breaststroke: 2:07.74 (11/11/18)
100-Yard Butterfly: 47.99 (2/3/19)
200-Yard Butterfly: 1:43.87 (3/2/19)
200-Yard Individual Medley: 1:44.51 (2/27/20)
400-Yard Individual Medley: 3:42.66 (2/28/20)
 
2021-22 • Senior
Served team as a captain for the third time … Posted season-best times of 1:45.72 in the 200 fly, 1:47.35 in the 200 IM, and 3:53.44 in the 400 IM … Notched an NCAA B cut time in the 200 fly … Ranked as the team’s second-fastest swimmer in the 400 IM on the year … 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 season … Earned Second Team CSCAA Individual Scholar All-America honors.
 
2020-21
Served team as a captain … Season canceled due to COVID-19.
 
2019-20 • Junior
Earned CSCAA All-American honors in 2020 … Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400 IM, posting the nation’s 17th-best time of 3:42.68 which helped him capture All-Ivy second team honors at the Ivy League championships in February … Additionally, Zarian was invited to compete in the in the 200-yard IM and 200-yard backstroke following NCAA qualifying times of 1:44.57 and 1:44.03, respectively …. Was a member of the Crimson’s 800-yard freestyle relay squad that captured the individual event champion and All-Ivy first team honors with a B-cut time of 6:20.96 – 27th in the nation … Served team as a captain.
 
2018-19 • Sophomore
NCAA Championships qualifier in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 fly ... Posted a 400 IM time of 3:42.70, at the Ivy League Championships, which ranked No. 22 among all Division I swimmers in 2018-19, and No. 1 in Harvard history ... Recorded the second-best 200 IM time in school history (1:44.54) at the Ivy meet ... Swam the third-fastest 200 fly time in program history (1:43.87) at the Ivy League Championships ... Had his best 100 back (49.68) and 200 back (1:46.75) times at the Hall of Fame Invitational ... Finished the 100 fly vs. Yale and Princeton in a season-best 47.99, which was the team's third-best time of the season ... Turned in a 200 breast time of 2:07.74 at Bryant ... Swam on various 200 and 400 medley relays.
 
2017-18 • First-year
Won the 400 IM at HYP, clocking in with a a personal-best and NCAA B-cut time of 3:47.49 ... Won 200 butterfly against Arizona State (1:50.15) ... Finished second in the 200 butterfly at HYP (1:45.34) ... Second against Bryant and Rider in the 500 freestyle (4:33.24) and second in the 200 butterfly against Penn (1:51.42) ... Placed second in the 200 butterfly (1:50.49) against Columbia.
 
Before Harvard
Five-time individual CHSAA 5A state champion … 2016 and 2017 CHSAA swimmer of the year … 13-time NISCA All-American … Three-time CHSAA 5A first-team all-state … Holds six records at Fairview … Winter Junior Nationals runner-up two times … Seven-time A-finalist at the Winter Junior Nationals … Graduated magna cum laude from Fairview … Authored book "Success as a Teen Athlete: A Guide to Reaching Your Athletic Potential" … Brothers swam at Duke and Redlands University.