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2025-26 Men's Squash Roster

Harvard Athletic Communications (GoCrimson.com)

David Costales

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Quito, Ecuador
  • High School The Kent School
  • Concentration Undeclared

Biography

Senior (2025-26)

CSA Scholar Athlete ... Named to All-Ivy League First Team … Finished 4-9 competing evenly in the No. 1 and No. 2 spot … He was 2-4 in the No. 1 spot and 2-5 in the No. 2 spot … Began his season against No. 9 Dartmouth against Shan Jolly winning 3-1 in the No. 1 spot (Dec. 2nd) … Against No. 10 Cornell he faced and defeated Syan Singh 3-1 in the No. 1 spot (Jan. 17th) … Competed in the CSA Individual National Championships and defeated Gilberto Aceves Moreno from Rochester 3-0 (Jan. 23rd) … In the opening round of the Ivy League Tournament he defeated Avi Agarwal from No. 3 Princeton in the No. 2 spot (Feb. 21st) … In the CSA Team National Championship Quarterfinals he defeated Shaurya Bawa from No. 6 Columbia 3-2 in a gritty match in the No. 2 spot (Mar. 6th).

Junior (2024-25)

Team Captain … CSA First Team All-America Selection … Named to the All-Ivy League Team … CSA Scholar Athlete … Posted a 13-2 record, all coming from the top position on the Crimson ladder … Opened the season with a 3-0 sweep of Western Ontario’s Dylan Deverill (Nov. 16) at the top position on the ladder … Defeated Arav Gill of Tufts, 3-0 (Nov. 17) at ones … Earned a 3-2 win against Dartmouth’s William (Mac) Aube at ones (Dec. 4) … Continued his strong start with a 3-2 win at ones against Virginia’s Karim Elbarbary (Dec. 6) … Began the second semester with a 3-0 win on the road against Columbia’s Arhan Chandra at ones (Jan. 11) … Defeated Cornell’s Aaron Liang at ones, 3-0 (Jan. 12) … Earned an impressive 3-0 sweep against Yale’s Tad Carney at ones (Jan. 19) … Competed in the Pool Trophy main draw at the CSA Individual National Championships (Jan. 26) … Defeated Drexel’s Guido Lindner before falling in the round of 16 … Posted a 3-0 win against Princeton’s Ahmed Hussein at ones (Feb. 2) … Defeated Drexel’s Guido Lindner at ones, 3-0 (Feb. 15) … Helped Harvard sweep Dartmouth, 9-0, in the opening round of the CSA National Championships with a 3-1 win over Christian Shah at ones (Mar. 6) … Defeated Yale’s Tad Carney, 3-1, at ones in a narrow CSA Nationals quarterfinal loss to the Bulldogs (Mar. 7) … Helped Harvard secure a win over Drexel in the consolation bracket with a 3-0 win over Guido Lindner at ones (Mar. 8) … Closed out the season with a 3-2 win over Columbia’s Shaurya Bawa at ones during a narrow fifth-place match loss for the Crimson.

Sophomore (2023-24)

CSA First-Team All-America … All-Ivy League Team Selection … Was the team’s primary No. 1 on the ladder … Competed in 14 matches for the Crimson, all at the No. 1 spot, and posted a 9-5 record … Opened the season with a 3-0 sweep in his match at No. 1 against Brown (Nov. 14) … Swept Christian Shah of No. 10 Dartmouth, 11-4, 11-5, 11-1, at the No. 1 position (Nov. 29) … Was victorious in a battle with No. 8 Virginia the No. 1 position, defeating John Paul Tew, 3-2 (Dec. 2) … Swept No. 16 MIT’s Mero Elmarassy in his match at No. 1 (Jan. 11) … Earned a thrilling 3-2 win over Karim Elbarbary of No. 3 Princeton in their match at the top of the ladder (Jan. 27) … Swept Franklyn Smith of Columbia at the No. 1 position to clinch the match for Harvard against the No. 7 Lions (Feb. 4) … Defeated Nicolas Serna of No. 8 Drexel, 3-1, at the No. 1 position (Feb. 17) … Earned another win over Serna in the consolation round of the CSA National Championships (Mar. 2), defeating the Drexel opponent 3-1 at the No. 1 position … Defeated No. 6 Columbia’s Franklyn Smith at the No. 1 position, 3-1, to help Harvard take fifth-place at the CSA Team National Championships (Mar. 3) … Was entered into the main draw of the CSA Individual National Championships to compete for the Pool Trophy … Won his first round match up against Trinity’s Joachim Chuah, 3-0, before falling in the quarterfinals.

First-Year (2022-23)

Complied a record of 12-4 in first year with the Crimson … Played primarily at the No. 6 position with appearances at No. 3, 4, and 5 … Made collegiate debut on Nov. 12, defeating Omar Zakaria (Rochester), 3-0 (11-7, 11-3, 11-3) … Won first match at the No.3 position, defeating Raghav Pemmireddy (Brown), 3-0 (11-5, 11-1, 11-6) … Swept Julius Benethin (Trinity), 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-6) … Recorded first Ivy League win by winning a crucial match over Saksham Choudhary (Penn), 3-0 (11-9, 11-8, 11-4) in the teams win over No. 2 Penn … Dropped the least number of points of any Crimson player against Cornell, defeating Rohan Iyer (Cornell), 3-0 (11-2, 11-2, 11-5) … Helped secure the Ivy title for the Crimson, beating Rutvik Rau (Columbia), 3-1 (2-11, 11-8, 11-1, 11-2) … Defeated Rohan Iyer (Cornell), 3-0 (11-2, 11-2, 11-3), and dropped the least number of points of any player in the team’s first round win in the CSA Team Championship.

Before Harvard

Member of the Ecuadorian National Team … Played at the No. 1 position for the Ecuadorian National Team … Member of the Kent School Varsity Squash Team (2019-2022) … First team All-American in Nationals (2019-20, 2021-22) … MVP of Kent Varsity Squash (2019-20, 2021-22) … Served as team captain for Kent Varsity Squash (2020-21, 2021-22) … Named best player in New Englands (2021-22) … Only lost three matches throughout three years of play … Received high honors in academics …Enjoys music, food, and traveling in addition to playing squash.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First-Year

  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024-25Junior

  • 2025-26Senior