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2025-26 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Anders Aistars

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ladera Ranch, Calif.
  • High School Tesoro
  • Event Freestyle

Biography

Top Collegiate Times

50-Yard Freestyle: 20.52 (1/31/25)
100-Yard Freestyle: 44.47 (3/2/24)
200-Yard Freestyle: 1:35.91 (2/2/24)
500-Yard Freestyle: 4:24.11 (2/29/24)
1,000-Yard Freestyle: 9:17.61 (2/28/25)
1,650-Yard Freestyle: 16:11.78 (12/2/23)

Junior - 2024-25

Set a personal-best in the 50 free (20.52) at HYP... Top 1,000-free time of career came at the Ivy League Championships (9:17.61)... Recorded a 45.25 in the 100 free at the Minnesota Invitational... Clocked in at 1:36.81 in the 200 free at HYP... Logged the team's fifth-best 500-free effort (4:26.30), which came at HYP... Swam in all three freestyle relays and the 200 medley relay during the campaign.

Sophomore - 2023-24

Raced 20.60 in the 50 free at the Minnesota Invitational… Swam new personal bests in the 100 free (44.47 at Ivy League Championships), 200 free (1:35.91 at HYP) and 500 free (4:24.11 at Ivy League Championships)…Swam his fastest 1,650 free at Minnesota Invitational (16:11.78)…Swam on the team’s fourth fastest 200 free relay (1:19.56 at HYP)…Competed in the 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay…Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League title for the seventh straight season.

First-Year - 2022-23

Swam the 100, 200 and 500 free individually ... Top 100 free came at the Minnesota Invitational (45.00) ... Set a season best in the 200 free at HYP (1:38.95) ... Top 500 free time occurred at Dartmouth/vs. Cornell (4:43.37) ... Competed on Harvard's third-best 800 free relay (6:30.04 at Minnesota Invitational) ... Swam on the team's fifth-fastest 200 free relay at HYP (1:21.50) ... Also swam on the team's No. 5 400 free relay at the Minnesota Invitational (2:58.51).

Before Harvard

Garnered NISCA All-America accolades in 2021 and 2022 … Posted an Olympic Trials cut in the 400-meter freestyle … Ranked second in Orange County history in the 50 free and 100 free … Set school records in the 100 free, 200 free, and 50 free … Won the 100 free CIF Southern Section Division I title … Gained Team MVP honors as a junior and senior … Served team as a captain as a senior … Competed on the club level for The Swim Team, Viejo Nadadores, and Gatos Swim Club/Ladera Liquids … Earned four varsity letters … Took home USA Swimming Scholastic All-America all four years … Finished as school’s valedictorian … Son of Ellen and Arnie Aistars.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First-Year

    Freestyle
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Freestyle
  • 2024-25Junior

    Freestyle
  • 2025-26Senior

    Freestyle