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2021-22 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Arik Katz

  • Class First-Year
  • Hometown Sarasota, Fla.
  • High School Pine View School
  • Event Freestyle
  • Concentration History and Literature

Biography

Top Collegiate Times
200-Yard Freestyle: 1:43.69 (10/23/21)
500-Yard Freestyle: 4:20.18 (2/24/22)
1000-Yard Freestyle: 8:56.05 (2/25/22)
1650-Yard Freestyle: 14:54.67 (2/26/22)
400-Yard IM: 4:04.36 (11/13/21)
 
2021-22 • First-year
Qualified for the NCAA Championships, placing 25th in the 1650 free … Placed third in the 1000 free, third in the 1650 free, and 10th in the 500 free at the Ivy League Championships … Posted season-best times of 1:43.69 in the 200 free, 4:20.18 in the 500 free, 8:56.05 in the 1000 free, 14:54.67 in the 1650 free, and 4:04.36 in the 400 IM … Notched NCAA B cut times in the 500 free and 1650 free … Ranked as the team’s second-fastest swimmer in the 1000 free and 1650 free on the year … Earned a spot on the 2021-22 U.S. National Team in the 1500-meter freestyle in September 2021 … Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League championship for the fifth straight season … Earned First Team CSCAA Individual Scholar All-America honors.
 
2020-21
Season canceled due to COVID-19.
 
Before Harvard
Three time member of the USA Swimming National Team … Fourth place in the 1,500 freestyle and ninth place in the 800 freestyle at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Wave II … Second place in the 1,500 freestyle and fourth place in the 800 freestyle at the 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships … Fifth place in the 1,500 freestyle and eighth place in the 800 freestyle at the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships … 18U Champion and fourth place overall in the 1,500 freestyle at the 2018 Phillips 66 National Championships … Four-time Florida Swimmer of the Year … HTPreps Swimmer of the Year … Member of the Harvard/Berklee dual degree program … Three-time Scholastic All-American … National Merit Scholar Semifinalist … 2020 AP Scholar with Distinction … Played piano at Carnegie Hall twice for winning American Protégé Music Talent Competition … Enjoys playing piano, listening to music, reading, watching movies, and playing video games.