Will Grant '24 was named a Harvard Men's Swimming and Diving Assistant Coach in Oct. 2024. Grant, who graduated from Harvard in the spring of 2024, won four Ivy League titles as a student-athlete. The 2025-26 campaign represents his second on staff.
In his first season on the pool deck, Harvard was part of the national conversation as it appeared in the 2024-25 preseason rankings and maintained its top-25 position for the first two months of the season. After a 7-0 start, the Crimson rose to as high as No. 23 in the CSCAA rankings. Harvard later finished in second place at the Ivy League Championship and sent three relays and one individual to the NCAA Championships. Following the season, Anthony Rincon '25 -- a 2024 Paris Olympian -- captured First-Team Academic All-America honors, becoming the first Harvard athlete to earn first-team accolades since 2009.
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One of the top swimmers in school history, Grant finished his Crimson career among the all-time leaders in the individual medley, backstroke and the relays. Hailing from Waco, Texas, Grant holds the program record in the 200 IM (1:42.83), while ranking second in the 100 back (45.88) and third in the 200 back (1:40.61). He also swam on the Crimson's second-ranked 400-medley relay (3:05.51) and third-best 200-medley relay (1:23.97).
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Grant left his mark on the Ivy League having won four 200-back championships, three 100-back titles and one 200-individual medley crown. He also helped two 400-medley-relay teams and one 200-medley relay win conference championships. When Grant won his fourth 200-back title in March, he became just the second Ivy athlete to win four championships in the event and first since Dan Shevchik '03.
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The 2024 Ivy League Phil Moriarty High Point Swimmer of the Meet and Harold S. Ulen Career High Point Swimmer qualified for three NCAA Championships (2020, 2023, 2024) during his decorated time in Cambridge. As excellent as he was in the pool, he was just as terrific off it, earning CSCAA Scholar All-America honors twice, including a first-team appointment in 2024. Grant was also a 2024 CSC Academic All-America Third-Team selection.
