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2019-20 Men's Swimming and Diving

Daniel Chang

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Johnson City, Tenn.
  • Highschool Science Hill

Biography

Senior - 2019-20
Named the Ivy League Career High Point Swimmer ... Posted season-best times in three events at the Ivy League Championship Meet ... Registered a pair of NCAA B-cut times at the Ivy championship ... Placed third in the 200-yard breaststroke with a B-cut time of 1:57.70 and third in the B-finals the 200-yard IM with a B-cut time of 1:46.75 ... Finished third at the annual H-Y-P meet in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:47.13 and fourth in the 400-yard IM, clocking in at 3:53.05 ... Finished first in all three events he competed in against Penn - 100 breast (56.52), 200 breast (2:01.36) and 200 IM (1:49.59) ... Finished first in the 100- (56.38) and 200-yard breaststrokes (2:01.26) in a dual meet against Brown ... Competed in the finals in the 100- and 200-yard breaststrokes as well as the 400-yard IM at the Minnesota Invitatinal, placed 15th in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:57.95 ... Placed third in the 100- (55.78) and 200-yard (2:00.57) breaststrokes to open the season against Duke and Texas A&M. 

Junior - 2018-19
Honorable Mention All-American in the 200 medley relay ... First-team all-Ivy League in the 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay ... Swam the second leg on the school-record-breaking 200 medley relay team that finished in 1:24.33 at the Ivy League Championships ... Part of the 400 medley relay team that recorded the second-fastest time in school history (3:07.67) at the Ivy League meet ... Posted the sixth-best time in school history in the 200 IM (1:45.74) at Ivies ... Recorded the team's best 100 breast (54.14) and 200 breast (1:56.34) times of the season, both of which occurred at the Ivy League Championships ... Finished with the team's third-best 400 IM of the season (3:50.64 - HYP) ... Logged a time of 52.01 in the 100 fly at Bryant ... Competed in the 200 back at the Hall of Fame Invitational (1:50.55).

Sophomore - 2017-18
Earned second-team all-Ivy in the 100 breast registering an NCAA B-cut time of 53.82 ... Named first team All-Ivy in the 400 medley relay finishing with a B-cut time of 3:07.83 ... Harvard's top finisher at Ivy Championship Meet in the 200 IM with a B-cut time of 1:45.77 ... At Ivy Championships in the 200 breast, posted a career best time and NCAA B-cut of 1:55.92 to finish third ... Placed third in the 'C' finals of the 200 breast  (1:59.52) at the Texas Invitational ... Finished fourth in the 'C' finals of the 200 IM (1:48.55) at the Texas Invitational ... Top finisher in the 200 breast against No. 10 Arizona State after touching the wall with a time of 1:58.67 .. Placed third in the 1000 free against Rider and Bryant ... Harvard's top finisher at H-Y-P in the 100 breast (55.01), and the 200 breast (1:58.24). 

Freshman - 2016-17
Placed fifth in the 200 breast, sixth in the 100 breast and first in the ‘B’ final of the 200 IM at the Ivy Championship Meet … Runner-up in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 200 IM versus Yale … Finished second in the 200 free and third in the 500 free against Boston College … Victorious in the 200 breast (1:59.74) and 200 IM (1:49.43), as well as second in the 100 breast against Brown and Penn … Won the 200 breast (2:01.76), second in the 100 breast and fifth in the 100 IM versus Denver and Utah … Top finisher in the 400 IM at BYU … Placed seventh in the ‘B’ final of the 200 IM and third in the ‘C’ final of the 400 IM at the Texas Invite … Winner in the 200 breast (2:00.18) and second in the 100 breast facing Columbia … Swept the 100 breast (55.89) and 200 breast (1:59.97) against Cornell and Dartmouth.

Before Harvard
2016 Olympic Trials and U.S. Open qualifier in the 100m and 200m breaststroke … Ten-time All-American recipient … USA Swimming Academic All-American … Selected as the 2016 Tennessee State Male Performance of the Year (MVP) … 16-time all-conference … Six-time all-state … Three-time all-region MVP ...  Captain of the 2016 varsity swim team … Two-time Tennessee state champion in the 200y IM … 2016 Tennessee state champion in the 100y breaststroke … Holds the national public school record for the 100m in breaststroke … Holds 14 high school individual and relay team records … Received highest honors … AP Scholar … Father, Mark Chang ’83, played varsity volleyball for Harvard

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First-Year

    Breaststroke
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Breaststroke
  • 2018-19Junior

    Breaststroke
  • 2019-20Senior

    Breaststroke