Harvard University

Daniel Kim
Senior | Breaststroke/Butterfly
Ladera Ranch Calif./Tesoro
Concentration: Economics
House: Mather
 
Top Collegiate Times
50-Yard Freestyle: 21.50 (1/18/20)
100-Yard Freestyle: 46.32 (12/1/18)
50-Yard Backstroke: 22.94 (12/4/19)
100-Yard Backstroke: 49.43 (3/1/19)
100-Yard Breaststroke: 56.98 (1/29/22)
200-Yard Breaststroke: 2:09.52 (11/11/18)
100-Yard Butterfly: 48.01 (3/1/19)
200-Yard Butterfly: 1:48.20 (2/2/19)
200-Yard Individual Medley: 1:51.19 (12/5/19)
 
2021-22 • Senior
Posted season-best times of 21.66 in the 50 free, 51.56 in the 100 back, 56.98 in the 100 breast, and 49.08 in the 100 fly … Also competed in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay … Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League championship for the fifth straight season.
 
2020-21 • Junior
Season canceled due to COVID-19.
 
2019-20 • Sophomore
Posted season-best times in the 100- (48.24) and 200- (1:48.83) yard butterfly at the annual H-Y-P meet ... Registered the team's second fastest time in the 100-yard butterfly against Penn (49.76) ... Competed in three events at the Minnesota Invitational, including posting a personal-best 50-yard backstroke time (22.94) ... Second Crimson finisher in the 100-yard butterfly to open the season against Texas A&M and Duke, placing fourth (49.13).
 
2018-19 • First-year
Supplied the Crimson its third-best 200 fly time of the year (1:48.20 - HYP) ... Logged the fourth-fastest 100 fly performance of the season (48.01) at the Ivy League Championships ... Posted the team's fifth-fastest 100 back time of the season (49.43 - Ivy League Championships) ... Ranked fifth on the team in the 200 IM (1:52.68 - Hall of Fame Invitational) ... Owned Harvard's sixth-best 100 breast effort of the year (57.73 - Hall of Fame Invitational) ... His 2:09.52 at Bryant was a season best in the 200 breast ... Turned in a season-best time of 47.38 in the 100 free at the Hall of Fame Invitational ... Swam on various relay teams (200 free, 400 free, 200 medley, 400 medley).
 
Before Harvard
USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … Placed third in the 100 butterfly (48.66) and fifth in the 100 backstroke (50.00) at the CIF Southern Section Division I swimming championships … 11-time All-American … Holds six school records at Tesoro … Three-time Tesoro team MVP … Named Athlete of the Year in 2018 … Swam a personal-best in the preliminaries of 100 butterfly (48.07) at the CA Kevin B. Perry Senior Invitational … Swam a personal-best in the preliminaries of the 100 backstroke (48.73) at the 2017 California CIF Southern Section Division I Championships … Valedictorian … AP Scholar with Distinction … Scholar Athlete … Secretary of Daily Nova … Member of the Mission Viejo Nadadores … Enjoys playing the piano and cooking … Son of Hyung and Shannon Kim.