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2023-24 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

David Abrahams

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Havertown, Pa.
  • High School Haverford
  • Event Breaststroke
  • Concentration Mathematics
  • House Affiliation Eliot

Biography

Top Collegiate Times

50-Yard Freestyle: 24.10 (1/16/24)
50-Yard Backstroke: 26.83 (10/23/21)
100-Yard Breaststroke: 55.98 (1/31/20)
200-Yard Breaststroke: 2:01.41 (2/1/20)
50-Yard Butterfly: 23.97 (10/23/21)
200-Yard Individual Medley: 1:59.02 (11/13/21)

2023-24 • Senior

Raced his fastest 50 free against Brown (24.10)…Swam his fastest 100 breast (56.23) and 200 breast (2:02.29) at HYP...Participated in the 400 free relay and the 200 and 400 medley relays…Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League title for the seventh straight season.

2022-23 • Junior

Top 100 breast (57.92) and 200 breast (2:05.34) occurred at the H-Y-P meet; both times were the sixth-best among Harvard swimmers for the season ... Swam on the 400 medley relay team at HYP (3:26.59) ... Named to the U.S. roster for 2023 World Para Swimming Championships (Aug. 2023).

2021-22 - Sophomore

Posted season-best times of 26.83 in the 50 back, 56.78 in the 100 breast, 2:01.76 in the 200 breast, 23.97 in the 50 fly, and 1:59.02 in the 200 IM … Also competed in the 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay … Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League championship for the fifth straight year.

2020-21

Earned a silver medal in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke – SB13 for Team USA at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics with a time of 1:04.38 in the final ... Also came in fourth in the 200-meter individual medley – S13 (2:12.67) and competed in the heats of the 100-meter butterfly – S13 (1:00.69) at the Paralympics ... Collegiate season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20 • First-Year

Swam season bests in the 100-yard breaststroke (55.98) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:01.41) at the H-Y-P meet.

Before Harvard

NISCA All-American in 2018 and 2019 … 2019 Academic All-American … Olympic Trials qualifier (2019) … Was in the top 100 in the world for the 18-and-under division (LCM) in 2018 and 2019 … All-state in 2018 and 2019, and was an honorable mention pick in 2017 … Four-time all-Central League and three-time all-Delco (2017-19) … Wendy’s Heisman local award winner in 2019 … Named team captain in 2019 … Medalist at the 2018 Speedo Junior Nationals and at the 2018 and 2019 PIAA States … Helped Haverford to the 2019 District 1 title and the 2018-19 Central League championships … Champion of the Speedo Sectionals (2018, 2019) … Set the Haverford record in the 200 medley relay in 2018, and then broke it again in 2019 … Recipient of the 2019 Dr. Edward Coyle and Premier Orthopaedics Courageous Athlete Awards … Winter Scholar-Athlete and PA Sports Hall of Fame, Delaware County Chapter in 2019 … HHS Coach’s Award recipient in 2018 … Served as a volunteer coach at Karakung Swim Club in 2018 … Brother, James, is a distance runner at Penn State and is part of the Class of 2021 … Son of Rebecca and Doug.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First-Year

    Breaststroke
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Breaststroke
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Breaststroke
  • 2022-23Junior

    Breaststroke
  • 2023-24Senior

    Breaststroke