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Top Collegiate Times

50-Yard Freestyle: 20.28 (12/5/24)
100-Yard Backstroke: 46.54 (2/28/25)
200-Yard Backstroke: 1:53.96 (1/16/24)
100-Yard Butterfly: 45.75 (2/28/25)
200-Yard Butterfly: 1:40.52 (3/1/25)
200-Yard Individual Medley: 1:49.67 (11/30/23)

Sophomore - 2024-25 

CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team... Landed on the CSC Academic All-District Team... All-Ivy League Second Team in the 200 fly... Appeared at the NCAA Championships, swimming in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 800 free relay... Set the school record in the 200 fly (1:40.52), and swam the third-best 100 fly (45.75) and fourth-best 100 back (46.54) in school history... Posted a personal record in the 50 free (20.28) at the Minnesota Invitational... Turned in a PR in the 100 back (46.54), 100 fly (45.75) and 200 fly (1:40.52) at the Ivy League Championships... Swam on the team's second-best 200 medley relay (1:25.73) and 400 medley relay (3:08.40), both of which occurred at HYP... Also swam on the 200 free relay, 400 free relay and 800 free relay during the season.

First-Year - 2023-24

CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team... All-Ivy League First Team – 200 Fly… All-Ivy League First Team – 400 Medley Relay… All-Ivy League Second Team – 100 Fly… Swam the third fastest 100 back (47.09 at Ivy Champioships) which was good for a program top-10… Recorded a 1:53.96 in the 200 back against Brown… Had the fastest 100 butterfly time with 46.42 (at Ivy Championships) which was good for a program top-10… Set a new program record in 200 butterfly with his 1:42.17 at HYP… Swam his fastest 200 IM (1:49.67) at the Minnesota Invitational which was the second fastest on the team… Swam on the fastest 400 medley relay team as the third leg and produced a time (3:06.74 at Ivy Championships) that was good for third in program history… Competed in the 200 free, 400 free, 800 free and 200 medley relays … Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League title for the seventh straight season.

Before Harvard

Four-year varsity swimmer… Swam for Irvine Novaquatics (2016-21) and Evolution Racing Club (2021-23)… Served as team captain of San Juan Hills for his junior and senior campaigns… A USA Swimming National Junior Team member (2022-23)… Voted San Juan Hills MVP in 2022 and 2023… Helped San Juan Hills win the Sea View League in 2022… Crowned 2022 CIF state champion in the 100 fly… Took first in the 200 fly at the 2022 West Speedo Winter Junior Nationals… Captured first place in the 100 and 200 fly at the 2023 CA/NV Speedo Sectionals Carlsbad… Set the South Coast League Championship Meet record in the 100 fly… Established the San Juan Hills record in the 100 fly, 200 IM, 200 medley relay and 400 free relay… Earned USA Swimming All-America honors (2020-21, 2021-22)… Was a San Juan Hills Scholar-Athlete Award recipient (2019-23)… Cousin, Ryan Babbush, earned a master's degree from Harvard in physics in 2013 and obtained his PhD in chemical physics in 2015.