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2011-12 Men's Swimming and Diving

Niall Janney

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Edgecomb, Maine
  • Highschool Phillips Exeter Academy

Biography

Harvard Men''s Swimming and Diving
Personal Records
50 Free: 21.87 (Brown, 1/19/12)
100 Free: 46.94 (at Boston University,12/3/10)
100 Back: 51.95 (Brown, 1/19/12)
100 Breast: 1:00.67 (Columbia, 11/21/08)
200 Breast: 2:10.38 (Penn, 1/10/09)
100 Fly: 49.36 (Ivy League Championships, 3/4/12)
200 Fly: 1:48.98 (Ivy League Championships, 3/1/12)
200 IM: 1:49.55 (Ivy League Championships, 3/1/12)
400 IM: 3:54.58 (Ivy League Championships, 3/1/12) 

Senior - 2011-12
Placed second in the 200 fly with a time of 1:52.66 and fourth inthe 200 IM in 1:54.77 against Cornell and Dartmouth Nov. 12 ...Placed seventh in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:32.37 atthe UNC Invitiational ... Earned second-place finishes in the 100fly (50.52) and 200 fly (1:51.08) and was a member of the winning200 medly relay team at Columbia Dec. 10 ... Placed second in the200 IM and third in the 400 free relay at No. 8 Ohio State Jan. 21... Set a new Sheerr Pool record in the 400 IM (3:38.11) atPenn Feb. 11 ... Earned second team All-Ivy honors as a member ofthe 400 medley relay team ... Competed in the 200 fly at the 2012Olympic Team Trials ... Earned CSCAA Scholar All-America honorablemention accolades.

Junior - 2010-11
Won the 200-yard butterfly in 1:51.46 and captured the200 individual medley title in 1:52.54 at the Cornell/Dartmouthmeet ... Posted a 1:51.04 in the 200 fly in a win against ColumbiaNov. 19 ... Won the 100 free against BU Dec. 3 ... Captured the 200IM with a time of 1:54.52 against UConn ... Finished third inthe 400 individual medley finals with a time of 3:56.48 andtook fourth in the 200 butterfly in 1:49.73 at the 2011 IvyLeague Championship.

Sophomore 2009-10

Finished fourth in the 400 individual medley at Ivy LeagueChampionships with NCAA provisional qualifying time of 3:54.82… Turned in third-place time of 1:49.12 in the 200 fly atIvy Championships … Finished eighth in the 200 individualmedley at Ivy Championships with final time of 1:49.48 …Helped 800 free relay team to fourth-place finish at IvyChampionships with an NCAA provisional qualifying time of 6:40.48… Finished second in the 200 individual medley at HYP meetwith a time of 1:50.26 … Captured 400 individual medleytitle at HYP meet with a time of 3:56.47.

Freshman 2008-09
Placed third in 200 IM (1:54.30) and fifth in 100butterfly (51.49) at collegiate debut against Cornell and Dartmouth... Part of 200 medley relay (1:35.12) that finished third in dualagainst Columbia ... Swam eighth in 200 butterfly (1:52.56) and11th in 400 IM (4:01.98) at Georgia Invitational ... Was third in100 butterfly (51.92) at Arizona State ... Touched the all in4:05.65 for third against Navy ... Was fourth in 100 breaststroke(1:00.72) against Penn ... Won the 200 breaststroke with a time of2:10.38 against Penn ... Claimed the 100 backstroke with a mark of53.05 against Brown ... Was fourth in 400 IM (3:59.21) and eighthin 200 IM (1:57.17) at ECAC Championships.

High School
Four-year swimmer and three-year water polo player atPhillips Exeter Academy ... Was also a varsity cycling player ...Captained water polo and swimming squads as a senior ...All-American in the 100 fly (49.63) ... USA Swimming ScholasticAll-American in 2008 ... Boston Globe All-Scholastic ...MVP of the New England Prep School championship swim meet in 2008... Member of three New England water polo championship teams in2005, 2006 and 2007 ... Other interests include kayaking, openwater swimming and hiking.

Historical Player Information

  • 2008-09First-Year

    Fly/IM
    6'1" 170 lbs
  • 2009-10Sophomore

    Fly/IM
    6'1" 170 lbs
  • 2010-11Junior

    Fly/IM
    6'1" 170 lbs
  • 2011-12Senior

    Fly/IM
    6'1" 170 lbs