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2024-25 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Saavan Shah

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Atlanta, Ga.
  • High School Westminster
  • Event Breaststroke/Freestyle

Biography

Top Collegiate Times

50-Yard Freestyle: 20.88 (2/23/23)
100-Yard Breaststroke: 54.09 (1/27/23)
200-Yard Breaststroke: 1:58.84 (2/25/23)

Junior - 2024-25

Top 100 breast performance came at HYP (54.73), which ranked third on the team ... Finished the 200 breast in a season-best 2:09.68 vs. Columbia ... Also swam the 200 medley relay during the season.

Sophomore - 2023-24

Swam the 50 free in 21.05 at HYP … Recorded his fastest 100 breast (55.28) and 200 breast (2:01.00) at HYP … Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League title for the seventh straight season.

First-Year - 2022-23

Posted a couple of season-bests at the Ivy League Championships, recording top times in the 50 free (20.88) and 200 breast (1:58.84) ... Best 100 breast performance came at HYP (54.09), which was the second-best effort on the team ... Competed in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay.

Before Harvard

Earned six All-America selections and four All-America Consideration awards over career … Captured All-America in the 100 breaststroke, 4x0 free relay, and 4x50 medley relay in 2022, 100 breaststroke and 4x50 free relay in 2021, and 4x50 medley relay in 2020 … Claimed All-America Consideration in the  50 freestyle in 2022 and the 4x50 medley relay in 2019, 2020, and 2021 … Gained First Team All-State all four years … Won five Georgia state titles over career, including four (100 breaststroke, 100 freestyle, 4x50 free relay, and 4x50 medley relay) as a senior and one (100 breaststroke) as a junior … Helped Westminster win four state titles in Class 1-3A from 2019-22 … Set school records in the 100 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, and 4x50 free relay; established the Westminster in the pool in the 100 breaststroke … Won Westminster team and high point accolades in 2021 and 2022 … Served team as a captain as a senior … Competed on the club level for Swim Atlanta (2011-16, 2018-22) and MAAC (2016-18) … Earned four varsity letters … Garnered the Harvard Prize Book Award as a junior … Gained the Swim Across America – Wavemaker Award in 2019 … Collected Scholastic All-America laurels in 2021 … Participated in Chess Club, Yearbook as Photography Editor, the South Asian Affinity Group, and WCAT as a sports broadcaster … Son of Rupal and Nikhil Shah.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First-Year

    Breaststroke/Freestyle
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Breaststroke/Freestyle
  • 2024-25Junior

    Breaststroke/Freestyle