2017 Ivy League Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships
- Wednesday, February 22 – Saturday, February 25
- Blodgett Pool, Harvard University, Boston MA (Eastern Standard Time)
- Prelims 11AM / Finals 6PM
- Championship Central
- Psych Sheet
- Live Results
- Live on Ivy League Digital Network (Subscription Only)
The Harvard Crimson took advantage of its home-pool advantage to shine on Day One of the 2017 Ivy League Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships. The men of Cambridge set a pool record in the 200 medley relay and a championship, pool, and school record in the 800 free relay to jump to an early lead over the field.
Steven Tan (22.04), Shane McNamara (24.27), Max Yakubovich (20.32), and Dean Farris (18.89) combined for 1:25.52 in the medley relay for Harvard’s first win. Penn’s CJ Schaffer, Colin McHugh, James Jameson, and Thomas Dillinger finished second with 1:26.34. Cornell (Dylan Curtis, Alex Evdokimov, Luke Reisch, and Jack Brenneman) placed third with 1:26.68. Yale’s Aaron Greenberg anchored the Bulldogs’ sixth-place relay with 18.60.
In the next event, Harvard destroyed the competition, as well as all the records on the books, with an NCAA “A” cut of 6:19.80, thanks in large part to a stunning 1:31 anchor from Farris. The Crimson relay consisted of of sophomore Brennan Novak (1:36.47), freshman Zach Snyder (1:36.65), senior Aly Abdel Khalik (1:35.39), and freshman Farris (1:31.29).
Yale hit the NCAA “B” standard and beat the pool record by 1.6 seconds with their 6:24.24 from junior Jonathan Rutter (1:36.86), sophomore Adrian Lin (1:34.71), freshman Tristan Furnary (1:39.15), and junior Kei Hyogo (1:34.52).
Standings after Day One:
- Harvard University 128
- University of Pennsylvania 110
- Yale University 104
- Columbia University 104
- Cornell University 104
- Brown University 96
- Dartmouth College 94
Farris Splits
20.25, 42.9 (22.7), 1:06, 1.31.29 (24.7)
Ouch Ouch Ouch. So fast. So painful.
Out in 42.9. Yikes.
Yikes and 1:31.2 do not belong in association
Abdel-Khalik was 1:35.39 not 1:36.
That was not Dean Farris. Katie Ledecky snuck into the meet to swim for Harvard.
Heard he wore a blue-seventy full body suit!!! Maybe even had fins on. This is ridiculous.
Don’t forget he’s going to be half a body length behind Haas according to our friends in New Jersey with the cow bells.
great to see fast swimming at Ivy’s. Seems like SwimSwam should also run an article on Ledecky’s 140 anchor. I know she gets a lot of run, but man, has any woman ever gone 140 SCY?
Missy Franklin went 1:39.10 at 2015 NCAAs from a flat start for the NCAA, US Open and American Records. Not sure if anyone else has ever broken the 1:40 mark.
Yes, several, and then there’s one who went 1:39 as well.
Yes. Missy Franklin has been 1:39.1
Just think how fast it could have been if he was out a touch more conservatively
And just like that I’m gonna pay attention to the Ivy Leauge championships
What a MASSIVE split from Farris-senpai on the 800 Free relay! 1:31! I’m definitely gonna add him to the yaoi fanfiction I’ve been working on… maybe I should pair him with Rooney-senpai! (*＾∀゜)
Your comments crack me up. But RooneyXGrant is my OTP
I wonder how many of your upvotes know what yaoi is…