Dean Farris Powers Pair of Harvard Relays to Victory as Ivy League Champs Open
American record-holder Dean Farris powered a pair of Harvard relays to victory on Wednesday night, as the Ivy League Men’s Championships got underway at Princeton University’s DeNunzio Pool. A year after the Ivy League season was wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic, Farris lifted the Crimson to titles in the 200-yard medley relay and 800 freestyle relay.
In the 800 freestyle relay, Farris anchored Harvard to a winning time of 6:16.19, which was a little more than a second quicker than the 6:17.88 of Princeton. Farris closed the relay in 1:31.80, and was preceded by Ben Littlejohn (1:35.32), Marcus Holmquist (1:34.72) and Mahlon Reihman (1:34.35). Farris owns the American record in the 200 freestyle at 1:29.15, recorded at the 2019 NCAA Championships. The top split for Princeton was delivered by RaunakKhosla, who went 1:32.67 on the second leg.
While Farris handled the end of Harvard’s 800 free relay, he jumpstarted the triumphant 200 medley relay, which was clocked in 1:24.06. Racing the backstroke leg, Farris turned in a split of 21.22 and was followed on the breaststroke leg by Jared Simpson (24.08). Umit Gures checked in with a 19.82 effort on butterfly and Raphael Marcoux posted a freestyle anchor of 18.94. Columbia finished second in 1:25.76.
Through the first day of competition, Harvard holds a 128-110 advantage over Princeton in the team standings. Individual competition will begin on Thursday, with the meet running through Saturday.
Event 1 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay
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School Seed Finals Points
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1 Harvard 'A' 1:24.39 1:24.06 64
1) Farris, Dean SR 2) Simpson, Jared JR
3) Gures, Umit JR 4) Marcoux, Raphael SR
21.22 45.30 (24.08)
1:05.12 (19.82) 1:24.06 (18.94)
2 Columbia 'A' 1:28.48 1:25.76 56
1) Huang, Andy SO 2) Demir, Demirkan FR
3) Kistorp, Jonas SO 4) Gwo, Albert JR
22.31 46.01 (23.70)
1:06.15 (20.14) 1:25.76 (19.61)
3 Princeton 'A' 1:26.45 1:26.11 54
1) Feyerick, Brett FR 2) Brown, Josh JR
3) Hong, Tyler FR 4) Lou, Brian SO
21.90 46.05 (24.15)
1:06.79 (20.74) 1:26.11 (19.32)
4 Yale 'A' 1:28.28 1:26.73 52
1) Blank, Michael SR 2) Deng, Alex FR
3) Hodgson, Marcus FR 4) Page, Joseph SO
22.34 47.00 (24.66)
1:07.81 (20.81) 1:26.73 (18.92)
5 Brown 'A' 1:29.00 1:27.11 50
1) Arwood, Reid SR 2) Kelly, Jack FR
3) Qiao, Horace SR 4) Hess, Lucas SR
22.59 46.04 (23.45)
1:07.17 (21.13) 1:27.11 (19.94)
6 Penn 'A' 1:27.26 1:27.33 48
1) McCrary, Mark 2) Simpson, Neil
3) Feldman, Benjamin 4) Hamilton, Jack
22.26 46.20 (23.94)
1:07.16 (20.96) 1:27.33 (20.17)
7 Cornell 'A' 1:28.94 1:27.85 46
1) Dacosta, Paige JR 2) Bass, Jacob JR
3) Marcin, Jeremy JR 4) Wolff, Sebastian FR
22.72 47.01 (24.29)
1:08.15 (21.14) 1:27.85 (19.70)
-- DART 'A' 1:32.78 DQ
1) Ye, Alexander FR 2) Richmond, Connor JR
3) Mendley, Steven FR 4) Cushman, Tim SO
23.79 48.27 (24.48)
1:09.96 (21.69) DQ (19.94)
Event 2 Men 800 Yard Freestyle Relay
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School Seed Finals Points
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1 Harvard 'A' 6:23.76 6:16.19 64
1) Littlejohn, Ben FR 2) Holmquist, Marcus SO
3) Reihman, Mahlon SR 4) Farris, Dean SR
22.02 45.88 (45.88)
1:10.45 (1:10.45) 1:35.32 (1:35.32)
1:56.57 (21.25) 2:20.22 (44.90)
2:44.56 (1:09.24) 3:10.04 (1:34.72)
3:30.95 (20.91) 3:54.91 (44.87)
4:19.12 (1:09.08) 4:44.39 (1:34.35)
5:04.28 (19.89) 5:27.12 (42.73)
5:50.89 (1:06.50) 6:16.19 (1:31.80)
2 Princeton 'A' 6:24.82 6:17.88 56
1) Lim, Nicholas SO 2) Khosla, Raunak JR
3) Walther, Max JR 4) Porges, Dylan JR
22.46 46.22 (46.22)
1:10.43 (1:10.43) 1:34.93 (1:34.93)
1:56.41 (21.48) 2:19.93 (45.00)
2:43.63 (1:08.70) 3:07.60 (1:32.67)
3:28.95 (21.35) 3:52.50 (44.90)
4:16.73 (1:09.13) 4:41.15 (1:33.55)
5:02.91 (21.76) 5:27.24 (46.09)
5:52.48 (1:11.33) 6:17.88 (1:36.73)
3 Yale 'A' 6:34.10 6:25.43 54
1) Millard, Noah FR 2) Page, Joseph SO
3) Marcoux, Philippe SR 4) Stern, Nathan JR
21.91 45.12 (45.12)
1:09.54 (1:09.54) 1:34.72 (1:34.72)
1:56.20 (21.48) 2:20.29 (45.57)
2:45.11 (1:10.39) 3:10.41 (1:35.69)
3:30.98 (20.57) 3:55.25 (44.84)
4:20.81 (1:10.40) 4:47.17 (1:36.76)
5:09.46 (22.29) 5:34.39 (47.22)
5:59.73 (1:12.56) 6:25.43 (1:38.26)
4 Brown 'A' 6:34.36 6:25.99 52
1) Lu, Tyler JR 2) Lincoln, Michael SR
3) Hayes, Ben SR 4) Scheidl, Lukas JR
22.46 46.85 (46.85)
1:12.16 (1:12.16) 1:38.31 (1:38.31)
2:00.21 (21.90) 2:24.19 (45.88)
2:48.56 (1:10.25) 3:13.57 (1:35.26)
3:35.93 (22.36) 4:00.47 (46.90)
4:25.33 (1:11.76) 4:50.46 (1:36.89)
5:12.40 (21.94) 5:36.72 (46.26)
6:01.33 (1:10.87) 6:25.99 (1:35.53)
5 Penn 'A' 6:32.47 6:29.48 50
1) Fallon, Billy 2) Kamps, William
3) Althoff, Zach 4) Gallagher, Daniel
22.23 46.34 (46.34)
1:11.20 (1:11.20) 1:36.96 (1:36.96)
1:59.16 (22.20) 2:23.61 (46.65)
2:48.59 (1:11.63) 3:13.42 (1:36.46)
3:36.54 (23.12) 4:01.26 (47.84)
4:26.19 (1:12.77) 4:52.16 (1:38.74)
5:14.31 (22.15) 5:38.96 (46.80)
6:04.12 (1:11.96) 6:29.48 (1:37.32)
6 Cornell 'A' 6:40.72 6:30.94 48
1) Martinez, Ricardo SR 2) Lawson, Jake SR
3) Gurski, Joseph FR 4) Edwards, Dominic FR
22.40 46.87 (46.87)
1:11.90 (1:11.90) 1:37.91 (1:37.91)
1:59.97 (22.06) 2:24.78 (46.87)
2:49.96 (1:12.05) 3:15.18 (1:37.27)
3:36.80 (21.62) 4:01.11 (45.93)
4:27.18 (1:12.00) 4:53.72 (1:38.54)
5:15.89 (22.17) 5:40.62 (46.90)
6:05.70 (1:11.98) 6:30.94 (1:37.22)
7 DART 'A' 6:42.10 6:31.15 46
1) Weigel, Isaac FR 2) Park, Tim SO
3) Moll, Joe JR 4) Cushman, Tim SO
22.34 46.58 (46.58)
1:11.50 (1:11.50) 1:36.41 (1:36.41)
1:58.38 (21.97) 2:22.72 (46.31)
2:48.10 (1:11.69) 3:14.14 (1:37.73)
3:35.64 (21.50) 4:00.13 (45.99)
4:25.73 (1:11.59) 4:51.52 (1:37.38)
5:14.33 (22.81) 5:39.38 (47.86)
6:05.31 (1:13.79) 6:31.15 (1:39.63)
8 Columbia 'A' 6:37.76 6:31.89 44
1) Ahn, Seung Joon SO 2) Won, Kyle FR
3) Li, Stanford SO 4) Demir, Demirkan FR
22.96 47.09 (47.09)
1:12.46 (1:12.46) 1:38.15 (1:38.15)
2:00.24 (22.09) 2:25.29 (47.14)
2:51.50 (1:13.35) 3:17.93 (1:39.78)
3:40.49 (22.56) 4:05.32 (47.39)
4:30.65 (1:12.72) 4:55.99 (1:38.06)
5:17.64 (21.65) 5:41.83 (45.84)
6:06.93 (1:10.94) 6:31.89 (1:35.90)
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 2
1. Harvard University 128 2. Princeton University 110
3. Yale University 106 4. Brown University 102
5. Columbia University 100 6. University of Pennsylvania 98
7. Cornell University 94 8. Dartmouth College Swimming 46
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