Dean Farris Powers Pair of Harvard Relays to Victory as Ivy League Champs Open

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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.

Ivy League Championships

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 
==================================================================================
  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
==================================================================================
    School                                 Seed     Finals Points 
==================================================================================
  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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