{"id":361328,"date":"2019-03-29T17:09:05","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T00:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=361328"},"modified":"2020-02-12T21:31:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T04:31:11","slug":"dean-farris-wins-harvards-first-ncaa-title-since-1989-in-100-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dean-farris-wins-harvards-first-ncaa-title-since-1989-in-100-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Farris Wins Harvard’s First NCAA Title Since 1989 in 100 Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harvard junior\u00a0Dean Farris\u00a0<\/strong>blistered the 100 back final on Friday night at the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships with a 43.66 to scare\u00a0Ryan Murphy’s\u00a0<\/strong>43.49 NCAA and American Record from 2016.<\/p>\n

Farris went out in a 20.85 and held on to win Harvard’s first NCAA title in 30 years. NC State’s\u00a0Coleman Stewart\u00a0<\/strong>(43.98) finished in second in the race as Farris and Stewart became the second and third swimmers to break 44 seconds in the event.<\/p>\n

Farris is the first Harvard man to win an individual NCAA title in swimming and diving since\u00a0David Berkoff\u00a0<\/strong>won the 100 back in 1989.<\/p>\n

Grand Canyon’s\u00a0Mark Nikolaev\u00a0<\/strong>(44.33) had the highest finish for a Grand Canyon swimmers with his swim tonight. Nikolaev moved to fifth all-time.<\/p>\n

Texas’\u00a0John Shebat\u00a0<\/strong>(44.71), who was second the last two years, placed fourth for the Longhorns. Texas had two A-finalists with\u00a0Ryan Harty\u00a0<\/strong>(45.05) placing fifth.<\/p>\n

Louisville’s\u00a0Nick Albiero\u00a0<\/strong>(45.08), Cal’s Daniel Carr\u00a0<\/strong>(45.21) and Georgia’s\u00a0Javier Acevedo\u00a0<\/strong>(45.24) also swam in the A-Final.<\/p>\n

Harvard now has three NCAA titles in the 100 back as Farris joins Berkoff (1987, 89) as winners of the event for the Crimson.<\/p>\n

All-Time List:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Ryan Murphy<\/strong>, Cal, 43.49 (2016)<\/li>\n
  2. Dean Farris<\/strong>, Harvard, 43.66 (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Coleman Stewart<\/strong>, NC State, 43.98 (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Nick Thoman<\/strong>, Swim MAC, 44.07 (2013)<\/li>\n
  5. Mark Nikolaev<\/strong>, Grand Canyon, 44.33 (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
  6. John Shebat<\/strong>, Texas, 44.35 (2017)<\/li>\n
  7. Matt Grevers<\/strong>, Tucson Ford, 44.49 (2013)<\/li>\n
  8. Connor Oslin<\/strong>, Alabama, 44.56 (2017)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n