{"id":367475,"date":"2019-05-05T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T17:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=367475"},"modified":"2019-05-04T17:00:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T00:00:05","slug":"swimming-world-presents-mens-ncaa-division-i-mini-feature-dean-farris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-mens-ncaa-division-i-mini-feature-dean-farris\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “Men’s NCAA Division I Mini-Feature: Dean Farris”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Men’s NCAA Division I Mini-Feature: Dean Farris<\/span><\/h1>\n

Dean of the Pool<\/span><\/h2>\n

The first race of the meet wasn\u2019t even to the final heat yet, but already the crowd at the NCAA Division I Men\u2019s Championships was stunned.<\/p>\n

Harvard\u2019s Dean Farris put together the most shocking swim of the meet…and the meet was just minutes old.<\/p>\n

Leading off the 800 yard free relay in the second of three heats, Farris crushed the NCAA\/American\/U.S. Open record of the 200 free, touching in 1:29.15. Just a year after Blake Pieroni and Townley Haas were the first two swimmers ever to go under 1:30, Farris nearly went under 1:29!<\/p>\n

The biggest drama of the meet, though, wasn\u2019t that he set the record\u2014it was that he set it in the relay, and he wouldn\u2019t be swimming the 200 free individual event, keeping the crowd from seeing if he could go even faster.
\nOf course, he went plenty fast in his other races, winning the 100 back and 100 free.<\/p>\n

So, why not swim the 200 free?<\/p>\n

Farris answered that after watching the 100 back last year, he was eager to try something different and thought it looked \u201cfun.\u201d<\/p>\n

He made it even more fun on the next-to-last day of the meet when he surged to the NCAA title in the 100 back, clocking a 43.66 to become the second-fastest performer all-time. It was Harvard\u2019s 11th individual title and first since 1989.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am just really excited,\u201d said Farris. \u201cI guess now it looks like the smart move. It was a good race, and it worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

To read the full story of Dean Farris’ stunning performance at the NCAA D1 Champs,
\ncheck out the May 2019<\/a><\/span> issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now!<\/p>\n

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[PHOTO CREDIT: PETER H. BICK]<\/p>\n

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