Dean Farris Wins Two Individual Events as Harvard Defeats Princeton and Yale; Raunak Khosla Picks Up Four Victories
After the Yale women came out on top of the women’s edition of the Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet, it was Harvard that defeated both of its opponents in the men’s edition of the showdown between the Ivy League rivals. Harvard beat Princeton 228-125, and the Crimson took down host Yale 248.5-104.5. Meanwhile, Princeton beat Yale by a tighter 189.5-163.5 margin.
It was no surprise to see Harvard’s Dean Farris post a big performance in his final Whil at the HYP meet. Farris finished first in both his individual events. He swam a 1:33.60 in the 200 free, well off his American record of 1:29.15 but comfortably ahead of the field and good for 20th in the national rankings entering conference championship season. Farris also won the 100 fly in 46.30, edging out teammate Umit Gures (46.33) by three hundredths.
Farris also swam on three winning Harvard relays. Farris led off the 400 medley relay in 45.64, moving him to eighth in the nation for the 100 back, and he was joined by teammates Jared Simpson, Gures and Marcus Holmquist to record a time of 3:07.34. Farris, Simpson, Gures and Raphael Marcoux won the 200 medley relay in 1:25.26, and the team of Ryan Linnihan, Holmquist, Mahlon Reihman and Farris won the 400 free relay in 2:52.76, with Farris anchoring in 42.08.
Additionally for Harvard, Grant Gunner was the winner in both the 100 back (47.23) and 200 back (1:42.56), while Simpson won the 100 breast in 53.48. Marcoux was the only man under 20 in the 50 free with his time of 19.99, while Reihman won the 100 free in 43.60. In diving, Adam Wesson won both the 1-meter (344.05) and 3-meter (369.65), and the team of Marcoux, Gures, Reihman and Linnihan won the 200 free relay in 1:18.67.
While Harvard was the dominant team at the meet, the dominant swimmer was Princeton junior Raunak Khosla, who picked up four victories. Khosla won the 200 fly in 1:43.49 (which moved him into the national top-30), and he added triumphs in the 200 IM (1:45.43), 400 IM (3:48.52) and 200 breast (1:56.09).
Additionally, Princeton’s Dylan Porges won the 1650 free in 15:09.11, while the only Yale win on the day came by virtue of Noah Millard in the 500 free (4:18.99).
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