Harvard and Penn combined for two meet records on the second night of the 2018 Ivy League Championships. Harvard’s Brennan Novak posted an NCAA ‘B’ cut in the 500 freestyle while Penn’s Mark Andrew did likewise in the 200 IM.
Harvard is still on top after two days of competition with 563 points. Princeton is currently in second with 459 while Yale is in third with 377. They are followed by Columbia (364), Penn (355), Cornell (237) and Dartmouth (203).
Tomorrow’s events include: 400 IM, 100 Butterfly, 200 Freestyle, 100 Breaststroke, 100 Backstroke, 1000 Freestyle and 4 x 100 Medley Relay. Heat sheets for prelims can be found here.
500 Freestyle
Junior Brennan Novak kept the Harvard winning streak alive in the first individual event of these Championships. His 4:13.34 smashed the previous school record set in 2002 by over three seconds. He also re-wrote the meet and pool records in this event. Teammate Logan Houck was third in 4:16.08, also under the previous Harvard record, while sophomore Zach Snyder won the B final in 4:21.03.
After a great split in last night’s 4 x 200 Freestyle Relay, Yale’s Kei Hyogo swam to a season best 4:15.32 for second place. The swim broke his own school record set at last year’s Ivy League Championship. Fellow Bulldog Adrian Lin was eighth in 4:22.15.
Penn’s Taylor Uselis was fourth in 4:20.32 and was followed by Columbia’s Michal Zyla in 4:20.57 and Princeton’s Murphy McQuet in 4:21.29. Penn’s Will Thomas was the only freshman in the heat, finishing seventh in 4:21.71. Dartmouth’s Connor Lamastra raced to sixteenth place in the B final, but set a new school record of 4:23.88 in the preliminary heats.
Event 3 Men 500 Yard Freestyle
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Meet Record: M 4:14.17 2018 Brennan Novak (Harvard), swam in prelims
POOL: P 4:14.17 2018 Brennan Novak (Harvard), swam in prelims
NCAA A: A 4:12.49
NCAA B: B 4:24.99
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Novak, Brennan JR Harvard 4:14.17 4:13.34M 32
r:+0.79 23.53 49.29 (25.76)
1:14.89 (25.60) 1:40.40 (25.51)
2:05.82 (25.42) 2:31.14 (25.32)
2:56.69 (25.55) 3:22.40 (25.71)
3:48.02 (25.62) 4:13.34 (25.32)
2 Hyogo, Kei SR Yale 4:21.04 4:15.32B 28
r:+0.69 23.25 48.51 (25.26)
1:13.99 (25.48) 1:39.69 (25.70)
2:05.57 (25.88) 2:31.50 (25.93)
2:57.51 (26.01) 3:23.67 (26.16)
3:49.98 (26.31) 4:15.32 (25.34)
3 Houck, Logan JR Harvard 4:18.48 4:16.08B 27
r:+0.78 23.98 49.78 (25.80)
1:15.55 (25.77) 1:41.40 (25.85)
2:07.41 (26.01) 2:33.21 (25.80)
2:59.31 (26.10) 3:25.15 (25.84)
3:51.10 (25.95) 4:16.08 (24.98)
4 Uselis, Taylor SR Penn 4:19.12 4:20.32B 26
r:+0.73 24.04 49.94 (25.90)
1:16.06 (26.12) 1:42.46 (26.40)
2:08.99 (26.53) 2:35.48 (26.49)
3:01.96 (26.48) 3:28.66 (26.70)
3:54.90 (26.24) 4:20.32 (25.42)
5 Zyla, Michal SR Columbia 4:20.00 4:20.57B 25
r:+0.66 23.70 49.56 (25.86)
1:16.20 (26.64) 1:42.65 (26.45)
2:09.08 (26.43) 2:35.66 (26.58)
3:01.90 (26.24) 3:28.45 (26.55)
3:54.73 (26.28) 4:20.57 (25.84)
6 McQuet, Murphy JR Princeton 4:19.74 4:21.29B 24
r:+0.74 23.58 49.29 (25.71)
1:15.68 (26.39) 1:42.22 (26.54)
2:09.09 (26.87) 2:36.01 (26.92)
3:02.86 (26.85) 3:29.58 (26.72)
3:56.04 (26.46) 4:21.29 (25.25)
7 Thomas, Will FR Penn 4:20.97 4:21.71B 23
r:+0.76 24.79 51.41 (26.62)
1:18.10 (26.69) 1:44.75 (26.65)
2:11.17 (26.42) 2:37.51 (26.34)
3:03.92 (26.41) 3:30.31 (26.39)
3:56.42 (26.11) 4:21.71 (25.29)
8 Lin, Adrian JR Yale 4:20.91 4:22.15B 22
r:+0.73 23.37 49.24 (25.87)
1:15.75 (26.51) 1:42.69 (26.94)
2:09.65 (26.96) 2:36.67 (27.02)
3:03.47 (26.80) 3:30.14 (26.67)
3:56.66 (26.52) 4:22.15 (25.49)
200 IM
The Penn men were able to break up the Crimson madness in the 200 IM as junior Mark Andrew (1:43.24) and Thomas Dillinger (1:44.99) finished first and third, respectively. Andrew set new meet, pool and program records with his swim. Princeton senior Zach Buerger split the two coming in at 1:44.77. Buerger was winning handedly at the 100 mark, but could not withstand a blistering 29.32 breaststroke split from Andrew.
Harvard’s top swim came from sophomore Daniel Chang in 1:45.77, a season best. Teammate Koya Osada did likewise to place sixth in 1:46.60. Yale’s Jonathan Rutter was fifth in 1:45.96 while Princeton’s Corey Okubo (1:46.61) and Columbia’s Shane Brett (1:47.42) rounded out the heat.
Despite a gain in finals, Brett’s prelim swim of 1:46.64 tied the Columbia program record formerly set by Kevin Quinn in 2015. However, senior teammate Jae Park then beat both swimmers with his win in the B final at 1:46.27. Teammate Zach Thomas was also close by coming in second in the B final in 1:46.80.
Event 4 Men 200 Yard IM
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Meet Record: M 1:43.94 2013 Nejc Zupan (Dartmouth)
POOL: P 1:44.67 2007 Geoff Rathgeber (Harvard)
NCAA A: A 1:41.88
NCAA B: B 1:49.09
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Andrew, Mark JR Penn 1:45.34 1:43.24M 32
r:+0.73 22.89 48.99 (26.10)
1:18.31 (29.32) 1:43.24 (24.93)
2 Buerger, Zach SR Princeton 1:46.50 1:44.77B 28
r:+0.70 22.60 48.38 (25.78)
1:19.79 (31.41) 1:44.77 (24.98)
3 Dillinger, Thomas JR Penn 1:45.42 1:44.99B 27
r:+0.72 23.46 50.19 (26.73)
1:20.24 (30.05) 1:44.99 (24.75)
4 Chang, Daniel SO Harvard 1:46.49 1:45.77B 26
r:+0.62 23.59 50.65 (27.06)
1:20.03 (29.38) 1:45.77 (25.74)
5 Rutter, Jonathan SR Yale 1:46.42 1:45.96B 25
r:+0.69 23.75 49.85 (26.10)
1:20.25 (30.40) 1:45.96 (25.71)
6 Osada, Koya SR Harvard 1:46.76 1:46.60B 24
r:+0.74 23.16 49.42 (26.26)
1:20.55 (31.13) 1:46.60 (26.05)
7 Okubo, Corey SR Princeton 1:46.78 1:46.61B 23
r:+0.49 22.92 49.05 (26.13)
1:20.57 (31.52) 1:46.61 (26.04)
8 Brett, Shane JR Columbia 1:46.64 1:47.42B 22
r:+0.67 23.33 50.16 (26.83)
1:21.54 (31.38) 1:47.42 (25.88)
50 Freestyle
The Bulldogs scored valuable points in the 50 Freestyle as senior Aaron Greenberg (19.49) and sophomore Henry Gaissert (19.70) took the first and third spots.
Harvard was not far off with Steven Tan in second in 19.66 and Raphael Marcoux in fourth (29.79). They also scored Paul O’Hara at 20.01 for seventh and won the B final with Ed Kim racing a 19.88.
Princeton’s Ben Schafer was fifth in 19.82 followed by Columbia’s Kevin Frifeldt (19.87) and Princeton’s Alexander Lewis (20.05).
Event 5 Men 50 Yard Freestyle
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Meet Record: M 18.90 2009 Alex Righi (Yale)
POOL: P 18.90 2009 Alex Righi (Yale)
NCAA A: A 19.05
NCAA B: B 20.19
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Greenberg, Aaron SR Yale 19.36 19.49B 32
r:+0.64
2 Tan, Steven SR Harvard 19.68 19.66B 28
r:+0.63
3 Gaissert, Henry SO Yale 19.60 19.70B 27
r:+0.70
4 Marcoux, Raphael SO Harvard 19.62 19.79B 26
r:+0.66
5 Schafer, Ben SR Princeton 19.84 19.82B 25
r:+0.64
6 Frifeldt, Kevin SR Columbia 19.80 19.87B 24
r:+0.59
7 O'Hara, Paul SR Harvard 19.78 20.01B 23
r:+0.66
8 Lewis, Alexander SR Princeton 19.93 20.05B 22
r:+0.58
1-Meter Diving
Columbia followed suit of the 1-3 finish pattern as divers Jonathan Suckow (374.20) and Jayden Pantel (346.70) got the job done for the Lions. Yale’s Christian DeVol broke up the mix with a second place score of 359.05.
Harvard scored five divers in Bobby Ross (fourth – 339.75), Hal Watts (seventh – 310.20), David Pfeifer (ninth -297.30), Alec DeCaprio (thirteenth – 249.75) and Austin Fields (fourteenth – 248.30).
Princeton also had a pair of athletes in the top eight as Colton Young placed fifth with 336.95 points and Charlie Minns was sixth with 311.25. Dartmouth’s Justin Sodokoff rounded out the top eight with 279.75 points.
Event 6 Men 1 mtr Diving
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Meet Record: M 387.05 2013 Michael Mosca (Harvard)
POOL: P 367.95 2007 Alex Volovetsky (Pitt)
NCAA A: A 300.00
Name Year School Prelims Finals Points
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=== A - Final ===
1 Suckow, Jonathan FR Columbia 309.80 374.20P 32
2 DeVol, Christian FR Yale 296.05 359.05A 28
3 Pantel, Jayden SR Columbia 285.05 346.70A 27
4 Ross, Bobby SR Harvard 304.40 339.75A 26
5 Young, Colton FR Princeton 314.20 336.95A 25
6 Minns, Charlie SO Princeton 288.35 311.25A 24
7 Watts, Hal FR Harvard 280.30 310.20A 23
8 Sodokoff, Justin FR Dartmouth 291.20 279.75 22
4 x 50 Freestyle Relay
Despite a few individual losses, the Harvard men continued their relay sweep by achieving an NCAA ‘A’ cut time of 1:17.47 in the 4 x 50 Freestyle Relay. And of note – the relay did not include 2017 All-American Dean Farris who swam in this event last season. Marcoux, Tan, Kim and O’Hara all booked their tickets to the NCAA Championships en route to a championship title and school record in this event.
Princeton was second in 1:18.43 while Yale took third in 1:18.67. The latter was a new program record by nearly one full second. Columbia (1:19.56), Penn (1:19.83), Cornell (1:21.50) and Dartmouth (1:22.59) placed fourth through seventh.
Event 7 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
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Meet Record: M 1:17.35 2015 Princeton
H. Wagner, C. Maher, J. Mackrel, S. Bole
POOL: P 1:17.35 2015 Princeton
H. Wagner, C. Maher, J. Mackrel, S. Bole
NCAA A: A 1:17.62
NCAA B: B 1:18.35
School Seed Finals Points
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1 Harvard 1:18.04 1:17.47A 64
1) Marcoux, Raphael SO 2) r:0.18 Tan, Steven SR
3) r:0.21 Kim, Ed SR 4) r:0.19 O'Hara, Paul SR
r:+7.99 19.82 39.03 (19.21)
58.34 (19.31) 1:17.47 (19.13)
2 Princeton 1:19.36 1:18.43 56
1) Lewis, Alexander SR 2) r:0.14 Schafer, Ben SR
3) r:0.19 McQuet, Murphy JR 4) r:0.18 Buese, Cole JR
r:15.22 19.95 39.28 (19.33)
58.89 (19.61) 1:18.43 (19.54)
3 Yale 1:19.79 1:18.67 54
1) Gaissert, Henry SO 2) r:0.26 Greenberg, Aaron SR
3) r:0.31 Hyogo, Kei SR 4) r:0.46 Lin, Adrian JR
r:15.47 19.68 38.86 (19.18)
58.59 (19.73) 1:18.67 (20.08)
4 Columbia 1:21.56 1:19.56 52
1) Frifeldt, Kevin SR 2) r:0.36 Gwo, Albert FR
3) r:0.29 Liu, Nianguo SO 4) r:0.24 Gullick, Hank SO
r:14.80 20.08 39.73 (19.65)
59.73 (20.00) 1:19.56 (19.83)
5 Penn 1:18.69 1:19.83 50
1) Dillinger, Thomas JR 2) r:0.53 Andrew, Mark JR
3) r:0.44 Cunnan, Nathaniel FR 4) r:0.35 Blinstrub, Mark JR
r:+5.70 20.02 39.92 (19.90)
1:00.05 (20.13) 1:19.83 (19.78)
6 Cornell 1:22.29 1:21.50 48
1) Mahoney, Jack SO 2) r:0.34 Morrison, Cyrus FR
3) r:0.26 Brenneman, Jack SR 4) r:0.45 Evdokimov, Alex SR
r:+8.61 20.19 40.91 (20.72)
1:01.09 (20.18) 1:21.50 (20.41)
7 Dartmouth 1:24.94 1:22.59 46
1) Patrick, James JR 2) r:+0.0 Hall, John SO
3) r:+0.0 Mathews, Gabriel FR 4) r:0.18 Liao, Brandon FR
r:+2.55 20.54 41.43 (20.89)
1:02.26 (20.83) 1:22.59 (20.33)
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