2022 Ivy League Men’s Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2022 Men’s Ivy League Swimming & Diving Championships

• Wednesday, February 23 – Saturday, February 26, 2022
• Prelims 11:00 AM / Finals 6:00 PM
• DeNunzio Pool, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
• Defending Champions: Harvard University (results)
• Live Results
• Streaming (ESPN+): Day 2 finals
• Championship Central
• Pre-scratch Psych Sheets
• Day 2 Finals Heat Sheets

Harvard holds an 18-point lead over Princeton as we head into Day 2 finals at the 2022 Men’s Ivy League Championships. Several meet records could be in danger, including the 200 IM, where Princeton’s Raunak Khosla broke the pool record in prelims, and the 50 free, where Harvard’s Dean Farris has been as fast at 18.92 in 2019.

Men’s 500 Freestyle – Finals

• Ivy Meet Record: 4:13.34 – Brennan Novak, Harvard (2018)
• Pool Record: 4:13.34 – Brennan Novak, Harvard (2018)
• NCAA A Standard: 4:11.62
• NCAA B Standard: 4:23.34

Podium:

1. Dylan Porges, Princeton – 4:17.84
2. Nicholas Lim, Princeton – 4:18.46
3. Shane Washart, Harvard – 4:19.84
4. Cole Kuster, Harvard – 4:20.64
5. Lukas Scheidl, Brown – 4:21.07
6. John Ehling, Princeton – 4:21.86
7. Nicolas Ortega, Brown – 4:22.38
8. Peyton Werner, Princeton – 4:24.10

Princeton’s Dylan Porges dropped 2.6 seconds from his prelims time to win the 500 free with a dominant 4:17.84. Brown’s Nicolas Ortega jumped out to an early start, leading the field by half a second at the 100 wall, but he quickly faded to the back of the pack over the next 100 yards.

In lane 4, Shane Washart of Harvard took over the lead at the 150, followed by teammate Cole Kuster, with Porges about a half-body back in lane 2. Porges began his descent at the 200 and took over the lead at the 250. As he continued to build his lead, teammate Nicholas Lim joined him toward the front of the pack. Lim got past Washart and Kuster at the 350 and held on for second place with 4:18.46. Washart (4:19.84), coming home with a pair of 25.7s, held off Kuster (4:20.64) for third.

Brown’s Lukas Scheidl (4:21.07) passed Princeton’s John Ehling (4:21.86) over the final 100 yards to take fifth. That’s a new Brown school record for Scheidl. Ortega (4:22.38) and Peyton Werner of Princeton (4:24.10) rounded out the final.

The fastest swim of the night, though, came out of the B final in which Yale’s Noah Millard cracked a 4:16.88. A 4:22.50 in prelims left him relegated to the B heat, but he dropped almost 6 seconds in finals. Millard had come into the meet as the top seed in this event with 4:18.99.

Men’s 200 Individual Medley – Finals

• Ivy Meet Record: 1:42.80, R. Khosla, Princeton (2019)(2019)
• Pool Record: 1:42.82 – R. Khosla, Princeton (2022)
• NCAA A Standard: 1:41.34
• NCAA B Standard: 1:46.77

Podium:

1. Raunak Khosla, Princeton – 1:41.88
2. Jacob Johnson, Harvard – 1:43.82
3. Jared Simpson, Harvard – 1:44.01
4. Max Kreidl, Princeton – 1:44.58
5. Tyler Hong, Princeton – 1:44.76
6. Gunner Grant, Harvard – 1:46.27
7. Ben Hayes, Brown – 1:46.56
8. Matthew Fallon, Penn – 1:46.61

Defending champion and Ivy League record-holder Raunak Khosla broke the Ivy League, championship meet, pool, and Princeton program records with a dominant 1:41.88 in the final of the 200 individual medley.

Princeton’s Tyler Hong and Harvard’s Jacob Johnson were out first in the butterfly, both flipping at 22.2. Johnson and teammate Gunner Grant led the field after the backstroke, but Khosla was within a body length, just close enough to take charge with the fastest breaststroke leg in the field. Khosla led second-place Johnson by 2.4 seconds headed into the final 50 and he came home .7 faster than in the morning to take nearly a full second off his previous Ivy record.

Johnson and teammate Jared Simpson touched second and third, nearly together, with 1:43.82 and 1:44.01. Princeton’s Max Kreidl touched out teammate Tyler Hong, 1:44.58 to 1:44.76, for fourth place.

Grant came in sixth, followed by Ben Hayes of Brown and Matthew Fallon of Penn, who had come into the meet with the League’s second-fastest time.

Men’s 50 Freestyle – Finals

• Ivy Meet Record: 18.90 – A. Righi, Yale (2009)
• Pool Record: 18.90 – A. Righi, Yale (2009)
• NCAA A Standard: 18.96
• NCAA B Standard: 19.96

Podium:

1. Mahlon Reihman, Harvard – 19.42
2. Dean Farris, Harvard – 19.43
3. Jonas Kistorp, Columbia – 19.49
4. Raphael Marcoux, Harvard – 19.54
5. Umit Gures, Harvard – 19.61
6. Philippe Marcoux, Yale – 19.72
7. Brian Lou, Princeton – 19.82
8. Joseph Page, Yale – 19.83

Mahlon Reihman stunned his Harvard teammate Dean Farris to win the 50 free by .01 from lane 1. Harvard sprinters finished at 1-2-4-5-9-12-19 to give the Crimson 152 points. That put them 52 points ahead of Princeton, who had taken over the lead after the 500 frees.

The entire final finished in a span of .41, with Columbia’s Jonas Kistorp (19.49) taking third place ahead of Harvard’s Raphael Marcoux (19.54) and Umit Gures (19.61), Yale’s Philippe Marcoux (19.72), Princeton’s Brian Lou (19.82), and Yale’s Joseph Page (19.83).

Men’s 1-Meter Diving – Finals

• Ivy Meet Record: 387.05 – M. Mosca, Harvard (2013)
• Pool Record: 405.86 – B. Butcher, Navy (2019)
• NCAA A Standard:

Podium:

1. Jonathan Suckow, Columbia – 398.25
2. Colten Young, Princeton – 347.70
3. Adam Wesson, Harvard – 326.35
4. Joe Victor, Princeton – 325.40
5. Luke Foster, Harvard – 323.15
6. Trevor Labuda, Brown – 310.80
7. George Callanan, Princeton – 308.25
8. Taso Callanan, Princeton – 303.65

Columbia’s Jonathan Suckow dominated the 1-meter board, averaging 66.38 points per dive, nearly 10 points more than second-place Colten Young of Princeton. Suckow tallied 398.25 points to break the Ivy League Record that had stood since 2013.

Adam Wesson of Harvard just topped Joe Victor from Princeton for third place with 326.35 points. Luke Foster placed fifth (323.15). Brown’s Trevor Labuda came in sixth (310.80), while twins George Callanan and Taso Callanan of Princeton rounded out the top-8.

Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay – Timed Final

• Ivy Meet Record: 1:17.14 – Princeton (2015)
• Pool Record: 1:17.04 – Penn State (2020)
• NCAA A Standard: 1:17.07
• NCAA B Standard: 1:17.80

Podium:

1. Harvard – 1:17.14
2. Princeton – 1:18.51
3. Columbia – 1:18.93
4. Penn – 1:20.30
5. Brown – 1:21.25
6. Dartmouth – 1:21.53

Harvard took down the Ivy League meet record with 1:17.14, thanks to the quartet of Raphael Marcoux (19.44), Umit Gures (19.30), Mahlon Reihman (19.11), and Marcus Holmquist (19.29). The Crimson led from start to finish, followed by Yale. Princeton and Columbia battled for the next position, with the Tigers edging the Lions at the finish.

Princeton clocked in at 1:18.51 from Brian Lou (19.86), Brett Fayerick (19.66), Nicholas Lim (19.88), and Max Walther (19.11). Columbia’s foursome consisted of Jonas Kistorp (19.63), Albert Gwo (19.48), Hayden Liu (19.92), and Thomas Shepanzyk (19.90).

Yale, however, was disqualified for an early start from swimmer #4, so Princeton and Columbia placed second and third. Cornell also suffered a DQ.

Team Scores After Day 2

1. Harvard University – 570
2. Princeton University – 567
3. Brown University – 325
4. University of Pennsylvania – 304
5. Columbia University – 272
6. Yale University – 262
7. Cornell University – 160
8. Dartmouth College – 96