2025 Ivy League Men’s Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

2025 Ivy League Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships

THURSDAY MORNING HEAT SHEETS

With a gold medal in the 200 medley and a silver in the 800 free relay, Yale got off to a strong start on Day 1 of the 2025 Ivy League Men’s Championships. Individual events begin today with heats of 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, and prelims of 1-meter diving. Yale’s Noah Millard, who split 1:30.4 on the end of the Bulldogs’ 4×200 relay last night, is the top qualifier in the 500 free with a seed time of 4:11.29. Yale also has the top qualifier in the 50 free with first-year Nicholas Finch (19.36). Princeton’s Mitchell Schott leads the 200 IM qualifiers with 1:42.84.

Team Scores After Day 1

  1. Yale – 120
  2. Princeton – 112
  3. (tie) Harvard / Cornell – 108
  4. Brown – 100
  5. Columbia – 96
  6. Penn – 94
  7. Dartmouth – 90

DAY 2

Men’s 500 Yard Freestyle – Prelims

  • Ivy Meet Record: 4:10.62, Noah Millard, Yale (2023)
  • Pool Record: 4:10.62, Noah Millard, Yale (2023)
  • NCAA “A” Standard: 4:10.64
  • 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 4:14.90
  • 2024 Ivy League Champion: Ben Littlejohn, Harvard – 4:15.20

Finals Qualifiers:

  1. Noah Millard, Yale – 4:16.24
  2. Arthur Balva, Princeton – 4:18.00
  3. Matthew Fallon, Penn – 4:19.07
  4. James Curreri, Penn – 4:19.62
  5. Arshak Hambardzumyan, Yale – 4:19.82
  6. Christian Duetoft, Brown – 4:20.10
  7. Shane Washart, Harvard – 4:20.27
  8. Parker Lenoce, Princeton – 4:2073
  9. Stephen Zhukov, Columbia – 4:20.77
  10. Matt Williamson, Brown – 4:21.07
  11. Santiago Gutierrez, Princeton – 4:21.37
  12. Adam Wu, Columbia – 4:21.45
  13. Zach Vasser, Columbia – 4:21.84
  14. Gian Santos, Columbia – 4:22.02
  15. Harris Durham, Harvard – 4:22.05
  16. Jed Jones, Yale – 4:22.48
  17. Julian Correa, Cornell – 4:22.75
  18. Tristan Dalbey, Harvard – 4:23.01
  19. Jacques Grove, Cornell – 4:23.24
  20. Ben Littlejohn, Harvard – 4:23.28
  21. Can Yeniay, Penn – 4:23.89
  22. Jose Cano Figueroa, Yale – 4:2463
  23. Daniel Gallagher, Penn – 4:24.73
  24. James Kershaw, Brown – 4:25.44

Finn Henry, the son of Yale’s head coach Jim Henry, kicked things off with a 4:31.99 win in heat 1. Henry was swimming exhibition so the heat win went to Dartmouth’s Xavier Orlic (4:34.21), who dropped 4.7 seconds from his seed time.

Harvard senior Harris Durham, who won the B final in 2024, led from start to finish in heat 2, stopping the clock at 4:22.05, just touching out Yale’s Jed Jones (4:22.43).

Penn senior Matthew Fallon, the fourth-place finisher in 2024, took care of heat 3 with 4:19.07 from lane 5. Fallon was .44 faster than he’d been in last year’s final. Coming to the wall just behind him was Yale freshman Arshak Hambardzumyan (4:19.82).

Princeton’s Arthur Balva won heat 4 by a body length with 4:18.00, just a tick faster than his entry time. Penn’s James Curreri, last year’s bronze medalist, touched second in 4:19.62. Brown freshman Christian Duetoft clocked in at 4:20.10 for third place in the heat.

Top-seeded Noah Millard from Yale, who broke the League record with 4:10.62 in 2023, cruised to victory in the final heat. He stopped the clock at 4:16.24, 3.5 seconds ahead of runner-up Parker Lenoce of Princeton (4:20.73). Columbia’s Adam Wu (4:21.56) and Gian Santos (4:22.02) touched third and fourth.

To give some idea of how fast this year’s meet is so far, it took 4:23.06 to qualify for the “A” final in 2024. Now, a 4:23 in prelims would land you solidly in the “C” final.

Men’s 200 Yard Individual Medley – Prelims

  • Ivy Meet Record: 1:41.11, Raunak Khosla, Princeton (2023)
  • Pool Record: 1:41.11, Raunak Khosla, Princeton (2023)
  • NCAA “A” Standard: 1:40.75
  • 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 1:43.05
  • 2024 Ivy League Champion: Gunnar Grant, Harvard – 1:42.83

Finals Qualifiers:

  1. Mitchell Schott, Princeton – 1:42.72
  2. Marton Nagy, Brown – 1:43.02
  3. Jack Kelly, Brown / Peter Whittington, Penn – 1:44.14
  4. Tyler Hong, Princeton – 1:44.16
  5. Alexander Hazlett, Yale – 1:44.36
  6. Pietro Ubertalli, Cornell – 1:44.40
  7. Sebastian Wolff, Cornell – 1:44.68
  8. Charlie Egeland, Yale – 1:45.08
  9. Adriano Arioti, Harvard – 1:45.24
  10. Joseph Gurski, Cornell – 1:45.45
  11. Jacob Turner, Dartmouth – 1:45.59
  12. Jake Wang, Yale – 1:45.73
  13. Noah Sech, Princeton – 1:45.76
  14. Dominic Edwards, Cornell – 1:46.08
  15. Manoli Mountantonakis, Yale – 1:46.15
  16. Jake Regenwetter, Brown – 1:46.32
  17. Gabe Anagnoson, Cornell – 1:46.46
  18. Elliot Lee, Yale – 1:46.71
  19. Maxwell Seidel, Princeton / Harrison Powe, Brown – 1:46.78
  20. Hunter Kim, Princeton – 1:47.06
  21. Andrew Fouty, Columbia – 1:47.33
  22. Richard Poplawski, Harvard – 1:47.49

Columbia senior Andrew Fauty dropped nearly 4 seconds from his season best to win the opening heat of 200 IMs with 1:47.33. Yale freshman Manoli Mountantonakis improved his seed time by 2.8 seconds and won heat 2 with 1:46.15, touching out Cornell freshman Gabe Anagnoson (1:46.46, -3.1 seconds).

Cornell senior Sebastian Wolff (1:44.68) held off Yale sophomore Charlie Egeland (1:45.08) and Harvard freshman Adriano Arioti (1:45.24) to win the first circle-seeded heat. Wolff placed third in last year’s final, while Egeland won the “C” final.

Brown senior Jack Kelly and Penn sophomore Peter Whittington, in lanes 3 and 1, eked out the win in heat 4 over Princeton senior Tyler Hong in lane 4, by .02. Kelly and Whittington tied with 1:44.14, while Hong went 1:44.16 to come in third. It was a PB by 3.9 seconds for Whittington, who placed 20th last year. Hong was runner-up in this event in 2024, Kelly was fourth.

In heat 5, top-seeded Mitchell Schott of Princeton came back from a half-second deficit to Brown freshman Marton Nagy at the 100, splitting 29.76 on the breast and 23.60 on the free to touch first with 1:42.72. Nagy finished with 1:43.02, a body length ahead of Yale junior Alexander Hazlett (1:44.36) and Cornell junior Pietro Ubertalli (1:44.40).

Continuing with our theme, Noah Sech made it into the “A” final at 8th place with 1:46.34 in 2024; this year, he was .6 faster and placed 14th in prelims. 1:46.3 qualified for the “C” final once again.

Men’s 50 Yard Freestyle – Prelims

  • Ivy Meet Record: 18.90, Alex Righi, Yale (2009)
  • Pool Record: 19.36, Marcus Holmquist, Harvard (2023)
  • NCAA “A” Standard: 18.72
  • 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 19.13
  • 2024 Ivy League Champion: Sonny Wang, Harvard – 19.61

Finals Qualifiers:

  1. Nicholas Finch, Yale – 19.23
  2. Sonny Wang, Harvard – 19.25
  3. Zion James, Columbia – 19.43
  4. Patrick Dinu, Princeton – 19.43
  5. Deny Nankov, Yale – 19.48
  6. Marre Gattnar, Harvard – 19.62
  7. Brett Feyerick, Princeton – 19.65
  8. Sam Eckert, Columbia – 19.75
  9. Josh Toothman, Cornell – 19.77
  10. Lucius Brown, Yale – 19.89
  11. David Greeley, Harvard / Liam Campbell, Penn, Yanning Zhang, Princeton – 19.79
  12. Marcus Lee, Brown – 19.80
  13. Nareg Minassian, Yale – 19.83
  14. Logan Pack, Dartmouth – 19.87
  15. Mackey Nurkic Kacapor, Yale – 19.96
  16. Daniel Simoes, Cornell – 19.97
  17. Evan Crowley, Harvard / Conor McKenna, Princeton – 19.98
  18. Ben Meulemans, Yale – 2001
  19. Logan Noguchi, Princeton – 20.04
  20. Oliver Pilkinton, Harvard – 20.08
  21. Christopher Zhang, Brown – 20.12

It took 19.99 to make the “A” final in 2024, and once again, that time wouldn’t even get you lane 4 in the “C” final today.

Princeton’s Lucas Tudoras cracked 20 seconds in the first heat, going 19.91 in exhibition. Columbia senior Demirkan Demir was 20.23 in the next heat, winning ahead of teammate Isaac Beers (20.36). Harvard freshman Evan Croley clocked in at 19.98 to win heat 3, while Brown freshman Christopher Zhang touched out Dartmouth sophomore William McClelland by .01, 20.12 to 20.13, for second place.

Princeton senior Brett Feyerick took care of business in the first circle-seeded heat, stopping the clock at 19.65 to beat the field by a tenth. Behind him were five more sub-20s: Cornell freshman Josh Toothman (19.77), Yale junior Lucius Brown (19.78), Dartmouth sophomore Logan Pack (19.87, a school record), Brown senior Marcus Lee (19.80), and Cornell junior Daniel Simoes (19.97).

Defending champion Sonny Wang of Harvard went 19.25 to win heat 5 and take down the Brown pool record. He was .36 faster than he’d been winning last year’s final at night. Yale sophomore Deny Nankov, who placed third in 2024, went 19.48, while Penn sophomore Liam Campbell (19.79) and Harvard junior David Greeley (19.79) tied for third. Greeley came in fifth last year.

Yale freshman Nicholas Finch, the top seed coming into the meet, lowered Wang’s new pool record to 19.23 as he touched out Columbia junior Zion James (19.37) and Princeton freshman Patrick Dinu (19.43). James placed 7th in last year’s final.

Men’s 1-meter Diving – Prelims

  • Ivy Meet Record: 437.00, Jonathan Suckow, Columbia (2023)
  • NCAA Zones: 300.00

Finals Qualifiers:

  1. Aidan Wang, Princeton – 355.20
  2. McCoy Lyman, Dartmouth – 351.50
  3. Rowland Lawver, Brown – 324.75
  4. Luca Fassi, Princeton – 321.20
  5. George Callanan, Princeton – 318.90
  6. Adam Wesson, Harvard – 303.65
  7. Nicholas Chau, Yale – 298.45
  8. Jackson Lipscomb, Yale – 289.30
  9. Everett Tai, Dartmouth – 280.80
  10. Raphael Tourette, Harvard – 279.05
  11. William Cooley, Columbia – 278.25
  12. Max Trovillion, Cornell – 272.10
  13. Aryeh Lesch, Dartmouth – 269.05
  14. Cody Hopkins, Penn – 267.20
  15. Joseph Nicol, Columbia – 261.55
  16. Marcel Mateos-Salles, Brown – 251.25
  17. Quinton Klingensmith, Cornell – 246.50
  18. Brady Stanton, Yale – 243.90
  19. Mason King, Dartmouth – 238.00
  20. Matteo Vasiliadis, Brown – 228.20
  21. John Holland, Harvard – 214.00
  22. Victor Dang, Penn – 213.85
  23. Ryan Pak, Columbia – 125.85

As we predicted, none of the eight schools entered more than three divers this year, which means that everyone will contribute to their respective team’s standings.

Princeton’s George Callanan and Dartmouth’s Aryeh Lesch led round 1 with dives that scored 60.45 each. Brown’s Rowland Lawver put up a 55.90 and Harvard’s John Holland notched 55.10. Princeton’s Luca Fassi (54.60), Yale’s Nicholas Chau (54.25), Aidan Wang of Princeton (53.30), and Columbia’s Joseph Nicol (48.00) made up the rest of the top 8 in round 1.

Princeton’s Wang, the defending champion, moved from 7th to 1st in round 2 with a 5152B that scored 67.20 points. The top-scoring dive came from Dartmouth’s McCoy Lyman, who performed a 305C that earned him 72.50 and propelled him from 20th to 4th. Princeton’s Wang, Callanan, and Fassi were 1-2-3 at the end of the round, followed by Lyman, Chau, Lawver, Lesch, and Yale’s Brady Stanton.

Lyman had a huge dive in round 3 and finished in 2nd place behind Callanan but ahead of Wang and Fassi. Lawver, Chau, Lesch, and Cornell’s Max Trovillion led the rest of the field.

Harvard’s Adam Wesson, the top seed coming into the meet, knocked Lesch out of the top 8 in round 4. Wang moved back into 1st place and was followed by Lyman, Callanan, Fassi, Lawver, Chau, Trovillion, and Wesson.

Wang remained at the top after the 5th round, with little changes among the top 8. Yale’s Jackson Lipscomb scored 58.50 points to move up to 8th, while Lyman, Callanan, Lawver, Fassi, Chau, and Wesson ranked 2-7.

Wang scored 58.50 on his final 5335D to remain at the top of the field. Lyman scored 59.80 on the same dive and finished in second place. Lawver moved past Princeton’s Fassi and Callanan, while Harvard’s Wesson ended up in sixth. Yale secured the last two places in the “A” final with Chau and Lipscomb.

 

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Long Strokes
1 month ago

Yale is really coming on!

swimbrah
1 month ago

This meet too fast 😞

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