2025 Ivy League Men’s Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

2025 Ivy League Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships

• Dates: Wednesday, February 26–Saturday, March 1
• Location: Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center, Providence, RI
• Defending Champions: Harvard men (7x)
• Championship Central
• Fan Guide
• Pre-scratch psych sheet
• Live Results
• Live Video: ESPN+
• Live Recaps: Day 1 ׀ Day 2 ׀ Day 3
• Official Results (PDF): Day 1 ׀ Day 2 ׀ Day 3

SATURDAY MORNING HEAT SHEETS

Team Standing Through Day 3

1. Princeton University – 847.5
2. Harvard University – 846.5
3. Yale University – 836.5
4. Brown University – 643
5. Cornell University – 616.5
6. Columbia University – 544.5
7. University of Pennsylvania – 463.5
8. Dartmouth College – 389

With the top three teams separated by only 11 points, the final day of competition will be intense. Yale is expected to score big in the mile with the #1 and #3 seeds, Noah Millard and Arshak Hambardzumyan. The Bulldogs also lead in the 100 free with Nicholas Finch. Cornell’s Pietro Ubertalli is top seed in the 200 back, and the Big Red have #2 seed Joseph Gurski in the 200 fly. Matt Fallon of Penn, the American record holder in the LCM version, is top seed by 2 seconds in the 200 breast, but Ivy League record holder in the 100 breast, Jack Kelly of Brown, will provide a strong challenge. Harvard comes in with the top seed in 3-meter diving, Adam Wesson, and the 200 fly, David Schmitt.

But spikes at the top don’t guarantee championships, and whoever can squeeze one more swimmer into an “A” final tonight will be the one to take home all the marbles.

DAY 4

Men’s 200 Yard Backstroke – Prelims

• Ivy Meet Record: 1:38.99, Dean Farris, Harvard (2018)
• Pool Record: 1:41.14, Gunner Grant, Harvard (2023)
• NCAA A: 1:38.80
• NCAA B: 1:44.03
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 1:40.62
• 2024 Ivy League Champion: Gunner Grant, Harvard – 1:40.68

Finals Qualifiers:

1. Pietro Ubertalli, Cornell – 1:40.52
2. Anthony Rincon, Harvard – 1:41.01
3. Adriano Arioti, Harvard – 1:41.37
4. Parker Lenoce, Princeton – 1:42.14
5. Tyler Hong, Princeton – 1:42.60
6. Gabe Anagnoson, Cornell – 1:42.69
7. Daniel Gallagher, Penn – 1:43.26
8. Blake Conway, Cornell – 1:43.29
9. Manoli Mountantonakis, Yale – 1:44.30
10. Marton Nagy, Brown – 1:44.34
11. Isaac Beers, Columbia – 1:44.61
12. Elliot Lee, Yale – 1:44.64
13. Finn Quested, Brown – 1:44.66
14. Eric Lee, Harvard – 1:44.86
15. Jerry O’Mara, Brown – 1:45.31
16. Aayush Deshpande, Harvard – 1:45.48
17. Tommy Erwin, Dartmouth – 1:45.97
18. Jack Maron, Brown – 1:46.70
19. Reed Wallace, Dartmouth – 1:46.72
20. Mackey Nurkic Kacapor, Yale – 1:47.16
21. Cooper Nicholson, Penn – 1:47.27
22. Jed Jones, Yale – 1:47.61
23. Jake Lowrey, Brown – 147.72
24. Andy Peterson, Dartmouth – 1:49.43

You could tell from the outset that this last prelims session was going to be hard fought. Harvard’s Aayush Deshpande, who came in with no seed time, kicked things off with a 1:45.48 win in heat 1. Princeton’s Tyler Hong, the runner-up in last night’s 100 back final, took the first circle-seeded heat by .09 over Gabe Anagnoson of Cornell, 1:42.60 to 1:42.69. Brown’s Marton Nagy and Finn Quested were next with 1:44-mids.

Harvard senior Anthony Rincon, last year’s second-place finisher, cracked 1:42. To win heat 3 with 1:41.01, breaking the Brown pool record. Princeton sophomore Parker Lenoce finished next with 1:42.16. Manoli Mountantonakis of Yale went 1:44.30 for third.

Cornell’s Pietro Ubertalli lowered the newly established pool record in the next heat, taking down his school record at the same time, with 1:40.52 in the final heat. Harvard freshman Adriano Arioti was second with 1:41.37, while Penn’s Daniel Gallagher (1:43.26) edged Cornell’s Blake Conway (1:43.29) for third.

Men’s 100 Yard Freestyle – Prelims

• Ivy Meet Record: 41.42, Dean Farris, Harvard (2019)
• Pool Record: 41.42, Dean Farris, Harvard (2019)
• NCAA A: 41.34
• NCAA B: 43.25
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 42.19
• 2024 Ivy League Champion: David Greeley, Harvard – 42.82

Finals Qualifiers:

1. Patrick Dinu, Princeton – 42.16
2. Deny Nankov, Yale – 42.70
3. Marre Gattnar, Harvard – 42.83
4. Sonny Wang, Harvard – 42.84
5. Nicholas Finch, Yale – 42.85
6. Zion James – 42.86
7. Marcus Lee, Brown – 42.94
8. David Greeley, Harvard – 43.18
9. Adam Yu, Columbia – 43.20
10. Brett Feyerick, Princeton – 43.28
11. Daniel Simoes, Cornell – 43.43
12. Logan Pack, Dartmouth – 43.48
13. Ben Meulemans, Yale – 43.56
14. Yanning Zhang, Princeton / Jack Banks, Cornell – 43.69
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16. Evan Croley, Harvard – 43.77
17. Naneg Minassian, Yale / Dominic Edwards, Cornell – 43.79
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19. Harris Durham, Harvard – 43.82
20. Lucius Brown, Yale – 43.86
21. Liam Campbell, Penn – 43.89
22. Christopher Zhang, Brown – 43.95
23. Josh Toothman, Cornell – 44.10
24. Colton Rasmussen, Dartmouth – 44.19

Cornell freshman Josh Toothman dropped .6 to win the first heat in 44.10. Brown senior Marcus Lee was next with 42.94, .8 under his seed time, ahead of Adam Wu of Columbia (43.20) and Brett Feyerick of Princeton (43.28).

Harvard freshman Marre Gattnar went 42.83 in the next heat, taking a full second off his entry time. He came to the wall just ahead of teammate Sonny Wang (42.84) and Yale freshman Nicholas Finch (42.85). Logan Pack broke the Dartmouth record in that heat with 43.48.

Princeton freshman Patrick Dinu took the last heat in 42.16, beating Yale sophomore Deny Nankov by half a body (42.70) and setting the Princeton program record. Third in the heat was Columbia junior Zion James (42.86).

Men’s 200 Yard Breaststroke – Prelims

• Ivy Meet Record: 1:49.75, Matthew Fallon, Penn (2024)
• Pool Record: 1:52.70, Jack Kelly, Brown (2023)
• NCAA A: 1:50.65
• NCAA B: 1:56.96
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 1:53.12
• 2024 Ivy League Champion: Matthew Fallon, Penn – 1:49.75

Finals Qualifiers:

1. Matthew Fallon, Penn – 1:51.03
2. Jack Kelly, Brown – 1:52.16
3. Peter Whittington, Penn – 1:53.93
4. Demirkan Demir, Columbia – 1:53.97
5. Andrew Zou, Princeton – 1:54.71
6. Watson Nguyen, Penn – 1:54.88
7. Charlie Egeland, Yale – 1:54.95
8. Joshua Corn, Columbia – 1:55.48
9. Jake Wang, Yale, 1:56.24
10. Haihan Xu, Cornell – 1:56.31
11. Connor Brown, Cornell – 1:56.56
12. Joshua Chen, Harvard – 1:56.78
13. Alex Deng, Yale – 1:56.88
14. Sebastian Wolff, Cornell – 1:56.94
15. Noah Sech, Princeton – 1:56.98
16. Harrison Powe, Brown – 1:57.32
17. Max Moore, Brown – 1:58.00
18. Maxwell Seidel, Princeton – 1:58.58
19. Jake Regenwetter, Brown – 1:58.61
20. Jacob Turner, Dartmouth – 1:58.81
21. Beri Yang, Columbia – 1:58.94
22. Emmanuel Gadson, Cornell – 1:58.98
23. Gian Santos, Columbia – 1:59.09
24. Eddy Chen, Dartmouth – 1:59.49

There was some reseeding going on and I have no idea who won the first two heats, but Brown senior Jack Kelly barreled to the front of heat 3 and won with 1:52.16, beating his own school and Brown pool records.

Arch-nemesis and clearly good friend Matthew Fallon of Penn undercut Kelly’s time in the next heat, lowering the pool record to 1:51.03.

Penn, a breaststroke powerhouse, put three swimmers in the “A” final, as they did a year ago. In addition to Fallon, sophomore Peter Whittington (1:53.93) qualified third and freshman Watson Nguyen (1:54.88), fifth.

Columbia earned two spots in the top 8 with senior Demirkan Demir (1:53.97) and sophomore Joshua Corn (1:55.48). Princeton freshman Andrew Zou (1:54.71) made the cut, as did Yale sophomore Charlie Egeland (1:54.95).

Men’s 200 Yard Butterfly – Prelims

• Ivy Meet Record: 1:41.50, Raunak Khosla, Princeton (2022)
• Pool Record: 1:41.72, Raunak Khosla, Princeton (2023)
• NCAA A: 1:40.05
• NCAA B: 1:45.34
• 2024 NCAA Invite Time: 1:42.10
• 2024 Ivy League Champion: David Schmitt, Harvard – 1:42.44

Finals Qualifiers:

1. David Schmitt, Harvard – 1:40.87
2. Mitchell Schott, Princeton – 1:41.42
3. Arthur Balva, Princeton – 1:41.99
4. Joseph Gurski, Cornell – 1:43.02
5. Adriano Arioti, Harvard – 1:43.51
6. Conor McKenna, Princeton – 1:44.26
7. Max Malakhovets, Penn – 1:44.35
8. Ben Littlejohn, Harvard – 1:44.71
9. Jacques Grove, Cornell – 1:44.99
10. Logan Noguchi, Princeton – 1:45.19
11. Richard Poplawski, Harvard – 1:46.16
12. Ryan Makouar, Columbia – 1:46.34
13. Yan Dvoretskiy, Dartmouth – 1:46.43
14. Jerry Yan, Columbia – 1:46.51
15. Alexander Hazlett, Yale – 1:46.71
16. Hunter Kim, Princeton – 1:46.90
17. James Kershaw, Brown – 1:47.17
18. Jeffrey Hou, Penn – 1:47.73
19. Can Yeniay, Penn – 1:48.30
20. Caleb Apodaca, Columbia – 1:48.91
21. Andrew Lin, Cornell – 1:49.36
22. Eric Lee, Harvard – 1:49.86
23. Aiden Sandvig, Dartmouth – 1:50.10
24. Jack Maron, Brown – 1:52.46

Harvard senior Ben Littlejohn did just what was asked of him, winning heat 1 with a “no time” seeding and grabbing the last spot in the “A” final with 1:44.71.

Cornell senior Joseph Gurski went 1:43.02 to win the first circle-seeded heat ahead of teammate Jacques Grove (1:44.99) and Harvard freshman Richard Poplawski (1:46.16).

Princeton went 1-2 in the next heat, with junior Mitchell Schott edging sophomore Arthur Balva, 1:41.42 to 1:41.99.

Defending champion David Schmitt of Harvard blasted a 1:40.87 to win the final heat, setting the Ivy League meet and Brown pool records. Princeton junior Conor McKenna touched out Penn freshman Max Malakhovets, 1:44.16 to 1:44.35, for second place.