2026 Ivy League Men’s Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2026 Ivy League Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships

• Dates: Wednesday, February 25–Saturday, February 29
• Location: DeNunzio Pool, Princeton, New Jersey
• Defending Champions: Princeton men (1x)
• Teams: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale
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THURSDAY EVENING HEAT SHEETS

Scores After Day 1

1. Yale / Princeton – 120
2. –
3. Columbia – 106
4. Cornell – 104
5. Harvard – 100
6. Penn / Brown – 94
7. –
8. Dartmouth – 90

We’re on record watch at DeNunzio Pool, with some exciting races coming up in the Day 2 finals session. Ivy League record-holder Noah Millard of Yale is set to defend his 500 free title in lane 4, having posted the top qualifying time of 4:13.84 in heats. Freshmen William Mulgrew of Harvard (4:16.53) and Cole Kawaja of Princeton (4:17.69) will be on either side of him.

In the 200 IM, Brown sophomore Marton Nagy was the fastest this morning, with 1:42.74, while defending champion Mitchell Schott of Princeton qualified 2nd with 1:43.57. His freshman teammate Alex Townsend (1:43.91) will be on the other side of Nagy.

Sophomore Nicholas Finch of Yale lowered his PB to 18.91 this morning; he was the only sub-19 in heats. Only .01 off the meet and pool mark, set by the legendary Bulldog Alex Righi in 2009, Finch will be chasing that record tonight. Harvard’s Sonny Wang (19.22) and Princeton’s Patrick Dinu (19.25) will be in the mix, as well.

Princeton put 3 divers into the ‘A’ final of 1-meter diving, led by junior Aidan Wang (346.60) and freshman Chase Sorosky (338.35), the top qualifiers out of prelims. Defending champion Rowland Lawver of Brown (337.85) was 3rd.

Men’s 500 Freestyle – Finals

• Ivy League Record: 4:07.68, Noah Millard, (Yale) – 2025
• Ivy League Meet Record: 4:07.68, Noah Millard, (Yale) – 2025
• Pool Record: 4:13.34, Brennan Novak (Harvard) – 2018
• 2026 NCAA Cut: 4:18.07
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 4:14.13
• 2025 Champion: Noah Millard (Yale), 4:07.68

Podium:

1. Noah Millard (Yale), 4:10.19
2. William Mulgrew (Harvard), 4:12.0
3. Arthur Balva (Princeton), 4:14.17
4. Arshak Hambardzumyan (Yale), 4:136
5. Jack Haley (Princeton), 4:18.52
6. Cole Kawaja (Princeton), 4:18.81
7. Will Cicco (Brown), 4:19.02
8. Zach Vasser (Columbia), 4:20.28

Noah Millard led from wire to wire, getting out in front of the field from the first 50. Princeton’s Arthur Balva flipped second at the 50, but Harvard’s William Mulgrew took over at the 100 and remained in second place behind Millard through to the end. Millard continued to build his lead, ending with a nearly 2 body lengths ahead of Mulgrew at the touch. Millard’s 4:10.19 is an automatic qualification for NCAAs.

Balva never relinquished his spot at #3 and finished 3rd with 4:14.17. Arshak Hambardzumyan of Yale was 8th at the 200 but began creeping up on the field over the second half of the race. 7th at the 350, 7th at the 400, 5th at the 450, he finished in 4th place with 4:18.36.

Princeton freshmen Jack Haley (4:18.52) and Cole Kawaja (4:18.81) placed 5th and 6th. Will Cicco of Brown (4:19.02) and Columbia’s Zach Vasser (4:20.28) rounded out the final.

Men’s 200 Individual Medley – Finals

• Ivy League Record: 1:41.11, Raunak Khosla (Princeton) – 2023
• Ivy League Meet Record: 1:41.11, Raunak Khosla (Princeton) – 2023
• Pool Record: 1:41.88, Raunak Khosla (Princeton) – 2022
• 2026 NCAA Cut: 1:44.13
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:42.65
• 2025 Champion: Mitchell Schott (Princeton), 1:41.44

Podium:

1. Mitchell Schott (Princeton), 1:40.93
2. Marton Nagy (Brown), 1:42.26
3. Jake Wang (Yale), 1:42.86
4. Adriano Arioti (Harvard), 1:43.11
5. Pietro Ubertalli (Cornell), 1:43.78
6. Alexander Hazlett (Yale), 1:44.23
7. Alex Townsend (Princeton), 1:44.47
8. Charlie Egeland (Yale), 1:44.79

Princeton senior Mitchell Schott successfully defended his title in the 200 IM, clocking a 1:40.93 to break the Ivy League, meet, pool, and Princeton record. All four of those marks had previously belonged to Princeton’s Raunak Khosla, and he was on hand to hand out the medals.

Schott led from start to finish, splitting 21.93 on the fly, 24.70 on the back, 30.35 on the breast, and 23.95 on the free. His 1:40.93 automatically qualifies him for the 2026 NCAA Championships.

Brown’s Marton Nagy was runner-up for the second year in a row. Nagy was in 8th place after the fly, 5th after the back, 3rd after the breast, and 2nd at the finish with 1:42.26.

Jake Wang of Yale, who won the ‘B’ final a year ago, was the outside smoke in this heat. He was 3rd on the fly, 2nd after the back, and 2nd after the breast. Nagy outsplit him by 1.5 second on the freestyle to earn his second-place finish, but Wang held on for 3rd, beating Harvard sophomore Adriano Arioti (1:43.11) and Cornell’s Pietro Ubertalli (1:43.78).

Alexander Hazlett of Yale went 1:44.23 for 6th, just edging Princeton’s Alex Townsend (1:44.47) and Yale’s Charlie Egeland (1:44.79).

Men’s 50 Freestyle – Finals

• Ivy League Record: 18.82, Alex Righi (Yale) – 2009
• Ivy League Meet Record: 18.90, Alex Righi (Yale) – 2009
• Pool Record: 18.90, Alex Righi (Yale) – 2009
• 2026 NCAA Cut: 19.43
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 19.02
• 2025 Champion: Nicholas Finch (Yale), 19.07

Podium:

1. Nicholas Finch (Yale), 18.82
2. Patrick Dinu (Princeton), 19.10
3. Sonny Wang (Harvard), 19.21
4. Zion James (Columbia), 19.31
5. Maro Miknic (Harvard), 19.38
6. Josh Toothman (Cornell), 19.54
7. Sam Eckert (Columbia), 19.59
8. Deny Nankov (Yale), 19.62

Yale sophomore Nicholas Finch exploded off the block, and with a few strokes, zero breaths, one turn, and a finish, he took down a 17-year-old Ivy League meet and pool record and tied the Ivy League and Yale program record – and punched his ticket to the 2026 NCAA Championships – with 18.82.

Yale alumnus Alex Righi, the previous owner of all those honors, distributed the medals.

Princeton’s Patrick Dinu (19.10) touched out Harvard’s Sonny Wang (19.21) for 2nd place, reversing their placement from a year ago.

Columbia’s Zion James (19.31) was 4th, followed by Maro Miknic of Harvard (19.38), Cornell’s Josh Toothman (19.54), Sam Eckert of Columbia (19.59), and Yale’s Deny Nankov (19.62).

Men’s 1-Meter Diving – Finals

• Ivy League Record: 446.93, Jonathan Suckow (Columbia) – 2022
• Ivy League Meet Record: 437.00, Jonathan Suckow (Columbia) – 2023
• 2025 Champion: Rowland Lawver, Rowland (Brown), 370.30

Podium:

1. Chase Sorosky (Princeton), 402.30
2. Rowland Lawver (Brown), 351.55
3. Aidan Wang (Princeton), 351.10
4. Luka Martinovic (Princeton), 340.30
5. Nicholas Chau (Yale), 317.50
6. Matteo Vasiliadis (Brown), 317.30
7. Jackson Lipscomb (Yale), 303.65
8. Adam Man (Dartmouth), 284.80

Princeton freshman Chase Sorosky was on fire from the first dive, when he scored 67.5 points with a forward 3 1/2 somersault tuck. He proceeded to clear 60 points on each of his next five dives, including a 72.0 for a back 2 1/2 somersault tuck and a 73.95 on his last dive, a back 1 1/2 somersault 2 1/2 twist free.

Defending champion Rowland Lawver of Brown ended with two strong dives that garned him 63.0 and 63.55 points, respectively, edging past Princeton’s Aidan Wang who had been in 2nd place through round 5.

Another freshman from Princeton, Luka Martinovic, moved from 5th to 4th place with his final dive, giving the Tigers 3 of the top 4 spots on the podium.

Men’s 200 Freestyle Relay – Timed Final

• Ivy League Record: 1:15.68, Harvard (Marcoux, Farris, Reihman, Gures) – 2022
• Ivy League Meet Record: 1:16.48, Yale (Finch, Nankov, Brown, Millard) – 2025
• Pool Record: 1:17.40, Penn State – 2020
• 2025 Champion: Yale, 1:16.48

Podium:

1. Princeton (Logan Noguchi, Patrick Dinu, Jake Tarrara, Yanning Zhang), 1:16.03
2. Yale (Nicholas Finch, Deny Nankov, Mac Nurkic Kacapor, Jake Wang), 1:16.41
3. Harvard (Maro Miknic, Marre Gattnar, Evan Croley, Sonny Wang), 1:16.73
4. Columbia, 1:17.41
5. Cornell, 1:18.38
6. Brown, 1:19.19
7. Penn, 1:17.77
8. Dartmouth, 1:19.87

Princeton’s Logan Noguchi (19.14), Patrick Dinu (18.90), Jake Tarara (19.02), and Yanning Zhang (18.97) combined for 1:16.03 to win the 200 free relay by .38 ahead of defending champions, Yale. In so doing, they broke the meet record that the Bulldogs set in 2025 and the pool record that Penn State swam in 2020.

Yale was out first with a 19.07 leadoff from Nicholas Finch. Deny Nankov followed with 19.23, now in second to Princeton. Mac Nurkic Kacapor was 19.07 on leg 3, and Jake Wang anchored with 19.23. The Bulldogs were .07 faster than their meet record-breaking time of last year, and they came in under the old pool mark as well.

Harvard, too, swam faster than the previous pool record with a 1:16.73 from Maro Miknic (19.50), Marre Gattnar (18.99), Evan Crowley (19.56), and Sonny Wang (18.68). Wang’s 18.68 anchor was the fastest split of the night by .22.

Scores After Day 2

1. Princeton – 541
2. Yale – 459.5
3. Harvard – 376.5
4. Columbia / Brown – 305
5. –
6. Cornell – 281
7. Dartmouth – 226
8. Penn – 196