2026 Ivy League Men’s Championships: Day 3 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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Team 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

Friday Finals Heat Sheets

Friday Ups/Mids/Downs Scoring Projection

The third night of racing has arrived at the 2026 Ivy League Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships in Princeton. Tonight’s finals session will feature the fastest heat of the 1000 free, and finals of the 100 fly, 400 IM, 200 free, 100 breast, 100 back, and 400 medley relay. Before the relay, there will be consolation finals of 3-meter diving.

There’ve already been some historically fast swims today, headlined by Yale sophomore Nicholas Finch, who lowered his own 100 fly Ivy League, meet, and program records in prelims by six-hundredths.

It was a great morning for the Princeton Tigers, who claimed 10 ‘A’ final spots–three apiece in the 100 fly and 200 free–and got all five of their divers into the ‘A’ final on 3-meter.

The 100 backstroke was set to be one of the closest races of the entire meet, and it still might be. Going into this week, the top five swimmers in this event were separated by just seven-hundredths. This morning, Columbia senior Isaac Beers led the way and defended his top seed spot with a time of 45.74, crushing his personal best time by nearly one second. Harvard’s Adriano Arioti is ranked #2 in tonight’s final (45.93) and Cornell’s Blake Conway #3 (45.96).

Yale leads the field in the 400 medley relay with a season-best time of 3:07.39, seeded narrowly ahead of Harvard in 2nd (3:08.15) and Princeton in 3rd (3:09.48). This would be an especially important race for Yale to win, as they sit in 2nd place in team standings, 81.5 points behind Princeton.

But first, the session kicks off with the fastest heat of the men’s 1000 freestyle. Stay tuned for live updates below.

Men’s 1000 Freestyle – Fastest Heat

• Ivy League Record: 8:46.99, Brennan Novak (Harvard) – 2018
• Ivy League Meet Record: 8:46.99, Brennan Novak (Harvard) – 2018
• Pool Record: 8:46.99, Brennan Novak (Harvard) – 2018
• 2025 Champion: Arshak Hambardzumyan (Yale) – 8:51.82

Podium:

1. William Mulgrew (Harvard), 8:38.01 *Ivy League Record*
2. Noah Millard (Yale), 8:45.38
3. Pablo Martinez (Harvard), 8:53.77
4. Zach Vasser (Columbia), 8:54.59
5. Stephen Zhukov (Columbia), 8:55.62
6. Will Cicco (Brown), 8:55.94
7. Cole Kawaja (Princeton), 8:56.23
8. Arshak Hambardzumyan (Yale), 8:56.51

Harvard’s William Mulgrew and Yale’s Noah Millard were fresh off their 500 free showdown last night, and they separated themselves from the field early on in this race. At the 500 mark, Mulgrew had a 2-second lead over Millard and the rest of the pool, and he just kept building speed. The Harvard freshman negative split the race 4:19.04/4:18.97 to handily defeat 500 free champion Millard.

Mulgrew, a freshman and U.S. National Team member, shattered the previous Ivy League record and Harvard program record set by Harvard’s own Brennan Novak back in 2018 by more than eight seconds.

Mulgrew’s swim is the 9th-fastest 1000 freestyle performance of all-time if we include Bobby Finke‘s split during a 1650 free:

Fastest 1000 Yard Freestylers, All-Time

1. Clark Smith – 8:33.93 (2015)
2. Bobby Finke – 8:34.63 (2020) – Split
3. David Johnston – 8:34.82 (2023)
4. Erik Vendt – 8:36.49 (2008)
5. Ahmed Jaouadi – 8:36.65 (2025)
6. Luka Mijatovic – 8:36.71 (2025)
7. Rex Maurer – 8:37.19 (2026)
8. Zalan Sarkany – 8:37.82 (2024)
9. William Mulgrew – 8:38.01 (2026)
10. Connor Jaeger – 8:41.09 (2014)

This was a great swim for Millard as well, who beat his personal best time from last year’s NCAAs championships by more than two seconds.

Notably, Brown freshman Will Cicco demolished his seed time by about 25 seconds in the morning to earn 6th place overall. This breaks the Brown program record, set by Matt Williamson at the 2025 Ivies at 8:56.13. Last year, that time earned Williamson 5th place.

Men’s 100 Butterfly – Finals

• Ivy League Record: 44.49, Nicholas Finch (Yale) – 2026
• Ivy League Meet Record: 44.49, Nicholas Finch (Yale) – 2026
• Pool Record: 44.49, Nicholas Finch (Yale) – 2026
• 2026 NCAA Cut: 46.11
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 45.12
• 2025 Champion: Nicholas Finch (Yale), 44.57

Podium:

1. Nicholas Finch (Yale), 44.34 *Ivy League Record*
2. David Schmitt (Harvard), 45.44
3. Logan Noguchi (Princeton), 45.50
4. Alex Townsend (Princeton), 45.89
5. Maro Miknic (Harvard), 45.99
6. Sonny Wang (Harvard), 46.16
7. Mak Nurkic Kacapor (Yale), 46.79
8. Conor McKenna (Princeton), 47.00

Underclassmen are starting the night off with electric performances. Yale’s Nicholas Finch crushed his own Ivy League record and program record for the second time today to defend his title. He dropped a total of .23 seconds off his previous mark from last year on the day.

The sophomore from London’s consistent underwaters to the 15-yard mark are what set him apart from the field. He cruised to 1st place by one full second, splitting the race 20.76/23.58, with a considerably faster back half than what he swam this morning.

Harvard junior David Schmitt lowered his prelims time by six-tenths of a second to get his hand to the wall second. Schmitt took three-tenths off his lifetime best time, a 45.75 that earned him 3rd in this event last year.

Princeton sophomore Logan Noguchi had a big swim out in lane three. Going into this meet, he had never broken 46.00 before. His  lifetime best time was a 46.12 from the 2024 CIF State Championships, and he lowered it first in prelims to 45.74, and shaved another two-tenths off it in finals

Men’s 400 Individual Medley – Prelims

• Ivy League Record: 3:40.04, Raunak Khosla (Princeton) – 2022
• Ivy League Meet Record: 3:41.00, Mark Andrew (Penn) – 2019
• Pool Record: 3:40.60, Mitchell Schott (Princeton) – 2024
• 2026 NCAA Cut: 3:46.19
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 3:41.61
• 2025 Champion: Marton Nagy (Brown), 3:42.64

Podium:

1. Marton Nagy (Brown), 3:41.89
2. Peter Whittington (Penn), 3:43.62
3. Jacob Turner (Dartmouth), 3:44.39
4. Gian Santos (Columbia), 3:46.64
5. Arthur Balva (Princeton), 3:46.99
6. Erik Nadecki (Brown), 3:47.49
7. Julian Correa (Cornell), 3:47.62
8. Jack Haley (Princeton), 3:49.87

Brown’s Marton Nagy has officially punched his ticket to his first-ever NCAA Championships and defended his title in a program record time. The sophomore from Hungary took nearly one second off the previous mark, which he set to win this event at Ivies last year.

Nagy got out to an early lead, but it was the third 100 where he really swam away with it, splitting a smooth 1:02.68 100 breast (the only sub-1:03.00 in the field).

Penn junior Peter Whittington had a monster final 100 free (52.07) to overtake Dartmouth’s Jacob Turner for 2nd place. Whittington came within four-tenths of his lifetime best time that earned him 2nd last year (3:43.25).

Turner, a sophomore from Texas, tied Dartmouth’s program record set by Justin Zupan in 2013 to snag 3rd. This was a huge lifetime best for Turner, whose previous fastest time was 3:46.27, which placed him in 5th last season.

Men’s 200 Freestyle – Prelims

• Ivy League Record: 1:29.15, Dean Farris (Harvard) – 2019
• Ivy League Meet Record: 1:30.83, Dean Farris (Harvard) – 2019
• 2026 NCAA Cut: 1:33.93
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:32.27
• 2025 Champion: Mitchell Schott (Princeton), 1:31.63

Podium:

1. Mitchell Schott (Princeton), 1:31.52
2. Patrick Dinu (Princeton), 1:33.83
3. David Greeley (Harvard), 1:34.39
4. Lars Kuljus (Yale), 1:34.90
5. Jacques Grove (Cornell), 1:35.25
6. Parker Lenoce (Princeton), 1:35.51
7. Deniel Nankov (Yale), 1:35.57
8. Yu Tong Wu (Columbia), 1:35.64

It was Mitchell Schott‘s race to lose going into the final 50, as he flipped with more than a body length lead over the field. He went out in 44.09, and no one else cracked 45.30 on their first 100.

Schott defended his title one-tenth faster than he swam last year, simultaneously lowering his on Princeton program record.

The senior Tiger is coming off a win in the 200 IM last night, making this his second time punching his ticket to NCAAs at this meet. His sophomore teammate, Patrick Dinu, completed a 1-2 finish for the Tigers by coming within three-tenths of his lifetime best time from last season’s championships, where he placed 3rd.

Harvard senior David Greeley put his head down and went for it on the final length to fend off Yale sophomore Lars Kuljus for 3rd. Greeley had the faster final 25 split (24.56) to edge out Kuljus by half-a-second.

Men’s 100 Breaststroke – Finals

• Ivy League Record: 50.60, Jack Kelly (Brown) – 2025
• Ivy League Meet Record: 50.60, Jack Kelly (Brown) – 2025
• Pool Record: 51.24, Mariano Lazzerini (Penn State) – 2026
• 2026 NCAA Cut: 52.58
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 51.58
• 2025 Champion: Jack Kelly (Brown), 50.60

Podium:

1. Watson Nguyen (Penn), 51.18 *Pool Record*
2. Charlie Egeland (Yale), 52.18
3. Jake Wang (Yale), 52.21
4. Haihan Xu (Cornell), 52.29
5. Joshua Corn (Columbia), 52.55
6. Alexander Hazlett (Yale), 52.77
7. Nareg Minassian (Yale), 52.87
8. Joshua Chen (Harvard), 53.22

Watson Nguyen blasted the fastest 100 breast in Penn’s program history, beating the previous mark set by 2024 Olympian Matt Fallon at 51.45 in 2021. He split the race 24.07/27.11 compared to Fallon’s 24.10/27.35. The sophomore from Texas has just punched his first-ever ticket to NCAAs, and he got to be congratulated by none other than the swimmer whose record he broke. Fallon, who graduated after last season, was present on deck tonight and handed out the medals to the  100 breast podium.

Nguyen simultaneously cracked the Princeton pool record, set by Penn State’s Mariano Lazzerini earlier this year.

Sophomore Charlie Egeland snagged 3rd for the Yale Bulldogs and came within one-third of a second of his own program record time of 51.99 from 2024.

Men’s 100 Backstroke – Finals

• Ivy League Record: 43.66, Dean Farris (Harvard) – 2019
• Ivy League Meet Record: 44.81, Dean Farris (Harvard) – 2018
• Pool Record: 44.81, Dean Farris (Harvard) – 2018
• 2026 NCAA Cut: 46.29
• 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 46.29
• 2025 Champion: Pietro Ubertalli (Cornell), 45.29

Podium:

1. Blake Conway (Cornell), 45.77
2. Isaac Beers (Columbia), 45.89
3. Adriano Arioti (Harvard), 46.01
4. Pietro Ubertalli (Cornell), 46.16
5. Andrew Chou (Dartmouth), 46.27
6. David Schmitt (Harvard), 46.77
7. Yanning Zhang (Princeton), 46.98
8. Parker Lenoce (Princeton), 47.04

In lane three, Cornell’s Blake Conway shifted into an entirely new gear on the second half of this race, splitting it 22.17/23.60 to get his hand to the wall first and punch his first-ever ticket to NCAAs. The junior from Maryland broke 46.00 for the first time this morning with a 45.96, and he lowered his hours-old personal best by another two-tenths tonight.

Columbia senior Isaac Beers, who placed 11th in this event last year, was able to fend off Harvard sophomore Adriano Arioti for 2nd place. Beers got out to a faster start, flipping at 22.06 to Adriotis’ 22.30 on the first 50, and he held strong to get the job done on the second half. Both swimmers added slightly to their prelims times.

Defending champion Pietro Ubertalli of Cornell took 4th. The senior from Italy came within about nine-tenths of the time he posted last year.

Men’s 3-Meter Diving – Consolation Finals

• Ivy League Record: 464.55, Jonathan Suckow (Columbia) – 2022
• Ivy League Meet Record: 472.88, Jonathan Suckow (Columbia) – 2022
• 2025 Champion: Aidan Wang (Princeton), 360.60

1. Nicholas Chau (Yale), 334.35
2. Brady Stanton (Yale), 331.40
3. Rowland Lawver (Brown), 326
4. Denny Gulia Janovski (Harvard), 323.65
5. Everett Tai (Dartmouth), 309.65
6. William Cooley (Columbia), 276
7. Max Trovillion (Cornell), 274.10
8. Adam Man (Dartmouth), 259.10

Senior Nicholas Chau and sophomore Brady Stanton topped the consolation finals, placing 9th and 10th overall, to score some important points for the Yale Bulldogs in their attempts to close the gap on Princeton. Chau and Stanton placed 2-3 in last year’s consolation final.

Brown senior Rowland Lawver–who became the first Bear to ever win 1-meter at Ivies last season–earned 3rd place by edging out Harvard junior Denny Gulia Janovski.

Men’s 400 Medley Relay – Timed Finals

• Ivy League Record: 3:03.24, Harvard –  2022
• Ivy League Meet Record: 3:05.51, Harvard – 2023
• Pool Record: 3:05.72, Harvard – 2022
• 2026 NCAA Cut: 3:04.96
• 2025 Champion: Cornell, 3:06.39

Podium:

1. Yale, 3:04.65 *Meet and Pool Record*
2. Harvard, 3:05.83
3. Columbia, 3:07.92
4. Princeton, 3:08.10
5. Cornell, 3:08.69
6. Penn, 3:09.60
7. Brown, 3:11.20
8. Dartmouth, 3:12.15

Yale’s crew of Jake Wang (46.11), Charlie Egeland (51.64), Nicholas Finch (44.13), and Deniel Nankov (42.77) secured the Bulldogs’ first Ivy League win in this relay since 1972. They crushed the meet and pool record, both set by Harvard within the last four years, by nearly one full second. With Princeton finishing in 4th place, this was a huge swim for Yale, and helped decrease Princeton’s lead in the team standings from 81.5 points to 77.5 points.

Harvard had the lead after the backstroke leg, where Adriano Arioti blasted a 45.90, the only sub-46.00 in the field. He undercut the 46.01 he posted in the individual final earlier to place 3rd. Ariooti handed it off to Joshua Chen (52.48), David Schmitt (45.09), and Sonny Wang, who brought it home in 42.36 to secure 2nd place.

Scores After Day 3

1. Princeton – 952
2. Yale – 874.5
3. Harvard – 785.5
4. Brown – 586
5. Cornell – 581
6. Columbia – 580.5
7. Dartmouth – 466
8. Penn – 444.5