2026 Ivy League Dual Meet Showdowns: Five Teams Remain Undefeated

It is officially 2026, and there are just a few weeks left of the Ivy League Dual Meet Tournament, with the final meets racing at the end of this month. Five teams are currently undefeated and it all seems like it will come down to the annual H-Y-P meet at the end of this month.

There have been a few weeks of meets since our last recap with Harvard racing Columbia and Princeton taking on Cornell and Penn at the end of November. The Princeton and Columbia women used the Big Al Invitational results to determine their dual meet at the beginning of December. Finally, last weekend, the Harvard and Brown men raced and Yale, Penn, and Dartmouth raced a tri meet.

At the end of November, the Harvard teams both took down Columbia, with both teams moving to 4-0 in the conference while Columbia dropped to 0-3 and 1-3 in the women’s and men’s Ivy standings respectively

Meet Highlights

• The Harvard women took the top three spots in both diving events with Nina Janmyr breaking the pool and school record on the 1-meter in 334.34.
• In the pool, the women had the fastest times in every event except the women’s 50 freestyle which went to Columbia’s Sally Ma.
• The Harvard men won all but two swimming events. The 200 free, which went to Adam Wu from Columbia, and the 400 IM, which was won by Gian Santos.

The same weekend, Princeton took on Cornell and Penn, with both the men’s and women’s teams sweeping the meet to remain undefeated in the conference. The Penn women beat Cornell while the Cornell men emerged victorious over Penn for the 2nd year in a row.

The Princeton and Columbia women are not swimming an isolated dual meet this year, and chose to use the Big Al Invitational results to decide their meet. Princeton came out on top and Columbia fell to 0 – 4 in the conference.

Meet Recap

• Night One
• Night Two
• Night Three

Last weekend, the Harvard men raced the Brown men, defeating them 223-77 in the Harvard home opener. Harvard now sits at 3-0 in the Ivy while Brown is 1-4.

Meet Highlights

• The Harvard men won every swimming event before finishing 2nd in both diving events.
• Harvard swept the top three spots in the 500 free with Pablo Martinez earning the win in 4:29.36.
• Rowland Lawver won both diving events for Brown.

Yale, Penn, and Dartmouth also raced with the Penn women and Yale men sweeping the meets. The Yale women and the Penn men also came out on top of Dartmouth.

Meet Highlights

• Penn: Anna Moehn won two events, the 1000 free(9:41.43) and the 500 free (4:47.09).
• Penn: Katya Eruslanova also won three events, the 200 free (1:48.13) and the 200 IM (1:59.70). She also tied for the win in the 200 backstroke at 1:56.91 with teammate Kate Levensten. Levensten also won the 100 back in 52.82.
• Penn: Amy Qin won the 50 free (22.81) and the 100 free (49.78).
• Yale: Nicholas Finch won the 50 free (19.55) and the 100 fly (46.28).
• Penn: Eddie Jin won the 200 free (1:35.52).
• Dartmouth: Andrew Chou won the 100 back (47.10).

Current Women’s Standings

Current Men’s Standings

Weekend Schedule

• Harvard vs Penn (17th)
• Brown vs Columbia (17th)
• Yale vs Cornell (16th-17th)