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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Men’s 200 Butterfly – Finals
- Ivy League Record: 1:40.42, Mitchell Schott (Princeton) – 2025
- Ivy League Meet Record: 1:40.42, Mitchell Schott (Princeton) – 2025
- Pool Record: 1:40.87, David Schmitt (Harvard) – 2026
- 2026 NCAA Cut: 1:43.79
- 2025 NCAA Invite Time: 1:41.45
- 2025 Champion: Mitchell Schott (Princeton), 1:40.42
Podium:
- Mitchell Schott (Princeton), 1:39.05 *IVY LEAGUE, MEET, AND POOL RECORD*
- David Schmitt (Harvard), 1:41.06
- Arthur Balva (Princeton), 1:42.10
- Jacques Grove (Cornell), 1:43.96
- Alex Townsend (Princeton), 1:44.82
- John Rusnock (Princeton), 1:45.30
- Alexander Hazlett (Yale), 1:46.39
- Conor McKenna (Princeton), 1:47.13
In his last individual race in DeNunzio Pool, Princeton senior Mitchell Schott blasted a 1:39.05 to lower his own Ivy League, meet, and Princeton program records by 1.37 seconds. He also took 1.82 seconds off the pool record that David Schmitt of Harvard had set in prelims.
Schott was out in 22.08 at the 50, already getting a .42 second lead on Schmitt. With a second 50 of 24.82, he increased his lead to 1.35 second. Schott came home in 25.36/26.79 to notch a personal best 1:39.05 and auto-qualify for 2026 NCAA Division I Championships.
Over the past year, Schott has improved his front half by 1.3 seconds. His comparative splits are:
| 2025 Ivies | 2026 Ivies | |
| 1st 50 | 22.47 | 22.08 |
| 2nd 50 | 25.73 | 24.82 |
| 3rd 50 | 25.82 | 25.36 |
| 4th 50 | 26.40 | 26.79 |
| 1:40.42 | 1:39.05 |
Schott now ranks 17th all-time in the 200 fly.
| Rank | Time | Name | Meet | Date |
| 1 | 1:36.41 | Luca Urlando | Georgia Fall Invitational | 11/21/2025 |
| 2 | 1:37.35 | Jack Conger | 2017 NCAA DI – Men | 03/25/2017 |
| 3 | 1:37.56 | Ilya Kharun | CSCAA Dual Meet Challenge Meet #3 | 11/22/2025 |
| 4 | 1:37.92 | Nicolas Albiero | 2022 ACC Championship | 02/18/2022 |
| 5 | 1:37.97 | Joe Schooling | 2016 NCAA DI – Men | 03/26/2016 |
| 6 | 1:38.04 | Dare Rose | 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships | 03/29/2025 |
| 7 | 1:38.53 | Trenton Julian | 2021 MEN’S PAC12 SWIMMING/DIVI | 03/03/2021 |
| 8 | 1:38.57 | Andreas Vazaios | 2019 NCAA DI – Men | 03/30/2019 |
| 9 | 1:38.61 | Andrei Minakov | CAL @ Stanford Men | 02/24/2024 |
| 10 | 1:38.69 | Shaine Casas | 2021 American Short Course Cha | 03/06/2021 |
| 11 | 1:38.71 | Brendan Burns | 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Swimming Championships | 03/26/2022 |
| 12 | 1:38.78 | Logan Robinson | 2026 ACC Championships | 02/20/2026 |
| 13 | 1:38.79 | Aiden Hayes | 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships | 03/25/2023 |
| 14 | 1:38.80 | Tom Shields | 2020 UCSD vs Cal Men (SCY) | 02/07/2020 |
| 15 | 1:38.83 | Zheng Quah | 2017 NCAA DI – Men | 03/25/2017 |
| 16 | 1:38.95 | Thomas Heilman | 2024 Speedo Winter Junior Championships East | 12/14/2024 |
| 17 | 1:39.05 | Mitchell Schott | 2026 Ivy League Men’s Championships | 02/28/2026 |
| 18 | 1:39.09 | Krzysztof Chmielewski | 2025 NCAA Division I Men’s Championships | 03/29/2025 |
| 19 | 1:39.14 | Josh Liendo | UGA Invite | 11/22/2024 |
| 20 | 1:39.19 | Sam Pomajevich | 2020 Texas Hall of Fame Invite | 12/05/2020 |
Make that #18 after the great TYLER RAY swim @ B1G
And he’s better in LCM. I’m excited to see how he improves after graduating and moving to Texas to train with Bowman and that crew.