Harvard’s Dean Farris had the swim meet every SwimSwam commenter has dreamed about at the 2019 NCAA DI Swimming and Diving Championships. Maybe it’s no surprise. Maybe the wisdom of the commenting crowd came through.  Dean has been performing well since his freshmen year, and he’s been throwing down NCAA contending times since January of this year, starting with the Harvard-Yale-Princeton tri-meet.  While I was certain he fully rested for Ivy’s, Dean explained he did not taper for his conference championships.
During NCAAs Dean’s media coverage drove a lot of the traffic. Fans were curious and tuned in. It was a truly swim-star breakout performance.
- 200 Free (800 relay lead off) – 1:29.15
- 100 Back – 43.66 (with Ryan Murphy watching from the stands)Â
- 100 Free – 40.80
As an aside, I met his parents last year at USA Swimming Nationals in Irvine, CA. They are a nice couple, clearly supportive swim parents…and, yes, they were a little baffled by the Dean Farris love in the SwimSwam comment section. I tried my best to explain it, adding that I felt the core of the  “commenter love” was a hope that Dean would evolve into a swim star.  Now that that box has been checked, let’s look forward to the future.
How fast will Dean swim this summer? I’m going easy on this. I think summer 2019 for Dean is where Dressel was summer 2015.  Please characterize it the way you feel in the comments.
100 free – I’m thinking 48 low
100 back – Â 53 low (but feeling like it should really be 52+)
200 free – 1:45+
Dean’s meters history is lean. Â I’d push the predictions more if he had more big boy experience. Â At this point, I think a solid showing this summer will signal a great 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials and a Team USA slot. But who cares what I think. What do you think?
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All I know is two things. One, I’m a big fan of Dean Farris and think he’ll have a fantastic summer. And Two, a few weeks ago I swam in Blodgett Pool at Harvard, his home pool. So some of our molecules are now mixed together and I predict I’ll win a national USMS title next year because of it. 🙂
Rest, shave, and a suit produce less than a 2 second improvement for a 200? That’s surprising. Is that a measure of how much harder it is to swim a 1:29 than a 1:30?
Q: Farris is not eligible for any international rosters this summer, right?
His flip turns were a big component of his wins, but I think he would have a shot at a couple relay spots if USA had a normal worlds qualifying procedure.
Literally mentions WUGs in the video
My best Dean Farris Meme – posted on:
2019 MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAY 4 FINALS LIVE RECAP
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Apologies if posted earlier by someone –
Dean Farris – Super Star
Get the T-Shirt
Buy the Cereal
Buy the Action Figure
Soon to be a Major Motion Picture
Best selling Book in the works
Harvard – Everyone wants him –
Rumor – Goldman Sachs to be renamed Dean Farris Investments and Partners.
Rumor – Naming rights soon to be for sale (FEDEX Field to be Dean Farris Stadium of Excellence)
Mount Rushmore?
Nobel Prize?
Olympic Gold Medal – Yes!
Dean will create a temporal distortion around him and become the first swimmer ever to finish a race before the gun even goes off and reset the World records as negative times. Unbreakable for eternity.
Predictions:
100free LCM: – 2.30 sec
100back LCM: – 3:05 sec
200free LCM: – 5:21 sec
Where’s Bobogigi??? I miss his comments… tired of Yozhik
Yes, Bobo where are you?
he went training the French squad – he was tired of seing their struggle ….
I’ll take that he will get under 48 free, but not under 53 back. I think his 2 free success will help tremendously with the 100 lcm, but his 100 back with strong underwaters won’t translate as well.
48.4 / 1.46.8 / 53.2 – I truly beleive in His LC Potential after his recent NCAA Prowess . His stroke on both free and back is powerful and his underwaters pretty long & very effective .