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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FINAL RESULTS
Six of the eight Ivy League teams will field swimmers at the 2026 NCAA Division I Championships in Atlanta next month. 9 different swimmers met the auto-qualification standards in 13 events at the Ivy League Men’s Championships at Princeton over the weekend, with 3 of them earning multiple bids. The winners of all five relays hit auto times as well.
Yale began the championship meet with an auto cut of 1:23.55 in the 200 medley relay on Day 1. Princeton followed it up with a win in the 800 free relay with 6:09.80, clearing the standard by 4.9 seconds.
On Day 2, the first day of individual events, all three winners punched their tickets to the Big Dance. Yale’s Noah Millard went 4:10.19 in the 500 free, coming in under the qualifying time by 9.9 seconds. Mitchell Schott of Princeton won the 200 IM in 1:40.93, beating the standard by 3.2 seconds. Yale’s Nicholas Finch’s 18.82 in the 50 free was .61 faster than the auto cut.
Day 3 began with Finch earning a second cut, adding the 100 fly to his NCAA event lineup. He won the conference title in 44.34, which is 1.8 seconds under the standard. Marton Nagy of Brown was the 400 IM champion with 3:41.89 (4.3 seconds under the AQ time). Shott picked up a second event when he won the 200 free in 1:31.52 (2.4 seconds under). Penn’s Watson Nguyen won the first of his 2 breaststroke titles with 51.18 in the 100 (1.4 seconds under) and Cornell’s Blake Conway punched his ticket with a 45.77 (0.5 under) in the 100 back.
Harvard’s William Mulgrew kicked off Day 4 with a 14:26.79 in the 1650 free; he beat the standard by 29.8 seconds. His teammate Adriano Arioti won the 200 back in 1:39.60 (2.5 seconds under). Princeton’s Patrick Dinu clocked a 41.36 to win the 100 free, clearing the mark by 1.2 seconds. Nguyen earned his second breaststroke auto invite with 1:52.03 (2.9 seconds under). And Schott wrapped up the meet with his third win, a 1:39.05 in the 200 fly to beat the AQ time by 4.7 seconds.
Individual Event Winners
| Event | 2026 NCAA Cut | Swimmer | School | Winning Time | Auto? |
| 500 Free | 4:18.07 | Noah Millard | Yale | 4:10.19 | Yes |
| 200 IM | 1:44.13 | Mitchell Schott | Princeton | 1:40.93 | Yes |
| 50 Free | 19.43 | Nicholas Finch | Yale | 18.82 | Yes |
| 1000 Free | N/A | William Mulgrew | Harvard | 8:38.01 | Not an event |
| 100 Fly | 46.11 | Nicholas Finch | Yale | 44.34 | Yes |
| 400 IM | 3:46.19 | Marton Nagy | Brown | 3:41.89 | Yes |
| 200 Free | 1:33.93 | Mitchell Schott | Princeton | 1:31.52 | Yes |
| 100 Breast | 52.58 | Watson Nguyen | Penn | 51.18 | Yes |
| 100 Back | 46.29 | Blake Conway | Cornell | 45.77 | Yes |
| 1650 Free | 15:06.60 | William Mulgrew | Harvard | 14:26.79 | Yes |
| 200 Back | 1:42.14 | Adriano Arioti | Harvard | 1:39.60 | Yes |
| 100 Free | 42.55 | Patrick Dinu | Princeton | 41.36 | Yes |
| 200 Breast | 1:54.95 | Watson Nguyen | Penn | 1:52.03 | Yes |
| 200 Fly | 1:43.79 | Mitchell Schott | Princeton | 1:39.05 | Yes |
Relay Winners
| Event | 2026 NCAA Cut | School | Winning Time | Auto? |
| 200 Medley | 1:23.61 | Yale | 1:23.55 | Yes |
| 800 Free | 6:14.67 | Princeton | 6:09.80 | Yes |
| 200 Free | 1:16.23 | Princeton | 1:16.03 | Yes |
| 400 Medley | 3:04.96 | Yale | 3:04.65 | Yes |
| 400 Free | 2:49.36 | Princeton | 2:48.36 | Yes |
Mitchell Schott, Princeton (200 IM, 200 free, 200 fly)
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Nicholas Finch, Yale (50 free, 100 fly)
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Watson Nguyen, Penn (100 breast, 200 breast)
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Patrick Dinu, Princeton (100 free)
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Noah Millard, Yale (500 free)
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William Mulgrew, Harvard (1650 free)
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Blake Conway, Cornell (100 back)
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Adriano Arioti, Harvard (200 back)
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Marton Nagy, Brown (400 IM)
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Remind me what they can swim at NCAAs? It’s not just the event they won, right? Like I assume Millard’s mile is fast enough as well?
Once you get in for one event, AQ or otherwise, you get to swim anything else (up to three total events) that you have the NCAA cut in.
Good! About time some real STUDENT athletes were represented
I’m proud of these Ivy leaguers, used their swimming to get into super exclusive schools and proved they can be top student-athletes as well! Great work to all!
Almost all would have made the meet without the Auto qualification from winning.