Princeton, Yale Both Under Ivy League Record in 800 Free Relay with NCAA “A” Cuts

2025 Ivy League Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships

Men’s 800 Yard Freestyle Relay – Timed Final

  • Ivy Meet: 6:15.38, Harvard (Novak, Reihman, Rawls, Farris), 2019
  • Pool Record: 6:16.77, Princeton (Lim, Khosla, Schott, Walther), 2023
  • NCAA A: 6:15.80
  • NCAA B: 6:18.42

Podium:

  1. Princeton – 6:13.75
  2. Yale – 6:13.98
  3. Cornell – 6:17.54
  4. Harvard – 6:18.05
  5. Brown – 6:21.17
  6. Penn – 6:23.62
  7. Dartmouth – 6:25.17
  8. Columbia – 6:26.54

Princeton and Yale both crushed the Ivy League meet record of 6:15.38, breaking their respective program records and achieving NCAA “A” cuts in the process.

The two squads took down a Farris-era Harvard mark by 1.63 and 1.40 seconds, respectively.

Princeton sophomore Arthur Balva (1:34.77), junior Mitchell Schott (1:31.81), sophomore Noah Sech (1:34.85), and freshman Patrick Dinu (1:32.32) combined for 6:13.75 to secure the Tigers’ victory.

First out of the blocks was Cornell, whose Pietro Ubertalli led off with 1:33.01. Brown was in second place with Marton Nagy (1:33.56), while Yale’s Jake Wang (1:33.82) was third. Princeton was in fifth behind Columbia (Adam Wu, 1:34.57).

Princeton’s second leg, Mitchell Schott, passed the top four teams with his 1:31.81 and handed off to Noah Sech with the Tigers in the lead.

Cornell dropped to #2 and Brown was #3 at the halfway point. Yale was fourth, followed by Columbia and Harvard in sixth.

Princeton held the lead on leg 3, while Yale moved up to second, Cornell was third, and Brown was fourth. Harvard swapped with Columbia at fifth.

Yale outsplit everyone on the anchor with Millard’s 1:30.44, but Princeton freshman Dinu held on for the Tiger win. Yale placed second, Cornell, third, and Harvard moved up to fourth ahead of Brown.

Ivy Meet Record Harvard 2019 Yale 2025 Princeton 2025
1st leg Brennan Novak, 1:34.46 Jake Wang, 1:33.82 Arthur Balva, 1:34.77
2nd leg Mahlon Reihman, 1:35.96 Charlie Egeland, 1:35.31 Mitchell Schott, 1:31.81
3rd leg Corban Rawls, 1:34.74 Deny Nankov, 1:34.41 Noah Sech, 1:34.85
4th leg Dean Farris, 1:30.22 Noah Millard, 1:30.44 Patrick Dinu, 1:32.32
Final time 6:15.38 6:13.98 6:13.75

 

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MigBike
1 month ago

What will it take to score top 16 at NCAAS?

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Anne Lepesant

Anne Lepesant is the mother of four daughters, all of whom swam in college. With an undergraduate degree from Princeton (where she was an all-Ivy tennis player) and an MBA from INSEAD, she worked for many years in the financial industry, both in France and the U.S. Anne is currently …

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