Dean Farris

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Led By Noah Millard, Ivy League Dominates Mid-Major Scoring at 2025 Men’s NCAA Championships

Full Name:	Dean Farris
Nickname(s):	Dream Farris, The Dean, Deaner,
Nationality:	United States of America
Status:	Active

Dean Farris is a versatile swimmer from Georgia, though he mainly focuses on the backstroke and the shorter freestyle events. Before attending Harvard, Farris had a successful club and high school career at Metro Atlanta Aquatic Club under head coach Mike Norment and The Paideia School. Harvard 2016-2017 Farris made an immediate impact his rookie season at Harvard. He stole the show at the Ivy League Championships, winning the high-point award for three individual and four relay golds. In the prelims, he posted a 1:32.71 in the 200 yard freestyle, smashing the 37-year-old pool record of 1:34.57 set by Auburn’s Rowdy Gaines. That night, he blitzed his new record and became the sixth fastest 200 yard freestyler in history with a 1:31.56. His other individual golds at the meet came in the 100 yard freestyle and backstroke. At his first NCAA meet, Farris captured two individual All-American honors. First up was the 200 yard freestyle where he finished fourth in 1:32.25 behind Olympians Townley Haas, Blake Pieroni and Dylan Carter. That First-Team All-America honor was the first for a Harvard swimmer in seven years. In the 200 yard backstroke, Farris picked up more points for Harvard, finishing 14th in 1:40.89. His third event was the 100 yard back, …

Led By Noah Millard, Ivy League Dominates Mid-Major Scoring at 2025 Men’s NCAA Championships

Propelled by a 4th place finish in the 1650 free, Noah Millard was the highest-scoring mid-major swimmer at the 2025 Men’s NCAA Championships.

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In the fastest-ever 400 free relay heat at Ivies by a distance, Yale came away victorious while Princeton’s third place finish secured the conference crown

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Pietro Ubertalli is the first man to match one of Dean Farris’ Ivy League records, as he went 1:38.99 to complete a backstroke sweep and make his first NCAAs

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The All-Time Top Ten Mid-Major Swimmers In Every Event Through 2024-25 Midseason Invites

Yale’s Noah Millard (pictured) has swum new marks on the mid-major all-time top ten list in the 200 and 1650 freestyle already this season.

Miami-Ohio Hires Samantha Pitter From Pitt As Next Head Coach

Pitter spent the last two years as associate head coach of Pitt and was the primary coach of Dean Farris in her time at Harvard.

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2024 Men’s NCAAs: Historic Individual And Team Finishes

Tanner Filion and the Notre Dame men were one of many teams to make history. Filion went from a D3 champion to D1 finalist.

Brian Benzing Finishes 2nd At NCAAs in 100 Breast, Highest Mid-Major Finish Since Dean Farris

Brian Benzing of Towson was already the fastest mid-major 100 breaststroker of all-time and became the first under 51 seconds with his swims today.

2024 Men’s NCAAs: Luke Hobson Takes NCAA Record Back With 1:28.81 200 Free

Luke Hobson had the NCAA record for 10 minutes on night 1 of NCAAs but earned the record back from Leon Marchand with his win in the individual event.

Hobson Breaks NCAA Record with 1:29.13 200 FR… Then Marchand Goes 1:28.97 in the Next Heat

Before Cal had broken the NCAA Record in the 800 free relay tonight, the 200 free NCAA Record had already been broken…twice.

2024 M. NCAA Previews: New Sub-1:31s Aiming to Cut In On Hobson-Jett Duo

Luke Hobson and Gabe Jett battled stroke for stroke last year in this event, but a couple of new sub-1:31 men could make this an even tighter race this year.