Dean Farris

2019 Men’s NCAA Championships: Top 10 Teams Point Changes

The story of this year’s NCAA championships was the performance of Cal’s sophomores.

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Men’s Recruiting Ranks In-Progress Analysis: All Classes Through 2019 NCAAs

It’s a tale of two classes for the men: the current junior class has been pretty lackluster, especially among our top-20 ranked recruits. But the current sophomores, led by #1 recruit Ryan Hoffer of Cal, have been outstanding through two years.

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‘It’s Good For the League’: Kevin Tyrrell on Harvard’s Rise

Success on college swimming’s most visible stage is opening up new possibilities for Harvard.

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20 Headlines for 20 Teams at the 2019 NCAA Men’s Championships

The Cal men, for the first time in program history, had an A finalist in every swimming event at the 2019 NCAA Championships.

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Cal Ties for #7 All-Time Total NCAA Team Titles Won

After winning their first NCAA team title since 2014, the Cal Bears moved up in the all-time rankings for the total team championships won.

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2019 Men’s NCAAs: How Did SwimSwam’s Power Rankings Hold Up?

After spending the entire year tracking and projecting the men’s NCAA Championships, it’s time to look back at how our Power Ranks held up. Spoiler alert: it’s not great, thanks to major overperformers like Harvard and Ohio State.

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Only Four Texas Pool Records Survived 2019 NCAAs

Five more Texas pool records were broken on the final day of the 2019 Men’s NCAA Championships, leaving only four records untouched after the four days of competition.

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Harvard Becomes First Ivy Team to Crack Top 10 Since Yale in 1969

On top of that, the last time Harvard cracked the top 10 itself was in 1963 when they finished 10th.

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The Meet Dean Farris had Still Hasn’t Sunk in (Video)

Harvard’s Dean Farris showed his incredible closing speed, torching his way home in 21.38 to go 40.80, the #3 swim of all-time

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2019 Men’s NCAA Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

The highlight might be the 200 breast, where 200 IM/200 free champ Andrew Seliskar goes up against 100 breast champ (and defending 200 breast champ) Ian Finnerty of Indiana.

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2019 Men’s NCAA Championships Pick’em: Final Scores

Night 4 at defied expectations. There was only one place in the top 4 in any of the 5 individual events that was picked correctly by more than 50% of entries

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WATCH: Dean Farris #3 Fastest 100 FR Performer All-Time

Harvard’s Dean Farris is now the third-fastest perfomer in the 100 free all-time.

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2019 Men’s NCAA Championships: Final Prelim Session Photo Vault

SwimSwam’s Jack Spitser was on deck to capture all of the prelims excitement on the final day of competition.

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