Watch Dean Farris Anchor Harvard’s 800 Free Relay in 1:30.69

2018 MEN’S IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Wednesday night Harvard’s Dean Farris once again proved that Ivy League swimming is not to be overlooked as he put up the fifth-fastest 800 freestyle relay split of all time anchoring Harvard’s record-setting relay at the 2018 Ivy League Championships.

Harvard’s 800 free relay destroyed the meet record of 6:19.80 that they set last season, as well as the pool record of 6:24.75, which had belonged to Princeton. Junior Brennan Novak got things started with a 1:34.50 split to lead off the relay, which was followed up with a 1:35.21 from freshman Mahlon Reihman and then a 1:36.38 from sophomore Zach Snyder. At 600 yards it was still a close race with Harvard leading Princeton by only 3/100ths, 4:46.09 to 4:46.12, respectively, and then Farris dove in.

Fastest 800 Free Relay Splits:

  1. Townley Haas, 1:30.42, 2017
  2. Townley Haas, 1:30.52, 2017
  3. Michael Wynalda, 1:30.60, 2014
  4. Soeren Dahl, 1:30.67, 2017
  5. Dean Farris, 1:30.69, 2018

Farris, a sophomore, exploded onto the scene last year as he gradually chiseled his lifetime best in the 200 freestyle from a 1:36.00 down to a 1:31.56. At the 2017 NCAA Championships, Farris placed 4th behind defending champion and American Record Holder Townley Haas of Texas, and USC’s Dylan Carter and Indiana’s Blake Pieroni, who tied for 2nd.

Video is courtesy of Ed Novak.

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ERVINFORTHEWIN
6 years ago

Impressive swim – he is huge by looking at the size of his arms per stroke , he can go very fast .

Ervin
6 years ago

Incredible distance per stroke…doesn’t even look like hes moving that fast

Swimmer A
6 years ago

How tall is he? He looks massive in comparison to the other swimmers

Bon Jovi
Reply to  Swimmer A
6 years ago

Just looked it up on Bing. It says he is a respectful 5’9”

Swammer
Reply to  Bon Jovi
6 years ago

Who uses Bing?

ERVINFORTHEWIN
Reply to  Bon Jovi
6 years ago

he sure looks at least 6 foot 6

jeth
Reply to  Swimmer A
6 years ago

6’7″

PVSFree
Reply to  jeth
6 years ago

He must’ve grown a ton in college because his senior year at NCSAs he did not look 6”7 to me. The clips of his races that year are on YouTube, the 2016 NCSA Jr National Championship

Jeth
Reply to  PVSFree
6 years ago
Pvdh
6 years ago

Play this at my funeral

Steve Nolan
6 years ago

I mean, just go straight here:

https://youtu.be/GIfzNDY5O7o?t=290

Steve Nolan
6 years ago

You gotta re-do that headline.

“WATCH DEAN FARRIS ANCHOR HARVARD’S 800 FREE RELAY IN 1:30.69 IF YOU WANNA GET PREGNANT.”

Coach MM
6 years ago

Is he related to Chuck Norris?

Floppmeister
6 years ago

What’s with those floppy legs on the dive man? Ultimate flopper.

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