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Rob Orr Earns Coach Of The Year; 11 Tigers Claim All-Ivy League Honors
March 04, 2015 | Men's Swimming and Diving
CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
After guiding Princeton to the 2015 Ivy League championship, head coach Rob Orr has earned the inaugural Ivy League Men's Swimming & Diving Coach of the Year award. Eleven Princeton swimmers claimed All-Ivy League honors, including nine who earned first-team distinction.
Orr, in his 36th season as head coach, earned the 22nd Ivy championship of his illustrious career when the Tigers went wire-to-wire last weekend to reclaim the Ivy League championship from Harvard. Orr also went over the 300-win mark earlier this season.
Nine Princeton swimmers earned first-team All-Ivy League honors, including three who won individual championships. Senior Harrison Wagner won his second 50 free title, while junior Teo D'Alessandro retained his 200 IM title. Freshman Corey Okubo won his first Ivy League individual title when he set an Ivy League record in the 400 IM.
All three also earned first-team honors in relays, including Wagner, who was part of four winning relays (200/400 free, 200/400 medley). Other first-team honorees as members of winning relays were Sandy Bole (200/400/800 free), Zack Buerger (800 free), Julian Mackrel (200/400 free), Connor Maher (200/400/800 free, 200 medley), Jack Pohlmann (200/400 medley) and Michael Strand (200/400 medley).
D'Alessandro was a member of the 800 free relay, while Okubo was on the 400 medley relay.
Junior Byron Sanborn and sophomore Sam Smiddy joined D'Alessandro and Strand on the All-Ivy League second team after finishing as the runner-up in a championship final. Sanborn took second in the 100 breast, while Smiddy — the 2014 400 IM champion — fell to teammate Okubo in that same event. D'Alessandro finished second in the 200 free, while Strand took second in the 100 back.
PHIL MORIARTY HIGH POINT CO-SWIMMERS OF THE MEET
David Jakl, Columbia (Sr. - Monterey Park, Calif.)
Chris Swanson, Penn (Jr. - Tampa, Fla.)
HAROLD ULEN CAREER HIGH POINT SWIMMER
Rob Harder, Yale (Sr. - Wilton, Conn.)
KARL B. MICHAEL HIGH POINT DIVER OF THE MEET
Mike Mosca, Harvard (Sr. - Tenafly, N.J.)
RON KEENHOLD CAREER HIGH POINT DIVER
Mike Mosca, Harvard (Sr. - Tenafly, N.J.)
COACH OF THE YEAR
Rob Orr, Princeton
FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
50 free – Harrison Wagner, Princeton (Sr. - Carmel, Ind.)
100 free – David Jakl, Columbia (Sr. - Monterey Park, Calif.)
200 free – Eric Schultz, Penn (Jr. - North Wales, Pa.)
500 free – Chris Swanson, Penn (Jr. - Tampa, Fla.)
1,000 free – Chris Swanson, Penn (Jr. - Tampa, Fla.)
1,650 free – Chris Swanson, Penn (Jr. - Tampa, Fla.)
200 IM – Teo D'Alessandro, Princeton (Jr. - Stuart, Fla.)
400 IM – Corey Okubo, Princeton (Fr. - Irvine, Calif.)
100 back – David Jakl, Columbia (Sr. - Monterey Park, Calif.)
200 back – Rob Harder, Yale (Sr. - Wilton, Conn.)
100 fly – David Jakl, Columbia (Sr. - Monterey Park, Calif.)
200 fly – Kevin Quinn, Columbia (Sr. - Evanston, Ill.)
100 breast – Alex Evdokimov, Cornell (Fr. - Coral Springs, Fla.)
200 breast – Alex Evdokimov, Cornell (Fr. - Coral Springs, Fla.)
One-meter diving – Mike Mosca, Harvard (Sr. - Tenafly, N.J.)
Three-meter diving – Mike Mosca, Harvard (Sr. - Tenafly, N.J.)
200 free relay – Princeton: Harrison Wagner (Sr. - Carmel, Ind.), Connor Maher (Sr. - Hamden, Conn.), Julian Mackrel (So. - Woodstock, N.Y.), Sandy Bole (Jr. - Amsterdam)
400 free relay – Princeton: Sandy Bole (Jr. - Amsterdam), Harrison Wagner (Sr. - Carmel, Ind.), Julien Mackrel (So. - Woodstock, N.Y.), Connor Maher (Sr. - Hamden, Conn.)
800 free relay – Princeton: Teo D'Alessandro (Jr. - Stuart, Fla.), Sandy Bole (Jr. - Amsterdam), Connor Maher (Sr. - Hamden, Conn.), Zach Buerger (Fr. - Wexford, Pa.)
200 medley relay – Princeton: Michael Strand (Jr. - Chatham, N.J.), Jack Pohlmann (Jr. - Beavercreek, Ohio), Connor Maher (Sr. - Hamden, Conn.), Harrison Wagner (Sr. - Carmel, Ind.)
400 medley relay – Princeton: Michael Strand (Jr. - Chatham, N.J.), Jack Pohlmann (Jr. - Beavercreek, Ohio), Corey Okubo (Fr. - Irvine, Calif.), Harrison Wagner (Sr. - Carmel, Ind.)
SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY
50 free – Eric Schultz, Penn (Jr. - North Wales, Pa.)
100 free – Eric Schultz, Penn (Jr. - North Wales, Pa.)
200 free – Teo D'Alessandro, Princeton (Jr. - Stuart, Fla.)
500 free – Samuel Smiddy, Princeton (So. - Miami)
1,000 free – Brian Hogan, Yale (Jr. - Scarsdale, N.Y.)
1,650 free – Kei Hyogo, Yale (Fr. - Yokohama, Japan)
200 IM – Christian Yeager, Harvard (Jr. - Huntington, N.Y.)
400 IM – Samuel Smiddy, Princeton (So. - Miami)
100 back – Michael Strand, Princeton (Sr. - Chatham, N.J.)
200 back – Jack Manchester, Harvard (So. - Huntersville, N.C.)
100 fly – Max Yakubovich, Harvard (So. - Beaverton, Ore.)
200 fly – Corey Okubo, Princeton (Fr. - Irvine, Calif.)
100 breast – Byron Sanborn, Princeton (Jr. - Palo Alto, Calif)
200 breast – Eric Ronda, Harvard (So. - Greenwich, Conn.)
One-meter diving – Nathan Makarewicz, Princeton (So. - Salt Lake City)
Three-meter diving – Jayden Pantel, Columbia (Fr. - Saskatoon, Sask.)
200 free relay – Harvard: Paul O'Hara (So. - Alexandria, Va.), Steven Tan (Fr. - Aurora, Ill.), Max Yakubovich, Harvard (So. - Beaverton, Ore.), Griffin Schumacher (Sr. - New York)
400 free relay – Columbia: David Jakl (Sr. - Monterey Park, Calif.), Alex Ngan (Sr. - Valencia, Calif.), Terry Li (So. - Demarest, N.J.), Joe Shepley (Fr. - Southbury, Conn.)
800 free relay – Yale: Brian Hogan (Jr. - Scarsdale, N.Y.), Rob Harder (Sr. - Wilton, Conn.), Jonathan Rutter (Fr. - Wyoming, Ohio), Kei Hyogo (Fr. - Yokohama, Japan)
200 medley relay – Columbia: David Jakl (Sr. - Monterey Park, Calif.), Stanley Wong (Sr. - Orangeburg, N.Y.), Kevin Frifeldt (Fr. - Milinani, Hawaii), Alex Ngan (Sr. - Valencia, Calif.)
400 medley relay – Penn: Dillon McHugh (Sr. - Sicklerville, N.J.), Kyle Yu (Jr. - Sugar Land, Texas), Michael Wen (So. - Los Angeles), Eric Schultz (Jr. - North Wales, Pa.)