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Cole Buese (left) and Zach Buerger were among the seven All-Ivy League honorees for Princeton at the 2018 Ivy League Championships.
Photo by: Beverly Schaefer
Buerger Leads Princeton Cast Of Seven All-Ivy Honorees
March 02, 2018 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Senior Zach Buerger thrilled DeNunzio Pool during the final night of the Ivy League Championships to win a thrilling 200 fly final and secure his first individual first-team All-Ivy League honor. The Tiger tri-captain led a group of seven All-Ivy League honorees, including a pair of freshmen who made their championship debuts over the weekend.
Buerger topped teammate Cole Buese to win the 200 fly in 1:43.56, the third-fastest time in Princeton history. Buese's time of 1:43.73 not only earned him second-team All-Ivy League honors as the event runner-up, but it also stands as the fourth-fastest in program history. Buese was one of three Tigers to earn second-team All-Ivy honors in an individual event; senior tri-captain Ben Schafer was the 100 fly runner-up, and his time of 46.79 is now the second-fastest in Princeton history, trailing only assistant coach Doug Lennox '09. Freshman diver Colten Young scored 392.50 points in the 3-meter final, the seventh-most in the history of the event at Ivies, and the second-most ever by a freshman at the Ivy League Championships.
Princeton also earned second-team All-Ivy League honors in a pair of relays. The quartet of Alexander Lewis, Schafer, Murphy McQuet, and Buese took second in the 200 free relay in 1:18.43, while the quartet of Lewis, Corey Lau, Buerger, and Schafer finished second in the 400 medley relay in 3:10.96.
PHIL MORIARTY HIGH POINT SWIMMER OF THE MEET
Brennan Novak, Harvard (Jr. – Potomac, Md.)
Dean Farris, Harvard (So. – Atlanta, Ga.)
HAROLD ULEN CAREER HIGH POINT SWIMMER
Kei Hyogo, Yale (Sr. – Yokohama, Japan)
KARL B. MICHAEL HIGH POINT DIVER OF THE MEET
Jonathan Suckow, Columbia (Fr. – Geneva, Switzerland)
RON KEENHOLD CAREER HIGH POINT DIVER
Jayden Pantel, Columbia (Sr. – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada)
COACH OF THE YEAR
Jim Bolster, Columbia
FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
50-Yard Freestyle – Aaron Greenberg, Yale (Sr. – Eden Prairie, Minn.)
100-Yard Freestyle – Aaron Greenberg, Yale (Sr. – Eden Prairie, Minn.)
200-Yard Freestyle – Dean Farris, Harvard (So. – Atlanta, Ga.)
500-Yard Freestyle – Brennan Novak, Harvard (Jr. – Potomac, Md.)
1,000-Yard Freestyle – Brennan Novak, Harvard (Jr. – Potomac, Md.)
1,650-Yard Freestyle – Brennan Novak, Harvard (Jr. – Potomac, Md.)
200-Yard Individual Medley – Mark Andrew, Penn (Jr. – Middletown, Ohio)
400-Yard Individual Medley – Mark Andrew, Penn (Jr. – Middletown, Ohio)
100-Yard Backstroke – Dean Farris, Harvard (So. – Atlanta, Ga.)
200-Yard Backstroke – Dean Farris, Harvard (So. – Atlanta, Ga.)
100-Yard Butterfly – Steven Tan, Harvard (Sr. – Aurora, Ill.)
200-Yard Butterfly – Zach Buerger, Princeton (Sr. – Wexford, Pa.)
100-Yard Breaststroke – Alex Evdokimov, Cornell (Sr. – Coral Springs, Fla.)
200-Yard Breaststroke – Alex Evdokimov, Cornell (Sr. – Coral Springs, Fla.)
One-Meter Diving – Jonathan Suckow, Columbia (Fr. – Geneva, Switzerland)
Three-Meter Diving – Jonathan Suckow, Columbia (Fr. – Geneva, Switzerland)
200-Yard Freestyle Relay – Harvard: Raphael Marcoux (So. – Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Steven Tan (Sr. – Aurora, Ill.), Ed Kim (Sr. – Sammamish, Wash.), Paul O'Hara (Sr. – Alexandria, Va.)
400-Yard Freestyle Relay – Harvard: Steven Tan (Sr. – Aurora, Ill.), Ed Kim (Sr. – Sammamish, Wash.), Paul O'Hara (Sr. – Alexandria, Va.), Dean Farris (So. – Atlanta, Ga.)
800-Yard Freestyle Relay – Harvard: Brennan Novak (Jr. – Potomac, Md.), Mahlon Reihman (Fr. – Allentown, Pa.), Zach Snyder (So. – Mechanicsburg, Pa.), Dean Farris (So. – Atlanta, Ga.)
200-Yard Medley Relay – Harvard: Dean Farris (So. – Atlanta, Ga.), Sebastian Lutz (Jr. – Basking Ridge, N.J.), Steven Tan (Sr. – Aurora, Ill.), Paul O'Hara (Sr. – Alexandria, Va.)
400-Yard Medley Relay – Harvard: Dean Farris (So. – Atlanta, Ga.), Daniel Chang (So. – Johnson City, Tenn.), Steven Tan (Sr. – Aurora, Ill.), Raphael Marcoux (So. – Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY
50-Yard Freestyle – Steven Tan, Harvard (Sr. – Aurora, Ill.)
100-Yard Freestyle – Ed Kim, Harvard (Sr. – Sammamish, Wash.)
200-Yard Freestyle – Adrian Lin, Yale (Jr. – Potomac, Md.)
500-Yard Freestyle – Kei Hyogo, Yale (Sr. – Yokohama, Japan)
1,000-Yard Freestyle – Logan Houck, Harvard (Jr. – Las Vegas, Nev.)
1,650-Yard Freestyle – Logan Houck, Harvard (Jr. – Las Vegas, Nev.)
200-Yard Individual Medley – Zach Buerger, Princeton (Sr. – Wexford, Pa.)
400-Yard Individual Medley – Kei Hyogo, Yale (Sr. – Yokohama, Japan)
100-Yard Backstroke – Mark Blinstrub, Penn (Jr. – Tory, Mich.)
200-Yard Backstroke – Mark Blinstrub, Penn (Jr. – Tory, Mich.)
100-Yard Butterfly – Ben Schafer, Princeton (Sr. – Sydney, Australia)
200-Yard Butterfly – Cole Buese, Princeton (Jr. – Baltimore, Md.)
100-Yard Breaststroke – Daniel Chang, Harvard (So. – Johnson City, Tenn.)
200-Yard Breaststroke – Jonathan Rutter, Yale (Sr. - Wyoming, Ohio)
One-Meter Diving – Christian Devol, Yale (Fr. – Kimberton, Pa.)
Three-Meter Diving – Colton Young, Princeton (Fr. – Coto deCaza, Calif.)
200-Yard Freestyle Relay – Princeton: Alexander Lewis (Sr. – Greenwich, Conn.), Ben Schafer (Sr. – Sydney, Australia), Murphy McQuet (Jr. – Winnetka, Ill.), Cole Buese (Jr. – Baltimore, Md.)
400-Yard Freestyle Relay – Yale: Henry Gaissert (So. – Dover, Mass.), Adrian Lin (Jr. – Potomac, Md.), Kei Hyogo (Sr. – Yokohama, Japan), Aaron Greenberg (Sr. – Eden Prairie, Minn.)
800-Yard Freestyle Relay – Yale: Jonathan Rutter (Sr. – Wyoming, Ohio), Adrian Lin (Jr – Potomac, Md.), Henry Gaissert (So. – Dover, Mass.), Kei Hyogo (Sr. – Yokohama, Japan)
200-Yard Medley Relay – Cornell: Dylan Curtis (So. – Centerville, Ohio), Alex Evdokimov (Sr. – Coral Springs, Fla.), Jacob Mullin (Fr. – South Pasadena, Calif.), Jack Mahoney (So. – Cheltenham, Pa.)
400-Yard Medley Relay – Princeton: Alexander Lewis (Sr. – Greenwich, Conn.), Corey Lau (Fr. – Minnetonka, Minn.), Zach Buerger (Sr. – Wexford, Pa.), Ben Schafer (Sr. – Sydney Australia)
Buerger topped teammate Cole Buese to win the 200 fly in 1:43.56, the third-fastest time in Princeton history. Buese's time of 1:43.73 not only earned him second-team All-Ivy League honors as the event runner-up, but it also stands as the fourth-fastest in program history. Buese was one of three Tigers to earn second-team All-Ivy honors in an individual event; senior tri-captain Ben Schafer was the 100 fly runner-up, and his time of 46.79 is now the second-fastest in Princeton history, trailing only assistant coach Doug Lennox '09. Freshman diver Colten Young scored 392.50 points in the 3-meter final, the seventh-most in the history of the event at Ivies, and the second-most ever by a freshman at the Ivy League Championships.
Princeton also earned second-team All-Ivy League honors in a pair of relays. The quartet of Alexander Lewis, Schafer, Murphy McQuet, and Buese took second in the 200 free relay in 1:18.43, while the quartet of Lewis, Corey Lau, Buerger, and Schafer finished second in the 400 medley relay in 3:10.96.
PHIL MORIARTY HIGH POINT SWIMMER OF THE MEET
Brennan Novak, Harvard (Jr. – Potomac, Md.)
Dean Farris, Harvard (So. – Atlanta, Ga.)
HAROLD ULEN CAREER HIGH POINT SWIMMER
Kei Hyogo, Yale (Sr. – Yokohama, Japan)
KARL B. MICHAEL HIGH POINT DIVER OF THE MEET
Jonathan Suckow, Columbia (Fr. – Geneva, Switzerland)
RON KEENHOLD CAREER HIGH POINT DIVER
Jayden Pantel, Columbia (Sr. – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada)
COACH OF THE YEAR
Jim Bolster, Columbia
FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
50-Yard Freestyle – Aaron Greenberg, Yale (Sr. – Eden Prairie, Minn.)
100-Yard Freestyle – Aaron Greenberg, Yale (Sr. – Eden Prairie, Minn.)
200-Yard Freestyle – Dean Farris, Harvard (So. – Atlanta, Ga.)
500-Yard Freestyle – Brennan Novak, Harvard (Jr. – Potomac, Md.)
1,000-Yard Freestyle – Brennan Novak, Harvard (Jr. – Potomac, Md.)
1,650-Yard Freestyle – Brennan Novak, Harvard (Jr. – Potomac, Md.)
200-Yard Individual Medley – Mark Andrew, Penn (Jr. – Middletown, Ohio)
400-Yard Individual Medley – Mark Andrew, Penn (Jr. – Middletown, Ohio)
100-Yard Backstroke – Dean Farris, Harvard (So. – Atlanta, Ga.)
200-Yard Backstroke – Dean Farris, Harvard (So. – Atlanta, Ga.)
100-Yard Butterfly – Steven Tan, Harvard (Sr. – Aurora, Ill.)
200-Yard Butterfly – Zach Buerger, Princeton (Sr. – Wexford, Pa.)
100-Yard Breaststroke – Alex Evdokimov, Cornell (Sr. – Coral Springs, Fla.)
200-Yard Breaststroke – Alex Evdokimov, Cornell (Sr. – Coral Springs, Fla.)
One-Meter Diving – Jonathan Suckow, Columbia (Fr. – Geneva, Switzerland)
Three-Meter Diving – Jonathan Suckow, Columbia (Fr. – Geneva, Switzerland)
200-Yard Freestyle Relay – Harvard: Raphael Marcoux (So. – Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Steven Tan (Sr. – Aurora, Ill.), Ed Kim (Sr. – Sammamish, Wash.), Paul O'Hara (Sr. – Alexandria, Va.)
400-Yard Freestyle Relay – Harvard: Steven Tan (Sr. – Aurora, Ill.), Ed Kim (Sr. – Sammamish, Wash.), Paul O'Hara (Sr. – Alexandria, Va.), Dean Farris (So. – Atlanta, Ga.)
800-Yard Freestyle Relay – Harvard: Brennan Novak (Jr. – Potomac, Md.), Mahlon Reihman (Fr. – Allentown, Pa.), Zach Snyder (So. – Mechanicsburg, Pa.), Dean Farris (So. – Atlanta, Ga.)
200-Yard Medley Relay – Harvard: Dean Farris (So. – Atlanta, Ga.), Sebastian Lutz (Jr. – Basking Ridge, N.J.), Steven Tan (Sr. – Aurora, Ill.), Paul O'Hara (Sr. – Alexandria, Va.)
400-Yard Medley Relay – Harvard: Dean Farris (So. – Atlanta, Ga.), Daniel Chang (So. – Johnson City, Tenn.), Steven Tan (Sr. – Aurora, Ill.), Raphael Marcoux (So. – Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY
50-Yard Freestyle – Steven Tan, Harvard (Sr. – Aurora, Ill.)
100-Yard Freestyle – Ed Kim, Harvard (Sr. – Sammamish, Wash.)
200-Yard Freestyle – Adrian Lin, Yale (Jr. – Potomac, Md.)
500-Yard Freestyle – Kei Hyogo, Yale (Sr. – Yokohama, Japan)
1,000-Yard Freestyle – Logan Houck, Harvard (Jr. – Las Vegas, Nev.)
1,650-Yard Freestyle – Logan Houck, Harvard (Jr. – Las Vegas, Nev.)
200-Yard Individual Medley – Zach Buerger, Princeton (Sr. – Wexford, Pa.)
400-Yard Individual Medley – Kei Hyogo, Yale (Sr. – Yokohama, Japan)
100-Yard Backstroke – Mark Blinstrub, Penn (Jr. – Tory, Mich.)
200-Yard Backstroke – Mark Blinstrub, Penn (Jr. – Tory, Mich.)
100-Yard Butterfly – Ben Schafer, Princeton (Sr. – Sydney, Australia)
200-Yard Butterfly – Cole Buese, Princeton (Jr. – Baltimore, Md.)
100-Yard Breaststroke – Daniel Chang, Harvard (So. – Johnson City, Tenn.)
200-Yard Breaststroke – Jonathan Rutter, Yale (Sr. - Wyoming, Ohio)
One-Meter Diving – Christian Devol, Yale (Fr. – Kimberton, Pa.)
Three-Meter Diving – Colton Young, Princeton (Fr. – Coto deCaza, Calif.)
200-Yard Freestyle Relay – Princeton: Alexander Lewis (Sr. – Greenwich, Conn.), Ben Schafer (Sr. – Sydney, Australia), Murphy McQuet (Jr. – Winnetka, Ill.), Cole Buese (Jr. – Baltimore, Md.)
400-Yard Freestyle Relay – Yale: Henry Gaissert (So. – Dover, Mass.), Adrian Lin (Jr. – Potomac, Md.), Kei Hyogo (Sr. – Yokohama, Japan), Aaron Greenberg (Sr. – Eden Prairie, Minn.)
800-Yard Freestyle Relay – Yale: Jonathan Rutter (Sr. – Wyoming, Ohio), Adrian Lin (Jr – Potomac, Md.), Henry Gaissert (So. – Dover, Mass.), Kei Hyogo (Sr. – Yokohama, Japan)
200-Yard Medley Relay – Cornell: Dylan Curtis (So. – Centerville, Ohio), Alex Evdokimov (Sr. – Coral Springs, Fla.), Jacob Mullin (Fr. – South Pasadena, Calif.), Jack Mahoney (So. – Cheltenham, Pa.)
400-Yard Medley Relay – Princeton: Alexander Lewis (Sr. – Greenwich, Conn.), Corey Lau (Fr. – Minnetonka, Minn.), Zach Buerger (Sr. – Wexford, Pa.), Ben Schafer (Sr. – Sydney Australia)
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