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No. 22 Men's Swimming & Diving Leads Harvard & Yale After First Day at HYP
January 30, 2026 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Results
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 22 Princeton University men's swimming & diving team wrapped up its first day of competition with leads over Yale and Harvard Friday at Blodgett Pool.
Scores
Princeton 102, Yale 84
Princeton 95, Harvard 90
Harvard 109, Yale 78
Mitchell Schott won the 200 freestyle in 1:33.38 while Arthur Balva came in third (1:35.70) and Daniel Li fifth (1:36.22).
Schott's second win of the day came in the 200 butterfly after he touched the wall at 1:42.20. John Rusnock took third (1:44.65), Conor McKenna sixth (1:48.96) and Oliver Rowe seventh (1:49.55).
The quarter of Logan Noguchi, Patrick Dinu, Yanning Zhang and Jake Tarara finished second in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:17.72.
In the 400 IM, Rusnock came in second (3:49.23), Devyn Caples third (3:50.13), Lucas Strøbek fifth (3:52.21) and Arthur Balva seventh (3:53.94).
Dinu's time of 19.39 in the 50 freestyle saw him finish third. Noguchi earned a fifth-place (19.71) finish and Zhang seventh (19.99).
Connor Buck finished fourth (9:00.25) in the 1,000 freestyle while Cole Kawaja finished sixth (9:03.73) and Jiarui Xue seventh (9:09.05).
The 100 breaststroke saw Andrew Zou come in third (53.62) and Keian Lam fourth (54.25).
Parker Lenoce finished fourth (47.53) in the 100 backstroke, Zhang fifth (47.66) and Alex Townsend sixth (47.70).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 22 Princeton University men's swimming & diving team wrapped up its first day of competition with leads over Yale and Harvard Friday at Blodgett Pool.
Scores
Princeton 102, Yale 84
Princeton 95, Harvard 90
Harvard 109, Yale 78
Mitchell Schott won the 200 freestyle in 1:33.38 while Arthur Balva came in third (1:35.70) and Daniel Li fifth (1:36.22).
Schott's second win of the day came in the 200 butterfly after he touched the wall at 1:42.20. John Rusnock took third (1:44.65), Conor McKenna sixth (1:48.96) and Oliver Rowe seventh (1:49.55).
The quarter of Logan Noguchi, Patrick Dinu, Yanning Zhang and Jake Tarara finished second in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:17.72.
In the 400 IM, Rusnock came in second (3:49.23), Devyn Caples third (3:50.13), Lucas Strøbek fifth (3:52.21) and Arthur Balva seventh (3:53.94).
Dinu's time of 19.39 in the 50 freestyle saw him finish third. Noguchi earned a fifth-place (19.71) finish and Zhang seventh (19.99).
Connor Buck finished fourth (9:00.25) in the 1,000 freestyle while Cole Kawaja finished sixth (9:03.73) and Jiarui Xue seventh (9:09.05).
The 100 breaststroke saw Andrew Zou come in third (53.62) and Keian Lam fourth (54.25).
Parker Lenoce finished fourth (47.53) in the 100 backstroke, Zhang fifth (47.66) and Alex Townsend sixth (47.70).
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