By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
2026 Ivy League Males’s Swimming & Diving Championships
Dates: Wednesday, February 25–Saturday, February 29
Location: DeNunzio Pool, Princeton, New Jersey
Defending Champions: Princeton males (1x)
Groups: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale
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Day 3 Prelims | Day 3 Finals
The Ivy League is among the few NCAA Division I conferences that features the 1000 free at its convention championship meet, and Harvard freshman and US Nationwide Crew member William Mulgrew took benefit of the rested meet to crush the Ivy League Document in 8:38.01.
That swim additionally ranks him because the Eighth-fastest performer within the historical past of the occasion at any stage (amongst contained 1000 frees, not together with splits en path to a 1650 free), and Ninth-best when together with splits (Bobby Finke).
Quickest 1000 Yard Freestylers, All-Time
Clark Smith – 8:33.93 (2015)
Bobby Finke – 8:34.63 (2020) – Break up
David Johnston – 8:34.82 (2023)
Erik Vendt – 8:36.49 (2008)
Ahmed Jaouadi – 8:36.65 (2025)
Luka Mijatovic – 8:36.71 (2025)
Rex Maurer – 8:37.19 (2026)
Zalan Sarkany – 8:37.82 (2024)
Connor Jaeger – 8:41.09 (2014)
Max Carlsen – 8:41.12 (2026)
The outdated Ivy League Document of 8:46.99 was set on the 2018 Championships by Harvard’s Brennan Novak.
Splits Comparability:
William Mulgrew
William Mulgrew
Brennan Novak
Clark Smith
Earlier PB
New Ivy Document
Previous Ivy Document
All-Time Greatest
100y
49.51
49.31
50.86
48.25
200y
52.24
51.95
53.26
50.74
300y
52.84
52.7
53.24
51.56
400y
53.35
52.62
53.16
51.8
500y
53.61
52.46
53.31
52.09
600y
53.68
52.23
52.68
52.25
700y
53.98
52.40
52.94
52.35
800y
53.97
52.70
52.94
52.00
900y
53.57
51.75
52.77
51.82
1000y
51.97
49.89
51.83
51.07
Remaining Time
8:48.72
8:38.01
8:46.99
8:33.93
By 500, Mulgrew break up 4:19.04/4:18.97 – an unbelievably-tight splitting sample between the 2 halves that may make believers in traditional splitting patterns blissful.
Solely two swimmers within the NCAA have been sooner within the 1000 free this season – 800 and 1500 free World champion Ahmed Jaouadi of Florida (8:36.65) and the 2026 NCAA runner-up within the mile Rex Maurer of Texas (8:37.19)
Mulgrew grew up in close by Walpole Mass, the place he skilled with the Shawmut Aquatic Membership. He holds 28 membership data there.
He was a member of the U.S. staff on the 2024 Junior Pan Pac Championships and 2025 World Junior Championships.
He certified for the US Nationwide Crew within the 800 free (#6 – 7:51.09) and 1500 free (#5 – 15:05.97). Each instances got here from the World Junior Championships final summer season in Romania, the place he positioned fifth in every occasion.
Mulgrew completed 2nd within the 500 free (4:12.03) on Thursday and is entered within the 1650 free for Saturday.
Despite his large distance efficiency, Harvard remained in third place going into the ultimate day of competitors behind Princeton and Yale.
Scores After Day 3
Princeton – 952
Yale – 874.5
Harvard – 785.5
Brown – 586
Cornell – 581
Columbia – 580.5
Dartmouth – 466
Penn – 444.5
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