PRINCETON, N.J. – After a successful final night of competition at the 2026 Ivy League Championships, the Yale men's swimming and diving team secured second place in the entire meet with a total score of 1,274.5. A second place finish is the highest for the Bulldogs since winning the entire meet in 1972. In the final day of events, the Bulldogs snatched four medals (three silver, one bronze).
At the end of the meet, senior
Noah Millard received the Harold S. Ulen Career High Point Swimmer award, finishing his Ivy League career with 352 points.
The Results
- 1650-yard Freestyle: Millard took home another long-distance medal, finishing second with a swim clocking in at 14:41.76. Arshak Hambardzumyan was fifth at 14:57.43 and Jose Cano finished in a time of 15:32.05.
- 200-yard Backstroke: Mak Nurkic Kacapor finished fifth in the A final with a time of 1:42.49. Crash Ackerly finished first in the B final with a time of 1:42.78.
- 100-yard Freestyle: Nick Finch and Deniel Nankov secured the silver and bronze medals, finishing with times of 41.84 (NCAA A cut) and 42.73 respectively. Nareg Minassian placed seventh in the B final (43.67), and Lars Kuljus and Lucius Brown finished first and second in the C final with times of 43.68 and 43.77.
- 200-yard Breaststroke: Charlie Egeland finished fifth in the A final with a time of 1:54.77.
- 200-yard Butterfly: Alexander Hazlett finished seventh in the A final with a time of 1:46.39. During the prelims, Hazlett broke the Yale record in the event with a time of 1:43.62.
- 3M Dive: Nicholas Chau placed ninth overall (334.35) and Brady Stanton was 10th (331.40).
- 400-yard Freestyle Relay: Jake Wang, Finch, Millard and Nankov took silver with a time of 2:49.46.
Up Next
The NCAA Swim Championships will take place in Atlanta, Georgia from March 25-28. Prelims will begin at 11 a.m. with finals to follow at 6 p.m.
