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2026 Ivy League Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships
Dates: Wednesday, February 25–Saturday, February 29 Location: DeNunzio Pool, Princeton, New Jersey Defending Champions: Princeton men (1x) Teams: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale SwimSwam Fan Guide Championship Central Psych Sheets Live Results Live Video: ESPN+ Recaps Day 1 Finals Day 2 Prelims | Day 2 Finals Day 3 Prelims | Day 3 FinalsThe Ivy League is one of the few NCAA Division I conferences that includes the 1000 free at its conference championship meet, and Harvard freshman and US National Team member William Mulgrew took advantage of the rested meet to crush the Ivy League Record in 8:38.01.
That swim also ranks him as the 8th-fastest performer in the history of the event at any level (among contained 1000 frees, not including splits en route to a 1650 free), and 9th-best when including splits (Bobby Finke).
Fastest 1000 Yard Freestylers, All-Time
Clark Smith – 8:33.93 (2015) Bobby Finke – 8:34.63 (2020) – Split 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 old Ivy League Record of 8:46.99 was set at the 2018 Championships by Harvard’s Brennan Novak.
Splits Comparison:
William Mulgrew William Mulgrew Brennan Novak Clark Smith Previous PB New Ivy Record Old Ivy Record All-Time Best 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 Final Time 8:48.72 8:38.01 8:46.99 8:33.93By 500, Mulgrew split 4:19.04/4:18.97 – an unbelievably-tight splitting pattern between the two halves that will make believers in classic splitting patterns happy.
Only two swimmers in the NCAA have been faster in the 1000 free this season – 800 and 1500 free World champion Ahmed Jaouadi of Florida (8:36.65) and the 2026 NCAA runner-up in the mile Rex Maurer of Texas (8:37.19)
Mulgrew grew up in nearby Walpole Mass, where he trained with the Shawmut Aquatic Club. He holds 28 club records there.
He was a member of the U.S. team at the 2024 Junior Pan Pac Championships and 2025 World Junior Championships.
He qualified for the US National Team in the 800 free (#6 – 7:51.09) and 1500 free (#5 – 15:05.97). Both times came from the World Junior Championships last summer in Romania, where he placed 5th in each event.
Mulgrew finished 2nd in the 500 free (4:12.03) on Thursday and is entered in the 1650 free for Saturday.
In spite of his huge distance performance, Harvard remained in 3rd place going into the final day of competition 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 – 444.5Read the full story on SwimSwam: Harvard Freshman William Mulgrew Crushes the Ivy League Record in the 1000 Free, #9 Performer Ever
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