Big Green Impress on Day Three of Ivy League Championship

Saturday, February 28

Hanover, N.H.

5:00 PM

Dartmouth College

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Big Green Impress on Day Three of Ivy League Championship

2/27/2026 10:23:00 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving

By: Rebecca Osowski

PRINCETON, N.J. – The men's swimming and diving team impressed on the third day of the Ivy League Championship, Friday, swimming multiple lifetime bests and earning times in the program's all-time top ten.

Prelims kicked off with the 100-yard butterfly, as Andrew Chou led the way, finishing tenth overall to qualify for the b-final. Yan Dvoretskiy and William McClelland tied for 14^th overall, giving the Big Green three swimmers in the B-final.

Jagger Stachtiaris and Aiden Sandvig qualified for the C-final for the Big Green, both swimming faster than their seed time. Sandvig's time of 47.62 is not only a lifetime best, but also ranks him sixth overall in program history.

In the 400-yard IM, Jacob Turner swam the third fastest time in prelims, to qualify for the a-final. David Gal swam just under two seconds faster than his seed time to finish 12^th overall, claiming a spot in the B-final. Jihoon Jung qualified for the final B-final spot, swimming a 3:53.16.

Reed Wallace claimed the final C-final spot for the Big Green, while Ronan Fahey finished just outside the qualifying time, despite swimming a lifetime best.

The Big Green placed three swimmers in the B-final of the 200-yard freestyle, Isaac Weigel, Dvoretskiy, and Colton Rasmussen, all swimming faster than their seed times.

In the 100-yard breaststroke, the Big Green were led by David Kushnirsky, who claimed the top spot in the C-final, swimming a 54.85.

Chou led the way for Dartmouth in the 100-yard backstroke, claiming fourth overall and a spot in the A-final with a time of 46.24, setting a team record. Rasmussen and Andy Peterson also qualified for the Big Green, later swimming in the C-final. Peterson swam a huge lifetime best, thanks to a time of 48.13.

Wallace also competed in the 100 back, but finished just shy of qualifying for the finals. Despite that, his swim was a lifetime best that now ranks tenth overall in program history.

The finals kicked off with the 1000-yard freestyle, as Dartmouth was led by Tommy Erwin who finished in 9:13.82. Xavier Orlic swam a lifetime best 9:35.20, over five seconds faster than his seed time, as both Erwin and Orlic scored c-final points for Dartmouth. Fahey also swam the 1000 free finishing in 9:35.65.

Chou finished at the top of the B-final for the Big Gren in the 100 butterfly, posting a time of 46.78. Dvoretskiy was right on his tail, finishing in 47.02. Both Stachitaris and Sandvig scored c-final points for Dartmouth, finishing in 47.57 and 47.81 respectively.

The Big Green impressed in the 400 IM finals. Turner earned bronze thanks to a time of 3:44.39, swimming a lifetime best, tying the school record, and swimming well under the NCAA Division I standard time.

Gal won the B-final, jumping four spots from his prelim time. Jung also jumped in the standings, finishing third in the B-final with a time of 3:49.72. Both Gal and Jung swam lifetime bests as Gal's time ranks second in program history and Jung's third.

Reed also finished the 400-yard IM in the C-final, finishing in 3:59.28.

Dvoretskiy and Weigel went one and two in the C-final, scoring points for the Big Green. Rasmussen also scored thanks to a lifetime best 1:38.23.

The Big Green were led by Kushirksy in the 100 breast as he won the C-final.

In the 100 backstroke, Chou placed fifth overall in the A-final, finishing in 46.27, finishing under the NCAA DI standard. Rasmussen finished second in the c-final, as he and Peterson scored points for the Big Green.

The swim portion of finals on Friday wrapped with the 400-yard medley relay. Turner swam a lifetime best split to lead the Big Green to a time of 3:12.15, breaking a team record 13 years old.

On the diving side, Aryeh Lesch scored C-final points while Everett Tai and Adam Man scored B-final points.

McCoy Lyman set a team record in prelims and is seeded first headed into the A-final dive on Saturday.

The Ivy League Championship will conclude on Saturday with six swim events and the 3-meter diving finals. More information on the 2026 championship can be found here.