Dean Farris (born November 14, 1997) is the American record holder in the 200 yard

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. He won the 2019 NCAA Division I Championships titles in the 100 yard

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and 100 yard freestyle. At the 2019 World University Games he won two

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s, one in the 4×100 meter freestyle relay and one in the 4×200 meter freestyle relay.

Early life and education

Farris was born November 14, 1997 and raised in

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."Dean Farris - Bio"
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''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. He attended

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for high school where he competed scholastically as part of the school swim team. For college, Farris attended

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where he competed as part of the

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swim team.

Career

2015–2017

In January 2015, Farris was highlighted by ''

'' as one of the "Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming" for achieving two times faster than national-level cut-off times, once each in the 200 yard backstroke and 200 yard individual medley.Lepesant, Anne (January 29, 2015)
"AgonSwim Weekly Wonders Of Age Group Swimming"
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''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. By mid-October of the same year, Farris had committed to competing collegiately for

as part of the

.Lepesant, Anne (October 4, 2015)
"Harvard Men Reel in Two Commits: Dean Farris and Raphael Marcoux"
''

''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. On February 24, 2017, Farris swam a 1:32.71 in the prelims heats of the 200 yard freestyle at the 2017 Ivy League Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, breaking the 37-year-old pool record set at Blodgett Pool on the Harvard University campus by

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in 1980 with a time of 1:34.57.Lepesant, Anne (February 24, 2017)
"Dean Farris Breaks Rowdy Gaines' 1980 Blodgett Pool Record, And More"
''

''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. In the final of the 200 yard freestyle later the same day, Farris lowered his own pool record by over one full second to a time of 1:31.56.Brandes, Chandler (February 24, 2017)
"Dean Farris Posts 1:31.56 200 Free At Men's Ivy League Championships"
''

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''. Retrieved December 3, 2021.

2019

2019 NCAA Championships

At the 2019 NCAA Division I Championships in

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, Farris led-off the 4×200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:29.15 for his 200 yards of freestyle and set new

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and US Open records in the 200 yard freestyle, which broke the previous record of 1:29.50 set by

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in 2018.Sutherland, James (March 27, 2019)
"Dean Farris Shatters American, NCAA Records In 200 Freestyle – 1:29.15"
''

''. Retrieved December 3, 2021.Sagendorph, Kyle (March 28, 2019)
"Two American Records Set in First Day of Men's NCAA Championships"
''

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''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. In the 100 yard backstroke, Farris won his first individual NCAA title with a time of 43.66 seconds, which made him the second American in history to swim the event in less than 44 seconds, only after the American record holder in the event, Ryan Murphy.Neidigh, Lauren (March 30, 2019)
"Dean Farris Scares Murphy's Record To Win NCAA 100 Back Title As The Second Man Ever Under 44"
''

''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. Farris won his second NCAA title later in the Championships in the 100 yard freestyle, finishing first with a time of 40.80 seconds to out-touch second-place finisher

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by three hundredths of a second and becoming the third-fastest performer in the event behind

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of the

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and Vladimir Morozov of the

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.Ross, Andy (March 30, 2019)
"Dean Farris Wins Second NCAA Title With 100 Free, Moves to Third All-Time"
''

''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. With his two NCAA title wins in individual events, Farris became the third swimmer from Harvard University to win two such titles in 54 years, an accomplishment that contributed to him earning the "Male Athlete of the Year" honor from ''

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''.Connaughton, William (May 30, 2019)
"All-American: Dean Farris, Male Athlete of the Year"
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''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. Following his success at the 2019 NCAA Championships, Farris decided to take a red-shirt year during the 2019–2020 collegiate season to prepare for the

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, deciding to train in long course meters at the

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with

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during his time away.Carlson, Reid (May 17, 2019)
"Exclusive: Dean Farris Talks Decision To Redshirt NCAA Season, Train At Texas"
''

''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. His red-shirt year coincided with the NCAA Division I Championships being canceled in 2020 due to the

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.De George, Matthew (March 12, 2020)
"NCAA Cancels Winter Championships, Including Swimming And Diving"
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''. Retrieved April 2, 2023.Hart, Torrey (March 12, 2020)
"NCAA Cancels Remaining Winter and Spring Champs; DII Swim & Dive Ends Midway"
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''. Retrieved April 2, 2023.

2019 World University Games

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on the first day of swimming competition at the 2019 World University Games in

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in July, Farris won his first

in the final of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, splitting a 47.48 for the second leg of the relay and helping his final relay teammates

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, and Tate Jackson achieve the time of 3:11.03 to attain the gold medal.

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(July 10, 2019)
"Napoli 2019 30th Summer Universiade: Swimming Results Book"
''Microplus Timing''. Retrieved December 3, 2021.Connolly, John (July 14, 2019)
"Harvard's Dean Farris good as gold"
''

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''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. In the prelims of the 4×100 meter freestyle relay, Farris swam a 47.08 for the relay's second leg. Farris won his second gold medal of the World University Games in the 4×200 meter freestyle relay, contributing a split of 1:48.73 for the lead-off leg in the final and helping to reach a total relay time of 7:09.77 with his final relay teammates Grant House,

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, and Zach Apple."Farris Captures Another Gold as U.S. Wins 4x200 Free Relay at WUG"
''

''. July 10, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2021.

2019 National Championships

Less than one month later, Farris competed at the 2019 US National Championships in

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. In the 100 meter freestyle, Farris placed fourth with a personal best time of 48.07 seconds, which was less than two tenths of a second behind bronze medalist in the event Tate Jackson.

(July 31, 2019)
"2019 Phillips 66 National Championships: Men's 100m Freestyle Final Results"
''

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''. Retrieved December 3, 2021.Ehrmantraut, McKenna (July 31, 2019)
"U.S. Nationals: Ryan Held Breaks Own U.S. Open and Meet Records in 100 Freestyle"
''

''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. For the 200 meter freestyle, Farris won the bronze medal in a time of 1:46.45, finishing 0.2 second behind silver medalist

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(August 1, 2019)
"2019 Phillips 66 National Championships: Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. In the b-final of the 100 meter backstroke, Farris took first place in 53.93 seconds.

(August 3, 2019)
"2019 Phillips 66 National Championships: Men's 100m Backstroke Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. Concluding his competition at the year's National Championships, Farris placed sixth in the b-final of the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 22.57 seconds.

(August 4, 2019)
"2019 Phillips 66 National Championships: Men's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
''

''. Retrieved December 3, 2021.

2020 US Olympic Trials

Leading up to the 2020 US Olympic Trials in

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, and held in June 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Farris was highlighted by

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as a top US swimmer to watch at the last Pro Swim Series competition before the Olympic Trials.OlympicTalk (May 5, 2021)
"Top U.S. Swimmers entered in last Pro Series meet before Olympic Trials"
''

''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. Come the US Olympic Trials, ''

'' noted Farris and his perseverance in making it through to the semifinals of competition in the 100 meter freestyle.Gibbs, Robert (June 16, 2021)
"2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Day 4: What Does It Take To Make It Back?"
''

''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. Farris did not make the 2020 US Olympic Team in any of his events, placing 13th in the 100 meter backstroke in the semifinals with a time of 54.17 seconds, 15th in the 100 meter freestyle semifinals at 49.15 seconds, 19th in the 100 meter butterfly with a personal best time of 52.95 seconds, and 30th in the 50 meter freestyle with a time of 22.68 seconds."2020 Olympic Trials Wave II Results"
''

''. June 20, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.

2021–2022 Collegiate season

Returning to Harvard University for the 2021–2022 collegiate season, Farris won the 100 yard butterfly and placed second in the 50 yard freestyle in a double dual meet between his school,

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, and

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.Lepesant, Anne (November 13, 2021)
"Harvard Men Open Ivy Season With Wins Over Cornell And Dartmouth"
''

''. Retrieved December 3, 2021. As part of a relay during practice leading up to championships season in the collegiate season, Farris swam 75 yards of freestyle with fins from a push-start in 28.7 seconds.Hodges, Coleman (January 4, 2022)
"Dean Farris Pushes A 28.7 75 Free With Fins In Practice"
''

''. Retrieved January 4, 2022. In response to Farris's time,

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swam a 75 yard freestyle sprint in fins, also from a push-start, in 28.6 seconds.Hodges, Coleman (January 4, 2022)
"Brooks Curry Fires Back, Posts 28.6 75 Free With Fins"
''

''. Retrieved January 4, 2022. In mid-January, Farris won the 200 yard freestyle in 1:35.57 and the 100 yard freestyle with a 43.32 in a meet against

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and the University of the Pacific.Pelshaw, Anya (January 15, 2022)
"Freshman Help Lead Stanford To Victories Over Harvard And Pacific"
''

''. Retrieved January 15, 2022. Later the same month, in a dual meet against the

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, Farris won the 100 yard backstroke in 46.71 and the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 43.95 seconds.Penland, Spencer (January 26, 2022)
"Farris and Johnson Lead Harvard to 211-86 Victory Over Penn on Senior Day"
''

''. Retrieved January 26, 2022. In a meet against

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and

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, Farris won the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 46.30 seconds and the 200 yard freestyle in 1:33.60.Rieder, David (January 30, 2022)
"Dean Farris Wins Two Individual Events as Harvard Defeats Princeton and Yale; Raunak Khosla Picks Up Four Victories"
''

''. Retrieved January 30, 2022.

2022 Ivy League Championships

The first day of the 2022

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Championships, February 23, Farris helped achieve a win in the 4×50 yard medley relay with a 1:24.06, leading-off with a 21.22 for the backstroke leg of the relay.Lohn, John (February 23, 2022)
"Dean Farris Powers Pair of Harvard Relays to Victory as Ivy League Champs Open"
''

''. Retrieved February 23, 2022. In the next event, the 4×200 yard freestyle relay, he swam a 1:31.80 for the fourth-leg of the relay to contribute to the winning time of 6:16.19 and help set a new pool record.Lepesant, Anne (February 23, 2022)
"2022 Ivy League Men's Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved February 23, 2022. In the prelims heats of the 50 yard freestyle on day two, he finished in 19.37 seconds to qualify for the final ranked first and 0.04 seconds ahead of the second-ranked swimmer.Lepesant, Anne (February 24, 2022)
"2022 Ivy League Men's Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved February 24, 2022. For the final, he finished second in 19.43 seconds, just 0.01 second behind the first-place finisher.Lepesant, Anne (February 24, 2022)
"2022 Ivy League Men's Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved February 24, 2022.Lohn, John (February 24, 2022)
"Princeton's Raunak Khosla Sets Ivy League Record on Way to Conference Crown in 200 IM"
''

''. Retrieved February 24, 2022. The following day, Farris ranked second across all prelims heats of the 200 yard freestyle with a 1:35.38 and qualified for the final.Lepesant, Anne (February 25, 2022)
"2022 Ivy League Men's Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved February 25, 2022. He dropped over two and a half seconds from his prelims swim in the final, winning the event with a 1:32.67.Lepesant, Anne (February 25, 2022)
"2022 Ivy League Men's Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved February 25, 2022. For his second event of the finals session, he swam a 45.39 for the backstroke leg of the 4×100 yard medley relay to help win the event with a final time of 3:05.72, which set new Ivy League and pool records.Lohn, John (February 25, 2022)
"Dean Farris Claims 200 Freestyle Title at Ivy League Champs As Harvard Tops Team Standings"
''

''. Retrieved February 25, 2022. Starting off the fourth and final day, he swam a 43.05 in the prelims heats of the 100 yard freestyle, ranking second heading into the final.Lepesant, Anne (February 26, 2022)
"2022 Ivy League Men's Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved February 26, 2022. He claimed the conference title for the 100 yard freestyle in the final with a time of 41.97 seconds.Lohn, John (February 26, 2022)
"Harvard Snares Ivy League Title As Dean Farris Adds 100 Freestyle Title to Collection"
''

''. Retrieved February 26, 2022. Closing out the final Ivy League Championships of his collegiate career, Farris swam a 41.15 for the anchor leg of the last event of the Championships, the 4×100 yard freestyle relay, helping achieve a first-place victory in an Ivy League and pool record time of 2:50.40.Lepesant, Anne (February 26, 2022)
"2022 Ivy League Men's Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved February 26, 2022. His wins contributed to Harvard Crimson winning the Championships with a total of 1,596 points, which was 104 points ahead of the second-place team and marked the fifth-consecutive Ivy League Championships title win for the men of Harvard Crimson swimming and diving.Erdmann, Brahm (March 2, 2022)
"High Five: Men's Swimming and Diving Wins Fifth Straight Ive League Title"
''

''. Retrieved March 26, 2022. In an interview with ''

'' published on March 2, Farris spoke of the strength of the team members during his time on the team and projecting into the future, "In my freshman year we kind of built a powerhouse, and we've continued it from there. We have some great recruits coming in, so I'm really pumped to come back and sit in the stands to watch these guys."

2022 NCAA Championships

Beginning the 2022 NCAA Division I Championships on day one, March 23, Farris competed in back-to-back relays, leading-off with a 20.36 for the backstroke portion of the 4×50 yard medley relay to help place ninth, and splitting a 1:29.85 on the second leg of the 4×200 yard freestyle relay to help achieve a fifteenth-place finish.D'Addona, Dan (March 23, 2022)
"2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Florida on 200 Medley Relay NCAA Record 'It is Everything to Us'"
''

''. Retrieved March 23, 2022.Hy-Tek (March 25, 2022)
"2022 NCAA DI Men's Swimming & Diving"
''swimmeetresults.tech''. Retrieved March 25, 2022. On the second day, he split a time of 18.49 seconds for the second leg of the 4×50 yard freestyle relay to help achieve a ninth-place finish in 1:15.88. For the preliminary heats of the 100 yard backstroke on the morning of day three, he ranked sixth with a time of 44.55 seconds, qualifying for the final.Hamann, Michael (March 25, 2022)
"2022 NCAA Division I Men's Championships: Day 3 Prelim Live Recap"
''

''. Retrieved March 25, 2022.Rieder, David (March 25, 2022)
"NCAA Men's Championships: Brendan Burns Grabs Top Seed in Tight 100 Backstroke Heats"
''

''. Retrieved March 25, 2022. He finished seventh in the final with a time of 44.68 seconds.D'Addona, Dan (March 25, 2022)
"2022 NCAA Men's Championships: NC State's Kacper Stokowski Stuns Field With Late Charge to Win 100 Back"
''

''. Retrieved March 25, 2022. Later in the same session, he led-off the 4×100 yard medley relay with a 44.59, helping attain a final time of 3:03.24 and eleventh-place finish. Starting off day four, he qualified for the b-final of the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 41.68 seconds and overall rank of twelfth in the morning prelims heats.Lohn, John (March 26, 2022)
"NCAA Men's Championships: As Cal and Texas Battle, Bears' Bjorn Seeliger Snares Top Seed in 100 Freestyle"
''

''. Retrieved March 26, 2022. He won the b-final with a time of 41.42 seconds.D'Addona, Dan (March 26, 2022)
"2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Brooks Curry on Another Hometown Win: 'I've Been Dreaming About This Race'"
''

''. Retrieved March 26, 2022. For his final event of the Championships, the 4×100 yard freestyle relay, he helped achieve a ninth-place finish, swimming the fastest split of all relay swimmers with a 40.51.Rieder, David (March 26, 2022)
"NCAA Men's Championships: Texas Takes Down Arizona State, Cal in 400 Free Relay to Conclude Meet"
''

''. Retrieved March 26, 2022. The final day of the Championships, ''

'' published an article saying Farris announced his intent to permanently retire from competitive swimming for the first time upon the conclusion of competition, with the news outlet claiming he would never return to competition.Carlson, Reid (March 26, 2022)
"Dean Farris Wins His Last Individual NCAA Event, Will Retire"
''

''. Retrieved March 26, 2022.

International championships

Career best times

Long course meters (50 m pool)

Legend: h – heat; † – en route to final mark; b – b-final

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

National records

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

Awards and honors

* ''

'', Athlete of the Year (male): 2019 * ''

'', Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming: January 16–19, 2015

References

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