15 Facts About Dean Farris

Dean Farris was born on November 14,1997 and is an American former swimmer.

Dean Farris won the 2019 NCAA Division I Championships titles in the 100 yard backstroke and 100 yard freestyle.

Dean Farris attended The Paideia School for high school where he competed scholastically as part of the school swim team.

For college, Dean Farris attended Harvard University where he competed as part of the Harvard Crimson swim team.

In January 2015, Dean Farris was highlighted by SwimSwam 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.

Dean 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 Bowe Becker by three hundredths of a second and becoming the third-fastest performer in the event behind Caeleb Dressel of the Florida Gators and Vladimir Morozov of the USC Trojans.

Less than one month later, Dean Farris competed at the 2019 US National Championships in Stanford, California.

Dean 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.

Later the same month, in a dual meet against the University of Pennsylvania, Dean Farris won the 100 yard backstroke in 46.71 and the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 43.95 seconds.

Dean Farris dropped over two and a half seconds from his prelims swim in the final, winning the event with a 1:32.67.

Dean Farris claimed the conference title for the 100 yard freestyle in the final with a time of 41.97 seconds.

Dean Farris's 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.

Dean Farris finished seventh in the final with a time of 44.68 seconds.

Dean Farris won the b-final with a time of 41.42 seconds.

The final day of the Championships, SwimSwam published an article saying Dean 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.