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Nareg Minassian, a high school junior from Newton, Massachusetts, has announced on social media that he has committed to the application process* at Yale University and will begin in the fall of 2022.
“I am honored to announce my verbal commitment to the admissions process to swim and study at Yale University! Thank you to my parents, sister, friends, coaches, the gentlemen, and everyone else who has supported me along the way. #boolaboola”
Minassian swims for Crimson Aquatics and specializes in sprint free and breast. He is a Summer Juniors qualifier in the 50 free and 200 breast and a Winter Juniors qualifier in the 100 breast. He kicked off 2020 with a quartet of best times at the SCHE Region 1 Invitational in February: 500 free, 100 breast, 200 breast, and 400 IM. In December, he competed at USA Swimming’s 18&U Winter Championship in Wellesley and picked up a new PB in the 200 back. A week later he added four lifetime bests at the Crimson Aquatics Senior Meet: 100 free, 100 back, 100 fly, and 200 IM.
In LCM, he had a strong showing at 2019 Geneva Futures, finaling in the 50m free (17th) and earning new PBs in the 50m free (23.99), 100m free (53.74), 100m breast (1:08.88), 200m breast (2:29.97), and 200m IM (2:12.46).
Top SCY times:
- 100 breast – 56.58
- 200 breast – 2:01.03
- 200 IM – 1:51.74
- 400 IM – 4:01.04
- 100 fly – 50.90
- 50 free – 20.87
- 100 free – 45.50
- 200 free – 1:43.77
- 500 free – 4:38.98
The Bulldogs placed 3rd at the 2020 Ivy League Men’s Championships. Minassian’s best times would have scored in the B final of the 200 breast and the C finals of the 50 free, 100 free, 500 free, 100 fly and 400 IM at the conference meet. It took 56.08 in the 100 breast and 1:49.90 in the 200 IM to make it back to finals.
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