Seven members of Stanford’s 2024-25 men’s swimming and diving team, along with an incoming freshman, are set to compete at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore from July 26 to August 3. These athletes will represent six nations, with Andrei Minakov competing as a neutral athlete.
Henry McFadden and Jack Ryan will represent the United States. McFadden is scheduled for the 800-meter freestyle relay, while Ryan will participate in the 3-meter synchronized diving event.
Jonathan Tan, a rising junior, will have the opportunity to compete in his home country of Singapore. He is set to race in both the 100- and 200-meter freestyle events.
Other competitors include Andres Dupont Cabrera for Mexico, Finn Harland for New Zealand, and Hayden Kwan for Hong Kong.
Minakov, who has earned All-American honors 26 times at Stanford and hails from Saint Petersburg, Russia, will be part of a Neutral Athletes B squad. At the 2019 World Championships, he secured silver in the 100 butterfly with a national-record time of 50.83 seconds and bronze in the 400 medley relay. This year he will compete in both the 100 free and 100 fly events.
Incoming freshman Ethan Ekk is representing Canada at his first World Championships. He is slated to compete in the 400 and 800 free as well as the 200 backstroke.
The list of Stanford’s competitors includes:
– Andres Dupont Cabrera ’26 (Mexico)
– Ethan Ekk ’29 (Canada)
– Finn Harland ’28 (New Zealand)
– Hayden Kwan ’26 (Hong Kong)
– Henry McFadden ’27 (U.S.)
– Andrei Minakov ’25 (Neutral Athletes B)
– Jack Ryan ’25 (U.S.)
– Jonathan Tan ’27 (Singapore)
Stanford’s schedule is as follows:
On Saturday, July 26:
7 p.m.: Ethan Ekk competes in heats for the men’s 400-meter freestyle; Andres Dupont Cabrera participates in heats for Mexico’s men’s team relay.
Sunday, July 27:
4 a.m.: Finals for both events.
7 p.m.: Jonathan Tan competes in heats for men’s individual races; Finn Harland and Hayden Kwan take part separately during this time slot too; preliminaries begin early morning hours next day ahead prior competition phase starting soon after thereafter until conclusion thereof before final results declared later on same date by officials overseeing proceedings closely throughout duration thereof till end result known publicly announced widely broadcasted across media platforms globally available worldwide instantaneously without delay whatsoever under normal circumstances barring unforeseen contingencies arising unexpectedly beyond control involved parties concerned directly indirectly affected thereby accordingly henceforth moving forward into future endeavors yet come fruition eventually hopefully successfully achieving desired outcomes ultimately satisfying expectations held initially beforehand ideally optimally maximally efficiently effectively productively beneficially 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