Men's History: 200y Backstroke

Meet Top 10
David Cromwell (Harvard, 2006) — 1:43.17
Geoff Rathgeber (Harvard, 2007) — 1:43.54
David Cromwell (Harvard, 2004) — 1:44.20
Dan Shevchik (Harvard, 2001) — 1:44.48
Dan Shevchik (Harvard, 2003) — 1:44.61
Tom Peterson (Harvard, 1992) — 1:44.73
George Gleason (Yale, 2001) — 1:44.74
Mike Im (Harvard, 2001) — 1:44.90
Sean Gouldson (Harvard, 1992) — 1:45.02
Geoff Rathgeber (Harvard, 2007) — 1:45.05 (prelims)

Four-Time Champion
Dan Shevchik, Harvard (2000-03)

Three-Time Champions
Al Vande Weghe, Princeton (1938-40)
Jed Graef, Princeton (1962-64)
Dan Veatch, Princeton (1986-88)
Charles Barnes, Brown (1997-99)
David Cromwell, Harvard (2004-06)

Event was 150 yards until 1951 & 200 meters in 1983
There was no meet from 1944 to 1946

All-Time Champions Blue indicates record
1938 — Al Vande Weghe (Princeton) — 1:34.5
1939 — Al Vande Weghe (Princeton) — 1:34.7
1940 — Al Vande Weghe (Princeton) — 1:35.3
1941 — Lou Dannenbaum (Yale) — 1:38.4
1942 — Lou Dannenbaum (Yale) — 1:36.9
1943 — Thomas Shand (Princeton) — 1:39.1
1947 — Allen Stack (Yale) — 1:35.0
1948 — Allen Stack (Yale) — 1:32.0
1949 — Albert Ratkiewich (Yale) — 1:37.8
1950 — Albert Ratkiewich (Yale) — 1:34.8
1951 — James Thomas (North Carolina) — 2:08.2
1952 — Richard Thoman (Yale) — 2:08.4
1953 — Richard Thoman (Yale) — 2:07.3
1954 — Peter Wittereid (Army) — 2:12.4
1955 — William Sonner (N.C. State) — 2:13.2
1956 — Charles Krepp (North Carolina) — 2:07.0
1957 — Robert Plourde (Bowdoin) — 2:11.1
1958 — Mahlon Kirk (Army) — 2:11.3
1959 — Peter Anderson (Dartmouth) — 2:17.6
1960 — David Hershey (Yale) — 2:11.1
1961 — Thomas Welch (Princeton) — 2:06.1
1962 — Jed Graef (Princeton) — 2:00.9
1963 — Jed Graef (Princeton) — 2:00.4
1964 — Jed Graef (Princeton) — 1:59.2
1965 — Roger Goettsche (Yale) — 1:59.5
1966 — Timothy O'Hara (Army) — 1:59.0
1967 — Fred Dannermann (North Carolina) — 1:59.8
1968 — Gregg Anderson (Rutgers) — 1:59.14
1969 — Gregg Anderson (Rutgers) — 1:58.7
1970 — Richard Stringer (Navy) — 1:58.1
1971 — Richard Stringer (Navy) — 1:56.39
1972 — Charles Campbell (Princeton) — 1:52.28
1973 — Robert Atkinson (Penn) — 1:54.34
1974 — Thomas Wolf (Harvard) — 1:54.05
1975 — Thomas Wolf (Harvard) — 1:54.26
1976 — Duncan Pyle (Harvard) — 1:55.53
1977 — Thomas Wolf (Harvard) — 1:50.59
1978 — Mark Heinrich (Navy) — 1:53.13
1979 — Ron Raikula (Harvard) — 1:52.20
1980 — Ron Raikula (Harvard) — 1:51.33
1981 — Dave Phillips (Harvard) — 1:53.35
1982 — Jerry Schlabach (Army) — 1:53.73
1983 — Jerry Schlabach (Army) — 2:05.16
1984 — Dan Veatch (Princeton) — 1:50.2
1985 — Dan Veatch (Princeton) — 1:48.82
1986 — Dan Veatch (Princeton) — 1:47.57
1987 — Richard Hughes (Princeton) — 1:49.04
1988 — Paul Watson (Harvard) — 1:51.31
1989 — David Berkoff (Harvard) — 1:45.87
1990 — Paul Watson (Harvard) — 1:48.86
1991 — Tom Peterson (Harvard) — 1:48.83
1992 — Tom Peterson (Harvard) — 1:44.73
1993 — Sean Gouldson (Harvard) — 1:47.14
1994 — Tim Carver (Harvard) — 1:46.68
1995 — Tim Carver (Harvard) — 1:47.01
1996 — Greg Wriede (Harvard) — 1:47.30
1997 — Charles Barnes (Brown) — 1:46.51
1998 — Charles Barnes (Brown) — 1:46.12
1999 — Charles Barnes (Brown) — 1:45.30
2000 — Dan Shevchik (Harvard) — 1:45.14
2001 — Dan Shevchik (Harvard) — 1:44.48
2002 — Dan Shevchik (Harvard) — 1:46.00
2003 — Dan Shevchik (Harvard) — 1:44.61
2004 — David Cromwell (Harvard) — 1:44.20
2005 — David Cromwell (Harvard) — 1:45.71
2006 — David Cromwell (Harvard) — 1:43.17
2007 — Geoff Rathgeber (Harvard) — 1:43.54