Men's History: 500y Freestyle

Meet Top 10
John Cole (Harvard, 2003) — 4:20.11
John Cole (Harvard, 2001) — 4:20.87
John Cole (Harvard, 2002) — 4:21.13
Tom Peterson (Harvard, 1992) — 4:22.32
Tony Corbisiero (Columbia, 1982) — 4:22.97
Carl Hessler (Princeton, 2002) — 4:23.19 (prelims)
Carl Hessler (Princeton, 2002) — 4:23.25
Will Oren (Harvard, 2001) — 4:23.47
Dan Veatch (Princeton, 1987) — 4:23.58
Jeff Brown (Penn, 1996) — 4:23.69

Four-Time Champion
John Cole, Harvard (2001-03, 2005)

Three-Time Champions
Rene Chouteau, Yale (1940-42)
Curtis Hayden, Princeton (1972-74)
Mike Smit, Cornell (2004, 2006-07)

Event was 440 yards until 1963 & 500 meters in 1983
There was no meet from 1944 to 1946

All-Time Champions Blue indicates record
1938 — Harry Rawstrom (Springfield) — 5:03.7
1939 — Eric Cutler (Harvard) — 4:57.6
1940 — Rene Chouteau (Yale) — 4:55.3
1941 — Rene Chouteau (Yale) — 4:58.8
1942 — Rene Chouteau (Yale) — 4:49.6
1943 — Gene Rogers (Columbia) — 4:55.5
1947 — Jeremy Gorman (Harvard) — 4:59.1
1948 — John Moore (Yale) — 4:56.3
1949 — Donald DeForrest (Penn) — 4:52.3
1950 — John Blum (Yale) — 4:46.9
1951 — John Marshall (Yale) — 4:31.0
1952 — Wayne Moore (Yale) — 4:32.3
1953 — James McLane (Yale) — 4:34.1
1954 — William Yorzyk (Springfield) — 4:41.2
1955 — Bruce Hutchinson (Springfield) — 4:39.4
1956 — George Breen (Cortland) — 4:32.8
1957 — Roger Anderson (Yale) — 4:39.9
1958 — Roger Anderson (Yale) — 4:38.6
1959 — Balazs Gyorffy (Yale) — 4:36.7
1960 — William Chase (Yale) — 4:27.6
1961 — William Chase (Yale) — 4:25.7
1962 — Lynwood Straw (Yale) — 4:33.0
1963 — Richard McDonough (Villanova) — 5:02.3
1964 — Harrison Merrill (North Carolina) — 5:02.0
1965 — Harrison Merrill (North Carolina) — 4:58.1
1966 — Jay Williams (Army) — 4:53.4
1967 — Donald Schollander (Yale) — 4:46.2
1968 — Gregg Anderson (Rutgers) — 4:48.16
1969 — John Nelson (Yale) — 4:46.4
1970 — Michael Cadden (Yale) — 4:46.98
1971 — Alan Varley (Penn) — 4:43.71
1972 — Curtis Hayden (Princeton) — 4:36.63
1973 — Curtis Hayden (Princeton) — 4:32.92
1974 — Curtis Hayden (Princeton) — 4:32.65
1975 — Joseph Loughran (Princeton) — 4:32.53
1976 — Joseph Loughran (Princeton) — 4:31.00
1977 — Francis May (Fordham) — 4:32.00
1978 — Robert Hackett (Harvard) — 4:24.74
1979 — Robert Hackett (Harvard) — 4:26.76
1980 — Andy Saltzman (Princeton) — 4:26.40
1981 — Ted Chappell (Harvard) — 4:25.09
1982 — Tony Corbisiero (Columbia) — 4:22.97
1983 — Tony Corbisiero (Columbia) — 4:47.78
1984 — Daniel Hughes (Boston U.) — 4:29.24
1985 — Dan Veatch (Princeton) — 4:27.09
1986 — Peter Egan (Harvard) — 4:23.91
1987 — Dan Veatch (Princeton) — 4:23.58
1988 — Mike Ross (Princeton) — 4:26.38
1989 — Kevin Williams (Harvard) — 4:25.42
1990 — Kevin Williams (Harvard) — 4:23.83
1991 — Tom Peterson (Harvard) — 4:26.36
1992 — Tom Peterson (Harvard) — 4:22.32
1993 — Josh Woodruff (Yale) — 4:26.12
1994 — Brian Livingston (Harvard) — 4:26.66
1995 — Brian Younger (Harvard) — 4:24.67
1996 — Jeff Brown (Penn) — 4:23.69
1997 — Jeff Brown (Penn) — 4:23.77
1998 — Tim Martin (Harvard) — 4:25.00
1999 — Will Oren (Harvard) — 4:25.05
2000 — Tim Martin (Harvard) — 4:24.52
2001 — John Cole (Harvard) — 4:20.87
2002 — John Cole (Harvard) — 4:21.13
2003 — John Cole (Harvard) — 4:20.11
2004 — Mike Smit (Cornell) — 4:23.94
2005 — John Cole (Harvard) — 4:24.02
2006 — Mike Smit (Cornell) — 4:24.26
2007 — Mike Smit (Cornell) & Wes Newman (Cornell) — 4:24.07