Yale Athletics

Alex Brehm ’25, Alex Deng ’25, Jed Jones ’25, Benjamin Meulemans ’25 and Ray Wipfli ’25 first dove into the pool to compete for Yale on Nov. 13, 2021. Since then, they’ve helped Yale men’s swimming and diving climb from a sixth-place Ivy finish to three bronze finishes. 

After a COVID-19 absence, the 2021-22 season had its challenges, but the class of 2025 responded with resilience. Jones earned his first collegiate win in the 500-yard freestyle against Southern Connecticut State, while Deng claimed the 100-yard breaststroke against Cornell. At their first Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet, Brehm placed third in the 200-yard breaststroke. 

The following season, Meulemans and Deng helped power key relays, and Wipfli and Jones earned individual wins against Southern Connecticut. Deng took second in the 200-yard breaststroke at HYP, and Meulemans helped secure silver in the 400-yard freestyle relay at the 2023 Ivies. At the 2024 Ivies, Meulemans and his relay quartet earned silver in the 200-yard freestyle. 

Ahead of the 2024-25 season, captain Deng looked forward to beating Columbia. Not only did the team crush Columbia, but in their senior season, the class of 2025 led Yale to its best record in four years: 7–1, 6–1 Ivy. In the seniors’ final meet against Southern Connecticut, Brehm won the 50-yard breaststroke, Deng the 150-yard breaststroke and Wipfli the 1-meter dive. At the 2025 Ivy Championships, Jones placed eighth in the A final of the 400-yard individual medley.