His main competition comes in the form of Nejc Zupan of Dartmouth. The junior will become the first Big Green swimmer to represent Dartmouth at the upcoming NCAA championships since 1980.

When they met earlier in the season, they split their two main events, with Katis taking the 100 breast and Zupan taking the 200 breast. However, Katis appeared to relish his upcoming opponent.

“Dartmouth has a great breaststroker that will be fun to race,” Katis said.

Other Crimson swimmers will also be seeking success in the upcoming days. Diver Michael Mosca broke the one meter and three meter school records this season at Brown and will be hoping that returning to the very same pool will breed similar results.

Junior Oliver Lee earned first team All-Ivy honors last season but has been able to build upon that and improve this year. At the Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet on Feb. 3, he broke the Crimson 50 freestyle record and featured on the 400 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay teams, both of which also broke school records earlier season.

Freshman Christian Carbone goes into the weekend still undefeated in the 200 fly thus far in his collegiate career and will be looking to continue that impressive streak.

This weekend will be Harvard’s chance to overcome its longtime rival Princeton after the Tigers’ recent supremacy.

“We’re ready to go,” Murphy said. “We should be fast. We should be competitive.”