Ladies’s Swimming & Diving Falls to Yale on Friday

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Columbia girls’s swimming and diving staff continued Ivy League competitors on Friday night, touring to New Haven to tackle Yale. The Lions battled all through however got here up quick, because the Bulldogs earned a 213-87 win.

Columbia opened the meet with a second-place end within the 200 Medley Relay, because the A staff of Shaelyn Shields, Ashley Hong, Ella Chan, and Isabel Lee clocked a 1:44.86.

In the 1000 free, Mia Avansino led the Lions with a third-place end in 10:19.82, adopted carefully by Sammy Segerson in 10:28.74. Freshman Meredith Stewart added factors with a fifth-place time of 10:59.56.

Victoria Mori highlighted the 200 free, taking second with a time of 1:53.38.

Shields and Jilly MacNamara went 2-3 within the 100 again, posting instances of 57.23 and 57.26, respectively.

Natalia Diaz led the Lions within the 100 breast with a 1:05.66, narrowly forward of Hong at 1:06.37. Annabelle Kung earned third within the 200 fly (2:08.07), and Sally Ma continued her dash consistency, inserting second within the 50 free (23.89).

Distance swimmers Mia Avansino and Lindsay Orringer impressed within the 500 free, ending second (5:02.62) and third (5:05.50), respectively. 

Columbia closed the meet sturdy, inserting second within the 200 free relay as Lee, Ma, Chan, and Audrey Wolk mixed for a 1:34.90.

For the divers, Chloe Leung led the best way with a second place end on the 3m boards, notching her third zone reduce of the season with a rating of 253.95. She additionally had Columbia’s highest end on the 1m boards, inserting fourth with a rating of 272.18.

“A great day today for the women,” Head Diving Coach Scott Donie stated. “The first event was the 3m and everybody dived well. The 1m contest was top-notch and Chloe scored her third NCAA score of the season. Excited to get back to work and prepare for Harvard!”

Full outcomes from the meet, together with the entire Lions’ high performers and instances, might be discovered HERE.

Columbia will return to the pool Next Friday morning for a twin meet in opposition to Harvard at Uris Natatorium starting at 11 a.m.

 

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