Ladies’s Swimming & Diving Defeated by Harvard at Uris

NEW YORK — The Columbia ladies’s swimming and diving crew returned residence on Friday morning for an Ivy League twin meet in opposition to Harvard at Uris Natatorium. The Lady Lions had some nice particular person performances, however had been finally defeated by the Crimson, 194-96. 

Columbia opened the meet with a second-place end within the 400 Medley Relay, because the A crew of Shaelyn Shields, Ashley Hong, Ella Chan, and Sally Ma clocked a 3:52.54

In the primary particular person occasion of the day, Mia Avansino took second within the 1000 free with a time of 10:18.29. She would go on to position second within the 500 free, clocking in at 5:01.36. 

The Lions picked up their first win on the day within the 50 free, when Sally Ma touched the wall first with a time of 23.90. 

Columbia went 2-3 within the 200 again, led by Jilly McNamara (2:03.71), and Lorelai Page (2:04.18). 

Chan touched the wall second within the 50 fly, locking in a time of 25.25. 

Shields received the final particular person occasion, taking the 400 IM with a time of 4:33.05. 

Columbia closed the meet robust, successful the 200 free relay as Lee, Ma, Chan, and Audrey Wolk mixed for a 1:35.86.

For the divers, Lera Bondarenko led the best way on the 3m boards with a rating of 265.20 which was good for fourth place. Lily Sherman claimed fifth on the 1m boards with a rating of 271.73 to tempo Columbia. 

“What a fantastic day,” Head Diving Coach Scott Donie mentioned. “It’s always great to see where we stand against the top divers in the league. A big breakthrough for Lily earning her first NCAA Zone Qualifying score.”

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

Columbia could have subsequent weekend off, earlier than touring to New Jersey for the Big Al Invite hosted by Princeton starting on December 4 at 11 a.m. The Lions’ scores may also be immediately in comparison with the Tiger’s and the outcomes will probably be counted as the 2 crew’s yearly twin meet.

 

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