Girls’s Swimming & Diving Hosts Cornell Friday Night

NEW YORK — The Columbia girls’s swimming and diving workforce returns dwelling on Friday night for an Ivy League matchup in opposition to the Cornell Big Red. The first occasion is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. in Uris Natatorium. 

Spectators with out a legitimate Columbia University ID or a registered QR code should enter the Uris Swim Center Balcony via the Northwest Corner Building at W120th & Broadway.

For the primary time, the complete meet shall be streamed and accessible through ESPN+. The hyperlink to the stream is HERE. 

LAST TIME OUT

Columbia opened the 2026 calendar final Saturday afternoon, touring to Brown for an Ivy League twin meet. The Lions competed all through the day however fell to the Bears, 244–56, of their first meet of the brand new yr.

Several Lions turned in robust particular person performances all through the meet. Shaelyn Shields led the Lions within the backstroke occasions, putting third within the 100 again (55.97), whereas additionally including factors within the 400 IM. Hong delivered key factors within the breaststroke occasions, ending third within the 100 breast (1:03.01) and putting fourth within the 200 IM (2:04.03).

In the space occasions, Jilly MacNamara paced Columbia with a third-place end within the 500 freestyle (5:00.48), adopted carefully by Madeleine Rivard in fourth. Lorelai Page and Lindsay Orringer added factors for the Lions within the 200 backstroke, putting fourth and fifth, respectively.

EVENT ORDER

The order of occasions for the ladies’s meet: 3M diving, 200 medley relay, 1000 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 50 freestyle, 1M diving, 100 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 500 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 particular person medley, 200 freestyle relay

SCOUTING CORNELL

The Big Red are 1-5 to date this season, and 0-5 in Ivy meets. Both Columbia and Cornell shall be in the hunt for their first convention victory, with the Big Red’s sole win coming in opposition to St. Bonaventure. Most just lately, they misplaced to Yale, 192-108, to kick off 2026. Last yr at Ivies, Cornell completed in final place. 

Roster – Schedule

 

ON DECK

The Lions will host Senior Day in opposition to Dartmouth on Saturday, January 31 at 11 a.m. at Uris. 

The remainder of Columbia’s 2025-26 schedule could be discovered HERE.

 

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