Seniors Shine as Girls’s Swimming and Diving Takes Down Dartmouth in Common Season Finale

NEW YORK — The Columbia girls’s swimming and diving group closed the common season in emphatic trend Saturday afternoon, defeating Dartmouth, 165-135, at Percy Uris Natatorium on Senior Day.

 

The senior class performed a key position within the Senior Day victory, delivering robust performances all through the meet of their last look at Uris. From dash and stroke occasions to the relays, Columbia’s veterans helped construct and keep momentum because the Lions closed the common season with an Ivy League win.

Columbia set the tone early within the pool, successful the opening 200 medley relay because the quartet of Shaelyn Shields, Ashley Hong, Ella Chan, and Sally Ma touched first in 1:41.75 to seize an early lead.

Ma had an ideal afternoon in her last common season competitors, successful the 50 freestyle (23.18) and ending second within the 100 free (50.62). Hong dominated the center of the meet with victories in each the 200 IM (2:03.75) and 200 breaststroke (2:17.11). Natalia Diaz added one other win for Columbia, capturing the 100 breaststroke in 1:03.43, as Columbia swept the highest two spots within the occasion.

In the backstroke occasions, Shields picked up a victory within the 100 again (55.94) and added a runner-up end within the 200 again, whereas Lorelai Page claimed first within the 200 again (1:59.14). Chan contributed key factors throughout a number of occasions, together with a second-place end within the 100 fly.

The Lions continued to construct separation within the butterfly occasions, led by Annabelle Kung’s runner-up end within the 200 fly and third-place exhibiting within the 100 fly. Hayley Reed and Sammy Segerson additionally positioned contained in the scoring positions so as to add depth throughout the lineup.

Columbia closed the meet with a second-place end within the 400 freestyle relay, as Ma, Isabel Lee, Chan, and Hutton Saunders touched in 3:25.65 to assist safe the victory within the common season finale.

On the boards, senior Chloe Leung capped her last house meet in dominant trend, sweeping each diving occasions. Leung captured first place within the 3-meter dive with a rating of 295.65 earlier than following with a victory on the 1-meter (275.63). Valeriya Bondarenko added factors with fourth-place finishes in each occasions to spherical out a powerful exhibiting on the boards.

“I’m so happy for Chloe and this entire team,” Head Diving Coach Scott Donie mentioned. “Sweeping both events in her final college dual meet on senior day at home is the ultimate dream. So proud of her!”

With the conclusion of the common season, the Lions will now start preparations for the Ivy League Championships which can start on February 18 at Brown. 

The group will compete within the BU Invite on February 6-8 to assist put together. 

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