Men’s Swimming and Diving Prepared for Ivy League Championships

PRINCETON, N.J. — The Columbia males’s swimming and diving workforce is about to compete on the 2026 Ivy League Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships at DeNunzio Pool on the campus of Princeton University.

The meet, which is going down from February 25-28 will start on Wednesday night with the finals of the 200-medley relay and 800-free relay. The remainder of the week, prelims will start at 11 a.m. each morning, with finals set for six p.m. each night. 

HOW TO FOLLOW

Visit the Ivy League’s championship central for updated info on the championships together with ticket info, media credential varieties, and extra. 

Every day of the championships will be streamed through ESPN+. A full schedule of the entire occasions, together with stream info for every day could be discovered HERE in addition to on Columbia Men’s Swimming and Diving’s 2026 schedule web page. 

Live outcomes for every single day of the competitors might be accessible HERE when supplied. 

Follow @CULionsMSD on Twitter and Instagram for a recap of every day’s occasions and bulletins for any main accomplishments from the Lions. 

LAST TIME OUT

The Lions concluded the common season with a 213-86 victory over the Dartmouth Big Green at Uris Natatorium. 

Columbia opened the meet with a win within the 200 medley relay, because the workforce of Isaac Beers, Beri Yang, Brian Lee, and Zion James touched first in 1:27.37 to ascertain an early benefit.

Senior-led performances highlighted the center of the meet. Stephen Zhukov delivered a robust exhibiting within the distance occasions, successful the 1000 freestyle in 9:10.55 earlier than including a runner-up end within the 500 free. Zach Vasser adopted intently behind in each occasions, inserting second within the 1000 and first within the 500 freestyle (4:30.22), serving to Columbia management the gap races.

Sprint success got here from Zion James for one final time at Uris, who gained the 50 freestyle in 19.86 and anchored the successful 200 freestyle relay to shut the meet. The relay squad of James, Sam Eckert, Kevin Obochi, and  Adam Wu touched first in a pool report 1:18.72 to cap the Senior Day victory.

More lately, the Lions despatched a bunch to compete on the BU Invite, the place Bingxiang Qin headlined the weekend with a victory within the 400 IM, touching first in 3:58.90. Ryan Pak adopted with a runner-up end within the 100 breaststroke (55.69) and added a top-four consequence within the 200 IM, contributing priceless factors in the midst of the meet.

THIS YEAR’S ROSTER
For warmth sheets, which incorporates the entire Lions competing at Ivies this yr, click on HERE. 

The Lions not competing within the Ivy League Championships will head to Maryland to compete within the ECAC Championships hosted by Navy. That meet will start on Friday, and a recap of the occasion might be accessible on Sunday through gocolumbialions.com. 

ON DECK

Following the completion of the Ivy League Championships, the certified divers will start preparations for the NCAA Zone Diving competitors on March 9. 

For the most recent on the Columbia males’s swimming and diving program, observe @CULionsMSD and @CULionsDiving on Instagram and Twitter, and on the net at GoColumbiaLions.com.