Males’s Swim and Dive Falls To Columbia

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The Cornell males’s swimming and diving crew fell to Columbia 203–97 on Saturday afternoon at Percy Uris Natatorium.

The Big Red opened the meet on the boards, the place Max Trovillion positioned second on the 3-meter with a rating of 314.18, adopted carefully by William Klingensmith in third (307.35). Cornell once more claimed second and third on the 1-meter, with Trovillion (316.13) and Klingensmith (305.85) ending simply behind Columbia’s Joseph Nicol.

Cornell picked up a number of particular person wins. Haihan Xu captured the 100-yard breaststroke in 53.78, edging Columbia by simply five-hundredths of a second, and later added a runner-up end within the 200 breaststroke (1:57.76). Pietro Ubertalli delivered a standout efficiency within the backstroke occasions, profitable the 200-yard backstroke in 1:44.72 and ending third within the 200 freestyle (1:37.95).

Cornell additionally confirmed power within the butterfly occasions. Jacques Grove positioned third in each the 200 butterfly (1:48.15) and the 100 butterfly (48.41), whereas Andrew Lin and Leo Cerda added scoring swims in every race.

In dash freestyle motion, Josh Toothman took second within the 50 free (20.21), whereas Daniel Simoes completed second within the 100 free (44.75). Cornell’s depth confirmed within the distance occasions as properly, with Julian Correa putting third within the 1000 freestyle (9:18.19) and fourth within the 500 freestyle (4:32.87).

The Big Red closed the meet with a second-place end within the 400-yard freestyle relay, because the quartet of Ubertalli, Simoes, Toothman, and Grove touched in 2:57.65.

Next Up

The Cornell males’s swimming and diving crew will return to Teagle Pool on Friday, January thirtieth for day considered one of a two-day meet towards Ivy foe Brown. The Big Red and the Bears will start diving competitors at 5:00 p.m. on Friday night, and swimming competitors at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.