Columbia vs Dartmouth
- Saturday, February 5, 2022
- New York, NY
- Results
- Scores
- Women: Columbia 171.5, Dartmouth 100.5
- Men: Columbia 171, Dartmouth 124
Courtesy: Columbia Athletics
Women’s Recap
NEW YORK — The Columbia women’s swim and dive defeated visiting Dartmouth 171.5-100.5 at Percy Uris Natatorium while acknowledging the program’s 11 graduating seniors. Though Kasey Karkoska, Clare Larsen, Yani Le, Madison Leblanc, Michelle Lee, Cleo Lim, Claire Lin, Mary Pruden, Lindsay Rispoli, Briget Rosendahl, and Emily Wang have competed their last meet in Morninside Heights, they will take to the pool Feb. 16-19 at the Ivy League Championships. During the class of 2022’s last dance, the Lions placed first in ten events.
Lin’s last competition at Percy Uris was highlighted by a win in the 50 free. The senior topped the event in 23.93. Junior Olivia Jubin conquered the meet’s longest event, the 500 free, in 4:57.20. She was followed by Larsen in second (5:05.04).
Wang and Le joined forces with first-year Emily MacDonald and sophomore Aziza Ganihanova to win the opening 200 medley relay in 1:44.34. The team of Pruden and Lin alongside sophomore Allegra Walker and Georgia Young collected second, touching the wall in 1:45.14. Wang found repeated relay success in the final event of the day, the 200 free relay, with classmates Larsen and Lin plus MacDonald in 1:39.55.
MacDonald and Ganihanova found individual success as well, claiming first in the 100 free (51.35) and 50 back (26.85), respectively. Walker led a sweep of the 50 breast, winnining the event in 30.10, just ahead of seniors Le (30.29) and Rispoli (31.43). Rookie Riley Pujadas did the same in the 100 back, winning the event (56.62) ahead of a pair of senior Lions (Pruden, 57.48; Karkoska, 59.37).
First-year Taylor Whang led a Lions’ sweep in the 100 breast. Her final time of 1:05.77 just edged out Le (1:05.95) in second and sophomore Georgia Young in third (1:07.03).
Columbia conquered both dive events as first-year Macy Pine won the three meter (302.03) and sophomore Alice Diakova captured the one meter (294.68). Rosendahl placed second in the three meter event (293.55) while Lee earned second off the one meter (274.73).
Columbia travels to Cambridge, MA for the 2022 Ivy League Championships. The four-day event will run from Feb.16 – 19.
Men’s Recap
NEW YORK — Junior diver Jonathan Suckow set pool and program records off both the one and three meter boards as Columbia defeated Dartmouth 171-124 on Senior Day. Suckow earned a massive 472.88 score in the one meter event, breezing past the standing record (452.02) he set in 2018. The junior repeated this success in the one meter event, improving his own pool and program record by 23 points (446.93). Suckow remains the only Ivy League diver in history to compete the 109C, having done so against both Cornell (1/30) and Dartmouth (2/5).
“This day was pure magic,” reflect head dive coach Scott Donie. “We had absolute top shelf performances across the board between two new program bests for Johnny and two personal bests for Nick (Leavell). The icing on the cake was Casey Fellos scoring two NCAA zone-qualifying scores-the first of his career! These are the days that may it all worth it!”
Leavell claimed second on both boards, scoring a 365.18 off the three meter and 373.95 off the one. Casey Fellows rounded out the group in third with scores of 321.15 and 340.35, respectively.
Saturday’s meet was one for the books in the pool as well. Senior Jonas Kistorp set a new pool record in the 100 back, touching the wall in 50.66. Classmate David Wang hauled in points for Columbia, winning the 100 breast (57.60) and taking second in the 400 IM (3:59.33).
Hayden Liu swam for first in his last meet in Morningside Heights, collecting a top finish in the 100 fly (49.54) fractions of a second ahead of sophomore Noah Czelusta (49.71). Cotninuing the trend of successful seniors, Albert Gwo proved his sprint prowess with wins in both the 50 free (20.92) and fly (22.74). Junior Ray Yang followed Gwo in the 50 fly, swimming for second in 22.87.
The future of Columbia men’s swim remains bright as NUMBER of underclassmen earned top finishes. Sophomore Andy Huang won the 50 back (23.57) ahead of first-year Josh Cho (23.98). Demirkan Demir continued a dominant season of breaststroke, winning the 50 yard event in 26.14. Huang and Demir each swam legs of the 200 medley relay, joining Gwo and Liu to capture first.
“This was a good day, a fun day, just as you’d hope for senior day. The athletes did a nice job,” noted 38-year head coach Jim Bolster. “We had some nice swims from less familiar names including England who made a championship cut. Dartmouth is making a comeback and they’re on the road back after being cut in 2020 (due to the COVID-19 pandemic). In the years coming they’ll just get faster and faster. Overall today was a success, we got to see a few potential championship events swam and have an even better idea of who to place in which event. The format of this meet was a lot of sprinting; once we add rest and the championship atmosphere we will see times drops.”
Despite exhibitioning the final two events, Columbia’s swimmers produced impressive, championship-qualifying marks. Seniors Jesse Braun and Jax England swam for championship-qualifying marks in the 100 IM. Braun’s 51.15 result will make him Columbia’s top competitor in the event at the Ivy League Championship while England (54.16) will compete at the ECAC Championships.
In his final home meet, Joey Licht earned a fourth place finish in the 100 back (52.70) and swam the opening leg of the 200 medley relay alongside teammates Ike Shirakata, Andrew Fouty, and Keegan Drew.
“”These seniors have really proven themselves the last four years and really worked through adversity to get to this day,”concluded Bolster. “I’ve had many, many classes come through this program but these guys may well be the best.”
Columbia will compete at the 2022 Ivy League Championships, hosted by Princeton, from Feb. 23-26.
Courtesy: Dartmouth Athletics
Women’s Recap
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Dartmouth women’s swimming and diving fell to Columbia (171.5-100.5) in both teams’ final tune-up before the Ivy League Championship in a week and a half.
The Big Green had 16 top-three finishes, nine top-two finishes and four victories.
On both diving board, Alyssa Palacios finished in third place. She opened the meet on 3-meter with a score of 286.58 and later on, had a score of 274.58 on 1-meter. Isabella Lichen placed fourth on the 1-meter board (259.28).
Mia Leko won both of her events, swimming a 56.49 in the 100 fly and a 1:53.02 in the 200 free. In the 200, she was followed by Sophie Wiener (1:57.08) and Christina Cianciolo (2:00.34) in second and third.
Ashley Post picked up second-place finishes in both of her individual events. She finished six-tenths of a second out of first in the 100 free (51.95) and nine one-hundredths of a second out of first in the 50 free (24.02).
In the 500 free, Sarah Minnigh touched in third place (5:07.26), leaving three seconds between her and the Lion in fourth. Connie Zhang ended up tied for second in the 50 back with a time of 27.66, picking up 3.5 points.
The other two wins of the day came from Mary Howley in the 50 fly (26.17) and Susannah Laster in the 100 IM (1:03.08).
Both of Dartmouth’s relays placed third. The 200 medley at the beginning of the meet touched in 1:47.42, just two seconds behind Columbia, while the 200 free that ended the day finished in 1:37.62.
The four-day, seven-session Ivy League Championship will take place at Harvard from Feb. 16-19.
Men’s Recap
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Dartmouth men’s swimming and diving fell to Columbia (171-124) in both teams’ final dual meet of the 2021-22 season.
The Big Green finished in the top two 15 times and won five events throughout the day.
Isaac Weigel was first in all three of his events: the 200 free (1:39.43), 100 free (45.84) and 100 IM (52.15) and was part of the 200 medley relay that placed second (1:33.34). Tim Park swam two of those same events (200 free and 100 free) and placed second with times of 1:39.87 and 46.39. He also competed in the winning 200 free relay (1:24.67) alongside Alexander Ye, Steven Mendley and Tim Cushman.
In the 50 free, Mendley was second in 21.18, touching less than three-tenths of a second after the winner. He went on to place third in the 50 fly (23.01). Connor Richmond came in second place in both the 50 breast (26.89) and 100 breast (58.80).
Joe Moll had a busy day, winning the 500 free (4:37.19), taking second in the 100 IM (52.87) and 200 medley relay and fourth in the 200 free (1:40.51). On the 3-meter diving board, Kyle Schubert was fourth (307.13) and Jason Rickenbacher was fifth (240.08). A few events later on 1-meter, Schubert took fourth (295.73) and Rickenbacher placed fifth (237.38).
Next up for the Big Green will be the Ivy League Championship, which will take place at Princeton from Feb. 23-26.
