Columbia vs Brown (Women)
- Friday, January 13, 2023
- New York, NY
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Score: Columbia 156, Brown 144
Courtesy: Columbia Athletics
NEW YORK – The Columbia women’s swimming and diving team (2-2) continued its run of success on Friday afternoon, defeating the Brown Bears (2-4), 156-144, in a nail-biter at Uris Natatorium.
“It was a really hard-fought battle,” Head Coach Diana Caskey said. “We touched down in LaGuardia late Wednesday evening after an awesome training trip, and we were revved up and ready to go for the meet against Brown today. The Bears never gave up and kept this meet close the entire time, but our team really delivered in the end to come out with the win. Great performances all around.”
The afternoon began with the 3-meter diving event, with the Lions taking second, third and fourth place to earn nine points. Alice Diakova led the way with a second place finish and a score of 274.65. Later on, in the 1-meter boards, Chloe Leung placed third to earn three points for the Lions.
“Strong diving by the Lions today,” Head Diving Coach Scott Donie said. “Alice and Macy were so consistent and a stand out performance by Chloe to be our top finisher in the 1-meter.”
The swimming events began with the 200-medley relay, and Columbia came out victorious right out of the gate. The team of Grace Zhou, Ashley Hu, Emily MacDonald, and Isabelle Arevalo clocked in with a time of 1:41.17, just ahead of Brown’s foursome (1:41.26), to earn 11 points for the Lions.
Columbia’s first individual victory of the day came in the 200-free, when Olivia Jubin finished with a time of 1:49.84 to earn nine points for the Lions.
Ashley Hu followed that up with a first place finish in the 100-breast with a time of 1:02.77
MacDonald continued her run of dominance in the sprints, winning both the 50-free and 100-free with times of 23.01 and 50.25, respectively.
Hu helped the Lions hold the lead late in the afternoon with a win in the 200-breast (2:15.57). Karen Liu then put the finishing touches on the competition with a victory in the second to last event, the 200-IM, to help Columbia secure the victory.
ON DECK
The Lions will be right back at it on Sunday, January 15 as the team will hit the road once again for a trip to Ithaca, New York, to take on Ivy League foe Cornell. The meet is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
KEEPING UP WITH THE LIONS
For the latest on the Columbia women’s swimming and diving program, follow @CULionsWSD and @CULionsDiving on Instagram and Twitter, and on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
Courtesy: Brown Athletics
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown women’s swimming and diving dropped a close meet at Columbia, 156-144, on Friday (Jan. 13). Jenna Reznicek had a strong day for the Bears, earning three individual wins and a pool record.
Reznicek began her day with a win in the 100 backstroke, clocking a pool-record time of 53.96. Reznicek also picked up a win in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:59.15. The sophomore’s last win of the day came in the 100 butterfly with a time of 55.04.
“It stings to drop such a tight meet on the road, but swimmers, divers and coaches can all stand by how our team competed on the whole today,” said Kate Kovenock, Mary Ann Lippitt Women’s Swimming/Diving Coaching Chair. “We have a big final push through championship season and I am very excited for what’s on the horizon.”
Sara Barrett continued her strong season with a win in the 1000 freestyle (9:59.04), and a second-place finish in the 500 freestyle (4:53.74).
Brown earned wins in both diving events with Elena Yeh winning the 3-meter event (284.85) and Bowie Krawczyk winning the 1-meter (279.83). Yeh finished second in the 1-meter with a score of 265.80.
The Bears finished the day with a win in the 400 freestyle relay with the team of Kelly Dolce, Yvonne Jia, Zehra Bilgin and Morgan Lukinac finishing the race in 3:22.95.
TOP-3 FINISHERS VS COLUMBIA
3-meter Diving
1. Elena Yeh – 284.85
200 Medley Relay
2. Brown ‘A’ (Reznicek, Brault, Jia, Scott)
1000 Freestyle
1. Sara Barrett – 9:59.04
200 Freestyle
2. Anna Podurgiel – 1:50.24
100 Backstroke
1. Jenna Reznicek – 53.96
2. Yvonne Jia – 55.09
100 Breaststroke
2. Catherine Yu – 1:03.55
3. Kaitlyn Holmes – 1:03.79
200 Butterfly
3. Zehra Bilgin – 2:01.25
50 Freestyle
2. Sam Scott – 23.07
1-meter Diving
1. Bowie Krawczyk – 279.83
2. Elena Yeh – 265.80
100 Freestyle
2. Kelly Dolce – 51.10
3. Morgan Lukinac – 51.29
200 Backstroke
1. Jenna Reznicek – 1:59.15
200 Breaststroke
2. Catherine Yu – 2:16.99
3. Kaitlyn Holmes – 2:17.73
500 Freestyle
2. Sara Barrett – 4:53.74
3. Audrey Orange – 4:59.84
100 Butterfly
1. Jenna Reznicek – 55.04
3. Yvonne Jia – 55.69
200 IM
2. Anna Podurgiel – 2:02.61
400 Freestyle Relay
1. Brown ‘A’ (Dolce, Jia, Bilgin, Lukinac)
UP NEXT
Brown will finish its dual meet schedule with a home meet against Cornell on Saturday, Jan. 21.
