Freshman Patrick Dinu Cracks Princeton Record with 42.51 100 FR in Meet with Brown & Dartmouth

PRINCETON vs BROWN vs DARTMOUTH (DOUBLE DUAL)

  • Saturday, November 9, 2024
  • DeNunzio Pool, Princeton, NJ
  • SCY (25 Yards)
  • RESULTS

TEAM SCORES

WOMEN

  • Princeton def. Dartmouth, 238-60
  • Princeton def. Brown, 182-118
  • Brown def. Dartmouth, 234-66

MEN

  • Princeton def. Dartmouth, 224-56
  • Princeton def. Brown, 235-64
  • Brown def. Dartmouth, 182-118

Princeton hosted Brown and Dartmouth for a men’s and women’s Ivy League double dual meet over the weekend. The meet featured some incredible swimming, including a program record for Princeton.

That record came from a freshman, believe it or not. Patrick Dinu, a Princeton freshman from Romania, won the men’s 100 free decisively on Saturday with a 42.51. Not only did he touch the wall 1st by 1.63 seconds, Dinu broke the Princeton team record in the process. Moreover, Princeton looks like they’ll have a nice 400 free relay when the end of the season rolls around, as Brett Feyerick took 2nd in 44.14, and Yanning Zhang came in 3rd with a 44.69.

In a preview of what their 400 free could look like in a few months, Princeton won the event at the end of the meet by a massive margin. Daniel Li (44.64), Mitchell Schott (42.74), Logan Noguchi (43.48), and Dinu (41.98) combined for a 2:52.84. To highlight how good Princeton is looking in the 100 free this season, their ‘B’ relay came in 2nd on Saturday. Freyerick (44.02), Parker Lenoce (44.48), Tyler Hong (43.71), and Lucas Tudoras (44.62) teamed up for a 2:56.83.

Dinu is an excellent breaststroker as well, having won the men’s 100 breast earlier in the meet with a 53.49. That’s an event where the Tigers look really good as well, seeing Andrew Zou take 2nd in 53.55.

Princeton won the men’s 200 medley relay decisively as well. Zhang (21.83), Dinu (24.01), Noguchi (20.40), and Freyerick (19.38) swam a 1:25.62. That relay could have been a bit faster as it turns out, as Tyler Hong led off the Princeton ‘B’ relay in 21.55.

Mitchell Schott, a junior, had a record-setting day for Princeton as well. Schott won the men’s 200 free in 1:32.78, touching 1st by well over 4 seconds. With the performance, Schott broke his own program record in the event. He had set the record last year with a 1:33.37.

Schott then went on to win the 400 IM in 3:42.58, touching 1st by 10 seconds. He was terrific all the way around, splitting 50.86 on fly, 57.15 on back, 1:04.19 on breast, and 50.36 on the final 100.

Princeton’s Andrew Zou put up a very good time in the men’s 200 breast, winning the event in 1:55.69. Zou got out to a great start, splitting 26.31, 29.24, 29.80, and 30.34 respectively by 50.

Though it wasn’t quite as high-flying as the men’s relay, Princeton looked great in the women’s 400 free relay as well. Sabrina Johnston (49.51), Ela Noble (49.81), Jenna Walters (49.56), and Heidi Smithwick (50.25) combined for a 3:19.13, winning the relay by nearly 2 seconds.

The Tigers saw Jenna Walters clock a 1:47.79 in the women’s 200 free, winning the race. She swam a consistently-split race, going out in 52.65 on the opening 100, and coming home in 55.14 on the back half.

Sabrina Johnston was big for Princeton as well, winning a pair of individual events. She first picked up a win in the women’s 100 back, touching in 53.63. She narrowly beat out Brown’s Jenna Reznicek, who finished in 53.70. Johnston then went on to win the women’s 100 free, once again in a very tight finish. She touched in 49.61, just beating out teammate Walters by 0.06 seconds.

Princeton’s Eleanor Sun put up a very solid 4:12.75 to win the women’s 400 IM.

Brown saw Gillian Tu win the women’s 100 breast with a 1:01.70. She was out well ahead of the field, splitting 29.43 on the opening 50. Brown also won the women’s 200 fly, where Zehra Bilgin clocked a 1:58.45.

OTHER EVENT WINNERS

  • Women’s 200 medley relay: Princeton ‘A’ (Pappas, Smithwick, Johnston, Noble) – 1:39.21
  • Women’s 1000 free: Eleanor Sun (Princeton) – 10:02.50
  • Men’s 1000 free: Connor Buck (Princeton) – 9:08.30
  • Women’s 200 back: Grace Black (Princeton) – 1:57.16
  • Men’s 500 free: Arthur Balva (Princeton) – 4:24.89
  • Men’s 100 fly: Logan Noguchi (Princeton) – 46.92
  • Women’s 200 breast: Dakota Tucker (Princeton) – 2:12.32
  • Women’s 500 free: Dana Li (Brown) – 4:51.48
  • Women’s 100 fly: Heidi Smithwick (Princeton) – 53.66
  • Men’s 100 back: Tyler Hong (Princeton) – 46.63
  • Men’s 200 fly: Arthur Balva (Princeton) – 1:46.29
  • Women’s 50 free: Ela Noble (Princeton) – 22.76
  • Men’s 50 free: Brett Feyerick (Princeton) – 19.89
  • Men’s 200 back: Tyler Hong (Princeton) – 1:44.15

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willthethrill
22 days ago

faster than me! go tigers!!

Jim Tuchler
22 days ago

Wow! Great early season swims from the Tigers. Can’t wait to watch the season unfold.

Captain Bubbles
22 days ago

Fired up!

Chubby Bunny
23 days ago

With more underwaters from Dino he could be 41 low realistically, then looking at Luke Hobsin who’s probably gonna come in at 42.0 I think Dino has a shot to take the NCAA title from Texas!!!! Bowman shaking in his boots…

Longhorn4Ever
Reply to  Chubby Bunny
22 days ago

Way off buddy…Or should I say bunny. Dinos may as well be extinct the way daddy Hobson is going 39 this season. Sure Dino may be 41 low but its Hobson’s world and we’re all living in it.

Chubby Bunny
Reply to  Longhorn4Ever
22 days ago

Ridiculous!!! With the way Bowman favours internationals as opposed to US swimmers there’s just no way Hobson is in any form to take down Dino…

Longhorn4Ever
Reply to  Chubby Bunny
22 days ago

The way you spelled favors “favours” tells me everything I need to know. Nice try being Anti-American and Anti-Hobson. I don’t think NCAA swimming is for you…

Longhorn4Ever
Reply to  Chubby Bunny
22 days ago

Way off buddy…Or should I say bunny. Dinos may as well be extinct the way Hobson is going 39 this year. Sure Dino may be 41 low but its Hobson’s world and we’re all swimming in it.

snailSpace
Reply to  Longhorn4Ever
22 days ago

Hobson is a 200 specalist – there are at least 3 swimmers in the NCAA right now who are faster in the 100 free than him. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Coach Tom
23 days ago

Faster than Helber!!

JamFinga
Reply to  Coach Tom
22 days ago

What’s a Helber?

PFA
23 days ago

Why does he kinda look like Dean Farris a lil bit? Please tell me it’s not just me who sees that.

Chubby Bunny
Reply to  PFA
22 days ago

Even built like Farris!

BamaSlama
23 days ago

Brown Dartmouth tri meet is Princeton’s Super Bowl ig

NoFastTwitch
Reply to  BamaSlama
22 days ago

Wrong. Ever venture outside Bama?

Swammer
23 days ago

1:32 2 free and 3:48 IM?! Sheeeeesh 🔥

96Swim
Reply to  Swammer
23 days ago

3:42 IM not 3:48.

theroboticrichardsimmons
Reply to  96Swim
22 days ago

Notably, Schott just turned 20 and could easily be a sophomore instead of a junior. What he did last season (going 1:33 in season to beat Giuliano) and over the summer (multiple semifinals at trials at age 19) hint that he might be on the verge of his own breakout.