Princeton Downs 200 Free Relay Ivy Record with 1:29.22 on Day 2

2023 Women’s Ivy League Swimming & Diving Championships

• Wednesday, February 15 – Saturday, February 18, 2022
• Prelims 11:00 AM / Finals 6:00 PM
• DeNunzio Pool, Princeton, New Jersey
• Defending Champions: Harvard University (results)
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THURSDAY EVENING HEAT SHEETS

After winning three of the four individual events (200 IM, 50 free, and 1-meter diving), Princeton wrapped up a stellar evening at DeNunzio Pool on Thursday night with an Ivy League, meet, pool, and school record in the 4×50 freestyle relay.

After Princeton placed all five of their entrants into the A final of the 50 free individual event, it seemed a foregone conclusion that they would put together a decent 200 free relay later in the evening session. Indeed, the Tigers combined the talents of 50 free champion Nikki Venema, runner-up Amelia Liu, fourth-place Ela Noble, and fifth-place Sabrina Johnston in the relay final.

Venema led off in 22.64, four-tenths slower than her winning time in the individual final but still the fastest lead-off in the field. Johnston followed with 21.94 to put the Tigers up by more than half a body length at the 100. It was her second sub-22 of the meet; she anchored the winning 200 medley relay on Wednesday night in 21.93. Liu took over on the third leg and split 22.32, keeping Princeton eight-tenths in front of second-place Yale. Noble anchored in 22.32, outsplitting the field and giving the Tigers a full body-length margin at the wall.

Yale finished second with Ophelia Pilkinton (23.06), Lindsey Wagner (22.34), Caroline McCurdy (22.34), and Jessey Li (22.58), who combined for 1:30.32, just off their Ivy League and school record of 1:29.66 from last year’s championships.

Notwithstanding Iszac Henig’s outstanding leadoff split of 22.29 last year, the Princeton won the next three legs by half a second, one-tenth, and two-tenths, respectively, for an overall improvement of four-tenths on Yale’s previous record.

Ivy League Record splits:

Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay – Timed Final

• Ivy League Record: 1:29.66 – Yale (2022)
• Ivy Championships Record: 1:29.66 – Yale (2022)
• Princeton Pool Record: 1:29.76 – Yale (2019)
• NCAA A Standard: 1:28.43

Podium:

1. Princeton – 1:29.22
2. Yale – 1:30.32
3. Columbia – 1:30.91
4. Cornell – 1:31.19
5. Harvard – 1:31.52
6. Brown – 1:31.60
7. Penn – 1:32.43

Team Scores After Day 2

1. Princeton – 573
2. Harvard – 422
3. Yale – 419
4. Columbia – 359
5. Penn – 312
6. Brown – 248.5
7. Cornell – 212
8. Dartmouth – 100.5