Day Two of Princeton’s Big Al Open was full of excitement and fast swimming. Two school records, plus a pool record, fell and several more NCAA “B” cuts were achieved as Princeton’s men’s and women’s teams continued to lead the meet.
Lisa Boyce, Olivia Chan, Nikki Larson and Morgan Karetnick of Princeton got things off to a fast start for the Tigers with a win in the 200 medley relay in 1:40.17. Yale’s quartet of Kina Zhou, Ali Stephens-Pickeral, Sydney Hirschi and Olivia Jameson (1:44.40) took second, just out-touching Brown’s Paige Gilley, Katie Roach, Maggie Jordan and Reia Tong (1:44.48). Dartmouth took fourth in 1:44.68 with Kendese Nangle, Heather Laedtke, Emily Holt and Mary Van Metre. Villanova’s Hayden Bumgardner, Kristin Haufler, Erin Merkle and Mary Snyder (1:47.81) were eighth; Rider’s Carlee Oswald, Taylor Shelley, Ariana Palmer and Gess Charniga (1:48.92) touched ninth.
The men’s race went to the Tiger foursome of Michael Strand, Jack Pohlmann, Harrison Wagner, and Conner Maher in 1:27.06, just under the NCAA “B” standard. Dartmouth’s James Verhagen, Nejc Zupan, Andrew North, and Daniel Whitcomb finished second in 1:28.64. Brown (Alexander Pascal, Connor Lohman, Jeffrey Strausser, and Jack Nee) took fourth in 1:30.69. Columbia’s Michael Fox-Moles, Stanley Wong, Kevin Quinn, and Alex Ngan (1:32.84) finished sixth; Rider’s Jeffrey Prichard, Adam Phillips, Shane Tubb, and Matthan-Matthew Martir (1:33.53) were seventh. The Villanova foursome of Chris Tamanini, Tony Sipala, Ben Smith and Jason Moyer took two seconds off their seed time to finish tenth in 1:34.69.
With four of the top eight finalists in the 400 IM Yale women picked up massive points over meet leader Princeton. The Elis’ Emma Smith and Hirschi went 1-2 with 4:14.24 and 4:16.40, respectively. Third was Princeton’s Beverly Nguyen (4:16.63). All three made the NCAA “B” cut, as did fourth place Courtney Randolph of Yale. Olivia Samson of Dartmouth (4:30.07) was seventh. Nicole Provenza of Brown finished tenth (4:29.14); Mary Snyder of Villanova (4:30.12), eleventh. Rider’s top finisher was Kaitlyn O’Connor (4:38.80). Princeton’s Teo D’Alessandro, who won the 200 last night, grabbed the top spot in the men’s 400 IM with a new Princeton and DeNunzio pool record time of 3:47.22. That puts him well under the “B” standard and only 4 seconds off the “A.” Tiger teammates Daniel Hasler (3:55.59) and Sam Smiddy (3:57.46) made it a 1-2-3 Princeton sweep. Dartmouth’s Logan Briggs (3:58.18) was fourth; Lohman of Brown (4:02.44) touched eighth. Columbia’s Ronald Chen won the B final in 4:00.78. Cameron Hoyh of Rider and Niki Tchobanov of Villanova also finaled.
Princeton co-captain Lisa Boyce (photo courtesy of Beverly Schaefer/ Princeton Athletics)
Having broken the school record with her prelim swim of 52.76, Princeton’s Boyce won the 100 fly final in 53.21. (Both swims are under the “B” mark; the 52.7 is less than a second off the “A” standard.) Hirschi of Yale was second (54.44, also a “B” cut); Larson of Princeton was third (55.50). Brown’s Gina Matsumoto (55.86) finished sixth, while Dartmouth’s Danielle Kerr (56.59) was eighth and Haufler of Villanova (57.37), fifteenth. Tommy Glenn and Strausser of Brown went 1-2 in the men’s fly with 46.61 and 46.93, respectively. Columbia’s David Jakl was third (48.02); all three made “B” cuts. Andrew North of Dartmouth finished fourth (48.91). Princeton’s top scorer was Wagner in seventh (49.57), while Rider’s was Tubb in fifteenth (50.38). Villanova’s Smith (50.85) tied for nineteenth with Rider’s Martir.
The 200 free provided another large point gain for the Elis as the women placed four in the A final and two in the B. Brown’s Kate Dillione won the event, though, with a “B” cut of 1:47.84. She was followed by three Bulldogs touching nearly together: Zhou (1:48.43), Wujciak (1:48.69), and Fabian (1:48.87). Fifth was Emily Mayo of Villanova (1:50.74) who came in ahead of Dartmouth’s Christine Kerr (1:51.01) and Princeton’s Mallory Remick (1:51.93). On the men’s side, Sandy Bole of Princeton earned his “B” cut with his winning swim of 1:37.92. Teammate Conner Jager (1:39.76) came in second. Rider freshman Sam Cramer’s 24.9 final 50 robbed Dartmouth’s Jack Long of a third-place finish, 1:40.05 to 1:40.17. Brown’s leading scorer was Cory Mayfield (1:41.30) at tenth, Columbia’s was Alex Mango (1:41.92, thirteenth), and Villanova’s was Moyer (1:42.76).
In the 100 breast, Chan of Princeton edged out Yale’s Stephens-Pickeral, 1:02.81 to 1:03.22. The Elis’ Smith was third. Dartmouth Big Green’s Laedtke (1:05.33) touched fourth and Brown’s Katie Roach (1:05.80) was fifth. Rider, led by Heather Good (1:06.62) placed four in the B final. The men’s race was dominated by Ivy record-holder Zupan of Dartmouth (54.04), although Princeton’s Pohlmann wasn’t far behind in second (54.82). Both earned “B” cuts. Rider’s Phillips was fourth (56.95). Brown’s Lohman (57.35) finished seventh. Columbia picked up points from B final winner Codi Saunders (57.20). Villanova’s Sipala was twentieth with 59.06.
Boyce of Princeton cruised to victory in the 100 back in a “B” cut of 54.89. Nangle of Dartmouth (55.67) finished just ahead of Princeton’s Sada Stewart (55.79), who was just a tick ahead of Yale’s Chintanaphol (55.88). Brown’s Gilley (56.10) was sixth. Oswald of Rider touched eleventh and Megan Conrad of Villanova took seventeenth. The top three men were all a half-second apart, and all under the “B” standard, with Verhagen ofDartmouth out front in 47.48 and Princeton teammates Hu-Van Wright and Maher fighting it out for second and third (47.99 and 48.48, respectively). Brown’s Pascal was fourth (50.43), Jakl of Columbia won the B final (50.21), and Tamanini of Villanova was fifteenth (52.58).
The Yale women dominated the 800 free relay, taking the top two spots with Wujciak, Zhou, Jameson, and Fabian (7:21.16) coming in ahead of Courtney Randolph, Isla Hutchinson-Maddox, Rebecca Delafuente, and Casey Lincoln (7:26.97). Villanova’s quartet of Snyder, Mayo, Haufler, and Merkle came in third with 7:28.02, dropping more than 20 seconds from their seed time. The Dartmouth quartet of C. Kerr, Sasha Alcon, D. Kerr, and Charlotte Kamai (7:28.42) finished fourth, two seconds ahead of Tigers Reese Iriondo, Mallory Remick, Elizabeth McDonald, and Stewart. In sixth were Brown’s Grace Hendee, Dillione, Elly Vitek, and Ellen Sellinger with 7:33.89. Rider scored with Melanie Leonhard, Oswald, O’Connor, and Jacquelynn Parker.
Princeton men took the top two spots in the 800 free relay: D’Alessandro, Jeremy Wong, Maher, and Bole (6:29.67), then Hu-Van Wright, Marco Bove, Jeffrey Williamson and Julian Mackrel (6:40.72). Third went to Dartmouth (6:40.96), whose anchor Long threw down a 1:39.1 to help his teammates Zupan, Ian Woon, and Jun Oh edge out Brown and nearly catch Princeton. The Bears’ Glenn, Brian Barr, Mayfield, and Kevin Mertz (6:41.26) settled for fourth. Columbia’s Jakl, Terry Li, Mango and Nikita Bondarenko (6:47.97) were next. Rider scored with Cramer, William Molloy, Kevin McManus, and Michael Regan (6:52.36). Villanova picked up points, dropping nine from its seed time, with Ben Smith, Harrison Rodts, Murphy Smith, and Patrick Sullivan (7:00.86).
In men’s 3-meter diving, Mark O’Connell of Princeton won with 359.15. Brett Gillis of Dartmouth was second (333.35) and Columbia’s Micah Rembrandt was third (316.30). Brown’s Sazzy Gourley took sixth and Rider’s Trevor Hiller was eighth.
Yale’s Lilybet MacRae took the women’s 1-meter with 272.20. Alyssa Menz of Columbia finished second (262.60); Caitlin Chambers of Princeton was third (260.15).
Women’s meet scores – Day 2
Princeton 721
Yale 656
Dartmouth 432
Brown 394
Villanova 196
Rider 117
Columbia 17
Men’s meet scores – Day 2
Princeton 895
Dartmouth 659
Brown 455.5
Columbia 342.5
Rider 223
Villanova 111
Dual meet scores – Day 2
Princeton women 195 – Brown women 63
Princeton women 179 – Dartmouth women 79
Brown women 124 – Dartmouth women 109
Princeton men 206 – Brown men 52
Princeton men 166 – Dartmouth men 92
Dartmouth men 175 – Brown men 73
