Princeton Scores 1427 Points to Win 3rd Consecutive Ivy League Women’s Championships

2025 Ivy League Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships

• Dates: Wednesday, February 19–Saturday, February 22
• Location: DeNunzio Pool, Princeton, NJ
• Defending Champions: Princeton women (2x)
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• Results: Day 1 | Day 2 ׀ Day 3 | Day 4 | Full Meet
• Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4

The Princeton women showed up in force for the 2025 Ivy League Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships, winning their third consecutive conference title and their fourth in the last five years. A year ago, they cleared second-place Harvard by 85.5 points; this year, they more than doubled the margin to win by 191.5 with 1479 points.

Final Standings:

1. Princeton University – 1479
2. Harvard University – 1287.5
3. Yale University – 1090.5
4. Brown University – 998.5
5. University of Pennsylvania – 990.5
6. Columbia University – 622
7. Dartmouth College – 526
8. Cornell University – 404

The Tigers came into the meet seeded pretty much even with Harvard, who just two weeks ago had won the Ivy League Dual Meet crown after sweeping Princeton and Yale at the last double meet of the season, the double dual known as H-Y-P.

While Harvard had many top seeds (indeed, the Crimson won both medley relays and 7 individual events), Princeton boasted a lot of depth. Of the 23 athletes on the Ivy Championships squad, all but 3 scored 26 points or more.

Princeton’s relays were a major factor in the win; they claimed gold in the 200, 400, and 800 free relays and were runners-up in both medleys. The Tigers also won 5 swimming events and both of the diving events.

Princeton Event Winners

• 800 Free Relay: Jenna Walters, Sabrina Johnston, Eleanor Sun, Heidi Smithwick – 7:03.47
• 200 IM: Eleanor Sun – 1:55.50
• 50 Free: Sabrina Johnston– 22.30
• 1 Meter Diving: Charlotte Martinkus – 302.35
• 200 Free Relay: Sabrina Johnston, Ela Noble, Veronique Rossouw, Heidi Smithwick – 1:28.22 (Meet Record, Ivy League Record)
• 400 IM: Eleanor Sun – 4:06.22
• 200 Breast: Dakota Tucker – 2:11.53
• 200 Fly: Eleanor Sun – 1:54.64
• 3 Meter Diving: Charlotte Martinkus – 336.10
• 400 Free Relay: Sabrina Johnston, Ela Noble, Veronique Rossouw, Eleanor Sun – 3:14.84

Princeton’s 2025 Ivy League Championships Team

Sophomore Eleanor Sun was Co-Swimmer of the Meet this year, sharing the honors with Harvard’s Alexandra Bastone. Sun earned individual titles in the 200 IM, 400 IM, and 200 fly, and was a member of the winning 800 and 400 free relays. She was well under the 2024 NCAA Invite Time in the 200/400 IM and 200 fly.

Sun’s classmate Dakota Tucker, who was the 2024 Ivy League Championships High Point Swimmer of the Meet, scored 88 points this time with a win in the 200 breast and second-place finishes in the 200 IM and 400 IM. Both Sun and Tucker competed in three individual events at NCAAs last year.

Junior Sabrina Johnston earned a medal of each color and scored 87 points. She won the 50 free, was runner-up in the 100 free, and placed third in the 100 back.

Heidi Smithwick, another member of the sophomore class, added 81 points to the Princeton tally. She finished second in the 100/200 fly and fifth in the 500 free.

Junior Charlotte Martinkus swept the boards, scoring 64 points.