Penn v. Cornell v. Princeton
- Saturday, November 23, 2019
- Princeton, N.J.
- RESULTS (PDF)
Courtesy: Penn Athletics
PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams each split the results in their first tri-meet of the season. Both teams took down Cornell with the women winning 212-88 and the men winning 168-132. However, the Quakers could not overcome the hosts as the women were defeated 243-57 and the men were edged 156-144.
Penn had 17 total podium finishes today with seven wins. Junior captain Sean Lee led all swimmers—men and women—with a trio of first-place finishes.
Recapping the Women
The Quakers earned their first victory of the season, taking down Cornell, 212-88. Grace Giddings got things going as she raced to a third-place finish in the 1,000 free with a season-best time of 10:07.98—just 0.13 seconds off second place.
Hannah Kannnan led Penn swimmers as the sophomore picked up a pair of second-place finishes in both backstroke events. Kannan raced to a season-best time of 55.04 in the 100 back before a 30.32 final split earned her a second-place finish in the 200 back (2:02.31).
Serena Xue continued a strong senior season with a second-place finish in the 200 breast, touching in 2:20.22.
The Quakers closed out the meet on a positive note with a third-place finish in the 400 free relay. A team consisting of two seniors (Emily Layne, Meredith Newman) and two freshmen (Camryn Carter, Margot Kaczorowski) raced to a 3:34.06 finish.
Recapping the Men
Lee continued to glide across the water this season and finished the day leading all swimmers with three event victories. The junior started things off by sprinting to a first-place finish in the 50 free (20.57). Following a diving break, Lee once again sprinted to victory, touching first in the 100 free with a career best time of 45.25. He closed things out by racing to victory in the 100 fly (48.67).
While Lee led all swimmers with three victories, it was a prominently young core which helped Penn to a 168-132 win over Brown and a narrow, 156-144 loss to Princeton.
Matt Bonnell led that young core with a pair of victories. He started the day with a first-place finish in the 1,000 free (9:19.95); his first victory in that distance event. He followed up with a win in the 500 free (4:30.22). Bonnell has won the 500 free in each of Penn’s three Ivy League meets this season and has now taken five first-place finishes so far this season.
Bonnell led a 1-2-3 finish in the 500 free—an event which the Quakers have dominated this season. William Kamps finished second (4:32.27) followed by Jacob Furlong in third (4:33.43).
Fellow freshmen Jason Schreiber was another one of Penn’s seven first-place finishers. The California native raced to a 2:01.89 finish in the 200 breast—the fastest time the freshman, or any Penn breaststroker has clocked this season.
Continuing the trend with first-place finishes was John-Michael Diveris, who once again posted the top score in the 3-meter dive with a career-high score of 345.20. Diveris is making a splash in his senior season and has won the 3-meter dive in each of Penn’s four meets this season.
UP NEXT
The Quakers will take a holiday break next weekend before splitting up in the first week of December. Select swimmers will head to the Miami of Ohio Invitational from December 5-7 while others will travel to Atlanta, Ga. for the Toyota U.S. Open from December 4-7.
Courtesy: Cornell Athletics
PRINCETON, N.J. – Led by a pair of victories from Dylan Curtis and Paige daCosta, the Cornell men’s swimming and diving team recorded 10 top-three individual finishes against Penn and Princeton on Saturday at the Denunzio Pool in Princeton, N.J.
Despite a strong effort from the entire Big Red squad, Cornell was unable to overcome the Quakers and Tigers, falling to Penn, 168-132, and Princeton, 210-90.
Curtis had himself a day, winning the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 49.54, while also leading two Big Red relay teams to top-three finishes. In the 200-yard medley relay, Curtis, along with Ryan Brown, Jacob Mullin, and John Mahoney, touched the wall second in 1:31.27. Curtis then guided the 400-yard freestyle relay of James Huang, Hunter Hitchens, and Jake Lawson to a third place finish with a mark of 3:06.89.
daCosta emerged victorious in the 200-yard backstroke, winning the race in 1:48.16, a time which ranks 10th all-time in Cornell men’s swimming and diving history. He didn’t stop there, however, adding a third place finish in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:51.83. Ricardo Martinez was daCosta’s partner in crime in both races, placing third in the 200-yard backstroke (1:51.07) and fifth in the 200-yard IM (1:53.47).
In addition to swimming a leg on the Big Red’s successful 400-yard freestyle relay, Huang capitalized in his individual events as well. Huang recorded a pair of third-place finishes in the 100-yard butterfly (48.88) and 200-yard butterfly (1:49.48).
In the 50-yard freestyle, Mahoney made his presence known, placing second in 20.76. Brown swam a solid race in the 100-yard breaststroke, posting a time of 56.52 to place fourth.
The Big Red also had a pair of notable performances in the 200-yard breaststroke, as Owen Downs (2:07.23) and Ryan Pirrung (2:08.19) finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
In the diving events, Brett Hébert and Jameson Crandell represented Cornell well. Both student-athletes finished within the top-five of both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. In the 1-meter, the pair finished within a half-point of each other, as Hébert placed third (288.50) and Crandell finished fourth (288.10). In the 3-meter, the diving duo of Hébert (313.35) and Crandell (298.70) placed fourth and fifth, respectively.
The Big Red men’s swimming and diving team will return to the pool when it hosts Binghamton in a non-conference meet on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 4 p.m. at Ithaca College’s Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium in Ithaca, N.Y.
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Cornell women’s swimming and diving team recorded six individual top-five finishes against Penn and Princeton on Saturday afternoon at the Denunzio Pool in Princeton, N.J., but it was the Quakers and Tigers that emerged victorious. The Big Red fell to Penn, 212-88, and Princeton, 247-53.
Freshman diver Elise Jendritz posted the top finish of the day for Cornell, finishing third in the 3-meter diving competition with 275.65 points. Erika Lacasse also turned in a strong performance, as her point total of 260.20 was good for sixth. Demetra Williams recorded the highest point total among the Cornell divers in the 1-meter competition, placing fifth with 246.15 points.
In the swimming events, Allison Chang and Sophia Cherkez paced the Big Red. Chang swam well in the 200-yard breaststroke, placing fourth in 2:23.39. Cherkez continues to be someone that Cornell can rely heavily upon, finishing fifth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.43) and sixth in the 200-yard IM (2:08.69).
Lexi Schaaf helped Cornell’s relays to a pair of top-five finishes. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Schaaf teamed up with Chloe Mikles, Maddy Redding, and Alexandra Handlin, guiding the group to a fourth place finish in 3:36.50. Aviva Muñoz, Cape Murch Elliot, and Vanessa Ruiz joined Schaaf in the 200-yard medley relay and the squad finished fifth with a time of 1:47.78.
Murch Elliot and Ruiz swam solid races in their individual events as well, as Murch Elliot placed seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:08.33) and Ruiz was Cornell’s top-finisher in the 50-yard freestyle, placing eighth in 24.60.
Maegan Rudolph pushed herself in the 200-yard butterfly, touching the wall sixth with a time of 2:06.95.
The Big Red had a pair of student-athletes record notable performances in the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke. Mikles (53.76) and Melissa Parker (53.95) finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in 100-yard freestyle, while Handlin (2:08.62) and Gillian Caverly (2:09.28) finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in 200-yard backstroke.
The Big Red women’s swimming and diving team will return to the pool when it hosts Binghamton in a non-conference meet on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 4 p.m. at Ithaca College’s Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium in Ithaca, N.Y.
Courtesy: Princeton Athletics
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton University men’s & women’s swimming & diving teams had tremendous home openers Saturday as both teams overcame the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University inside DeNunzio Pool in what was also both program’s first Ivy League meet of the season.
Team Scores
Men
Princeton 156.00 def. Penn 144.00
Princeton 210.00 def. Cornell 90.00
Women
Princeton 243.00, Penn 57.00
Princeton 247.00, Cornell 53.00
Tiger Relays
Princeton had an outstanding day in the relays as it swept all four events. In the 200 medley relay the team of Emily Trieu, Shaelyn Choi, Jennifer Secrest and Christina Bradley clocked in at 1:43.56 seconds to take first while on the men’s side Derek Cox, Corey Lau, Raunak Khosla and Charles Leibson posted a time of 1:30.67 seconds to earn the win.
The quartet of Nicolei Venema, Amelia Liu, Ellie Marquardt and Christina Bradley finished first in the 400 freestyle relay after they clocked in at 3:21.01 seconds. Competing for Princeton’s men was Jonathan Pollock, Max Walther, Cox and Leibson who finished in 3:01.58 seconds and took first-place.
Princeton Event Winners
Elizabeth Boeckman won the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:01.84 seconds while the Tigers swept the 200 freestyle as Addison Smith’s time of 1:49.24 seconds saw her take first-place and Leibson won with a time of 1:39.50 seconds.
In the 100 backstroke Gianna Garcia touched the wall at 54.38 to earn the victory. Princeton would sweep the 100 breaststroke as Zhou won in 1:03.76 seconds and Corey Lau in 56.34. The Tigers were also successful in the 200 butterfly, with Regan Barney clocking in at 2:00.90 seconds to take first-place and Lim posting a time of 1:47.90 seconds to earn the win.
Liu’s time of 23.16 in the 50 freestyle saw her finish first while Venema won her first individual event of the meet in the 100 freestyle after she touched the wall at 49.50, an NCAA ‘B’ cut.
Trieu also added a first-place finish in an individual event after she posted a time of 1:59.81 seconds in the 200 backstroke. Choi’s time of 2:18.72 seconds in the 200 breaststroke also saw her earn the victory.
Elizabeth Boeckman touched the wall at 4:56.23 seconds to win the 500 freestyle and Garcia added another first-place finish to her tally in the 100 butterfly, clocking in at 54.09.
Princeton swept the 200 IM as Regan Barney finished in 2:02.51 seconds and Raunak Khosla in 1:49.91 seconds as both earned first-place finishes.
Diving
On the women’s 1-meter board a pair of Tigers earned NCAA Zone cuts; Mimi Lin posted a score of 284.70 to finish first and Sine Scribbick earned a score of 274.55 and finished second. On the men’s side on the 1-meter board, Colten Young’s score of 306.60 saw him finish first and earn an NCAA Zone cut while Charlie Minns’ mark of 298.50 saw him finish second and fall just short of the NCAA Zone cut of 300.
On the 3-meter board Scribbick and Lin finished first and second with scores of 287.95 and 282.55, both were NCAA Zone cuts. On the men’s side Young Minns both earned NCAA Zone cuts as they finished second and third with scores of 342.30.
Up Next
Both Princeton’s men and women will host the Big Al Invitational inside DeNunzio Pool from Friday, December 6 until Sunday, December 8. Prelims will begin at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.
