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Youth Served For Men's Swimming/Diving In Ivy-Opening Sweep
November 20, 2011 | Men's Swimming and Diving
The Princeton men's swimming and diving team was excited about its Class of 2015, and it didn't take long for that freshman class to start producing. Five Tiger freshmen won a total of seven individual events to help Princeton sweep both Cornell and Penn in the Ivy League opener.
Princeton defeated Cornell 192-88 and Penn 168-112 in the dual meets.
Princeton opened in impressive fashion, breaking a Penn pool record in the 200 medley relay. The quartet of Michael Strand, Brian Barrett, Mike Monovoukas and Harrison Wagner won the event in 1:32.14, while the foursome of Kaspar Raigla, Eric Materniak, David Reid and Matt LaMonaca placed third in 1:34.16.
Princeton freshman David Paulk opened the individual competition by winning the 1000 free in 9:31.53, and senior Colin Cordes followed up by winning the 200 free in 1:40.48. Strand gave the Tiger freshmen a second individual win by taking the 100 back in 50.33, and that wouldn't be the final win for the Class of 2015.
Junior Daniel Hasler placed third in the 100 breast in 59.14, and Barrett gave the freshmen a third win by taking the 200 fly in 1:51.07. Wagner gave the class a fourth win by taking the 50 free in 20.57, which is the fastest 50 time in the league so far this year. He added a win in the 100 in 46.90, just .03 of a second faster than Cordes, who took second in the event.
Maher was the fifth Princeton freshman to grab a win by finishing the 200 back in 1:52.00. Hasler followed his third-place finish in the 100 breast with a second-place finish in the 200 breast in 2:03.69. Paulk won the 500 free in 4:38.97, more than two seconds faster than anybody in the field.
Strand took second in the 100 fly in 50.86, and Hasler win the 200 IM in 1:55.12.
Junior Stevie Vines, the reigning Ivy League Championships Diver of the Meet, won the 1-meter competition with 292.30 points, while Mark O'Connell placed third with 282.50 points. Vines followed with an eight-point win in the 3-meter competition with 328.65 points.
Princeton concluded the day with a second-place finish by the quartet of Cordes, Wagner, Andres Tung and Ian Rea in the 400 free relay in a time of 3:05.28.