Princeton University Athletics
Players Mentioned
Swimming/Diving Teams Open Deep Home Schedules Saturday v. Cornell, Penn
November 20, 2015 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
PRESEASON VIDEO MONTAGE (courtesy of women's swimmer Maddy Veith)
The Ivy League champion Princeton men's and women's swimming and diving teams will open their dual meet seasons Saturday at noon against Ivy League rivals Cornell and Penn at DeNunzio Pool.
Get used to it, because they'll be hosting all of their other Ivy League meets there too. In the case of the women, they'll even be welcoming all of the league back in February for the 2016 Ivy League Championships.
Home is where the heart is, and it's also where all of the swimming and diving is too.
The meet, which will combine both the men's and women's events, will be streamed live on the Ivy League Digital Network. You can also follow the live results here.
The women have had strong individual performances throughout the early portion of the season. A pair of Tiger freshmen had good showings at the 2015 Penn State Open. Lindsey Swartz picked up the team's lone victory by winning the 200 breast in 2:21.89, while Monica McGrath had three Top-3 finishes for the Tigers.
Meanwhile, Claire McIlmail, Alisabeth Marsteller, Lindsay Temple, Isabel Reis, Elsa Welshofer, and Janet Zhao all competed in the Minnesota Pro Series, and that followed a near-upset of Miami in the season-opening meet.
Senior Nikki Larson won two individual races at Miami and was part of two winning relays in the meet.
Penn placed fourth at the 2015 Ivy Championships, while Cornell took seventh.
The men, who went wire-to-wire at the Ivy Championships last year at DeNunzio Pool, return a number of their top performers from that championship performance, including senior captain Teo D'Alessandro (pictured, below), who won the 400 IM.
The Tigers are coming off strong performances last weekend at both the Penn State Open and the Minnesota Pro Series. While D'Alessandro, Julian Mackrel, and Alex Lewis joined two-time A-finalist Corey Okubo in Minnesota, the rest of the Tigers pushed Penn State to the very end in a tightly contested Penn State Open.
Freshman Cole Buese won three events at Penn State, while both En-Wei Hu-Van Wright and Byron Sanborn won two events apiece. The Tigers were also dominant in the relay events against both Penn State and Connecticut.
Penn took fourth at the 2015 Ivy Championships, while Cornell placed sixth.