Princeton Closes Tri-Meet With Five Straight Wins To Post Sweep Of Cornell, Penn

Saturday, November 18

Philadelphia, Pa.

12:30 PM/2:00 PM

Princeton University

182

118

Penn

Maddy Veith swept the sprint free events in the sweep of Cornell and Penn Saturday.

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Princeton Closes Tri-Meet With Five Straight Wins To Post Sweep Of Cornell, Penn

November 18, 2017 | Women's Swimming and Diving

COMPLETE RESULTS

The Princeton women's swimming and diving team used a strong diving start and a closing five-race win streak to open its Ivy League season with a sweep of Cornell and Penn at Sheerr Pool in Philadelphia. The Tigers defeated Penn 182-118, and they topped Cornell 233-67.

A trio of underclassman divers got Princeton off to a great start. Freshman Sophia Peifer opened the tri-meet by winning the 3-meter event with 286.20 points, while classmate Sine Scribbick took second with 274.65 points, and sophomore Natasha MacManus finished third with 267.45 points. That same trio would go 1-2-3 in the 1-meter event, though MacManus jumped to the top with a 282.05-point performance.

The quartet of Regan Barney, Jenny Ma, Elsa Welshofer, and Maddy Veith opened the swimming portion of the meet by taking second in the 200 medley relay in 1:44.71. Freshman Harley Lopez Miro opened the individual events by going 10:29.20 in the 1000, and classmate Courtney Tseng followed with a second-place finish in the 200 free (1:52.49). The Tigers actually went 2-3-4-5 in the event to grab important points.

Freshman Stephanie Nelson took second in the 100 back (56.19), and classmate Jenny Ma gave the Tigers their first swim win of the day by taking the 100 breast in 1:03.84. Princeton went 1-2-3 in the race, as Elaine Zhou (1:05.67) and Shaelyn Choi (1:06.10) topped their competitors from both Cornell and Penn.

After junior tri-captain Joanna Curry took second in the 200 fly (2:01.27), fellow tri-captain Maddy Veith gave Princeton some big points with a double in the sprint free events; she opened by winning the 50 in 23.58, and she followed by topping the field by more than one second in the 100 (50.71).

Nelson took second in the 200 back (2:00.15), and Ma completed a double of her own by winning the 200 breast in 2:17.15, a time that was more than four seconds faster than anybody in the field.

That win opened the strong Tiger finish; Tseng gave the freshman class a fourth win of the afternoon, as she took the 500 in 4:57.66, while Isabel Reis won the 100 fly in 55.09. Curry completed her double with a 200 IM win in 2:05.83, and then Reis, Veith, Alisabeth Marsteller, and Elaina Gu won the 400 free relay in 3:26.19.

Princeton improved to 4-2 with the wins, 2-0 in the Ivy League, and will be off this week before returning Dec. 1-Dec. 3 for the annual Big Al Open at DeNunzio Pool. That meet will be streamed live on the Ivy League Network.