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Buese Posts Best Ivy Time In 200 Fly, But Tigers Fall During HYP; Next Up, Ivies At DeNunzio
February 03, 2018 | Men's Swimming and Diving
Junior Cole Buese continued his strong season by posting the best time of the Ivy League season in a victorious 200 fly, but the Princeton men's swimming and diving team wasn't able to pick up a victory during its annual HYP weekend. Harvard took control of the meet inside Blodgett Pool and topped Princeton 250-103, while Yale needed the final relay to hold off the Tigers for a 177-176 thriller.
Christian Feiler, Alexander Lewis, Ben Schafer, and Buese opened the weekend by combining to go 1:19.36 for a second-place finish in the 200 free relay.
Sophomore Murphy McQuet opened the individual events with a fifth-place finish in the 200 free (1:37.04), while classmate Sam Cuthbert followed with a fourth-place finish in the 100 back (48.85).
Freshman Corey Lau had an exciting showdown with another Ivy newcomer, Yale's Sam Pekarek, in the 100 breast; Lau finished second in a tight finish (54.68), while sophomore Daniel Arris followed with a fourth-place finish in 55.14.
Buese grabbed his victory in the 200 fly by pushing past Harvard freshman Michael Zarian over the final 25 to win in 1:44.83 (see highlight below). That time is the best by any Ivy swimmer this season, topping the former best of 1:45.20 by Penn's Sean Lee.
Attention turned to the diving well at that point, where sophomore Charlie Minns took second on the 3-meter board with 341.45 points.
Following a fifth-place finish by Levy Nathan in the mile (15:21.23), the quartet of Cuthbert, Lau, Schafer and McQuet placed fourth in the 400 medley relay in 3:15.29.
The teams returned to the pool Saturday for the second session, and Princeton opened with a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay. Lewis, Lau, Matt Harrington and Schafer combined to go 1:28.49 to defeat Yale by more than half a second.
Buese followed his strong Friday with a third-place finish in the 400 IM (3:51.15), and McQuet went 44.64 in the 100 free to finish seventh. Sophomore Wade O'Brien took fifth in the 200 back (1:46.49), and Schafer pushed a pair of Harvard swimmers in the 100 fly before taking third in 47.56.
Freshman Arthur Markley took sixth in the 500 free in 4:26.45, while Arris (2:01.11) and Lau (2:01.22) went 4-5 in the 200 breast to conclude the individual swimming events. Minns picked up his second Top-3 finish of the weekend by taking third on the 1-meter board (306.20), while freshman Colten Young finished fourth with 302.00 points.
Yale was able to clinch the dual win over Princeton by taking second in the 400 free relay that ended the HYP meet. The quartet of Joshua Brown, McQuet, Lewis and Buese finished third overall in 2:57.18, but the top Bulldog relay took second in 2:55.69.
Princeton will now have three weeks to prepare for its biggest weekend of the season, and it will get a chance to face both Harvard and Yale in more comfortable surroundings next time. The Ivy League Championships will be held Feb. 21-24 in DeNunzio Pool, and it will be streamed live on the Ivy League Network.
Christian Feiler, Alexander Lewis, Ben Schafer, and Buese opened the weekend by combining to go 1:19.36 for a second-place finish in the 200 free relay.
Sophomore Murphy McQuet opened the individual events with a fifth-place finish in the 200 free (1:37.04), while classmate Sam Cuthbert followed with a fourth-place finish in the 100 back (48.85).
Freshman Corey Lau had an exciting showdown with another Ivy newcomer, Yale's Sam Pekarek, in the 100 breast; Lau finished second in a tight finish (54.68), while sophomore Daniel Arris followed with a fourth-place finish in 55.14.
Buese grabbed his victory in the 200 fly by pushing past Harvard freshman Michael Zarian over the final 25 to win in 1:44.83 (see highlight below). That time is the best by any Ivy swimmer this season, topping the former best of 1:45.20 by Penn's Sean Lee.
Schafer took fifth in the 50 free (20.14), and freshman Charles Leibson edged out Harvard's Koya Osada for second in the 200 IM in 1:47.86.Cole Buese's win in the 200 fly highlighted Day 1 of the annual HYP men's swimming/diving meet. Check out Session 2 today at noon on the Ivy League Network! pic.twitter.com/szIBVXjt0W
— Princeton Swim/Dive (@PUCSDT) February 3, 2018
Attention turned to the diving well at that point, where sophomore Charlie Minns took second on the 3-meter board with 341.45 points.
Following a fifth-place finish by Levy Nathan in the mile (15:21.23), the quartet of Cuthbert, Lau, Schafer and McQuet placed fourth in the 400 medley relay in 3:15.29.
The teams returned to the pool Saturday for the second session, and Princeton opened with a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay. Lewis, Lau, Matt Harrington and Schafer combined to go 1:28.49 to defeat Yale by more than half a second.
Buese followed his strong Friday with a third-place finish in the 400 IM (3:51.15), and McQuet went 44.64 in the 100 free to finish seventh. Sophomore Wade O'Brien took fifth in the 200 back (1:46.49), and Schafer pushed a pair of Harvard swimmers in the 100 fly before taking third in 47.56.
Freshman Arthur Markley took sixth in the 500 free in 4:26.45, while Arris (2:01.11) and Lau (2:01.22) went 4-5 in the 200 breast to conclude the individual swimming events. Minns picked up his second Top-3 finish of the weekend by taking third on the 1-meter board (306.20), while freshman Colten Young finished fourth with 302.00 points.
Yale was able to clinch the dual win over Princeton by taking second in the 400 free relay that ended the HYP meet. The quartet of Joshua Brown, McQuet, Lewis and Buese finished third overall in 2:57.18, but the top Bulldog relay took second in 2:55.69.
Princeton will now have three weeks to prepare for its biggest weekend of the season, and it will get a chance to face both Harvard and Yale in more comfortable surroundings next time. The Ivy League Championships will be held Feb. 21-24 in DeNunzio Pool, and it will be streamed live on the Ivy League Network.
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