Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Competes at NYU

Saturday, November 9

New York, N.Y.

10:00 AM

Princeton University

NYU

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Competes at NYU

November 10, 2019 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

SWIMMING RESULTS
DIVING RESULTS

NEW YORK – The Princeton University men's & women's swimming & diving teams competed at New York University Saturday, each finishing second out of four teams.

Team Scores
Women

New York University 290.5
Princeton University 217
Drew University 128.50
Stevens Institute of Technology 122

Men

New York University 297
Princeton University 264
Drew University 138
Stevens Institute of Technology 103

Tiger Relays
Princeton performed strongly in the relays, as the team of Nikkie Venema, Vivian Wang, Christina Bradley and Amelia Liu clocked in at 1:42.75 seconds in the 200 medley relay to take first-place. The Tigers were likewise successful on the men's side as Derek Cox, Daniel Arris, Raunak Khosla and Charles Leibson won the event in a time of 1:32.43 seconds.

The Tigers also performed strongly in the 800 freestyle relay, earning first-place finishes on both the men's and women's sides. The team of Ellie Marquardt, Venema, Lauren McGrath and Anna Durak clocked in at 7:24.77 seconds to emerge victorious while Nicholas Lim, Owen Huang, Dylan Pores and Peyton Werner posted a time of 6:46.48 seconds to earn the win.

Princeton Event Winners
Marquardt earned an NCAA B cut and won the 400 IM in 4:16.52 seconds while on the men's side Raunak finished first in 3:58.69 seconds. In the 100 butterfly Gianna Garcia took first in 54.65 while Lim's time of 49.73 also saw him earn the win.

In the 200 freestyle Durak touched the wall at 1:53.74 seconds to finish first and on the men's side Pollock won with a time of 1:43.60 seconds. Christie Chong placed first in the women's 100 breaststroke in 1:03.70 seconds and on the men's side Raunak earned another first-place finish after he clocked in at 57.21.

Garcia earned another win in the women's 100 backstroke after she touched the wall at 55.81 while Nathan Yates prevailed on the men's side in 51.70.

Diving
Princeton had an outstanding night on the boards as six of Princeton's eight divers achieved NCAA Zone A qualifying standards while freshman Matthew Chao narrowly missed out despite an impressive performance.

Diving coach Sean Letsinger was encouraged by the Tigers' performance on the boards today.

"I am really encouraged by our diving this weekend," said Letsinger. "With this being our first meet of the season and coming off of a couple of intense weeks of training, I believe that we are on the right track. Our freshmen really were impressive today, and our women looked very strong on one meter as a group. There is still a lot of work to be done, but I am excited to see how the rest of the season unfolds."

On the men's 1-meter board, Colten Young earned an NCAA Zone A qualifying score of 301.80 while Chao just missed out, scoring a 297.20. On the 3-meter board, Griffin Brooks and Charlie Minns both earned Zone qualifying scores of 364.80 and 344.35. Brooks score was the fifth-highest 3- meter dual meet score in program history.

On the women's 1-meter board Mimi Lin, Sophia Peifer and Katrin Lewis all earned Zone qualifying marks with scores of 293.85, 291.05 and 268.35. Lin and Peifer's scores moved them up in the women's 1-meter dual meet record book.

Up Next
Princeton's men will take on the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University on Saturday, November 23 inside DeNunzio Pool at 11 a.m. while Princeton's women take on Rutgers University on Friday, November 15 at 5 p.m.