Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Downs Penn & Cornell in Home Openers

Saturday, November 23

Princeton, N.J.

12:00 PM

Princeton University

156

144

Penn

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Downs Penn & Cornell in Home Openers

November 23, 2019 | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving

PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton University men's & women's swimming & diving teams had tremendous home openers Saturday as both teams overcame the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell University inside DeNunzio Pool in what was also both program's first Ivy League meet of the season.

Team Scores
Men
Princeton 156.00 def. Penn 144.00
Princeton 210.00 def. Cornell 90.00

Women
Princeton 243.00, Penn 57.00
Princeton 247.00, Cornell 53.00

Tiger Relays
Princeton had an outstanding day in the relays as it swept all four events. In the 200 medley relay the team of Emily Trieu, Shaelyn Choi, Jennifer Secrest and Christina Bradley clocked in at 1:43.56 seconds to take first while on the men's side Derek Cox, Corey Lau, Raunak Khosla and Charles Leibson posted a time of 1:30.67 seconds to earn the win.

The quartet of Nicolei Venema, Amelia Liu, Ellie Marquardt and Christina Bradley finished first in the 400 freestyle relay after they clocked in at 3:21.01 seconds. Competing for Princeton's men was Jonathan Pollock, Max Walther, Cox and Leibson who finished in 3:01.58 seconds and took first-place.

Princeton Event Winners
Elizabeth Boeckman won the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:01.84 seconds while the Tigers swept the 200 freestyle as Addison Smith's time of 1:49.24 seconds saw her take first-place and Leibson won with a time of 1:39.50 seconds.

In the 100 backstroke Gianna Garcia touched the wall at 54.38 to earn the victory. Princeton would sweep the 100 breaststroke as Zhou won in 1:03.76 seconds and Corey Lau in 56.34. The Tigers were also successful in the 200 butterfly, with Regan Barney clocking in at 2:00.90 seconds to take first-place and Lim posting a time of 1:47.90 seconds to earn the win.

Liu's time of 23.16 in the 50 freestyle saw her finish first while Venema won her first individual event of the meet in the 100 freestyle after she touched the wall at 49.50, an NCAA 'B' cut.

Trieu also added a first-place finish in an individual event after she posted a time of 1:59.81 seconds in the 200 backstroke. Choi's time of 2:18.72 seconds in the 200 breaststroke also saw her earn the victory.

Elizabeth Boeckman touched the wall at 4:56.23 seconds to win the 500 freestyle and Garcia added another first-place finish to her tally in the 100 butterfly, clocking in at 54.09.

Princeton swept the 200 IM as Regan Barney finished in 2:02.51 seconds and Raunak Khosla in 1:49.91 seconds as both earned first-place finishes.

Diving
On the women's 1-meter board a pair of Tigers earned NCAA Zone cuts; Mimi Lin posted a score of 284.70 to finish first and Sine Scribbick earned a score of 274.55 and finished second. On the men's side on the 1-meter board, Colten Young's score of 306.60 saw him finish first and earn an NCAA Zone cut while Charlie Minns' mark of 298.50 saw him finish second and fall just short of the NCAA Zone cut of 300.

On the 3-meter board Scribbick and Lin finished first and second with scores of 287.95 and 282.55, both were NCAA Zone cuts. On the men's side Young Minns both earned NCAA Zone cuts as they finished second and third with scores of 342.30.

Up Next
Both Princeton's men and women will host the Big Al Invitational inside DeNunzio Pool from Friday, December 6 until Sunday, December 8. Prelims will begin at 10 a.m. and finals at 6 p.m.