No. 22 Women’s Swimming & Diving Has Tremendous First Day at HYP Meet

Saturday, February 1

Princeton, N.J.

6:00 PM

Princeton University

Harvard

Princeton men's & women's swimming and diving

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

No. 22 Women’s Swimming & Diving Has Tremendous First Day at HYP Meet

February 02, 2020 | Women's Swimming and Diving

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PRINCETON, N.J. – The No. 22 Princeton University women's swimming & diving team found itself in a strong position after the first day of the HYP Meet Saturday inside DeNunzio Pool as it leads both Harvard University and Yale University.

The Tigers lead the Bulldogs 103-47 and the Crimson 106-44 while also.setting two new program records on the day.

Christie Chong set a new Princeton record and placed first in the 100 breaststroke after touching the wall at 1:00.60 seconds, which was also an NCAA B cut. Her time topped the previous record of 1:01.38 seconds set by Andrea Kropp in 2011.

Princeton finished first and set a new school record in the 200 medley relay after the team of Gianna Garcia, Chong, Jennifer Secrest and Nicole Venema posted a time of 1:39.21 seconds. Their time topped the previous record of 1:39.29 seconds set in 2018 by Izzy Reis, Jenny Ma, Elsa Weishofer and Maddy Veith

Ellie Marquardt finished first in the 1000 freestyle after touching the wall at 9:44.05 seconds. Addison Smith won the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:46.97 seconds, which tied for the fifth-fastest time in school history and was an NCAA B cut. Christina Bradley's time of 1:57.81 seconds saw her earn a first-place finish in the 200 butterfly, was an NCAA B cut and was the third-fastest time in Princeton history.

Venema won the 50 freestyle in 22.38, an NCAA B cut and the third-fastest time in school history while Amelia Liu moved up to fourth all-time on the Princeton list after she finished second in 22.61, also an NCAA B cut.

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The Tigers will resume competition at the HYP meet at 12 p.m. inside DeNunzio Pool.