Men's Swimming & Diving Finishes Second at Ivy League Championships

Saturday, February 29

Cambridge, Mass.

10:00 AM/6:00 PM

Princeton University

Ivy League Championships

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Men's Swimming & Diving Finishes Second at Ivy League Championships

February 29, 2020 | Men's Swimming and Diving

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Princeton University men's swimming & diving team had a stellar final day the Ivy League Championships as the Tigers earned a second-place finish at Blodgett Pool.

Raunak Khosla and Derek Cox both added another title to their respective resumes while Dylan Porges also earned a first-palce finish for the Tigers. Princeton ended the meet with 1231 points, narrowly trailing Harvard University who had 1439. Yale University finished third with 1027.5 points.

Princeton also picked up a pair of major individual awards; Kholsa was honored as High Point Swimmer of the Meet and Charlie Minns Career High Point Diver.

1,650 Freestyle
Dylan Porges earned a first-place finishing, clocking in at an NCAA B cut time of 15:07.07 and John Ehling touched the wall at an NCAA B cut time of 15:14.95 to finish fifth, which also saw him move into Princeton's all-time top-10. Levy Nathan also earned an NCAA B cut, finishing sixth with a time of 15:16.09 and Brandon Firlie finished eighth in 15:21.99, also an NCAA B cut.

With a time of 15:37.80, Peyton Werner finished 18^th and Arthur Markley finished 19^th in 15:39.61.

200 Backstroke
Matthew Marquardt finished 21^st in a time of 1:48.77.

100 Freestyle
Max Walther finished 14^th in 44.60 and Charles Leibson 16^th in 44.91.

200 Breaststroke
Cox earned his second title of the meet, touching the wall at an NCAA B cut time of 1:55.70, the third-fastest time in school history. Corey Lau finished fifth in 1:58.56, moving into Princeton's all-time top-10. With a time of 2:01.25, Daniel Arris finished 22^nd.

200 Butterfly
Khosla added another title in the 200 butterfly, finishing in an NCAA B cut time of 1:42.43. Nicholas Lim also earned an NCAA B cut, finishing 10^th in 1:45.90, Marquardt finished 14^th in 1:49.39 and Markley 16^th in 1:56.39.

3-Meter Diving
Colten Young finished second with a score of 366.80 and Charlie Minns third in 358.90.

400 Freestyle Relay
Princeton finished fourth after Walther, Khosla, Leibson and Cox clocked in at 2:57.40.