Women’s Swimming and Diving Sinks Penn and Cornell in Tri-Meet

Saturday, November 20

Philadelphia, Pa.

12:00 PM

Princeton University

221

Cornell

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Women’s Swimming and Diving Sinks Penn and Cornell in Tri-Meet

November 20, 2021 | Women's Swimming and Diving

Philadelphia, PA – The Princeton University women's swimming and diving team took care of business Saturday at Sheerr Pool, defeating host Penn 162-138 and quickly subduing Cornell 221-78.

The Tigers were in top form in this meet, setting a grand total of FOUR pool records: The 200 medley, the 200 back, the 200 IM and the 200 fly.

In the 200 medley relay, the team of Alexa Pappas, Jaime Chen, Christina Bradley, and Nikki Venema combined to go 1:41.32. The team of Margaux McDonald, Vivian Wang, Jess Yeager, and Amelia Liu (1:44.35) finished third in the same race.

The anchor of that first place relay team, Nikki Venema, went on to set pool records in the 200 back (1:59.64) and the 200 IM (2:01.62). Liza Whitmire (2:00.42) earned second place in the 200 back, while Christina Bradley (2:02.75) finished third in the 200 IM

Jess Yeager rounds out the list of pool record setters, going 1:58.95 in the 200 fly.

Princeton's strong performance didn't end there. The Tigers finished one-two in three additional events: The 100 back, 50 free, and 100 fly.

Margaux McDonald (55.10) touched first in the 100 back, followed by Alexa Pappas (55.79). In the 50 free, Nikki Venema (23.09) secured first place while Amelia Liu (23.51) earned a second place finish. Finally, in the 100 fly, Alexa Pappas (54.81) and Jess Yeager (54.85) came in first and second respectively.

Rounding out the last few individual events, Margaux McDonald finished first (2:16.52) in the 200 breast, while Amelia Liu (50.54) touched second in the 100 free. Liu also earned a third place finish in the 200 free (1:50.82).

Three other Tigers secured third place finishes: Elizabeth Boeckman (10:04.75) in the 1000 free, Jaime Chen (1:04.31) in the100 breast, and Ellie Marquardt (4:48.64) in the 500 free.

Finally, the 400 free relay team of Vivian Wang, Ellie Marquardt, Jennifer Secrest, and Jess Yeager (3:25.13) finished in second.

In the one-meter dive, Maddie Seltzer (269.95) took first place while Julia Fidanza (253.90) came in third. In the three-meter dive, it was Julia Fidanza (261.95) who came in first, with Maddie Seltzer (249.35) taking third.

Next up: The Princeton University women's swimming and diving team will host the Big Al Invitational from December 3rd through December 5th.