Pool Records Fall, Women's Swimming & Diving Earns 180-115 Win at Columbia

Friday, January 20

New York, N.Y.

5:00 PM

Princeton University

180

115

Columbia

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Pool Records Fall, Women's Swimming & Diving Earns 180-115 Win at Columbia

January 20, 2023 | Women's Swimming and Diving

RESULTS

NEW YORK – Along with earning a 180-155 victory over Columbia, the Princeton University women's swimming & diving team broke a pair of pool records Friday night inside the Percy Uris Natatorium.

The team of Isabella Korbly, Margaux McDonald, Liza Whitmire and Amelia Liu earned a first-place finish and set a new pool record in the 200 medley relay after finishing with a time of 1:39.88. Princeton also finished second in the 200 medley relay, with the quartet of Alexa Pappas, Heidi Smithwick, Nikki Venema and Ela Noble finishing in 1:40.22.

Meg Wheeler also set a new pool record, finished first and earned an NCAA B cut in the 400 IM after she touched the wall at 4:14.96. The Tigers earned a 1-2-3 sweep in the event, with McDonald finishing second in 4:18.42 and Noble third in 4:18.98.

Princeton also earned a 1-2-3 sweep in the 50 backstroke; Pappas finished first with a time of 25.01, Korbly second with a time of 25.02 and Johnston third with a time of 25.23.

The Tigers' backstroke dominance continued in the 100 backstroke as Princeton earned another 1-2-3 sweep. Johnston triumphed in the event after touching the wall at 54.92, Pappas finished second in 55.12 and McDonald third in 55.46.

Another 1-2-3 sweep was claimed in the 500 freestyle as Reich finished first in 4:51.29, Wheeler second in 4:51.85 and Macey Mannion third in 5:04.25.

In the 3-meter diving, Princeton earned the top-two finishes as Charlotte Martinkus' score of 316.50 saw her finish first, and Maddie Seltzer finished second with a score of 291.38. Martinkus also won the 1-meter diving, earning a score of 308.40 and Seltzer finished third with a score of 259.88.

Venema claimed a first-place finish in the 50 butterfly in 24.54, and Jaime Chen second in 25.39. Venema also touched the wall first in the 50 freestyle, with a time of 22.99.

The 100 freestyle saw the Tigers claim the top-two finishes, with Noble winning the event in 51.04 and Ellie Marquardt coming in second with a time of 51.45.

Marquardt touched the wall at 1:48.26 in the 200 freestyle to earn a first-place finish, while Megan Reich took third in 1:50.86.

Eliza Brown also prevailed in the 50 breaststroke, clocking in at 28.88.

The Tigers earned two out of the top three finishes in the 100 butterfly, with Liu finishing second with a time of 54.66 and Whitmire third with a time of 55.73.

Up Next
Princeton takes on Harvard (5-0, 4-0) and Yale (7-0, 5-0) beginning at 6 p.m. on Saturday, January 28, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.