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Princeton Women, Men Sprint Out To Big Al Lead After Day 1
December 06, 2024 | Men's Swimming and Diving
The Big Al Invitational honors the memory of Alan Ebersole, a Princeton swimmer who passed away in an accident in Florida in October 2004. As such, it will always be a special weekend on the Tiger swimming and diving calendar.
Both the Princeton women and men sprinted out to big leads on Day 1 of the 2024 event, which began its three-day run Friday at DeNunzio Pool. The women put up 349 points, nearly 100 more than second-place Penn, while the men's team had 343 points of its own, 75 points ahead of second-place George Washington.
The meet began with a win by the Princeton women in the 200 free relay, as Sabrina Johnston, Ela Noble, Veronizue Rossouw and Jenna Walters finished first with a time of 1:30.13. The day ended for the women with a 1-2 finish in the 400 medley relay, with the team of Alexa Pappas, Dakota Tucker, Heidi Smithwick and Sabrina Johnston first in 3:40.00 and the team of Isabella Korbly, Eleanor Sun, Edie Simecek and Ela Noble exactly two seconds behind.
The Tiger women went 1-2-3 in the 200 individual medley, as Sun was followed by Tucker and Johnston, with an NCAA B qualifying standard time for both Sun (1:57.10) and Tucker (1:58.28). Noble won the 50 free, also in an NCAA B time of 22.63.
The women's divers went 2-3-4-5 in the 3-meter, with Maggie Squire, Maddie Seltzer, Charlotte Norman and Charlotte Martinkus.
As for the men, Princeton's 400 free relay team of Mitchell Schott, Brett Feyerick, Tyler Hong and Patrick Dinu swam a time trial in hopes of bettering the NCAA A qualifying time of 2:49.79 but fell excruciatingly short by 0.14 seconds. There were two consolation prizes for the Tigers, though, as the time of 2:49.93 set a new school record, as did the 42.44 first leg that Schott swam. One event. Two school records.
Princeton started the night with a 1-2 finish in the 200 free relay, as Patrick Dinu, Logan Noguchi, Feyerick and Conor McKenna touched first in 1:17.56, almost two seconds ahead of teammates Yanning Zhang, Daniel Li, Lucas Tudoras and Tyler Hong.
Arthur Balva and Parker Lenoce finished first and third in the 500 free, and Balva's 4:18.23 was under the B qualifying standard. Schott won the 200 IM in a B qualifying time of 1:42.84.
Aidan Wang won the 1-meter diving, followed by teammates Ben Romig and George Callahan in second and fourth.
The women's standings had Princeton with 349, Penn with 256, Columbia with 231 and George Washington with 197. The men had Princeton at 343, George Washington at 268, Columbia at 228 and Penn at 216.
Both the Princeton women and men sprinted out to big leads on Day 1 of the 2024 event, which began its three-day run Friday at DeNunzio Pool. The women put up 349 points, nearly 100 more than second-place Penn, while the men's team had 343 points of its own, 75 points ahead of second-place George Washington.
The meet began with a win by the Princeton women in the 200 free relay, as Sabrina Johnston, Ela Noble, Veronizue Rossouw and Jenna Walters finished first with a time of 1:30.13. The day ended for the women with a 1-2 finish in the 400 medley relay, with the team of Alexa Pappas, Dakota Tucker, Heidi Smithwick and Sabrina Johnston first in 3:40.00 and the team of Isabella Korbly, Eleanor Sun, Edie Simecek and Ela Noble exactly two seconds behind.
The Tiger women went 1-2-3 in the 200 individual medley, as Sun was followed by Tucker and Johnston, with an NCAA B qualifying standard time for both Sun (1:57.10) and Tucker (1:58.28). Noble won the 50 free, also in an NCAA B time of 22.63.
The women's divers went 2-3-4-5 in the 3-meter, with Maggie Squire, Maddie Seltzer, Charlotte Norman and Charlotte Martinkus.
As for the men, Princeton's 400 free relay team of Mitchell Schott, Brett Feyerick, Tyler Hong and Patrick Dinu swam a time trial in hopes of bettering the NCAA A qualifying time of 2:49.79 but fell excruciatingly short by 0.14 seconds. There were two consolation prizes for the Tigers, though, as the time of 2:49.93 set a new school record, as did the 42.44 first leg that Schott swam. One event. Two school records.
Princeton started the night with a 1-2 finish in the 200 free relay, as Patrick Dinu, Logan Noguchi, Feyerick and Conor McKenna touched first in 1:17.56, almost two seconds ahead of teammates Yanning Zhang, Daniel Li, Lucas Tudoras and Tyler Hong.
Arthur Balva and Parker Lenoce finished first and third in the 500 free, and Balva's 4:18.23 was under the B qualifying standard. Schott won the 200 IM in a B qualifying time of 1:42.84.
Aidan Wang won the 1-meter diving, followed by teammates Ben Romig and George Callahan in second and fourth.
The women's standings had Princeton with 349, Penn with 256, Columbia with 231 and George Washington with 197. The men had Princeton at 343, George Washington at 268, Columbia at 228 and Penn at 216.
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