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Princeton Men Win Big Al Invitational Title
December 08, 2024 | Men's Swimming and Diving
It was only fitting that the last of the 42 events of the 2024 Big Al Invitational men's and women's swimming and diving meet at DeNunzio Pool saw Mitchell Schott come away with the final first place touch of the weekend.
Schott, a Princeton junior, brought the Princeton men's 400 freestyle relay team home in first place, following teammates Tyler Hong, Brett Feyerick and Lucas Tudoras, to put the finishing touches on the overall championship for the Tigers, whose 1,090.5 team points were 248 more than second place Penn. For Schott, the weekend included three individual wins (200 IM, 400 IM, 200 butterfly) and two relay wins (800 free relay, 400 free relay).
The final day of the three-day event — named for former Princeton men's swimmer Alan Ebersole, who was killed in an accident in 2004 as an undergraduate — saw the Princeton men win three more individual races and the final relay, while the Tiger women won six races of their own.
The first Princeton win Sunday came in the women's 200 backstroke, while was won in an NCAA B standard time of 1:56.03 by Princeton's Isabella Korbly, whose teammate Sabrina Johnston came in third. The men's race was very similar, as Hong was the winner with a B standard time of 1:41.57 and teammate Parker Lenoce was third.
Princeton's women then went 1-2 in the 100 free with Ela Noble and Jenna Walters and 1-3 in the 200 breaststroke, with Dakota Tucker in first in an NCAA B time of 2:11.80 and Eleanor Sun behind her in third.
Parker Lenoce set a program record in the 200 backstroke preliminaries with a time of 1:41.51. The record had been set by Tyler Hong during the 2023-24 season. One heat later, Hong stole back the title with a monster swim of 1:41.98.
Hong dominated the backstroke events throughout the weekend and completed the sweep with the 200 backstroke title in the final and broke his own record from the morning by cutting his time down to 1:41.57.
Heidi Smithwick and Sun both swam B qualifying times in the 200 butterfly preliminaries, and Smithwick then finished first in the final, following her 1:56.09 in the qualifying with a 1:56.08 to win the championship.
Schott led a 1-2-3 men's finish in the 200 butterfly, with NCAA B times for him (1:41.84) and teammates Conor McKenna (1:43.34) and Arthur Balva (1:43.55). Princeton then swept the two platform diving events, as Maddie Seltzer won the women's and George Callanan won the men's.
The meet ended with a 1-3 Princeton finish in the women's 400 free relay, with Johnston, Noble, Walters and Smithwick first and Sun, Veronique Rossouw, Nicole De Pree, Edie Simecek in third and then the win by the Princeton men.
Princeton's women finished second overall with 1,004 points, trailing Penn (1,072).
Schott, a Princeton junior, brought the Princeton men's 400 freestyle relay team home in first place, following teammates Tyler Hong, Brett Feyerick and Lucas Tudoras, to put the finishing touches on the overall championship for the Tigers, whose 1,090.5 team points were 248 more than second place Penn. For Schott, the weekend included three individual wins (200 IM, 400 IM, 200 butterfly) and two relay wins (800 free relay, 400 free relay).
The final day of the three-day event — named for former Princeton men's swimmer Alan Ebersole, who was killed in an accident in 2004 as an undergraduate — saw the Princeton men win three more individual races and the final relay, while the Tiger women won six races of their own.
The first Princeton win Sunday came in the women's 200 backstroke, while was won in an NCAA B standard time of 1:56.03 by Princeton's Isabella Korbly, whose teammate Sabrina Johnston came in third. The men's race was very similar, as Hong was the winner with a B standard time of 1:41.57 and teammate Parker Lenoce was third.
Princeton's women then went 1-2 in the 100 free with Ela Noble and Jenna Walters and 1-3 in the 200 breaststroke, with Dakota Tucker in first in an NCAA B time of 2:11.80 and Eleanor Sun behind her in third.
Parker Lenoce set a program record in the 200 backstroke preliminaries with a time of 1:41.51. The record had been set by Tyler Hong during the 2023-24 season. One heat later, Hong stole back the title with a monster swim of 1:41.98.
Hong dominated the backstroke events throughout the weekend and completed the sweep with the 200 backstroke title in the final and broke his own record from the morning by cutting his time down to 1:41.57.
Heidi Smithwick and Sun both swam B qualifying times in the 200 butterfly preliminaries, and Smithwick then finished first in the final, following her 1:56.09 in the qualifying with a 1:56.08 to win the championship.
Schott led a 1-2-3 men's finish in the 200 butterfly, with NCAA B times for him (1:41.84) and teammates Conor McKenna (1:43.34) and Arthur Balva (1:43.55). Princeton then swept the two platform diving events, as Maddie Seltzer won the women's and George Callanan won the men's.
The meet ended with a 1-3 Princeton finish in the women's 400 free relay, with Johnston, Noble, Walters and Smithwick first and Sun, Veronique Rossouw, Nicole De Pree, Edie Simecek in third and then the win by the Princeton men.
Princeton's women finished second overall with 1,004 points, trailing Penn (1,072).
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