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Men’s Swimming & Diving Starts Back Up As Host To Kenyon, Navy
January 08, 2025 | Men's Swimming and Diving
PRINCETON, N.J.- The Princeton men's swimming and diving team is back in action for the second half of the season at DeNunzio Pool. The Tigers will welcome Kenyon and Navy for a jam packed two day meet from Jan. 10-11. Friday's events will begin at 5:00 PM and Saturday's final day will start at 11:00 AM
Big Swims At Big Al
Matt Crispino's squad broke a whopping five records at the Big Al Invitational. The 400 freestyle relay team of Mitch Schott, Brett Feyerick, Tyler Hong and Patrick Dinu swam a monster 2:49.93 for a new program record. Schott had himself a weekend breaking the program record in the 100 freestyle coming in at 42:44 and broke the pool record in the 400 medley with a time of 3:40.69. Dinu broke another freshman record, this time in the 200 freestyle relay when he swam a 19.61. Hong's 200 backstroke record was broken in the prelims by Parker Lenoce on the final day of the three-day meet after he swam a 2:42.51. Just one heat later, Hong took back the record when he shaved off almost a full second with a time of 1:41.57.
Spectacular Seniors
This weekend the Tigers will honor the class of 2025 which includes George Callanan, Finn Dowdall, Brett Feyerick, Tyler Hong, Max Hunger, Hunter Kim, Zev Schuman and Max Seidel.
Pool Records To Princeton
Five pool records were broken by members of the Princeton swimming & diving roster at Columbia. Yanning Zhang, Patrick Dinu, Logan Noguchi and Brett Feyerick set a new 200 medley relay record with a time of 1:29.94. Zhang broke an individual record in the 100 backstroke and touched the wall at 47.13. Dinu followed suit in the 100 freestyle coming in at 42.91. Mitch Schott broke the pool record in the 200 butterfly by 5.5 seconds and his 1:42.22 is the second fastest time in program history. The day was wrapped up with the finishing touches in the 400 freestyle by the team of Schott, Zhang, Noguchi and Dinu with a time of 2:54.26.
Romanian Rocket
Patrick Dinu quickly made waves in his first ever collegiate meet on Nov. 9. The freshman broke both a freshmen and program record in the season opener at DeNunzio Pool. He recorded a time of 42.51 in the 100 freestyle for the program record and a 53.49 in the 100 breaststroke for the freshmen record.
Shoot Your Schott
Mitch Schott started the 2024-25 season off with a bang. The junior captain broke his own record in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:32.78 at the season opener. He currently is in the top 10 fastest times for four different events.
Diving Dominance
Aidan Wang led the way for Princeton on the boards. The sophomore won both diving events on the 1-meter and 3-meter. Luca Fassi and George Callanan earned second and third place respectively in 1-meter. Callanan grabbed the number two spot in the 3-meter.
2023-24 NCAA Qualifiers
Aidan Wang, Luca Fassi and George Callanan represented the men's swimming and diving team at the NCAA Championships. Wang and Fassi competed on 1-Meter and 3-Meter and Callanan on platform.
All-Ivy
The Tigers return eight members of their 2023-24 roster that earned All-Ivy honors. The First Team included Aidan Wang (1-meter and 3-meter) and Noah Sech (400 individual medley). Tyler Hong picked up Second Team honors in the 200 individual medley. Brett Feyereick Mitch Schott, Daniel Li and Lucas Tudoras were Second Team All-Ivy in the 400 freestyle relay. Schott, Sech, and Max Hunger were part of the Second Team All-Ivy 800 freestyle relay.
Olympic Moments
Princeton had swimmers and divers from 12 different countries compete at the Olympic trials. Yanning Zhang (Australia), Lucas Tudoras (Brazil), Parker Lenoce (Canada), Lucas Strøbeck (Denmark), Rasmus Makela (Finland), Santiago Gutierrez (Mexico), Patrick Dinu (Romania), Max Seidel (Switzerland), Arthur Balva (United States), Devyn Caples (United States), Luca Fassi (United States), Brett Feyerick (United States), Tyler Hong (United States), Daniel Li (United States), Conor McKenna (United States), Mitchell Schott, Noah Sech (United States), (United States), Aidan Wang (United States), and Andrew Zou (United States) all pursued bids for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France.
Adell Sabovic represented Kosovo in the 100 meter freestyle and was the flag bearer in the closing ceremony.
New Kids On Deck
The Tigers welcome in 10 members of the class of 2028. Tomaz Chevres, Santiago Gutierrez, Patrick Dinu, Max Marcus, Logan Noguchi, Devyn Caples, Curan Palmer, Conan Chen, Benjamin Romig and Andrew Zou round out the group.
Meet The Captains
Schott, Feyerick and Hong were named the team's captains for the 2024-25 season.
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