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Men's Swimming and Diving Defeats Rutgers, 152-88

Men's Swimming and Diving Columbia University Athletics

Men's Swimming and Diving Defeats Rutgers, 152-88

NEW YORK, N.Y. ? Columbia bounced back from a Friday loss to Cornell with a convincing 152-88 triumph over Rutgers at Uris Swim Center.

 

Seven different Lion swimmers won individual races and Columbia swept the top three spots in both the 200-yard butterfly and the 200 breaststroke.

 

Rutgers had the only double-winners in individual events as Andre Watson led a one-two Scarlet Knights finish in both diving events and Josh Griffey won the 400 individual medley and the 200 back.

 

“It was good the way we came back after yesterday [a loss to Cornell],” head swim coach Jim Bolster said. The team arrived back in Manhattan at 11:30 p.m. after competing in Ithaca, N.Y.

 

The Columbia 400 medley relay team of Luke Fitzpatrick, Michael Nelson, Hyun Lee and Tobin White finished first in 3:24.94, as Lee rallied to pass Rutgers' top team and White pulled away in the freestyle leg. The Lions bookended the meet's swim events with a victory in the 200 free relay as well. Lee, Steven Ko, Darren Pagan and White swam 1:23.80 to place first.

 

Lee and White also had a win in individual events. Lee was first in the 200 free in 1:40.21. White swam 46.23 for the 100 free to take first by 0.7 seconds. John Dragelin (21.78) and Ko (22.00) led a one-two finish in the 50 free.

 

The Lions also had the top performer in the distance free events. Senior Jake Abbott swam 4:39.30 to edge the Scarlet Knights' top finished by 0.45 seconds. In the 1000 free, Henning Fog took first, and continued on to 1650 in 16:01.59.

 

First-year Nick Barron was first in the 200 fly in 1:55.15, followed by teammates Cedric Cheung-Lau and Brendan Murphy. Columbia's other sweep came in the 200 breast; sophomore Zach Glassman won in 2:06.73, first-year Eric Tang was second in a lifetime-best time of 2:07.98 and Nelson was third.

 

Columbia (5-5) hosts its final home meet of the season on Friday, February 2 vs Navy at 4 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Jake Abbott

Jake Abbott

Fr
Senior
Nick Barron

Nick Barron

Fl
First Year
Cedric Cheung-Lau

Cedric Cheung-Lau

IM
Sophomore
John Dragelin

John Dragelin

Fr
Sophomore
Luke Fitzpatrick

Luke Fitzpatrick

Bk
Senior
Henning Fog

Henning Fog

Dist. Fr.
Junior
Zach Glassman

Zach Glassman

IM
Sophomore
Hyun Lee

Hyun Lee

Fr
Sophomore
Brendan Murphy

Brendan Murphy

Fl
Senior
Michael Nelson

Michael Nelson

Br
Senior
Darren Pagan

Darren Pagan

Bk
First Year
Eric Tang

Eric Tang

Br
First Year

Players Mentioned

Jake Abbott

Jake Abbott

Senior
Fr
Nick Barron

Nick Barron

First Year
Fl
Cedric Cheung-Lau

Cedric Cheung-Lau

Sophomore
IM
John Dragelin

John Dragelin

Sophomore
Fr
Luke Fitzpatrick

Luke Fitzpatrick

Senior
Bk
Henning Fog

Henning Fog

Junior
Dist. Fr.
Zach Glassman

Zach Glassman

Sophomore
IM
Hyun Lee

Hyun Lee

Sophomore
Fr
Brendan Murphy

Brendan Murphy

Senior
Fl
Michael Nelson

Michael Nelson

Senior
Br
Darren Pagan

Darren Pagan

First Year
Bk
Eric Tang

Eric Tang

First Year
Br