2017 Men's Swimming & Diving Ivy League Championships Preview
2/20/2017 4:19:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
| 2017 IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
| DATE(S) | Wednesday, Feb. 22 - Saturday, Feb. 25 |
| EXPECTED TIME(S) |
11:00 a.m. (Prelims) |
| VENUE | Blodgett Pool |
| LOCATION | Cambridge, Mass. |
| DIRECTIONS | Directions To Blodgett Pool |
| PARKING | Parking Information |
| MEDIA | LIVE RESULTS | HEAT SHEETS |
| BROADCAST | Ivy League Digital Network |
| TWITTER HANDLES | |
NEW YORK - On Wednesday, Feb. 22 – Saturday, Feb. 25 the Columbia men's swimming and diving team will compete for conference supremacy at the 2017 Ivy League Championships hosted by Harvard at Blodgett Pool.
The four-day meet will begin each day with 11 a.m. preliminaries, and then conclude with finals sessions at 6 p.m. Click the link above to view the full schedule of events.
Adult ticket prices are set at $30 for an event pass, $4 one-day prelim ticket and $6 one-night finals ticket. Children (under 12) and students with a valid ID are $1 for one-day prelims, and $3 for one-night finals tickets. For the morning sessions the ticket office will open at 9:30 a.m. and for the evening sessions the ticket office will open at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday and at 3:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Follow the action via video live stream on The Ivy League Digital Network.
The Lions capped the dual-meet season with a 7-2 overall record and 5-2 Ivy League record for a third-place finish in the Ancient-Eight.
Jayden Pantel returns to defend his crown in both the three-meter and one-meter dive. Pantel completed this dual-meet season earning his third-consecutive unbeaten year in Ivy League play in the three-meter dive, extending his career conference record to 21-0. He also went unbeaten in the one-meter dive in conference play.
LIONS TO LOOK FOR:
| SWIMMERS | IVY LEAGUE TIME RANK |
| Shane Brett |
#5 – 200 I.M. (1:48.16) |
| Brian Tsau |
#8 – 1000 Freestyle (9:23.26) |
| Nian-Guo Liu |
#9 – 200 Freestyle (1:37.30) |
| Eric Ng |
#8 – 1650 Freestyle (15:34.15) #10 – 1000 Freestyle (9:26.89) |
| Jae Park |
#6 – 100 Breaststroke (54.38) |
| Jack Foster |
#10 – 400 I.M. (3:54.33) |
| Jack Smith |
#9 – 100 Breastroke (54.99) #10 – 200 Breastroke (2:00.42) |
| Michal Zyla |
#9 – 200 Backstroke (1:46.64) |
| SWIMMERS/DIVERS | IVY LEAGUE VICTORIES |
| Jayden Pantel |
3M Dive (Penn, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth) |
| Brian Tsau |
1000 Freestyle (Penn, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth) |
| Jae Park |
100 Breastroke (Penn, Princeton, Brown) |
| Michal Zyla |
200 Backstroke (Penn, Yale, Cornell, Brown) |
| Terry Li |
100 Butterfly (Penn, Yale, Cornell, Brown) |
| Nian-Guo Liu |
200 Freestyle (Penn, Princeton, Cornell, Brown) |
| Eric Ng |
1000 Freestyle (Princeton) |
| Mark Gullick |
50 Freestyle (Princeton) |
| Shane Brett |
200 I.M. (Princeton) |
| Cole Stevens |
100 Backstroke (Cornell, Brown) |
| Kevin Frifeldt |
100 Freestyle (Cornell, Brown) |
| Nikita Bondarenko |
500 Freestyle (Brown) |
| Coby Zucker |
100 Breaststroke (Dartmouth) |
| Jack Foster |
200 Backsroke (Dartmouth) |
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
• (6/16) - Men's Swimming & Diving Receives 2016 CSCAA Team Scholar Award
• (6/24) - Olympian Scott Donie Becomes Head Coach of Columbia Diving
• (7/21) - Pantel Leads 6 Lions Selected To CSCAA Scholar All-America Team
• (8/3) - Nine To Join Men's Swimming & Diving For the Upcoming 2016-17 Season
• (11/4) - Columbia Downs Army & Penn In Season Opener
• (11/12) - Jayden Pantel tallied a first-place score of 410.70 vs.Yale in the three-meter dive to set a new program record, a Yale Kiphuth Exhibition Pool record, and becomes the first Lions to surpass the 400-point mark in the event. Pantel bested his previous school record of 397.80 set last season in a dual-meet against Cornell (1/16/16).
• (11/20) - Columbia Takes Down Bucknell In Home Opener, 193-105
• (12/4) - Columbia Takes Third At Bruno Invitational
• (12/9) - Lions Shine In Home Victory Over Princeton
• (1/15) - Columbia Downs Cornell 175.5-124.5 For Third-Straight Win
• (1/15) - Jayden Pantel was phenomenal on the boards for the Lions at Cornell setting pool records in both three-meter and one-meter dive victories. In the three-meter dive Pantel tallied a top-score of 383.62 besting the previous pool record that since 1972. A pool-record score of 351.14 eclipsed the previous record that stood since 1985 and also gave the junior his fourth Ivy League victory in the one-meter dive.
• (1/21) - Columbia Dominant In 193-107 Homecoming Win Over Brown
• (1/21) - Pantel's three-meter dive win against Brown extends his current career unbeaten streak of three-meter dive victories in dual-meet action to 29, dating back to consecutive 11-0 seasons in his rookie and sophomore campaigns and a 7-0 record this season.
• (1/27) - Columbia Defeats Navy In Uris Pool Finale For Unbeaten Home Record
• (1/27) - Lions finish competition at Uris Pool with an unbeaten 4-0 record home as they took down the Navy in their home finale 167-131
• (2/4) - Columbia Takes Down Dartmouth In Season Finale, 211-89
