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2017 Men's Swimming & Diving Ivy League Championships Preview

Men's Swimming and Diving Columbia University Athletics

2017 Men's Swimming & Diving Ivy League Championships Preview

  Hosted at Harvard University:
2017 IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
DATE(S) Wednesday, Feb. 22 - Saturday, Feb. 25
EXPECTED TIME(S)

11:00 a.m. (Prelims)
6:00 p.m. (Finals)

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

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@ColumbiaMenSwim
@GoColumbiaLions


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)

#8 – 400 I.M. (3:52.96)
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)

1M Dive (Penn, Yale, Harvard, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth)

Brian Tsau

1000 Freestyle (Penn, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth)
500 Freestyle (Cornell)

Jae Park

100 Breastroke (Penn, Princeton, Brown)
200 Breastroke (Princeton)
200 IM (Brown)

Michal Zyla

200 Backstroke (Penn, Yale, Cornell, Brown)
100 Backstroke (Yale, Princeton)
200 Freestyle (Dartmouth)
500 Freestyle (Dartmouth)

Terry Li

100 Butterfly (Penn, Yale, Cornell, Brown)
100 I.M. (Dartmouth)

Nian-Guo Liu

200 Freestyle (Penn, Princeton, Cornell, Brown)
50 Freestyle (Dartmouth)
100 Freestyle (Dartmouth)

Eric Ng

1000 Freestyle (Princeton)

Mark Gullick

50 Freestyle (Princeton)

Shane Brett

200 I.M. (Princeton)
200 Butterfly (Dartmouth)

Cole Stevens

100 Backstroke (Cornell, Brown)

Kevin Frifeldt

100 Freestyle (Cornell, Brown)
100 Backstroke (Dartmouth)

Nikita Bondarenko

500 Freestyle (Brown)

Coby Zucker

100 Breaststroke (Dartmouth)
200 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 1972A 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

 

 

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Players Mentioned

Nikita Bondarenko

Nikita Bondarenko

Fr
Senior
Jack Foster

Jack Foster

Fr
Senior
Terry Li

Terry Li

Fl
Senior
Shane Brett

Shane Brett

Fly/IM
Junior
Columbia College
Kevin Frifeldt

Kevin Frifeldt

Fl/Sprt. Fr.
Senior
Columbia College
Nian-Guo Liu

Nian-Guo Liu

Fr/Fly/Bk/IM
Sophomore
Columbia College
Eric Ng

Eric Ng

Fly/IM/Free
Junior
Columbia College
Jayden Pantel

Jayden Pantel

Diving
Senior
Columbia College
Jae Park

Jae Park

IM/Fr/Br
Senior
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Jack Smith

Jack Smith

Br
Junior
Columbia College
Brian Tsau

Brian Tsau

Free/IM
Junior
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Michal Zyla

Michal Zyla

Fr/Bk
Senior
Columbia College

Players Mentioned

Nikita Bondarenko

Nikita Bondarenko

Senior
Fr
Jack Foster

Jack Foster

Senior
Fr
Terry Li

Terry Li

Senior
Fl
Shane Brett

Shane Brett

Junior
Columbia College
Fly/IM
Kevin Frifeldt

Kevin Frifeldt

Senior
Columbia College
Fl/Sprt. Fr.
Nian-Guo Liu

Nian-Guo Liu

Sophomore
Columbia College
Fr/Fly/Bk/IM
Eric Ng

Eric Ng

Junior
Columbia College
Fly/IM/Free
Jayden Pantel

Jayden Pantel

Senior
Columbia College
Diving
Jae Park

Jae Park

Senior
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
IM/Fr/Br
Jack Smith

Jack Smith

Junior
Columbia College
Br
Brian Tsau

Brian Tsau

Junior
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Free/IM
Michal Zyla

Michal Zyla

Senior
Columbia College
Fr/Bk