Lions Drop Close Road Contest to Yale

Saturday, November 10

New Haven, Conn.

1:00 P.M.

Columbia University

132

168

Yale

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Maryam K. Hassan

11/10/2018 5:00:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

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Competing in its third-consecutive road contest, Columbia fell 168-132 to Yale on Saturday

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Four different Lions earned individual victories, but the Columbia men's swimming and diving program fell 168-132 to Yale on Saturday afternoon in New Haven, Connecticut.

"It was a very exciting meet," said head coach Jim Bolster. "Both teams swam really well. If you look at the times, the meet was incredibly close. There were five or six events that were decided by a tenth of a second, but unfortunately none of them went our way. We weren't quite as sharp as we had been opening weekend, and I think had we been it might've been a different outcome. We just came up a little short, but I thought that the guys put forth a really nice effort. We're really closely match with both Penn and Yale, so it was very exciting. Good racing."

Columbia got out to a strong start as junior Cole Stevens, junior Nian-Guo Liu, first-year Jonas Kistorp and sophomore Albert Gwo teamed up to win the 200-yard medley relay in 1:30.54, but the Bulldogs would go on to win four of the next five individual events and take control of the meet.

Sophomore diver Jonathan Suckow continued his dominance, sweeping both boards for the third time in as many outings this season. Suckow claimed the top spot on 3-meter with a score of 404.10, which was 49.30 points ahead of Yale's second-place finisher. Kevin Fulton placed third in the event with a 324.68 tally. On the 1-meter springboard, Suckow posted a 388.42 to win the event.

"This was a very high-quality competition all around," said head diving coach Scott Donie. "Four out of the six divers were above the NCAA Zone qualifying score in the 3-meter competition. Very proud of our guys today."

The Lions saw success in many of the individual freestyle events, winning the 50, 200 and 500, while earning runner-up finishes in the 100 and 1,000 as well.

Liu won the 200 freestyle for the third time this season, stopping the clock at 1:38.98. First-year Shawn Lou finished third in the event with a time of 1:41.22.

Gwo picked up his second-consecutive Ivy League victory in the 50 free, coming into the wall in 20.42 to out-touch Yale's Henry Gaissert (20.45). Kistorp placed third in the race with a time of 20.85.

In the 500 freestyle, senior Brian Tsau claimed the top spot with a time of 4:34.41, while Jack Scanlon was third in the event at 4:39.17. It was Tsau's second win in the event this season after finishing first against Army in the season opener.

The Lions will continue Ivy League action new weekend, traveling to face defending conference champion Harvard on Friday, Nov. 16, at 3 p.m. ET.

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