Lions Win Third-Straight Dual, Down Brown on Senior Night

Friday, January 18

New York

5 p.m.

Columbia University

159

141

Brown

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

Lions Win Third-Straight Dual, Down Brown on Senior Night

1/18/2019 10:27:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

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Columbia women's swimming and diving took down Brown, 159-141, on Friday night at Uris Pool

NEW YORK — Columbia women's swimming and diving claimed its third-straight Ivy League dual meet victory, defeating Brown, 159-141, at Percy Uris Natatorium on Friday evening.

The meet served as Senior Day for Columbia's seven seniors: Jessica Antiles, Mary Ashby, Seanna Barrett, Miriyam Ghali, Arianna Noya, Maureen Rakovec and Kim Yang.

"The team came out with a lot of energy which helped us build up an early advantage," said head coach Diana Caskey. "It was a very competitive meet, and we're very excited to send our seniors out at home with a win."

"I would also like to say a special thank you to Barnard President Sian Beilock for being a part of our Senior Day ceremony," added Caskey. "Her support means a lot to our program and student-athletes."

The Lions got out to a fast start as Columbia's divers turned in the top three scores in the opening 3-meter springboard event. First-year Briget Rosendahl took the crown with a score of 274.66, followed by senior Kim Yang (247.73) and first-year Michelle Lee (245.33).

"The divers set the tone for the meet right from the start with a clean sweep of 3-meter," said diving coach Scott Donie. "Great performances all around, especially by our first-years. Congrats to seniors Kim Yang and Seanna Barrett on amazing careers."

In the opening swimming event, the Lions took first and second in the 200-yard medley relay. Columbia's quartet of junior Lisa Zhang, junior Helen Wojdylo, first-year Kasey Karkoska and first-year Claire Lin turned in the winning time of 1:44.27.

From there, the two teams traded individual swimming wins for the first half of the meet, but Columbia held onto an 87-63 lead at the halfway point.

Senior Mary Ashby had a phenomenal showing, lowering her own Uris Pool record in the 50 freestyle to 22.94. She went on to also win the 100 free, going 50.08.

Rosendahl helped the Lions string together its first back-to-back individual event wins of the night, winning her second event of the night on 1-meter (260.33) to follow up Ashby's pool-record swim. Lee took second (251.11) on 1-meter.

Sophomore Jessica He helped the Lions along by winning a pair of events. She claimed the 200 free (1:51.96) title early in the meet before bringing home the 500 free with a time of 5:04.51.

Needing just seven points to secure the team win, Antiles did what she does best and raced ahead for the 200 individual medley win, touching the wall in 2:03.33.

To cap off the night, Columbia recorded second and third place showings in the 400 free relay.

The Lions will have a few weeks break before their final dual meet of the season, traveling to face Dartmouth on Saturday, Feb. 2 at noon ET.

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