Lions Welcome Yale for Saturday Dual Meet

Saturday, November 16

New York, N.Y.

1:00 P.M.

Columbia

Yale

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Steven Ryan

11/15/2019 11:38:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving

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Columbia men's swimming and diving continues its three-meet homestand on Saturday at 1 p.m.

NEW YORK — After two wins in the season-opening weekend, the Columbia men's swimming and diving team returns to Percy Uris Natatorium on Saturday to face the Yale Bulldogs at 1 p.m. ET.

The Lions are 2-0 on the young season, including a 1-0 mark in Ivy League duals, after posting back-to-back victories over Army and Penn last weekend.

In the conference opener against the Quakers, Columbia showed its versatility and depth, using eight different student-athletes to garner eight individual victories as well as posting wins in both relay events. Lion freshmen post three of those wins, with diver Ben Blizard winning the 1-meter board, Ray Yang claiming the 200-yard butterfly and Eugene Li taking the 100 freestyle.

Columbia's returns also contributed heavily, with senior Nian-Guo Liu highlighting the meet by resetting his own pool record in the 200 free with a mark of 1:36.95. Additionally, fellow senior Cole Stevens won the 100 backstroke and junior transfer Baptiste Leger clocked a winning time in the 200 back. Rounding out the winners were junior Albert Gwo in the 50 free (20.05) and sophomore Jonas Kistorp in the 100 fly (49.32).

SCOUTING YALE
The Bulldogs also sit at 2-0 on the season after earning wins over MIT and Brown last weekend. Against Brown, Yale earned a 164-136 victory with key wins in the distance, sprint and butterfly events.

Yale is coming off a 2018-19 campaign which saw the program place fifth at the Ivy League Championships after posting a 2-3 mark in Ivy dual meets.

Last season saw the Bulldogs come out on top against Columbia, taking a 168-132 decision in New Haven. The home team has won the meeting in each of the last three seasons.

ON DECK
Hosting their final dual meet of the 2019 calendar year, the Lions will face off against defending conference champs Harvard next Saturday, Nov. 22 at Uris Natatorium. The meet is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

For the latest on the Columbia men's swimming and diving program, follow @ColumbiaMenSwim on Twitter, @ColumbiaMenSwimming and @ColumbiaDiving on Instagram, and on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.