Lions Earn Road Win Over Bears, 175-125

Saturday, January 18

Providence, R.I.

NOON

Columbia University

175

125

Brown

Photo by: Mike McLaughlin

1/18/2020 3:42:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results (PDF)

The Columbia women's swimming and diving team won its second-straight Ivy League dual, defeating Brown on Saturday afternoon

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In its first road dual meet of the season, the Columbia women's swimming and diving team earned its second-straight Ivy League victory, downing Brown, 175-125, at the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center on Saturday afternoon.

Columbia advances to 3-2 on the season overall, while Brown falls to 3-4, 2-4 Ivy.

"Brown has a great facility to swim fast, and the Columbia women took advantage of that today," said Lions head coach Diana Caskey. "It was a great opportunity for the upcoming Ivy Championships here at Brown in February, and it was exciting to pull off such a decisive win in our first away dual meet as well."

Setting the tone early, the Lions posted a 1-2 finish in the opening 200-yard medley relay with the squad of Julia Samson, Helen Wojdylo, Emily Wang and Audrey Richter combining for a winning time of 1:42.82.

The winning continued for the blue and white, earning victories in the first two individual events as Olivia Jubin took top honors in the 1,000 freestyle (10:10.13) and Jessica He took the triumph in the 200 free (1:51.90).

The Bears notched their first win of the day in the 100 backstroke, but it wasn't long before Columbia got things moving back in the right direction with a 1-3-4-5 finish the 100 breaststroke. Wojdylo (1:03.86) led the way, while sophomore Yani Le was third in 1:05.22.

The 200 butterfly saw first-year Karen Liu race to victory with a time of 2:01.53. Liu went on to also win the 200 IM, clocking in at 2:03.01. For the second-straight meet, Richter gave the Lions a win in the 50 free, this time touching the wall in 23.42.

Sophomore diver Briget Rosendahl led the way on the 3-meter springboard, registering a winning score of 261.75. First-year Livy Poulin was third in the event at 253.80, while sophomore Michelle Lee took fourth at 234.60. Rosendahl was also the Lions' top finisher on 1-meter with a silver-worthy 266.93.

"Really strong meet for Briget in both events," said Columbia diving coach Scott Donie. "With Livy and Michelle stepping up on 3-meter and 1-meter, it made for a great day for the women divers."

First-year Tina Le won the 100 free for the second time this season, swimming a 51.37. The Bears put together back-to-back wins in the 200 back and 200 breast before Jubin earned her second win of the day in the 500 free, going 4:55.67. The following event saw Wang secure a victory in the 100 fly, going 55.01.

Brown took a narrow victory in the closing 400 free relay with a winning time of 3:26.34, while the Lions' quartet of He, Richter, Wojdylo and Le were second in 3:26.98.

The Lions will continue their two-meet road stretch next Saturday, Jan. 25, traveling to face the Princeton Tigers. The meet is set to begin at noon ET.

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