Lions Travel to Navy, Host Dartmouth in Home Finale This Weekend

Friday, January 31

Annapolis, MD.

2:00 P.M.

Columbia

Navy

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics/Steven Ryan

Lions Travel to Navy, Host Dartmouth in Home Finale This Weekend

1/30/2020 12:43:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

The Columbia men's swimming and diving team will travel to face the Navy Midshipmen at 2 p.m. ET on Friday, before hosting Dartmouth on Saturday at 11 a.m. inside Percy Uris Natatorium

NEW YORK — The Columbia men's swimming and diving team will have a jam-packed weekend, traveling to face Navy on Friday before hosting Dartmouth the following day. Friday's meet will kick off at 2 p.m. in Annapolis, Maryland, while action will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday inside Percy Uris Natatorium.

Saturday's home contest will serve as Senior Day for Columbia's nine seniors: Christopher Aoun, Erek Cox, Kevin Dang, Shinya Kondo, Nian-Guo Liu, Zac Pear, Joe Skimmons, Cole Stevens and Lexo Walker.

As with all home meets, admission for Saturday's contest is free to all fans. Live results for the meet will be available via Meet Mobile.

The Lions head into the weekend with a 4-2 overall record, plus a 3-2 mark in Ivy League competition. Coming off a tough 186-114 loss at Brown last Saturday, Columbia looks to bounce back against its opponents this weekend. Against the Bears, Liu was a standout, earning a trio of individual wins in the 200-yard freestyle (1:35.88), 200 breaststroke (2:00.46) and 200 IM (1:48.92). Junior Albert Gwo also nabbed a win in the 50 free (19.92), while first-year Ben Blizard led the Lions in both diving events including a runner-up finish on 3-meter with an NCAA Zones qualifying score of 327.68.

SCOUTING NAVY
The Midshipmen enter Friday's meet boasting a 10-3 record with their only losses coming against Michigan, Auburn and North Carolina. In their most recent outing, Navy dropped a 160-140 decision to the 22nd-ranked Tar Heels in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The Lions have won each of the last three meetings in the series, including a 161-137 victory in New York last season.

SCOUTING DARTMOUTH
The Big Green are 1-7 on the season, including a 0-4 mark in Ivy meets coming into the weekend. Most recently, Dartmouth competed against UMass in a two-day invite, winning the event, 187.5-142.5.

Last season saw Columbia come away with a 182-115 victory over the Big Green in Hanover.

ON DECK
Columbia will wrap up its dual meet season at Princeton on Saturday, Feb. 8, at 1 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.