Lions Readied for 2020 Ivy League Championships

Wednesday, February 19

Providence, R.I.

6:00 P.M.

Columbia University

Ivy League Championships

Photo by: Mike McLaughlin

2/18/2020 5:15:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

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The Columbia women's swimming and diving team will compete in the conference championships in Providence, Rhode Island, this week, Feb. 19-22

NEW YORK — The Columbia women's swimming and diving team will begin postseason action this week, heading to Providence, Rhode Island, for the 2020 Ivy League Championships. The four-day event will run from Feb. 19-22 at the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center.

Action kicks off Wednesday at 6 p.m. ET with the 200 medley and 800 freestyle relay finals. From Thursday to Saturday, preliminaries will begin at 11 a.m. each day, with finals commencing at 6 p.m.

Fans can catch all the action from both sessions Thursday-Saturday live on ESPN+, with live results available all week.

DUAL SEASON IN REVIEW
Columbia ended the dual season with a 4-3 mark in Ivy matchups, finishing fourth in the regular season standings with wins over Penn, Cornell, Brown and Dartmouth. It's the second-straight year in which the Lions have finished in the top half of the dual season standings.

LOOKING BACK: 2019 IVIES
The Lions aim to improve on last season's seventh-place finish at the league meet. Columbia returns nine of 11 student-athletes who posted top-16 finishes at the 2019 Ivy League Championships a season ago, including senior Helen Wojdylo who looks to defend her conference title in the 100-yard breaststroke and second team All-Ivy League diver sophomore Briget Rosendahl who had a silver-medal finish on 3-meter.

LIONS TO WATCH
Six swimmers across 10 different events are seeded inside the top 16 as it stands.

Wojdylo enters the weekend with the highest ranking in any event for the Lions, sitting the fourth in the league this season in the 100 breast (1:01.48), while also ranking fifth in the 200 breaststroke (2:14.74) and seventh in the 200 IM (2:01.56).

First-year Olivia Jubin has the most times inside the top-16, including seventh in the 500 freestyle (4:50.71), seventh in the 400 IM (4:18.79), seventh in the 200 free (1:47.79), seventh in the 200 breast (2:15.32) and 15^th in the 100 breast (1:03.84).

Fellow first-year Karen Liu also has four times that would register in the top-16, including fifth in the 200 fly (1:58.78), sixth in the 400 IM (4:17.81), sixth in the 200 breast (2:15.83) and 14^th in the 200 IM (2:02.87).

Senior Audrey Richter currently holds the fifth-fastest time in the league in the 50 free at 23.01, while fellow senior Julia Samson ranked eighth in the 100 back (55.02).

Sophomore Mary Pruden rounds out the list owning the ninth-best time in the 1,000 free (10:01.34), 14^th in the 200 back (2:00.91) and 15^th in the 400 IM (4:22.89).
TICKETS
All Session tickets will be $25 for adults, and $15 for children (under 12) or students with a valid ID. Single day passes can be purchased Thursday, Friday and Saturday at $10 for adults and $5 for children and students.

PARKING
On campus parking is located in Lot 2 (limited) located off Hope Street; Lots 1, 89 and 90 located off Lloyd Avenue; and Lot 11, located off Brook Street. The campus lots are accessible to spectators Monday-Friday after 5:00 p.m., weekends and holidays. Parking in any of these lots is free of charge.

Spectators can park on surrounding streets such as Hope Street, Arlington Avenue, Lloyd Avenue, Bowen Street and Brook Street. Please be mindful of all posted parking restrictions and regulations that apply to surrounding streets.

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.