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Women's Swimming and Diving

Ganihanova & Diakova Record Lions' Highest Individual Finishes on Second Day of Ivies

Ganihanova picks up points in 200 medley while divers debut on second day.

Cambridge, MA -- Sophomore Aziza Ganihanova swam for a sixth place finish in the A finals of the 500 free. With a time of 4:48.88, Ganihanova earned the Lions 24 points. Through the second day of competition at the 2020 Women's Swim and Dive Ivy League Championships, Columbia sits in fifth with a score of 265.5.

Competition resumes tomorrow at Blodgett Pool. Preliminaries are scheduled to begin at 11:00 A.M. while finals will dive off at 6:00 P.M..

In the same event, teammate Olivia Jubin touched the wall first in the C finals (4:52.20), dropping over two seconds from her preliminary time. First-year Allison Martin produced the same result one event later, winning the 200 IM C finals in 2:02.67.

Donie's divers made their debut, competing in the 1M event. Alice Diakova led the Lions in her first League Championship appearance. The sophomore placed sixth in the A finals, recording a 249.45. Competing in the B finals, seniors Briget Rosendahl and Michelle Lee secured 16th and 18th place, respectively.

Day two closed out with the racing of the 200 free relay. Comprised of seniors Emily Wang, first-year Emily MacDonald, sophomore Georgia Young, and Martin, the Lions' top team took sixth in 1:32.97.

Live scoring will continue to run through meetresults.com while all races premiere live on ESPN+.

For the latest on the Columbia women's swimming and diving program, follow @CULionsWSD on Twitter and on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
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Players Mentioned

Emily Wang

Emily Wang

Fly
Sophomore
Columbia College
Briget Rosendahl

Briget Rosendahl

Diving
First Year
Columbia College
Michelle Lee

Michelle Lee

Diving
First Year
Columbia College
Alice Diakova

Alice Diakova

Diving
Sophomore
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Aziza Ganihanova

Aziza Ganihanova

Free/Back
Sophomore
Columbia College
Olivia Jubin

Olivia Jubin

Free
Junior
Columbia College
Georgia Young

Georgia Young

Free
Sophomore
Columbia College
Emily MacDonald

Emily MacDonald

Free
First Year
Columbia College
Allison Martin

Allison Martin

Free/IM
First Year
Columbia College

Players Mentioned

Emily Wang

Emily Wang

Sophomore
Columbia College
Fly
Briget Rosendahl

Briget Rosendahl

First Year
Columbia College
Diving
Michelle Lee

Michelle Lee

First Year
Columbia College
Diving
Alice Diakova

Alice Diakova

Sophomore
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Diving
Aziza Ganihanova

Aziza Ganihanova

Sophomore
Columbia College
Free/Back
Olivia Jubin

Olivia Jubin

Junior
Columbia College
Free
Georgia Young

Georgia Young

Sophomore
Columbia College
Free
Emily MacDonald

Emily MacDonald

First Year
Columbia College
Free
Allison Martin

Allison Martin

First Year
Columbia College
Free/IM