NEW YORK -- The Columbia women's swim and dive defeated visiting Dartmouth 171.5-100.5 at Percy Uris Natatorium while acknowledging the program's 11 graduating seniors. Though
Kasey Karkoska,
Clare Larsen,
Yani Le,
Madison Leblanc,
Michelle Lee,
Cleo Lim,
Claire Lin,
Mary Pruden,
Lindsay Rispoli,
Briget Rosendahl, and
Emily Wang have competed their last meet in Morninside Heights, they will take to the pool Feb. 16-19 at the Ivy League Championships. During the class of 2022's last dance, the Lions placed first in ten events.
Lin's last competition at Percy Uris was highlighted by a win in the 50 free. The senior topped the event in 23.93. Junior
Olivia Jubin conquered the meet's longest event, the 500 free, in 4:57.20. She was followed by Larsen in second (5:05.04).
Wang and Le joined forces with first-year
Emily MacDonald and sophomore
Aziza Ganihanova to win the opening 200 medley relay in 1:44.34. The team of Pruden and Lin alongside sophomore
Allegra Walker and
Georgia Young collected second, touching the wall in 1:45.14. Wang found repeated relay success in the final event of the day, the 200 free relay, with classmates Larsen and Lin plus MacDonald in 1:39.55.
MacDonald and Ganihanova found individual success as well, claiming first in the 100 free (51.35) and 50 back (26.85), respectively. Walker led a sweep of the 50 breast, winnining the event in 30.10, just ahead of seniors Le (30.29) and Rispoli (31.43). Rookie
Riley Pujadas did the same in the 100 back, winning the event (56.62) ahead of a pair of senior Lions (Pruden, 57.48; Karkoska, 59.37).
First-year
Taylor Whang led a Lions' sweep in the 100 breast. Her final time of 1:05.77 just edged out Le (1:05.95) in second and sophomore
Georgia Young in third (1:07.03).
Columbia conquered both dive events as first-year
Macy Pine won the three meter (302.03) and sophomore
Alice Diakova captured the one meter (294.68). Rosendahl placed second in the three meter event (293.55) while Lee earned second off the one meter (274.73).
Columbia travels to Cambridge, MA for the 2022 Ivy League Championships. The four-day event will run from Feb.16 - 19.
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