Women's Swimming & Diving Falls to Princeton on Senior Night

Friday, January 20

New York, N.Y.

5:00 P.M.

Columbia University

115

180

Princeton

Photo by: Mike McLaughlin

Women's Swimming & Diving Falls to Princeton on Senior Night

1/20/2023 9:00:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Full Results

Sweeps in 200-IM & 100-breast, pool record in 200-free relay not enough for the Lions

NEW YORK – The Columbia women's swimming and diving team (3-3) was defeated by the Princeton Tigers (7-2) on Friday evening at Uris Natatorium. Princeton emerged victorious in the competition, 180-115, to hand the Lions their first loss in 2023.

"We had a lot of solid swims today," Head Coach Diana Caskey said. "Unfortunately, it wasn't enough to take down the Tigers. They are a really solid team. I still think we got better today in many ways, and I'll be looking forward to seeing it pay off in the championship season."

The evening began with the 3-meter diving event, and Alice Diakova led the way for the Lions with a score of 278.33 to place third and earn three points for Columbia. Chloe Leung and Macy Pine also scored for the Lions, placing fourth and fifth with scores of 272.20 and 269.63, respectively. Later in the night, Diakova took second in the 1-meter boards with a score of 295.43.

"All of the divers came up with strong performances today," Head Diving Coach Scott Donie said. "Alice was particularly impressive, with one of the top 1-meter scores in school history, narrowly missing the record by five points. Its also always an awesome day when we honor our seniors. "

Columbia's first individual victory of the day came in the 100-fly, when senior Karen Liu got to the wall first with a time of 54.42.

One of Columbia's best races of the night was the 100-breast, in which they finished one, two and three. Ashley Hu led the way, clocking in at 1:03.52. She was followed by Liu in second (1:04.44) and Allegra Walker in third (1:04.50).

Later on, the Lions also earned a sweep in the 200-IM, paced by Walker who took first with a time of 2:07.03. Behind her was Hu (2:07.65) and Taylor Whang (2:08.66).

Columbia finished the night with a first place finish and pool record performance in the 200-free relay. The team of Emily MacDonald, Isabelle Arevalo, Georgia Young, and Sally Ma touched the wall at 1:31.56, nearly breaking the program record as well.

SENIOR SALUTE
Prior to this evening's meet, the swimming and diving team honored its eight seniors. This includes Isabelle Arevalo, Isabella Fratesi, Olivia Jubin, Tina Le, Karen Liu, Jessica Peng, Olivia Ricard, and Jing Tan.

"We were so excited to honor this group of seniors who have made a big impact on the program with their performances, leadership and ability to pivot and reframe with all the challenges that the pandemic gave us in the middle of their college careers," Caskey said. "They are all great athletes with big hearts."

ON DECK
The Lions will hit the road for their regular season finale on Saturday, January 28 against Dartmouth. The meet will begin at noon in Hanover, New Hampshire,

KEEPING UP WITH THE LIONS
For the latest on the Columbia women's swimming and diving program, follow @CULionsWSD and @CULionsDiving on Instagram and Twitter, and on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.