PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Columbia men's swimming and diving team currently resides in fourth place after the second night of the 2023 Ivy League Championships. This year's event, hosted on the campus of Brown University, will run through February 25, with two more full days of events still to be completed. 

The Lions have accumulated 295 points thus far, sitting just behind Yale who has sole possession of third place with 377.5 points. Harvard holds a slight lead in first place with 565 points, with Princeton right behind the Big Red with 552.5 points in second place. 

Tonight, Columbia competed in the 500-free, 200-IM, 50-free, 200-free relay, and the 1-meter diving competition. 

The highlight of the night came in the 1-meter diving event, when superstar Jonathan Suckow continued his reign over the Ivy League. He won the Ivy League Championship for the fourth consecutive year in the 1-meter boards, becoming the third student-athlete to ever do so. His score of 437 set a new Ivy League Championship record (set by Suckow last year), while also breaking Brown's pool record. 

Continuing an impressive day for the divers was first-year Joseph Nicol, who came in seventh in the 1-meter event with a score of 277.10 in his first ever appearance at the Ivy League Championships.

"These are the days that you dream about," Head Diving Coach Scott Donie said. "Jonny was totally locked in and putting on a show for everyone in attendance today. Meanwhile, freshman Joe Nicol was brilliant in his Ivy Championship debut. Just a really outstanding day for the divers."

Not to be overshadowed were the swimmers, led by Adam Wu who also had a historic performance. After breaking the 500-free program record which stood for 40 years in this morning's prelims, he would go on to break that record in the A finals tonight with a time of 4:14.74. This was good for a silver medal and 28 points for the Lions. 

Zion James also had a top-eight finish for Columbia, taking fifth in the 50-free with a time of 19.73. 

The Lions closed out the night with a fourth place finish in the 200-free relay. 

"Overall I was pleased with our performance today," Head Coach Jim Bolster said. "We only had nine out of a possible 17 swims so our stronger days are coming tomorrow and Saturday. I am looking forward to watching everyone swim tomorrow and continue pushing in the battle for third place."

Competition resumes tomorrow at 11 a.m. Finals are set for 6 p.m.  Both rounds will be available for streaming on ESPN+. 


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