Women's Swimming & Diving Concludes Regular Season with Big Win over Dartmouth

Saturday, January 27

New York, N.Y.

11:00 a.m.

Columbia University

202

Dartmouth

Photo by: Columbia University Athletics / Stockton Photo, Inc.

Women's Swimming & Diving Concludes Regular Season with Big Win over Dartmouth

1/27/2024 3:00:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

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Lions celebrate senior day in style with over 10 event wins

NEW YORK — The Columbia women's swimming and diving team concluded the 2023-24 regular season on Saturday afternoon with a convincing victory over the Dartmouth Big Green at Uris Natatorium. The Lions won over 10 events on the day, as they went on to win 202-98.

"Today was a great tribute to our seniors, our team and our amazing alumni," Head Coach Diana Caskey said. "Strong swim performances and our stands full of women alums from across the years. A special nod to the class of 2004! Happy 20th. So glad to celebrate our senior class in such great style!"

Alice Diakova kicked off senior day in a big way, winning the 3m dive with a score of 309.60. Diakova then closed out the final regular season meet of her career with a win on the 1m boards, completing the sweep with a score of 288.68. Macy Pine also had a big day for the divers, placing second in the 3m dive with a score of 299.10 and third in the 1m dive with a score of 264.45.

"Really special day to celebrate our seniors and senior diver Alice Diakova delivered, winning both events," Head Diving Coach Scott Donie said. "Such a privilege to watch her shine both today, and throughout her career."

The Lions opened up the swimming portion of the meet with a victory in the 200-medley relay. The team of Emily Wang, Ashley Hu, Anthea Wong, and Emily MacDonald finished with a time of 1:41.74 to take first place.

Columbia's first individual swimming victory came during the 200-free when Emily MacDonald touched the wall with a time of 1:50.80 to earn nine points for the Lions. MacDonald would go on to win the 200-free later in the day with a time of 50.28.

Emily Wang followed that up with a win in the 100-back, clocking in with a time of 56.26. Riley Pujadas was right behind her in second place with a time of 56.74.

Ashley Hu kept rolling, winning both breaststroke events. She won the 100-breast with a time of 1:02.22, before going on to win the 200-breast with a time of 2:16.93. Georgia Young took second place in the 100-breast, clocking in with a time of 1:04.30. This was her best finish on the day, rounding out her senior season with an impressive top-two finish.

Aziza Ganihanova picked up a win on senior day, taking the 200-fly with an impressive time of 2:00.18.

Lorelai Page had the Lions' final individual win of the afternoon with a first place finish in the 200-back (1:59.80).

In the final event of the day, it was Columbia who took first in the 200-free relay. The team consisted of Emily MacDonald and Sally Ma, along with seniors Georgia Young and Aniston Eyre. It was an extremely close race, but in the end it was Eyre as the anchor who narrowly beat out Lane Murray of Dartmouth by two tenths of a second to end the meet and her career in style.

Full results from the meet, including all of the Lions' top performers and times, can be found HERE.

The Lions will now begin preparations for the Ivy League Championships which will take place from February 21-24 in Providence, Rhode Island.

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