Men's Swimming and Diving Ready for Ivy League Championships

Wednesday, February 28

Boston, Mass.

All Day

Columbia University

Ivy League Championnships

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Men's Swimming and Diving Ready for Ivy League Championships

2/28/2024 9:00:00 AM | Men's Swimming and Diving

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The competition will be hosted by Harvard from February 28th to March 2

BOSTON, Mass. -- The Columbia men's swimming and diving team is set to compete at the 2024 Ivy League Men's Swimming & Diving Championships at Blodgett Pool on the campus of Harvard University.

The meet, which is taking place from February 28 to March 2, will begin on Wednesday evening with the finals of the 200-medley relay and 800-free relay. The rest of the week, prelims will begin at 11 a.m. every morning, with finals set for 6 p.m. every evening.

HOW TO FOLLOW
Visit the Ivy League's championship central for up to date information on the championships including ticket information, media credential forms, and more.

Every day of the championships will be streamed via ESPN+. A full schedule of all of the events, along with stream information for each day can be found HERE. Stream links are also available on the Columbia Men's Swimming and Diving 2024 schedule page.

Live results for every day of the competition will be available HERE.

Follow @CULionsMSD on Twitter and Instagram for a recap of each day's events and announcements regarding any major accomplishments from the Lions.

LAST TIME OUT
The Lions closed out the regular season with a victory over the Dartmouth Big Green in a dual meet on Saturday, February 3. Columbia won over 10 events on the day, as the team went on to win 188-110.

The Lions opened things up in style, placing first and second in the 200-yard medley relay. Columbia was led by the team of Andy Huang, Matthew Lou, Brian Lee, and Zion James who finished with a time of 1:30.,08 to take first place.

In the first individual event of the afternoon, Padraig Troy cruised to a dominant victory in the 1000-free, clocking in with a time of 9:47.81.

Adam Wu followed that up with a win in the 200-free, touching the wall with a time of 1:39.25.

René Strezenicky picked up a big win in his final regular season meet, winning the 100 free with a time of 45.69.

Meanwhile, senior Stanford Li broke the Columbia pool record in the 400-IM in a time trial, clocking in at 3:50.53.

As for the divers, Joseph Nicol kept rolling. He earned the second collegiate sweep of his career, winning both the 1m and 3m competitions. Nicol's score of 373.35 on the 3m boards was a new best, while his score of 310.43 on the 1m boards also led the pack.

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

CHAMPIONSHIP STYLE MEETS
In Columbia's lone championship style meet of the season, the Lions had a solid showing at the Big Al Invitational hosted by Princeton. Columbia finished fifth in the competition in New Jersey, scoring 434 points. The host Tigers won the Big Al Invite with a final score of 891.5.

Highlights from the weekend included Demirkan Demir earning two silver medals, taking second place in both the 100-breast and 200-breast. Adam Wu won the B finals of the 500-free, finishing with a time of 4:22.87. In addition, Isaac Beers followed up a fourth place finish in the 100-back on day two with a fifth-place finish in the 200-back on day three. Diver Joseph Nicol won the B-finals in both diving events.

At last year's Ivy League Championships, the Lions finished in fourth place with a score of 975.5. The loss of the incredible Jonathan Suckow will hurt Columbia in 2024, but otherwise much of the same core from last season will be returning this year to swim in Boston with another year of experience under their belts as the Lions look to improve on that fourth place finish.

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS
Demirkan Demir was named First Team All-Ivy last year in both the 100-breast and 200-breast after his gold-medal winning performances in both events. He defended his title from 2022 in the 100-breast with a pool record time of 52:03. Then, he went on to take first in the 200-breast as well with a time of 1:52.94. He will be looking to three-peat in the 100-breast and repeat in the 200-breast in 2024.

In addition, as a rookie in 2023, Adam Wu received First Team All-Ivy honors in the 1,000-free, while also being named Second Team All-Ivy in the 500-free. Wu won the 1000-free with a program record and pool record time of 8:51.64. He went on to take the silver medal in the 500-free in what was also a program record breaking time of 4:14.74. He will be looking to defend his title in the 100-free in 2024.

ON DECK
ECAC Championships will be happening simultaneously in Maryland from March 1-3. Stay tuned to gocolumbialions.com and the team's social media pages for coverage of that event.

After this weekend, next up for the Lions will be the NCAA Zone Diving Championships being held at Princeton University from March 11-16.

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.