Men's Swimming and Diving Defeats Dartmouth on Senior Day

Saturday, February 3

New York, N.Y.

11:00 a.m.

Columbia University

188

110

Dartmouth

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

Men's Swimming and Diving Defeats Dartmouth on Senior Day

2/3/2024 4:00:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

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The Lions close out the regular season with a victory

NEW YORK — The Columbia men's swimming and diving team concluded the 2023-24 regular season on Saturday afternoon with a convincing victory, 188-110, over the Dartmouth Big Green at Uris Natatorium on Senior Day.

"Another good day for the Lions," Head Coach Jim Bolster said. "We mixed our line up some today and had lots of good swims as a result. I believe we won 13 of 14 swimming events and our diver Joe Nichol won both boards. It was great to see Paddy Troy, Tristan Pragnell, Mike Zhang, Rene Strezenicky-Franco and Josh Cho get their first collegiate wins."

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.

"Another sweep of the diving events for Joe," Head Diving Coach Scott Donie said. "A really great day that included a career-best performance on the 3m boards. Great stuff and a stellar way to end his dual meet season."

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

Columbia will now begin preparations for the Ivy League Championships which will begin on February 28 in Boston, Mass.

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