Men's Swimming and Diving Finishes Sixth at Ivy League Championships

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Men's Swimming and Diving Finishes Sixth at Ivy League Championships

3/2/2024 11:00:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving

Day 1 Results Day 2 Results Day 3 Results Day 4 Results Full Results

400-medley relay team wins silver medal

BOSTON, Mass. -- The Columbia men's swimming and diving team finished in sixth place with 855 points at the 2024 Ivy League Championships in Boston.

Harvard emerged victorious in the competition with a score of 1682. Princeton took second place with 1321 points. Yale placed third, scoring 1030 points. Columbia finished within 55 points of fourth place as Penn (909) and Brown (861.5) just beat out the Lions.

"The Lions put up a good battle for places four through six but ultimately settled for sixth just a few points behind Brown," Head Coach Jim Bolster said. "Overall we had some great performances and school records, but we came up short of our team goals."

Full results from the entire weekend can be found HERE, while a recap of the entire meet broken down by each day can be found below.

DAY ONE
The Ivy League Championships began with the 200-medley and the 800-free relay on Wednesday night.

The Lions got off to a fantastic start, earning a bronze medal in the 200-medley relay. They followed that up with a sixth place finish in the 200-free relay.

"The first evening of our Ivy Championships is in the books and we are off to a solid start," Head Coach Bolster said. "Seeded seventh in the 200-medley relay, we used a great start from backstroker Andy Huang that propelled us in to third place where we stayed for the next three legs; breaststroke from Demirkan Demir, butterfly from Brian Lee and Zion James our freestyle anchor."

Full results from the first day of the Ivy League Championships can be found HERE .

DAY TWO
For the second consecutive night, the Lions won a bronze medal in a relay event. This time it was in the 200-free relay, as the team of Zion James, Sam Eckert, Adam Wu, and Andy Huang finished with a time of 1:19.04 to take third place.

James was the first Lion to make the podium in an individual event, finishing in seventh-place in the 50-free with a time of 19.87. Other swimmers to tally points were Zach Vasser and Wu in the 500-free, Stanford Li and Caleb Apodaca in the 200-IM, and Eckert and Huang in the 50-free.

Joseph Nicol had a great performance in the first diving event of the competition, making the podium for the 1m boards. His score of 270.60 was good for eighth place.

"Such a fantastic day for Joe," Head Diving Coach Scott Donie said. "He was dialed in like I have never seen before. An absolute privilege to witness."

Full results from the second day of the Ivy League Championships can be found HERE .

DAY THREE
The Lions won the silver medal in the 400-medley relay, as the team of Isaac Beers (47.00), Demirkan Demir (51.84), Brian Lee (46.26), and Zion James (42.24) shattered the previous Columbia program record with a time 3:07.34

Demir also won a bronze medal in the 100-breast with a time of 52.55. Matthew Lou finished in eighth with a time of 54.74.

Beers took fourth in the 100-back with a time of 47.12.

Zach Vasser began the day with a sixth-place finish in the 1000-free, making the podium with a time of 9:01.50.

"Really strong day for Joe, finishing fourth in the B-final with a score of 318.60," Head Diving Coach Scott Donie said. "He completed an outstanding sophomore, Ivy League campaign, and I couldn't be any prouder."

Full results from the third day of the Ivy League Championships can be found HERE .

DAY FOUR
Isaac Beers capped his incredible weekend with a magnificent performance in the 200-back. Beers broke his second program record of the weekend, taking fourth place in the event with a time of 1:42.95.

Demirkan Demir won his second individual bronze medal of the weekend, taking third in the 200-breast with a time of 1:54.38. Joshua Corn was right behind him in fifth place.

Zach Vasser also took home a fourth-place medal, touching the wall with a time of 15:05.98 in the 1650-free.

Other highlights for the Lions included Zion James recording a seventh-place finish in the 100-free.

In the last event of the weekend, the 400-free relay team of Zion James, Adam Wu, Tristan Pragnell and Samuel Eckert took fifth with a time of 2:55.73.

Full results from the final day of the Ivy League Championships can be found HERE .

ON DECK
The ECAC Championships, which were happening simultaneously to the Ivy League Championships, will wrap up tomorrow in Maryland. Stay tuned to gocolumbialions.com and the team's social media pages for a recap 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 men's swimming and diving program, follow @CULionsMSD and @CULionsDiving on Instagram and Twitter, and on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.