Columbia University
Harvard
Men's Swimming & Diving Drops Ivy Meet to Harvard Friday Evening
11/21/2025 7:15:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving
Harvard beats Columbia, 180.5-119.5, at Uris
"Today was a very good performance by the team," Head Coach Jim Bolster said. "There was a stretch of 3-4 events that didn't go our way and those were critical events to keep us in the hunt. Harvard swam really well and is a great team, but I was very pleased with the effort of our guys and I thought they did a really nice job despite the loss."
Columbia opened the meet with a second-place finish in the 400 Medley Relay, as the A team of Isaac Beers, Joshua Corn, Brian Lee, and Zion James clocked a 3:52.54.
In the first individual event of the day, Zach Vasser took third in the 1000 free with a time of 9:15.06.
The Lions picked up their first win on the day in the 200 free, when Adam Wu touched the wall first with a time of 1:36.40. Gian Santos was right behind him in second at 1:35.53.
Columbia had four consecutive second place finishes in the middle of the meet, including Isaac Beers (100 back - 47.67), Corn (100 breast - 54.33), Derek Hitchens (200 fly - 1:46.55), and James (50 free - 19.92). Beers and Hitchens would then go 2-3 in the 200 back, with Beers leading the way at 1:46.78.
As the meet wound down, Corn took second in the 200 breast with a time of 1:58.67.
The Lions closed the meet strong, with Santos taking the last individual event (400 IM) with a time of 3:55.12.
In the final event of the night, the 200 free relay, The A squad of Wu, Sam Eckert, Beri Yang, and James combined for a 1:19.31 to place second.
For the divers, Joseph Nicol got the evening started with a bang by winning the 3m dive with a score of 358.35 and followed that up with second place on the 1m boards (312.15). Will Cooley notched third place in the 1m dive, putting up 300.60 points.
"Really exciting," Head Diving Coach Scott Donie said. "It's always good to open the meet with a win and Joe Nicol was clutch in the 3m. Will Cooley continues to get better and we're starting to add in harder dives. A great showing all around.
Full results from the meet, including all of the Lions' top performers and times, can be found HERE.
Columbia will have next weekend off, before traveling to New Jersey for the Big Al Invite hosted by Princeton beginning on December 4 at 11 a.m.
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