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Women's Swimming and Diving Places Sixth at Ivy League Championships

Lions set two new program records, place seven on podium in New Jersey

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Columbia women's swimming and diving team finished in sixth place with 622 points at the 2025 Ivy League Championships in New Jersey. 

Princeton emerged victorious in the competition with a score of 1479. Harvard took second place with 1287.5 points. Yale placed third, scoring 1090.5 points. 


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

Columbia's top finish came in the 200-medley relay, as the team of Jilly MacNamara, Ashley Hu, Anthea Wong, and Sally Ma clocked in at 1:40.89 to finish seventh. 

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


DAY TWO
Ma also had the Lions' best finish of the night on day two, placing sixth in the 50 free with a time of 22.72. Emily MacDonald was right behind her in eighth with a time of 22.88. 

Lindsay Orringer took seventh in the 500 free with a time of 4:51.23. 

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



DAY THREE
Hu had the highest finish of the competition so far for Columbia, winning bronze in the 100 breast with a time of 1:01.05.

MacDonald had her second podium finish of the weekend, placing eighth in the 200 free with a time of 1:48.47. 

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


DAY FOUR
The Final day of Ivies was Columbia's best and most busy by far. 

Orringer kicked things off with a seventh place finish in the 1650 free, touching the wall at 16:41.29.

MacDonald continued to shine, winning bronze in the 100 free and setting a new program record in the process with a time of 48.85. 

In addition, MacNamara and Hu won the B Finals of the 200 back and 200 breast, respectively. 

Then, in the final event of the weekend, the 400 free relay team consisting of MacDonald, Ma, Hutton Saunders, and Isabel Lee broke the program record with a time of 3:20.09 which was good for fourth place. 

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

Full Results from the entire competition can be found HERE. 


ON DECK
All three of the Lions' qualified divers will begin preparations for the NCAA Zone Diving competition on March 10. 


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.
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Players Mentioned

Ashley Hu

Ashley Hu

Breast
Junior
Columbia College
Sally Ma

Sally Ma

Free/Fly
Sophomore
Columbia College
Emily MacDonald

Emily MacDonald

Free
Junior
Columbia College
Lindsay Orringer

Lindsay Orringer

Fly/Back/Free
Sophomore
Columbia College
Hutton Saunders

Hutton Saunders

Free
Sophomore
Columbia College
Anthea Wong

Anthea Wong

Fly
Junior
Columbia College
Jilly MacNamara

Jilly MacNamara

Back
First Year
Columbia College
Isabel Lee

Isabel Lee

Free/Fly
First Year
Columbia College

Players Mentioned

Ashley Hu

Ashley Hu

Junior
Columbia College
Breast
Sally Ma

Sally Ma

Sophomore
Columbia College
Free/Fly
Emily MacDonald

Emily MacDonald

Junior
Columbia College
Free
Lindsay Orringer

Lindsay Orringer

Sophomore
Columbia College
Fly/Back/Free
Hutton Saunders

Hutton Saunders

Sophomore
Columbia College
Free
Anthea Wong

Anthea Wong

Junior
Columbia College
Fly
Jilly MacNamara

Jilly MacNamara

First Year
Columbia College
Back
Isabel Lee

Isabel Lee

First Year
Columbia College
Free/Fly