Women's Swimming & Diving Falls to Brown

Saturday, January 17

Providence, R.I.

12:00 p.m.

Columbia

244

Brown

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

1/17/2026 11:00:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Results

Bears defeat the Lions, 244-56

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Columbia women's swimming and diving team opened the 2026 calendar on Saturday afternoon, traveling to Brown for an Ivy League dual meet. The Lions competed throughout the day but fell to the Bears, 244–56, in their first meet of the new year.

Columbia opened the meet with a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay, as the A relay of Shaelyn Shields, Ashley Hong, Ella Chan, and Sally Ma touched in 1:42.89.

Several Lions turned in strong individual performances throughout the meet. Shields led the Lions in the backstroke events, placing third in the 100 back (55.97), while also adding points in the 400 IM. Hong delivered key points in the breaststroke events, finishing third in the 100 breast (1:03.01) and placing fourth in the 200 IM (2:04.03).

In the distance events, Jilly MacNamara paced Columbia with a third-place finish in the 500 freestyle (5:00.48), followed closely by Maddie Rivard in fourth. Lorelai Page and Lindsay Orringer added points for the Lions in the 200 backstroke, placing fourth and fifth, respectively.

The Lions also picked up points in the sprint events, led by Isabel Lee's fifth-place finish in the 50 freestyle (23.76) and Sally Ma's fifth-place showing in the 100 free (51.16). Chan contributed in the butterfly events, placing fifth in the 100 fly (56.03).

For the divers, Lera Bondarenko led the way on the 1m boards with a score of 246.45 which was good for third place. Lily Sherman finished fifth with a score of 238.65. Bondarenko went on to take fifth on the 3m boards with a score of 225.15 to pace Columbia.

"A strong performance from Lera and Lily on the 1-meter," Head Diving Coach Scott Donie said. "We are excited to get back to work and improve as we prepare for Cornell next week."

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

The Lions will return home next weekend for an Ivy meet against Cornell on Friday at 4 p.m. in Uris Natatorium.

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