Women's Swimming & Diving Hosts Cornell Friday Evening

Friday, January 23

New York, N.Y.

4:00 p.m.

Columbia University

Cornell

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

Women's Swimming & Diving Hosts Cornell Friday Evening

1/22/2026 3:00:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

For the first time at Uris Natatorium, the meet will be streamed via ESPN+

NEW YORK — The Columbia women's swimming and diving team returns home on Friday evening for an Ivy League matchup against the Cornell Big Red. The first event is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. in Uris Natatorium.

Spectators without a valid Columbia University ID or a registered QR code must enter the Uris Swim Center Balcony through the Northwest Corner Building at W120th & Broadway.

For the first time, the entire meet will be streamed and available via ESPN+. The link to the stream is HERE.

LAST TIME OUT
Columbia opened the 2026 calendar last 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.

Several Lions turned in strong individual performances throughout the meet. Shaelyn 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 Madeleine Rivard in fourth. Lorelai Page and Lindsay Orringer added points for the Lions in the 200 backstroke, placing fourth and fifth, respectively.

EVENT ORDER
The order of events for the women's meet: 3M diving, 200 medley relay, 1000 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 50 freestyle, 1M diving, 100 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 500 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 individual medley, 200 freestyle relay

SCOUTING CORNELL
The Big Red are 1-5 so far this season, and 0-5 in Ivy meets. Both Columbia and Cornell will be in search of their first conference victory, with the Big Red's sole win coming against St. Bonaventure. Most recently, they lost to Yale, 192-108, to kick off 2026. Last year at Ivies, Cornell finished in last place.

Roster - Schedule

ON DECK
The Lions will host Senior Day against Dartmouth on Saturday, January 31 at 11 a.m. at Uris.

The rest of Columbia's 2025-26 schedule can be found HERE.

For the latest on the Columbia women's swimming and diving program, follow @CULionsWSD on Twitter, @CUlionsWSD and @ColumbiaDiving on Instagram, and on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.