Yale vs Cornell
- Wednesday, January 11, 2023
- Ithaca, N.Y.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
- Team Scores
- Women: Yale 173, Cornell 127
- Men: Yale 166.5, Cornell 133.5
Courtesy: Yale Athletics
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Yale women’s swimming and diving team is still perfect on the season. The Bulldogs knocked off Cornell 173-127 at Teagle Pool.
The meet began on Tuesday night with the diving, and first year Paige Lai set a pool record off the 3-meter board with a score of 327.83, breaking the mark of Yale’s Lilybet MacRae ’17. Lai also captured the 1-meter event with a score of 284.33.
The teams were back for the swimming events on Wednesday, and Yale had several strong performers. Junseo Kim won both the 200 and 400 individual medleys with times of 2:06.33 and 4:27.58 respectively.
First year Jessey Li captured both the 100 breaststroke (1:03.55) and 200 breaststroke (2:19.76).
The other double winner for the Bulldogs was Lilly Derivaux in the 200 butterfly (2:02.36) and 500 freestyle (4:55.12).
Yale had the top three finishers in the 100 backstroke. Lindsey Wagner was first in 55.79 followed by Quinn Murphy (56.75) and Sophia Moore (57.21).
The Bulldogs are 5-0 on the season, including 3-0 in Ivy meets, and host Dartmouth and Penn this weekend at Kiphuth Pool. The diving events are Friday at 5 p.m. followed by the swimming events on Saturday at noon.
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Yale men’s swimming and diving team opened the 2023 portion of the schedule with an impressive 166.5-133.5 win over Cornell at Teagle Pool.
The diving events were held on Tuesday night, and Jean Paul Ditto got the Bulldogs off to a strong start by winning both the 3- and 1-meter events. He scored 354.53 off the 3-meter board and 345.83 in the 1-meter event.
During Wednesday’s swimming portion, Noah Millard and Joseph Page both won two events. Millard captured the 200 freestyle in 1:38.89 and the 500 freestyle in 4:34.22. Page was the winner in the 100 backstroke (49.29) and the 100 freestyle (45.14).
In the 100 butterfly, Connor Lee finished first with a time of 48.21.
Yale also won both relays. The 200 medley team of Page, Alex Deng, Marcus Hodgson and Ben Meulemans posted a time of 1:30.44, while the 200 freestyle team of Greg Kalin, Lucius Brown, Lee and Hodgson had a winning time of 1:22.98.
The Bulldogs (4-1, 2-1 Ivy) are back in action this weekend when they host Dartmouth and Penn. The diving events are Friday at 5 p.m. followed by the swimming events on Saturday at noon.
Courtesy: Cornell Athletics
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell women’s swim and dive team fell to Yale, 173-127, in a meet that included two broken pool records. The Big Red finished in the top-three 21 time across the meet, including five finishes atop the podium. The 127 Cornell points marks the first three-digit score against the Bulldogs since the 2014-15 season, and best finish against Yale since Cornell tallied 127 in the 2012-13 season.
Tuesday night saw third place finishes by Elise Jendritz in the 1 (313.83) and 3 (270.00) meter dives. Yale’s Gloria Lai set the pool record in the 3 meter dive with a score of 327.82.
The Big Red got off to a big start on Wednesday with a first place finish in the 200 yard Medley Relay by Sophia Tsai, Audrey Holden, Emilie Boisrenoult, and Priscilla Wongso with a time of 1:42.48. Olivia Sutter grabbed third in the next event, thee 400 yard IM. She finished with a time of 4:31.70. The 200 yard Freestyle saw Melissa Parker and Kate Li wrap up a 1-2 finish. Parker finished by open-water with a time of 1:49.59, with Li closing with a time of 1:51.51. The Big Red got back on the podium two events later in the 100 yard Breaststroke when Boisrenoult and Holden finished second (1:04.11) and third (1:05.11), respectively. Ella Martinez earned a third place finish in the 200 yard Butterfly with a time of 2:05.87.
The 50 yard Freestyle saw in incredibly tight finish, with first through fifth all finishing within a second of each other. Wongso and Parker took home the 1-2 finish with times of 23.16 and 23.44. Wongso followed the performance with another podium finish in the next event, tallying third in the 100 yard Freestyle, just .29 seconds behind first, and .02 seconds behind second. Marie Williams earned her fist podium finish of the way in the 200 yard Backstroke, earning third with a time of 2:04.57. Also finishing third was Holden in the 200 yard Breaststroke at 2:21.78. Parker and Allie Danko finished 2-3 in the 500 yard Freestyle, touching the wall at 5:03.29 and 5:04.52.
Cornell battled back to a first place finish in the 100 yard Butterfly, with Boisrenoult finishing 1 at 54.87 and Anna Gruvberger finishing 2 at 56.06. Matinez touched the wall at 2:06.45 in the 200 yard IM, good for second place and just .12 behind Yale’s first place swimmer. The final event of the day saw a Cornell record broke by nearly three seconds. The 200 yard Freestyle Relay swam by Wongso, Parker, Gruvberger, and Boisrenoult finished with a time of 1:32.84; the previous record was set in 2019 with a time of 1:35.49. Cornell also took third in the same race, when Joelle Ohr, Tsai, Quinn Rinkus, and Li finished with a time of 1:35.56.
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell men’s swim and dive team battled hard against Yale in the second home meet of the year, but came up short, losing 166.5-133.5. The Big Red effort included 22 top-three finishes, with seven first-place finishes. This meet marked the first time since the 2019-20 season that Cornell earned triple-digits against the Bulldogs.
In Tuesday night’s diving competition, Soodong Kim earned second in the 1 meter dive with a score of 314.93 and Matthew Warren edged out third place in the 3 meter dive with a score of 305.18, just 0.9 points ahead of the Yale diver in fourth.
Today’s swim meet immediately opened with Cornell fire, and the Big Red 200 yard Medley IM team of Logan Holt, Sebastian Wolff, Jeremy Marcin, and Will Taner clocked a second place time of 1:30.53, just .09 seconds behind Yale’s first place team. Chris Kostelni continued the Big Red momentum in the second men’s race with an open-water first-place finish in the 1000 yard Freestyle. Kostelni’s time of 9:34.43 was 14.67 seconds ahead of the second place Yale finisher.
The Big Red took a 2-3 finish in the 200 yard Freestyle with Dominic Edwards and Jack Banks touching the wall at 1:40.99 and 1:41.40, respectively. Pietro Ubertalli took third in the 100 yard Backstroke with a time of 50.78. Wolff got the Big Red back atop the podium with a perfect tie with Yale swimmer Alex Deng in the 100 yard Breaststroke. Both finished the electric race with a time of 55.83, and Jacob Bass wrapped up third with a time of 56.68. Cornell earned the top spot in the next two races, with Joseph Gurski winning the 200 yard Butterfly with a time of 1:48.24, and Taner sped to the finish in the 50 yard Freestyle with a time of 20.92, just .85 seconds behind the Teagle pool record.
The 100 yard Freestyle saw a 2-3 Cornell finish by Jack Banks (45.65) and Wolff (45.77). The best Cornell team finish of the day followed in the 200 yard Backstroke, with Ubertalli and Paige daCosta combining for a 1-2 finish at 1:50.72 and 1:51.27. Ubertalli’s finish was two full seconds ahead of Yale’s third place finisher. Bass and Jack Valiquette finished first (2:03.43) and third (2:05.32) in the 200 yard Backstroke. Kostelni wrapped up second in the second longest race of the day with the 500 yard Freestyle. Gurski took second in the 100 yard Butterfly with a time of 48.67, just .46 seconds behind the Yale first-place finisher.
Wolff grabbed the final first place finish for the Big Red of the day with over a three second between his 1:49.21 finish and the second-place Yale finisher. Valiquette took third in the same event with a time of 1:53.57. The final race of the day, the 200 yard Freestyle relay, had a Cornell second place finish by team Taner, Marcin, Edwards, and Daniel Simoes with a time of 1:23.11.