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Women's Swimming and Diving Update 1
PRINCETON, N.J. -- With each of the Ivy League women’s swimming and diving teams having taken part in at least one conference contest, its time to take a lap around the League and see where the teams stand in the eraly going.
Princeton and Harvard, last year’s first and second place finishers at the 2011 Ivy League Championship meet, have jumped out to 2-0 records in the Ivy standings. The Tigers downed Penn (155-125) and Cornell (180-99.5) to run its dual meet win streak to 40, while Harvard has recorded wins over Cornell (218-80) and Dartmouth (187.5-110.5) to open its season.
While the Big Green dropped its meet versus Harvard, Dartmouth does have two Ivy wins on the year, including a 176.5-123.5 victory over Cornell and a 172-123 win against Brown.
On Friday, November 11 Columbia and Yale kicked off the 2011-12 Ivy League schedule, with the Lions edging the Bulldogs, 161.5-138.5, in a meet that came down to the final relay. Two Uris pool records were set, beginning with the Lion 200-medley relay team of Katie Meili, Mikaila Gaffey, Caroline Lukins and Stella Zhao finishing in a record time of 1:44.06. Yale’s Alex Forrester set the pool record by winning the 50-free in 23.13.
While Brown, Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Cornell and Penn will swim in various invitationals over the coming days, the League schedule does not pick up again until Dec. 9 when Columbia, Penn and Harvard meet in a tri-meet in New York, N.Y.
The first CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major Division I Ranking were released on Nov. 17, with Harvard leading the Ivy women with a No. 4 ranking (points in parentheses):
Ivies in
the Mid-Major rankings
4. Harvard (231.70)
10. Columbia (227.37)
22. Dartmouth (217.22)
Brown
The Bears lost to Dartmouth on Nov. 19 in their first meet of the
year (172-123) … started off the meet with Catie
Pittman, Jamie Firth, Emma
Lamothe and Kristen Calderall combining
for a win in the 200-yard medley relay ... Sophomore Briana
Borgolini broke a pool record set in 1998, with a time of
1:04.31 in the 100-yard breast.
The Lions beat Yale on Nov. 11 (161.5-138.5) … Alyssa Menz won the 1m diving competition with an NCAA qualifying standard of 266.40 points in her first collegiate meet … the Lions also took part in the Boston Univ. Invitational from Nov. 18-20, where they finished first overall (through 40 events) with 911.5 points.
The Big Red lost to Harvard (218-80) and Dartmouth (176.5-123.5) in Cambridge, Mass., on Nov. 12 to open its season … Cornell then picked up losses to Princeton (180.5-99.5) and Penn (189.5-91.5) in Philadelphia, Pa., on Nov. 19 … Manita Herlitz-Ferguson took first versus Penn and Princeton on the 3-meter boards … also against Penn and Princeton, Jessie Holley and Kim Jerome went 1-2 overall in the 100-breast.
Harvard
The Crimson opened the year with home wins over Cornell (218-80)
and Dartmouth (187.5-110.5) on Nov. 12 … Harvard won 12 of
16 events, including each of the first eight … dating back
to last season, the Crimson has won five consecutive home meets
… sophomore Jenna Gregoire won the 50-free
in 24.27 and senior Leslie Rea capped off the
eight event win streak with a first-place finish in the one-meter
dive with a final score of 263.95.
Penn
The Quakers opened League play with a tri-meet versus Cornell and
Princeton on Nov. 19 and came out with a win versus Cornell
(189.5-91.5) and a loss to the Tigers (155-125) … coming up
with first-place finishes versus Cornell and Princeton were
Julie Anderson, who won the 1,000-Free in
10:21.32, and the 400 Freestyle Relay team of Jenny
Claydon, Hayley Springman, Sammi
Husband and Shelby Fortin, who won in
3:34.06.
Princeton
The Tigers opened the year with wins over Penn (155-125) and
Cornell (180-99.5) on Nov. 19 in a tri-meet that was contested in
Philadelphia, Pa. … Princeton captured 11 victories in the
16 events … included in the wins were Claire
Loht taking the 200-free in 1:51.83, Shirley
Wang winning the 100-back in 57.57 and Lisa
Boyce winning the 100-free in 51.44 … The Tigers
also went 1-2-3 in the 200-back, with Meredith
Monroe winning the event in 2:05.30.
Yale
The Bulldogs were edged at Columbia (161.5-138.5) on Nov. 11 in
their season-opening meet, which came down to the final relay
… Cynthia Tsay won the 100-yard backstroke
in a time of 57.83 … Yale also took part in Boston
University's Terrier Invitational (Nov. 18-20), where
Alexandra Forrester brought in the most points for
the Bulldogs, winning two individual events and contributing to two
second-place relay finishes … all told the Bulldogs racked
up 373.5 points to finish third among ten teams at the BU
Invite.
