The women’s swimming and diving team fell to Princeton 196-104 in their dual Ivy meet this weekend at Uris Pool. The competition, as the Lions’ final home meet of the season, also honored eight graduating seniors for Senior Day. With this loss, the Lions fell to 4-3 overall and 2-3 in the Ancient Eight.
The meet started off strong with the opening 3m diving event, where Columbia took second through fifth place, and freshman Liana Diamond gained the most points for the Light Blue with 264.91. Grace Senko, another freshman, earned more points for the Lions with her first place finish in the 200 IM in 2:09.37. In the 500 free exhibition heat, sophomore Katie Meili scored one of the best times in Columbia history with a finish at 4:56.87, one of the top five times ever for the program. Meili also went on to win the 200 breast in 2:20.92, a full six seconds ahead of the second-place finisher for the Tigers.
Taking second for the Lions in the 50 free was senior Mariele Dunn, while freshman Diamond gained second in the 1m dive as well. The next first-place finish for Columbia came from junior Dorothy Baker, who took the top spot in the 200 backstroke in 2:05.12. To finish off the meet, the senior team of Dunn, Erin Adams, Ashley MacLean, and Emily Brown won the 200 free relay in 1:37.49.
The Lions will compete in their final dual meet of the year when they travel to Hanover, N.H. to face Dartmouth next Saturday, Feb. 12. The meet is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.
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