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M., W. Swimming See Mixed Results

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The men’s and women’s swimming teams had a competitive weekend, matching up with Columbia for their last home meet. For both teams the meet was an important trial as Ivy Championships approach. The women’s team, having only one postseason meet, is focusing hard on doing well in these last few meets. The men have an extra week before they go to EISL championships, followed by NCAA championships for some of the top swimmers.
“We’re a team that beyond heroic swims from guys like Wes Newman are seeing every guy put out times he never thought was possible,” senior Phil Baity said. “It’s those swims that win us dual meets, and it’s those swims that are going to help us do well at Championships.”

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Men’s, Women’s Swimming Look to Tame Lions

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Men’s and women’s aquatics hosts Columbia this weekend at Teagle pool. Both teams are coming off solid performances against Colgate this past weekend. The men’s team trounced Colgate 179-102, winning their second meet in a row. The women’s team lost in a close battle, 129-169. The women were able to win six events against New York rival Colgate, but it wasn’t quite enough for the victory.
“Colgate was definitely a good meet, it was the type of meet that we could play up our lineup a bit,” senior captain Wes Newman said.

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Men’s and Women’s Track Dominate at Penn State

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Men’s and women’s track and field had a fruitful weekend at the Penn State campus in University Park, Pa, against some of the top track teams in the Northeast. Both the men’s and women’s squads put up impressive performances, setting new school records, Ivy League records and ECAC records.
The Red was able to take four event wins against top teams from Penn State, Seton Hall, UNA, St. John’s and others. The Red spent the weekend proving it can hang with the best.

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Women train hard in Puerto Rico before meet

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Women’s swimming and diving spent most of its winter break training in Puerto Rico with the men’s team. The break was designed to be a building period, with the team swimming many yards over two-a-days.
The team returned to competition with a tri-meet Jan. 10 against Yale and Navy. The young Red squad continued to grow, with strong showings by freshman Emily Dean and Heather Miller. The duo pulled a 1-2 finish in the 100-meter back. If anything, the team has only shown improvement, posting more top-5 finishes in each of its league dual meets.
Though the women have yet to have a time wide win, the growth of these few individuals is expected to help going into Ivy championships in a little over a month.

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Cornell Swimmers Prep for Short Trip to Binghamton

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The men’s and women’s aquatic teams will head to central New York rival Binghamton this weekend for the Red’s first dual meet of the season. Both squads incurred tough losses last weekend, especially for a men’s team that had a chance to beat Penn.
This weekend should prove to be fruitful for both teams, however.
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“Binghamton has definitely been getting better over the years and really shaving down their times,” said sophomore Kathleen Hohwald, “so it should be a good meet for us. We really need to just keep swimming at our personal bests.”

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Red Focused on Ivy Championships

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Most people think of swimming as an individual sport. It’s just one person standing on the blocks, waiting for the gun to go off, waiting to hit the water and make that perfect streamline, trying to be slick and agile as they thrust the water behind them.
But as much as swimming is about personal bests, winning by yourself and gaining recognition, it’s all towards winning for the sake of the team. Every swim counts, whether you are first or fifth, and so no matter if you’re the star athlete or not, you have to perform if you want the team to win.
“Swimming is often such an individual sport, but we are really trying to move towards a team effort and working together to win more meets,” sophomore Christina DiMaria said.

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Individual Upsets Will Be Key in Red’s Weekend

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The men’s and women’s swimming teams are headed out to Princeton, N.J., tomorrow for a tri-meet against Princeton and Penn. Both men and women’s teams are looking forward to a battle against the two solid teams. [img_assist|nid=33809|title=More bars in more places|desc=The women’s swimming team competes during a home loss against Brown on Feb. 9|link=node|align=left|width=|height=0]
“We’re definitely looking to beat Penn, we feel pretty confident we should,” senior captain Wes Newman said. “Against Princeton, our strategy is to try to improve on our personal performances last week against Harvard and see what happens.”

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Seniors Oversee Unprecedented Success

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It’s hard for athletes past their prime to stay involved in team sports. Many athletes’ careers gradually come to an end sometime during high school. Sometimes, between the last day of practice and that end of the season celebration, someone breaks the bad news: you probably won’t be playing this game anymore, possibly for the rest of your life.
Some students — like Cornell seniors Abbi Horn, Eva Olesky, Belen Martinez and Stephanie Brownstein — didn’t worry about that because they had been recruited by a Division 1 program and would get a minimum of four more years of field hockey. They hadn’t even hit their prime yet.

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Red Needs a Win to Keep Alive Title Hopes

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The fat lady hasn’t sung yet for the field hockey team. Tomorrow’s game on Marsha Dodson field will be the last of the season and is make or break for the Red in terms of the Ivy League final rankings. After a tough loss to Princeton last week, the Red face third-ranked Dartmouth with a possible Cornell championship is on the line.
Cornell must win tomorrow, and Princeton must lose in its final game against Penn today, to earn the title. By the end of the day today Cornell will know at least part of what its future holds. If the Tigers win, the Red is guaranteed at least a share of second place. But regardless of stats and final rankings, the team is hoping to finish out the season with a win.

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Field Hockey Has History With Next Ivy Opponent

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The field hockey team’s season is now one of the strongest in the program’s history. Though starting off the season with an even record, the team proved itself in Ivy play. Going undefeated through one of the tightest leagues, the team has proven it knows how to play in the crunch. On the horizon is No. 11 Princeton, a powerhouse in both the Ancient Eight and the nation. You could consider this a David and Goliath matchup, but we all know who won that time.
“We’re clearly the underdog in the game and we’ll be prepared to do our best,” said head coach Donna Hornibrook.