Diving
Women’s Swim and Dive Places Eighth in the Ivy League Championships
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Women’s swimming and diving teams competed at the Ivy League Championships this past weekend, ending with a final ranking of No. 7 in the Ivy League standings.
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Women’s swimming and diving teams competed at the Ivy League Championships this past weekend, ending with a final ranking of No. 7 in the Ivy League standings.
The University has decided to waive the swim test requirement for the fifth semester due to the ongoing pandemic.
The women’s team beat Dartmouth in a tight meet before falling to Harvard, while the men’s team fell to Harvard and Dartmouth.
In a preseason scrimmage, the Red won 2 out of 18 events, the 400-yard IM and 50-yard freestyle, against the University of Buffalo.
Thousands of Cornellians have been required to jump into the Helen Newman or Barton Hall pools since the notorious swim test requirement began in the early 1900s. Even former President David Skorton swam his compulsory laps in 2006.
The impressive incoming class includes state medalists, record-holders, national team competitors and a recipient of the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award.
“I’m already excited for next year to train and to get to this meet again and hopefully do better,” Evdokimov said.
The Cornell men’s swimming team took to the pools last weekend for the Ivy League Swimming Championships.
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.”
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.”