Princeton senior Lisa Boyce, who just turned 20 this week, celebrated in style by setting a new school record in the 100 fly (52.76) out of morning prelims. Boyce became the first Princeton woman to break through the 53.0 barrier, lowering Nikki Larson’s 2013 mark by .45. Tiger teammate Michael Strand tied his record-breaking leadoff from last night’s 400 medley relay, going 46.68 to lead the field in the 100 back.
Yale women set the morning’s hurdle high with a 1-2-3 finish in the prelims of the 400 IM: Emma Smith (4:14.53), Sydney Hirschi (4:17.86), and Courtney Randolph (4:18.46) will have the middle lanes in tonight’s A final. Princeton’s highest finisher was Beverly Nguyen (4:19.59) in fourth. Dartmouth’s Olivia Samson (4:27.70) was sixth; Nicole Provenza of Brown, ninth (4:31.23). Villanova freshman Mary Snyder (4:37.66) came in fifteenth and Rider’s Kaitlyn O’Connor (4:40.93) was nineteenth.
On the men’s side Princeton sophomore Teo D’Alessandro led with 3:57.09. He was followed closely by Connor Lohman of Brown (3:57.54) and Logan Briggs of Dartmouth (3:58.18). The fastest Columbia Lion out of prelims was Kevin Quinn (4:01.37) in ninth. Rider freshman Cameron Hoyh (4:12.49) was the Broncs’ top qualifier.
In the 100 fly, Boyce’s record-setting 52.76 was nearly two seconds in front of teammate Larson, who finished third in 54.61, and Yale’s Hirschi, second in 54.53. The Brown Bears’ Gina Matsumoto (55.82) finished sixth, thanks to a two-second drop from her seed time. Dartmouth’s Danielle Kerr took the last spot in the A final with her 56.18. Kristin Haufler of Villanova was the top qualifier in the C final, touching in 57.42.
Reigning Ivy champ Tommy Glenn of Brown (46.72) and his teammate Jeffrey Strausser (47.21) led the field in the men’s 100 fly. David Jakl of Columbia was third in 48.55 while Princeton’s En-Wei Hu-Van Wright and Dartmouth’s David Harmon tied for fourth with 49.05. Rider’s Shane Tubb (50.09) was the sixteenth qualifier; Ben Smith of Villanova (50.43) was twentieth.
Brown’s Kate Dillione knocked a whopping four seconds off her seed time to qualify first in the 200 free in 1:47.56. She was followed by three Elis (Kina Zhou, 1:48.84; Eva Fabian, 1:49.06; and Anna Wujciak, 1:49.32). Christine Kerr of Dartmouth (1:49.92) was the fifth qualifier; Emily Mayo of Villanova (1:51.07), sixth. Princeton’s Mallory Remick (1:51.17) was the only Tiger to make the A final.
Sandy Bole (1:39.90) and Conner Jager (1:40.14) of Princeton were the top men’s qualifiers. Dartmouth’s Ian Woon (1:40.42) and Rider freshman William Molloy (1:40.50) were next. Brown’s Cory Mayfield (1:41.20), Columbia’s Alex Mango (1:41.96) and Villanova’s Jason Moyer (1:42.52) were their school’s top qualifiers, respectively.
Princeton freshman Olivia Chan led the field in the 100 breast with a top time of 1:03.01. Yale’s Ali Stephens-Pickeral (1:03.70) qualified second, Dartmouth’s Heather Laedtke (1:04.75), third. Katie Roach will represent Brown in the A final with 1:05.22, while Rider’s Heather Good (1:06.27) was the top time in the B flight.
Princeton’s Jack Pohlmann (55.19) will be in the middle of the pool for the men’s 100 breast tonight. Dartmouth senior Nejc Zupan (55.97) qualified second. The Tigers’ Daniel Hasler (56.66) was third. Other top prelims times included Adam Phillips of Rider (fifth, 56.90); Connor Lohman of Brown (seventh, 57.03); Codi Saunders of Columbia (57.72) and Tony Sipala of Villanova (58.61).
In the 100 back, Princeton’s Boyce went 53.25 to claim the top spot going into finals. That was Boyce’s second fastest morning swim and only .32 off her Ivy record time of 52.93. Yale’s Michelle Chintanaphol (55.98) had the second fastest time; Sada Stewart of Princeton (56.00), the third. Dartmouth’s Kendese Nangle and Brown’s Paige Gilley both went 56.37 to tie for the fourth qualifying time. Rider’s Carlee Oswald (57.82) and Villanova’s Hayden Bumgardner (58.76) also made it back for tonight’s final.
In the men’s race Strand of Princeton led the field with his school record time of 46.68. Dartmouth’s James Verhagen ( 47.48) and Princeton’s Hu-Van Wright (48.60) qualified second and third. Brown’s Nick Johnston (50.67) was eighth; Columbia’s Michael Fox-Moles (51.36) eleventh; and Villanova’s Chris Tamanini (51.80) fifteenth.