The Big Red traveled to Providence, Rhode Island on Saturday for a co-ed dual meet against the Brown Bears. It was Senior Day at the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center, and the women celebrated a well-fought win against visiting Cornell (158-142) while the men fell, 188-112.
Women’s Meet
The Bears opened the score with a victory in the 200 medley relay as Jenna Zagoren, Aja Grande, Caroline Vexler and Reia Tong combined for a 1:45.68 over Cornell’s Tessa Wilson, Chandra Yueh, Emily Rhodes, and Jenna Immormino (1:47.68).
Senior Kate Dillione gave the home team much to cheer about with her sprint triple: she won the 200, 100, and 50 freestyles. There was no one around Dillione in the 200 when she touched in 1:51.01. Cornell’s Sarah Kannan was second in 1:53.67, while Dillione’s teammate Korby Simpson placed third in 1:54.14. Later, Dillione out-touched teammate Tong and Cornell’s Immormino, both sprint stars in their own right, in the 50 free. The trio came in at 23.51-23.75-23.98, respectively. In the 100, Dillione went 50.48, followed by Immormino’s 51.53 and Tong’s 51.62.
Brown junior Gina Matsumoto claimed both fly events, going 2:04.71 in the 200 and 57.28 in the 100. In the 200, teammate Vexler (2:05.94) overcame a 2-second deficit at the 100 to sneak in ahead of Cornell’s Nicole Jibrine (2:06.14) for second. The 100 was a very close battle; Matsumoto was the fourth to turn at the 50 but brought it home for the win. Immormino (57.36), Vexler (57.51), Jibrine (57.52), and Cornell’s Isabelle Cecere (57.58) gave the crowd an exciting finish.
The home team notched two more individual wins: Jenna Zagoren clocked a 58.29 over teammate Natsumi Horikawa (59.43) and Wilson of Cornell (59.60) in the 100 back; and Grande put up a 1:06.14 to win the 100 breast over teammate Hailey Jacobson (1:07.12) and Yueh (1:08.23).
Currie Murch Elliot earned a triple for the Big Red with victories in the 1000 free, 500 free, and 200 IM. Murch Elliot cruised to a 10:18.74 in the 1000, ahead of teammate Lizzie Thayer (10:29.69) and Brown’s Elly Vitek (10:36.52). Cornell swept the top three spots in the 500 free with Murch Elliot’s 5:01.56, a 5:05.98 from Kannan, and a 5:07.05 from Jade Song. Currie blasted past her twin sister, Billy Murch Elliot, on the final 50 of the 200 IM to win 2:07.48 to 2:07.85. Matsumoto from Brown had an outstanding freestyle leg but ran out of pool before catching the Murch Elliot sisters; she finished third in 2:07.95. Billy scored her own win with a 2:06.63 in the 200 back ahead of Zagoren (2:07.38).
Cornell also got wins from Meredith Drummond and Bianca Herlitz-Ferguson. Drummond went 2:22.83 to lead the field in the 200 breast. Jacobson of Brown was second in 2:23.41 and Ingrid Winter of Cornell touched third in 2:24.51. Herlitz-Ferguson was a double winner, claiming both diving titles. She scored 254.63 points on the 1-meter board to beat out Molly Gelb and Rachel Speakman of Brown, and 252.90 points in the 3-meter, ahead of Speakman and her teammate Amanda Molinelli.
The women’s meet ended with a Brown victory in the 400 free relay from the quartet of Dillione, Simpson, Sarah Cronin and Tong (3:28.17). Song, Kannan, Anna Elling, and Cari Stankaitis of Cornell went 3:32.75 for second.
Final Scores
Brown University 158 – 142 Cornell University
Men’s Meet
Cornell came out blazing with a 1-2 punch in the 200 medley relay. Dylan Sali, Eric May, Jack Brenneman, and Taylor Adams got the win in 1:29.68 ahead of teammates Victor Luo, Alex Evdokimov, Michael Reynolds, and Tim Satterthwaite (1:32.46). Brown’s Alexander Pascal, Christopher Meyers, Jeffrey Strausser, and Daniel Klotz just missed with 1:32.76.
Junior Cory Mayfield of Brown. Photo courtesy of David Silverman
Brown junior Cory Mayfield put the Bears on the scoreboard with a win in the 1000 free. He and teammate Grant Casey went 1-2 with 9:25.80 and 9:28.36, respectively. Brandon Sweezer of Cornell led the Big Red distance contingent with a 9:31.51. Sweezer later edged Mayfield in the 500 free, 4:34.49 to 4:34.77.
Jeffrey Strausser, who received Senior Day honors, capped off his home career with another victory in the 100 fly, going 49.62. Cornell’s Brenneman was second in 50.01, just in front of teammate May (50.57).
The home team was particularly strong in diving, sweeping both events. Jonathan Schlafer won the 1-meter event with 311.78 points. Cornell’s Tommy Hallowell and Deyon Godbay came next. Schlafer took the 3-meter board as well, scoring 310.05 over teammates Sazzy Gourley and Billy Rosenberg.
Sali led the Big Red’s individual efforts with a triple. He won the 100 back in 49.55 over Brown’s Pascal (51.23), the 200 back back in 1:50.87 in front of Brown’s Max Bley-Male (1:53.42), and the 200 IM with 1:52.04. Teammate Luo placed second with 1:55.13, just ahead of Brown’s Connor Lohman (1:55.84) and Declan Kennon (1:56.01).
Satterthwaite won a pair of sprint frees, going 20.65 in the 50 and 45.62 in the 100. Teammate David Zurmuhl (20.85 and 46.13) was second and third, respectively, in those events, while Karol Mlynarski came in second in the 100 (45.94). Strausser was third in the 50 (20.87), just touching out teammate Jack Nee (20.89). Nee was also fourth in the 100 with 46.66.
Evdokimov and Luo split the breaststrokes; Evdokimov topped his teammate 55.89 to 55.90 in the 100, while Luo got his revenge with a 2:00.46 to 2:01.45 win in the 200. Cornell’s Slater Goodman was third in both races, just ahead of Brown’s Lohman. The Big Red’s last individual wins came from May (1:41.08 in the 200 free) and Vincent Declercq (1:50.62 in the 200 fly).
Final Scores
Cornell University 188 – 112 Brown University