HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth women's swimming and diving is in seventh place with 409 points after day three of the Ivy League Championship.
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Three Dartmouth swimmers ended up with a total of 33 points in the 1000 free.
Sarah Minnigh led the way in 11th (10:08.65), seeing a 30-second improvement from her seed, while
Christina Cianciolo was 14th (10:14.50) and
Hayden Barry came 21st (10:41.50).
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Bridget Parker made it back to the C final in the 400 IM, placing 24th (4:40.15). In the 100 fly,
Mary Howley improved on her morning swim by a tenth of a second to take 21st (55.42).
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The Big Green had two swimmers in the A final of the 200 free.
Ashley Post was fourth with a 1:47.48, missing out on the school record by three tenths.
Mia Leko followed in eighth place (1:49.29), while
Sophie Wiener came 19th (1:52.36).
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Kenna Van Steyn and
Rachel Zhang competed in the C final of the 100 breast, finishing with times of 1:05.65 and 1:07.66, respectively. Howley was back later in the night in the 100 back, touching in 12th place with a time of 55.76. There were five in the C final:
Susannah Laster (56.31), Izzy Hamlen (56.76),
Connie Zhang (57.50),
Eleanor Zwart (58.15) and
Katherine Kramer (58.67).
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In prelims on the 3-meter board,
Isabella Lichen came 26th (213.20) and
Alyssa Palacios was 30th (185.90). To end the day, Dartmouth was seventh in the 400 medley relay (3:45.35). Made up of Howley, Van Steyn, Leko and Post, the Green out-touched Cornell by almost three seconds.
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The fourth and final day of the championship will start with the 200 back.
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Standings
1)    Harvard – 1020.5
2)   Yale – 813
3)   Penn – 808
4)   Princeton – 754
5)   Brown – 617
6)   Columbia – 478.5
7)   Dartmouth – 409
8)Â Â Â Cornell - 338