Big Green Compete in Final Dual Meet of 2022 at Columbia

Saturday, February 5

New York, N.Y.

11:00 AM

Dartmouth College

100.5

171.5

Columbia

Big Green Compete in Final Dual Meet of 2022 at Columbia

2/5/2022 2:54:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

The Dartmouth women's swimming and diving team fell to Columbia on Saturday, 171.5-100.5

By: Charlotte Brackett

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Dartmouth women's swimming and diving fell to Columbia (171.5-100.5) in both teams' final tune-up before the Ivy League Championship in a week and a half.

The Big Green had 16 top-three finishes, nine top-two finishes and four victories.

On both diving board, Alyssa Palacios finished in third place. She opened the meet on 3-meter with a score of 286.58 and later on, had a score of 274.58 on 1-meter. Isabella Lichen placed fourth on the 1-meter board (259.28).

Mia Leko won both of her events, swimming a 56.49 in the 100 fly and a 1:53.02 in the 200 free. In the 200, she was followed by Sophie Wiener (1:57.08) and Christina Cianciolo (2:00.34) in second and third.

Ashley Post picked up second-place finishes in both of her individual events. She finished six-tenths of a second out of first in the 100 free (51.95) and nine one-hundredths of a second out of first in the 50 free (24.02).

In the 500 free, Sarah Minnigh touched in third place (5:07.26), leaving three seconds between her and the Lion in fourth. Connie Zhang ended up tied for second in the 50 back with a time of 27.66, picking up 3.5 points.

The other two wins of the day came from Mary Howley in the 50 fly (26.17) and Susannah Laster in the 100 IM (1:03.08).

Both of Dartmouth's relays placed third. The 200 medley at the beginning of the meet touched in 1:47.42, just two seconds behind Columbia, while the 200 free that ended the day finished in 1:37.62.

The four-day, seven-session Ivy League Championship will take place at Harvard from Feb. 16-19.