HANOVER, N.H. — The Dartmouth men's swimming and diving team fell to Columbia, 166.5-121.5, Saturday afternoon at Karl Michael Pool in its final meet before the Ivy League Championships.
"Our athletes performed really well today and I'm proud of how they chose to show up as a team," said head coach
Milana Socha. "They've been doing a great job in practice this training block and based on how folks competed, I am very excited to see what this team will do at Ivy Championships. Today proved that if the team chooses to show up with a great mindset and attitude, we can expect to follow suit."
Two events belonged to
Tim Park as the senior raced to a first-place finish in the 200 fly (1:51.13) and the 100 free (45.86).
Joe Moll won the 500 free with a time of 4:37.93 and
Yan Dvoretskiy followed in second at 4:38.24. Dvoretskiy also swam lifetime bests in the 1000 free (9:32.38) and 50 free (21.79).
The 200 freestyle relay team of Moll,
Tim Cushman,
Colton Rasmussen and Park rounded out Dartmouth's victories and cracked the record book with the seventh-fastest time in program history, 1:22.10.
Freshman diver
Everett Tai placed third in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events and qualified for NCAA Zone Championships on the 1-meter board after receiving a score of 314.18.
Ivy League Championships begin Wednesday, Feb. 22 at Brown. The four-day event will be streamed live on ESPN+.