Big Green Fall to Columbia in Return to Ivy League Action

Saturday, January 27

New York, N.Y.

11:00 AM

Dartmouth College

202

Columbia

Photo by: Justin Lafleur

Big Green Fall to Columbia in Return to Ivy League Action

1/27/2024 9:31:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

Results (PDF)

The Dartmouth women won four events over the Lions

By: Kyle Relf

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Returning to Ivy League competition after the Tate Ramsden Invitational, and competing in its final conference meet before the Ivy League championships, the Dartmouth women's swimming and diving team lost to Columbia by a score of 202-98 on Saturday in New York.

"I'm proud of our women for stepping up their energy this meet," said head coach Milana Socha. "They did a great job of getting loud and set a really positive and high energy on-deck presence. It was exciting to see multiple individual event wins, especially to see a string of three event wins in a row at the end of the meet."

The Big Green claimed four events, including two from first-year Carinn Bethea. The Naples, Florida native, who had multiple outright victories during last weekend's Tate Ramsden Invitational, was first in the 1000 free (10:10.01) and the 500 free (4:53.43).

Julianne Jones broke a pool record, in addition to several meet records, last weekend at Karl Michael Pool and added to her impressive sophomore campaign on Saturday after winning the 200 IM with a time of 2:03.62.

Sandwiched between Bethea's victory in the 1000 free and Jones' triumph in the 200 IM was Jamieson Legh's first-place finish in the 100 fly (55.30). Those three consecutive wins meant the Big Green won three of the meet's last four events.

Dartmouth upped its scoring by 20 points compared to last season's meet with Columbia, which featured two event victories.

"We had a hard week of training and while their legs may not have been fresh, they certainly didn't let that stop them," Socha added. "This bodes well for championship season!"

After the Boston Open Invitational, which begins on Friday, Feb. 9 at Boston University, the Big Green will head to Brown for the Ivy League Championship (Wednesday, Feb. 21 through Saturday, Feb. 24).