Jia, Li Lead Women's Swim and Dive in Last Day of Dual Meet at Yale

Friday, January 10

New Haven, Conn.

5:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Yale University

Jia, Li Lead Women's Swim and Dive in Last Day of Dual Meet at Yale

1/11/2025 10:34:00 PM | Women's Swimming & Diving

By: Callie Cyr

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Samantha Li and Katherine Jia highlighted the women swimmers as the Dartmouth women's swim and dive team wrapped up a dual meet at Yale on Saturday afternoon.

"Li and Jia led the women's together with their tenacity in racing this meet. Sam is racing much faster in season than she did last year and that bodes well for what is in store for the end of the season. Kathy almost went her lifetime best time today just in a dual meet suit… the rest of the season is about to be very exciting," said Head Coach Milana Socha.

Jia won the 100 breast against Penn with a time of 1:04.04. Jia also took first in the 200 breast with an impressive time of 2:16.76. Additionally, she took a win against Penn in the 200 IM, swimming a time of 2:05.40.

Samantha Li won the 50 free against Yale, swimming a 23.49 while also winning the 100 free overall with a time of 51.30.

McLane Gmelich swam a lifetime best in 200 back with a time of 2:10.53.

To round out the Big Green swimmers, the A and B 400 free relays went 1-2 over Penn with times of 3:30.07 and 3:38.89, respectfully.

"The women stepped up their game in terms of the level of support they gave to their teammates and the cheering and energy on the pool deck throughout the meet. It is exciting to see the team culture grow and get glimpses of what that means for collective performance down the line," added Socha.

Dartmouth is back in action when they host Northeastern and UMass for the Tate Ramsden Invitational on Friday. January 17 and Saturday, January 18.