Complete Results

ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell men's and women's swimming and diving teams went wire-to-wire in winning Ithaca College Invitational this weekend at the Ithaca Athletics & Events Center Aquatics Pavilion. The women's team finished with 1,975 points overall, with the next closest competitor at 1,316. The men had a similar margin of victory, scoring 1,996 points with the runner-up 1,401.5. 

Cornell visited South Hill for the first-ever Ithaca Invitational. Although the meet was not trials and finals, there were four sessions throughout the weekend. The setup of the meet was similar to what the Big Red will see at the Ivy Championships in February and March. The swimmers got to take a chance at the 400 IMs and the 1650 frees, which are events that aren't typically swum in dual meets. The divers also had a bit of a new experience, with 11 dives on each board instead of the usual 6.

Since Ithaca's facility just officially opened this fall, all swimming event winners became both meet and pool record holders. The Big Red took came through with wins in the following events (in order of the meet):

Men's 50 free: James Keady in 21.23, also Zac Mijares was third in 21.49.
Men's 3 meter diving: Phillip Truong with 528.55, Jon Zollo was second with 513.80
Men's 200 free relay: Steve Kwartler, Chris Myers, James Keady, Zac Mijares with 1:24.71
Women's 400 IM: Meredith Drummond (4:25.60) led a 1-2-3 sweep with Kim Jerome (4:29.61) and Bethany Douglas (4:36.69)
Men's 400 IM: Harry Harpham (4:12.34) leads another 1-2-3 sweep with Eric May (4:12.35) and Ben Catanese (4:17.86)
Men's 100 fly: Taylor Wilson (52.06), Jake Sangren was second in 52.34
Women's 400 medley relay: Chiara Spinazzola, Jessie Holley, Stephanie Ah-Quah, and Ali Guba in 3:57.44
Men's 400 medley relay: Jake Sangren, Julian Chan, Harry Harpham, Kevin Brazitis in 3:31.16
Women's 3 meter diving: Manita Herlitz-Ferguson with 458.95, her sister Bianca was second with 429.75
Men's 1 meter diving: Phillip Truong with 483.90
Men's 200 fly: Harry Harpham in 1:55.11, Brad Louie second, Taylor Wilson was third, and Michael Reynolds was fourth
Women's 100 breast: Jessie Holley in 1:04.99
Women's 1650 free: 1-2-3 sweep with Melissa Mrozinski 17:25.71, Sarah Schlichte 17:37.70, Adrienne Groccia 17:44.72
Women's 200 Medley Relay: Emily Dean, Jessie Holley, Chiara Spinazzola, Natatlie Domeisen  1:46.85
Men's 200 Medley Relay: Jake Sangren, Eric May, Henry Scott, Chris Myers  1:33.70

Cornell will spend the next couple of weeks training through final exams before some time home with family for the Holidays.  Then it's off to San Juan, Puerto Rico for winter training before returning home to take on Yale in New Haven on January 7.