NEW YORK – The Cornell men's swimming and diving team may have fallen to Columbia, 167-133, on Tuesday afternoon, but the Big Red was well-represented in both the swimming and diving disciplines, as junior diver Brett Hébert and freshman swimmer Paige daCosta picked up multiple individual event wins against the Lions at the Percy Uris Natatorium in New York.

Hébert shined in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions, winning both events by a margin of at least 20 points. He racked up 333.45 points en route to a victory in the 3-meter, while winning the 1-meter with 291.30 points. Jameson Crandell joined Hébert in the top-three for both events, notching a pair of third place finishes in the 1-meter (256.73) and 3-meter (267.23) diving competitions.

daCosta's successful freshman campaign continued, as he picked up three individual victories on Tuesday afternoon in the 100-yard backstroke (49.19), 200-yard backstroke (1:48.25), and 200-yard IM (1:50.35). With daCosta leading the pack, the Big Red swept the podium in the 200-yard backstroke, going 1-2-3 in the event. Van Cates (1:51.44) and Ricardo Martinez (1:52.35) followed daCosta's lead, placing second and third, respectively.

daCosta didn't stop there, however, as he teamed up with Ryan Brown, Jack Mahoney, and Trevor Lake in the 200-yard medley relay, helping the Big Red to a second place finish with a time of 1:31.43. Brown made his presence known in his individual events as well, emerging victorious in the 100-yard breaststroke (55.82) and placing second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:04.49).

James Huang paced a Big Red squad that went 1-3-4 in the 100-yard butterfly, winning the event with a time of 49.49. Mahoney (50.05) and Mullin (50.42) weren't far behind, touching the wall third and fourth, respectively. This marked Mahoney's third top-three finish of the day, as the senior also finished second in the 50-yard freestyle (20.45) in addition to swimming a leg on the second-place 200-yard medley relay. Huang also found success in the 200-yard butterfly, placing second overall in 1:49.58.

Chris Kostelni picked up a pair of top-three finishes in the distance events, placing second in the 500-yard freestyle (4:41.22) and third in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:39.60).

The Big Red men's swimming and diving team will return to the pool when it squares off against Yale in an Ivy League matchup on Jan. 17-18 in New Haven, Conn. The diving events are scheduled for a 5 p.m. start on Friday, Jan. 17, with the swimming events following on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 11 a.m.

OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

200-yard IM
3rd - Min Zhi Chua (1:55.02)
4th - Jack Valiquette (1:55.92)
5th - Ryan Pirrung (1:56.59)

200-yard Freestyle
3rd - Ricardo Martinez (1:41.40)

400-yard Freestyle Relay
2nd - Ricardo Martinez, James Huang, Jake Lawson, Hunter Hitchens (3:06.89)