PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Three days of the Ivy League Women's Swimming & Diving Championships have come and gone, and three Cornell school records have now fallen, as senior tri-captain Laurel Kiselis broke her own 200-yard freestyle record on Friday at Brown's Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center in Providence, R.I.
Kiselis qualified for the B Final, clocking in at a school record time of 1:48.02 to finish ninth overall and surpass her previous school record mark of 1:49.12 that she set at the 2019 Ivy League Championships. Kiselis had company in the B Final of the event, as Melissa Parker placed 15th with the fourth-fastest time in Cornell history (1:50.25).
In the 400-yard IM, it was Sophia Cherkez who was the face to watch for the Big Red. The junior made the cut for the B Final and touched the wall in 4:22.99 to finish 16th.
Lexi Schaaf swam a solid race in the 100-yard butterfly, placing 14th with a time of 54.36. Maegan Rudolph qualified for the C Final in the event, posting a time of 54.63 to finish 17th. Together, the pair of Schaaf and Rudolph notched the third- and fourth- fastest times, respectively, in the Big Red record books.
The 100-yard breaststroke was highlighted by Cape Murch Elliot's qualification for the B Final, in which the senior tri-captain went on place 12th in 1:03.16. Allison Chang posted a notable performance in the C Final, finishing 21st in 1:04.14, a mark which is good for eighth all-time in Cornell history.
Lavona Harper paced five Big Red swimmers that scored points for the Big Red in the 1,000-yard freestyle, finishing 17th overall and cracking Cornell's all-time top-10 list in the process. Her time of 10:12.86 sits eighth in school history. Annaklara Doel also notched a top-20 finish, placing 19th in 10:14.19.
The 400-yard medley relay team of Alexandra Handlin, Murch Elliot, Schaaf, and Kiselis rounded out the day with a Cornell all-time top-10 mark of their own, placing eighth with the sixth-fastest time (3:44.48) in Big Red history.
Through three days of competition, the Cornell women's swimming and diving team sits in eighth place with 383 points. The Big Red is 35 points back of seventh-place Dartmouth. Princeton (1,020 points) is currently leading the Ivy League Championships, overtaking Harvard (964 points) and holding a 56-point lead heading into the final day of competition.
Action will resume on the final day of the Ivy League Championships tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. with prelims. Finals will follow at 6 p.m. tomorrow night. For fans who can't be in attendance, the meet will be streamed on ESPN+. Live results are also available.
