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The Cornell Big Red swimming & diving team competes against St. Bonaventure on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 in the Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium at Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY.
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Men’s Swimming and Diving Bested by Yale

1/16/2022 12:30:00 PM

ITHACA, N.Y. – Despite collecting 22 top-three finishes on the day, the Cornell men's swimming and diving team (1-5, 0-5) was bested by Yale (4-2, 3-2) by a score of 202-98 on Saturday afternoon at the Kiphuth Exhibition Pool in New Haven, Conn.

Joseph Gurski represented Cornell's lone individual event winner on the day, touching the wall in 49.41 to win the 100 butterfly. Alan Li secured a 1-2 finish for the Big Red in the event, placing second with a time of 50.23. The butterfly duo of Gurski and Li didn't stop there, however, as the pair also finished among the top-three in the 200 butterfly. Gurski clocked a time of 1:50.00 and Li followed in 1:54.08, placing second and third, respectively.

Sebastian Wolff collected a trio of top-three showings on Saturday afternoon, placing second in the 100 freestyle (46.68) and third in both the 100 breaststroke (57.80) and 200 IM (1:54.76). Ricardo Martinez was Cornell's top finisher in the 200 IM, placing second in 1:53.46. Martinez also added a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle (1:42.15).

In the backstroke events, it was Paige daCosta who couldn't be overlooked for Cornell, as the junior finished second in the 100 backstroke (51.79) and third in the 200 backstroke (1:53.12). Van Cates finished one spot ahead of daCosta in the 200 backstroke, clinching a second place finish with a time of 1:52.17.

Jake Lawson and Jacob Bass each placed second in their respective events, with Lawson finishing as the runner-up in the 1,000 freestyle (9:41.08) and Bass finishing second in the 200 breaststroke (2:06.10).

Ian Mackey and Dominic Edwards both secured top-three finishes in their freestyle disciplines, with Mackey placing third in the 50 freestyle (21.48) and Edwards finishing third in the 500 freestyle (4:42.99). Matthew Warren added a third-place showing of his own in the 3-meter diving with 313.65 points.

The Cornell men's swimming and diving team will return to Ithaca, N.Y. for its final home meet of the season when it hosts Brown in an Ivy League dual on Saturday, Jan. 22 at noon.

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