ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell men's swim and dive team battled hard against Yale in the second home meet of the year, but came up short, losing 166.5-133.5. The Big Red effort included 22 top-three finishes, with seven first-place finishes. This meet marked the first time since the 2019-20 season that Cornell earned triple-digits against the Bulldogs.

In Tuesday night's diving competition, Soodong Kim earned second in the 1 meter dive with a score of 314.93 and Matthew Warren edged out third place in the 3 meter dive with a score of 305.18, just 0.9 points ahead of the Yale diver in fourth.

Today's swim meet immediately opened with Cornell fire, and the Big Red 200 yard Medley IM team of Logan Holt, Sebastian Wolff, Jeremy Marcin, and Will Taner clocked a second place time of 1:30.53, just .09 seconds behind Yale's first place team. Chris Kostelni continued the Big Red momentum in the second men's race with an open-water first-place finish in the 1000 yard Freestyle. Kostelni's time of 9:34.43 was 14.67 seconds ahead of the second place Yale finisher.

The Big Red took a 2-3 finish in the 200 yard Freestyle with Dominic Edwards and Jack Banks touching the wall at 1:40.99 and 1:41.40, respectively. Pietro Ubertalli took third in the 100 yard Backstroke with a time of 50.78. Wolff got the Big Red back atop the podium with a perfect tie with Yale swimmer Alex Deng in the 100 yard Breaststroke. Both finished the electric race with a time of 55.83, and Jacob Bass wrapped up third with a time of 56.68. Cornell earned the top spot in the next two races, with Joseph Gurski winning the 200 yard Butterfly with a time of 1:48.24, and Taner sped to the finish in the 50 yard Freestyle with a time of 20.92, just .85 seconds behind the Teagle pool record.

The 100 yard Freestyle saw a 2-3 Cornell finish by Jack Banks (45.65) and Wolff (45.77). The best Cornell team finish of the day followed in the 200 yard Backstroke, with Ubertalli and Paige daCosta combining for a 1-2 finish at 1:50.72 and 1:51.27. Ubertalli's finish was two full seconds ahead of Yale's third place finisher. Bass and Jack Valiquette finished first (2:03.43) and third (2:05.32) in the 200 yard Backstroke. Kostelni wrapped up second in the second longest race of the day with the 500 yard Freestyle. Gurski took second in the 100 yard Butterfly with a time of 48.67, just .46 seconds behind the Yale first-place finisher.

Wolff grabbed the final first place finish for the Big Red of the day with over a three second between his 1:49.21 finish and the second-place Yale finisher. Valiquette took third in the same event with a time of 1:53.57. The final race of the day, the 200 yard Freestyle relay, had a Cornell second place finish by team Taner, Marcin, Edwards, and Daniel Simoes with a time of 1:23.11.