ITHACA, N.Y. – The Cornell men's swimming and diving team opened its 2023-24 season with a 147-94 victory over the Binghamton Bearcats on Friday night from Teagle Pool. Cornell picked up victories in 10 of the 13 events held, including two podium sweeps and two 1-2 finishes.

The Big Red opened the meet with a 1-2 finish in the 200-Yard Medley Relay. The quartet of Logan Holt, Connor Brown, Andrew Lin, and Daniel Simoes took home the top spot with a 1:32.10. They were followed closely by Paige daCosta, Thatcher Dowdy, Blake Conway, and Pearce Bailey, who put together a 1:33.58.

Cornell also swept the podium in the 100-Yard Backstroke with Blake Conway (24.65), daCosta (50.69), and Logan Holt (51.34), and the 100-Yard Breaststroke, as freshmen Connor Brown (56.53) and Haihan Xu (56.88) grabbed the top two spots, followed by Thatcher Dowdy (57.78).

Sophomore Pietro Ubertalli also had a solid evening, winning the 100-Yard Freestyle (45.95) and the 200-Yard Freestyle (1:40.77).

Freshman Julian Correa also impressed in his first meet for the Big Red, as he won the 500-Yard Freestyle with a time of 4:44.38, almost a second ahead of Binghamton's Liam Preston. Correa also clinched the 1000-Yard Freestyle with a 9:38.90, about 12 seconds ahead of teammate Xu. Reid Brophy was the other Big Red swimmer who picked up a victory, winning the 100-Yard IM with a 52.60.

Soodong Kim also swept the 1-Meter and 3-Meter diving events with 321.23 points.

With the win, Cornell improves to 18-0 all-time against the Bearcats and bested its five first-place finishes from a year ago.

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Cornell will return to the pool on Saturday afternoon against the St. Bonaventure Bonnies from Teagle Pool. Diving will begin at 11:00 a.m., with swimming to follow at 2:00 p.m. The Big Red will also look to sweep both the Bearcats and Bonnies for the second consecutive season.