NEW YORK -- The Cornell women's swimming and diving team earned six event victories but ultimately fell 182-118 to the Columbia Lions on Sunday from the Percy Uris Natatorium in its first dual of the 2024 season. The Big Red also secured a podium finish in 12 of the 16 events held.

The red and white opened Sunday's action with a bang in its first Ivy League since Nov. 18 against Penn and Princeton, as Ming Xu, Amy Wu, Emilie Boisrenoult, and Priscilla Wongso took the top spot in the 200-Medley Relay, touching the wall at 1:41.80. That was not the only relay that the Big Red secured on the afternoon, as the quartet of Anna Gruvberger, Boiserenoult, Kate Li, and Wongso grabbed gold in the 200-Freestyle with a time of 1:33.45. The team also earned points in the relay from Chloe Addiego, Xu, Tori Zhang, and Joelle Ohr, who secured bronze after finishing almost two seconds behind.

On the individual side, Cornell earned four other victories, with three coming in the freestyle portion of the meet. Senior Priscilla Wongso continued to impress in her final season for the Big Red, taking home the 50-Freestyle for the second time this season with a time of 23.17, almost half a second faster than second-place finisher Sally Ma of Columbia. Wongso also earned gold in the 100-Freestyle (50.48) as part of a 1-2 finish for the visitors in the event, as she and teammate Boisrenoult (51.26) were separated by 0.78 seconds in their final times. The Big Red's final freestyle win on the afternoon came from sophomore Jungmin Yoon, as the La Crescenta, Calif. native came from behind over the last 50 yards to pass Columbia's Anna Eyre to secure the 200-Freestyle title with a 1:50.23.

Cornell's final win on the day came from Anna Gruvberger, as the senior nabbed the 100-Butterfly with a time of 54.50. It was also the last 1-2 finish on the day for the Big Red, as Boisrenoult earned silver, touching the wall 0.51 seconds after her senior counterpart.

Other top finishers in Cornell's first meet of the new year were a second and third-place showing from Katherine Yee (2:04.70) and Marie Williams (2:08.06) in the 200-IM and bronze medals for Brooke Andrews in both the 1-Meter and 3-Meter diving events.

With Sunday's results against the Lions, Cornell has lost seven consecutive head-to-head battles with its Ivy League foe, as its last win came in Ithaca on Jan. 14, 2017, via a 162.5 – 137.5 decision.

UP NEXT

Cornell will head north to Connecticut for its final Ivy League road meet of the regular season when it battles Yale from Kiphuth Exhibition Pool. Diving will be tomorrow (Jan. 15) at 3 p.m., with the swimming portion of the meet to follow on Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 4 p.m. Both portions of the meet will be streamed on ESPN+.