NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Cornell men's swimming and diving team earned five event wins against Yale but fell to the Bulldogs, 171-129, on Monday from Kiphuth Exhibition Pool. Alongside its five wins, Cornell had podium finishes in all 16 events.
Junior Joseph Gurski picked up where he left off after a strong fall season, taking home two of Cornell's five victories in the 100 (47.88) and 200-Butterfly (1:45.28). The 200 was also the lone podium sweep on the day for the Big Red, as Andrew Lin (1:48.99) and Jacques Grove (1:49.24) earned silver and bronze.
The underclassmen group also made some noise, as it picked up two more wins on the day for the Big Red, as freshman Julian Correa grabbed the 500-Freestyle title after putting his best split of 24.55 over the final 50 yards to pass Konstantinos Zachariadis and finish with a time of 4:26.40. Sophomore Pietro Ubertalli followed Correa's performance by taking the 200-Backstroke title as part of a 1-2 finish with teammate Blake Conway, as 0.51 seconds separated the two teammates.
Cornell's final win on the day came on the shoulders of Paige daCosta, as the senior led wire-to-wire to take the 100-Backstroke with a time of 48.25. It was also the final 1-2 finish on the day for the red and white, as Conway earned silver by touching the wall with a time of 48.71.
On the relay side, the Big Red earned spots on the podium in both events, as Logan Holt, Sebastian Wolff, Gurski, and Will Taner earned silver in the 200-Medley, finishing almost two seconds ahead of Yale's B-team with a final time of 1:27.96. To close out the meet, Cornell went 2-3 in the 400-Freestyle, as the quartet of Ubertalli, Jack Banks, daCosta, and Gurski earned the runner-up spot with a time of 2:59.80, while their Big Red counterparts of Dominic Edwards, Grove, Taner, and Lin finished less than two seconds behind with a 3:01.47.
Other notable finishes in the meet included two runner-up finishes from Wolff in the 100-Freestyle (45.12) and 200-IM (1:48.27) and freshman Connor Brown rising from fifth after 50 yards to earn silver in the 100-Breastroke (54.15). The Sammamish, Wash. native also earned second place in the 200-Breaststroke, touching the wall at 2:01.20.
Senior Matthew Warren also earned bronze in the 1-Meter and 3-Meter diving events to close out competition.
With Monday's loss, Cornell has lost four of its last five duals against Yale, with its lone win coming via a 148-146 decision in Teagle Pool on Jan. 19, 2019.
UP NEXT
Cornell will close out its last conference road trip of the regular season when it heads to Percy Uris Natatorium to battle Columbia on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 1 p.m. The Big Red will be looking to win its first dual meet against its Ivy League foes since taking down the Lions in Ithaca, 164-136, on Jan. 21, 2011.
