PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The final day of the 2024 Ivy League Championships was a success for the Cornell swimming and diving team, as the program set four new program records on Saturday from the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center. Those four records close out a championship that saw ten program records fall over the four-day event from Rhode Island.
Cornell's first points of the final night of action came in the 1650 freestyle, as freshman Erin DeHollander (16th - 16:57.34) and junior Allie Danko (23rd - 17:09.05) secured 13 points for the Big Red's team score. Danko's swim was the most impressive of the two, as the junior shaved over 10 seconds off her seeded time with her final time.
Three swimmers snagged a spot in two different final heats of the 200 back, as Hojung Yoon swam her way to a program-record 1.58.66 to find her way into the B-Final, while seniors Olivia Sutter and Marie Williams swam identical times of 2:02.37 in the morning session to secure the final two spots in the C-Final. Yoon finished 13th overall with a 1:59.14, while Williams (2:00.70) and Sutter (2:01.68) clocked faster times in the evening session to secure seven points in their final events competed in a Big Red uniform.
Cornell's most representation in an event came in the 100 free, as senior Priscilla Wongso laid down a season-best 49.66 to qualify for the A-Final, and her teammates Emilie Boisrenoult (50.15) and Kate Li (50.21) shaved a combined 0.97 seconds off their seeded times to jump into the B-Final. Wongso would continue her historical weekend with another record swim in the event's fastest final heat, tying Jenna Immormino's 2014 Ivy Championships time (49.56) to earn fourth overall. Boisrenoult also had an excellent swim in the B-Final, taking the top spot with a faster time than the morning session (49.91). Li closed out the Big Red swimmers in the event, earning 12th overall to secure 15 more team points for the Big Red.
The 200 breaststroke had three swimmers for the Big Red in the C-Final in senior Amy Wu, junior Amanda Petersen, and sophomore Audrey Holden. Holden led the way for the Big Red, shaving over two seconds off her preliminary time to grab the final podium spot in the final. Wu also put together a faster time in Saturday's final with a 2:19.08 to earn fifth in the heat. Petersen also grabbed two points in the event with her seventh-place finish.
All three of Cornell's entries qualified for the evening finals session in the 200 fly. Freshman Katherine Yee continued to make more history, besting her own program record in the morning session set earlier this season against Penn and Princeton with a 1:59.51 to qualify for the A-Final. Yee would struggle in the race's fastest heat, clocking a 2:01.77 to finish eighth overall. Senior Anna Gruvberger represented the Big Red in the B-Final, using a 27.13 opening split to secure 12 points for Cornell with a 2:01.65. Sophomore Ella Martinez rounded out Cornell's representation in the C-Final by shaving 1.63 seconds off her preliminary time to earn seventh (2:04.18).
With the individual races over, it all came down to the 400 freestyle relay to see if the Big Red would close out the championships for the second consecutive season with a new program record in the event. The quartet of Wongso, Li, Boisrenoult, and Gruvberger would deliver on that wish, shattering the previous record by just under two seconds (3:19.71) to secure the final 50 points of the championship for the Big Red. Boisrenoult had the best split of the four athletes, clocking a 49.06 as the third swimmer off the block.
Diving into the final team standings, Cornell came in seventh for the second straight season with 611 total points. That point total is historic, as the Big Red scored the most points in Ivies since securing 653 during the 2017 championships, also held in Rhode Island.
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