BOSTON -- It was a successful day one of the BU Winter Open for the Cornell women's swimming and diving on Friday night from Fit Rec Competition, as the team earned multiple season-best finishes and a victory in the 400 freestyle relay.

The first event of the evening came in the 500 freestyle, with Lexie Vanderloo as the lone Big Red entry. The junior had an excellent race, swimming a season-best 5:08.79 to earn a third-place finish and the first podium of the evening. Cornell's top finishes carried over into the 200 IM, as Sophia Tsai earned bronze (2:10.36), while Madeline Ferreira shaved almost two seconds off her seeded time and swam her second-best split of 30.66 over the final 50 yards to earn fifth with a 2:10.47.

Four Big Red entries competed in the 50 freestyle, led by Victoria Zhang, as the junior grabbed the lone top-five finish in the event with a 24.02. Quinn Rinkus was the second-highest finishing swimmer for Cornell, swimming a season-best 24.52 to finish 18th overall. Angelica Sih (24.90) and Bahar Demirkiran (24.91) also notched their best swims of the season in the event, shaving a combined 0.32 off to finish 30th and 31st.

The final event of the night was the best swim of the night for the Big Red, as the quartet of Alex Syrkin, Vanderloo, Ferreira, and Demirkiran earned the top spot by over a second ahead of Northeastern's A-Relay team in the 400 freestyle relay (3:35.45). The time was also another best of the season by almost five seconds.

Cornell also had some swimmers compete in time trials in session two of Friday's meet. Those results are below. The Big Red is back in action for the final day of the BU Winter Open tomorrow afternoon at noon, with streaming of the event beginning at 6 p.m. on ESPN Plus.

TIME TRIAL RESULTS
100 Butterfly
Alex Syrkin (58.97)
200 Freestyle
Angelica Sih (1:54.88)
100 Breaststroke
Quinn Rinkus (1:06.71)
200 Butterfly
Joey Misailidis (2:08.50)
Lexie Vanderloo (2:13.08)
 
SATURDAY SCHEDULE
NOON START
Women's 100 Fly 
Men's 100 Fly
Women's 400 IM
Men's 400 IM
Women's 200 Freestyle
Men's 200 Freestyle
Women's 100 Breaststroke
Men's 100 Breaststroke
Women's 100 Backstroke
Men's 100 Backstroke
Women's 200 IM 
Men's 200 IM
Women's 1 Meter Dive
Men's 1 Meter Dive
Women's 1650 Freestyle 
Men's 1650 Freestyle

6 P.M. START
Women's 200 Freestyle Relay
Men's 200 Freestyle Relay
Women's 200 Backstroke
Men's 200 Backstroke
Women's 100 Freestyle
Men's 100 Freestyle
Women's 200 Breaststroke
Men's 200 Breaststroke
Women's 200 Butterfly
Men's 200 Butterfly
Women's 400 Medley Relay
Men's 400 Medley Relay
Time Trials