AKRON, OHIO - The Cornell women's swimming and diving team closed out the 2025 Zippy Invitational with a strong final day of racing, highlighted by an event victory in the 1650-yard freestyle and multiple A-final points in the 200-yard backstroke. The Big Red secured an all-time best second-place team finish with 1702 points, trailing only Akron and finishing ahead of Buffalo, Bowling Green, Keiser, Youngstown State, and Clarion. 

Cornell wrapped up the Zippy Invite with consistency across the closing events, earning key A-final points in backstroke and delivering a distance-event victory to secure the runner-up team finish. The Big Red opened the finals session with a decisive win in the 1650-yard freestyle, where junior Erin Dehollander won the event in 16:40.40. Freshman Natalia Strezenicky also scored in the championship heat, placing seventh in 17:30.27.

Cornell continued their strong closing performance in the 200-yard backstroke, placing three swimmers in the A final. Freshman Rosalee Springer finished second in 1:57.97, followed by classmates Aly Yokoyama in sixth (2:01.55) and Sadye Derstadt in seventh (2:02.18). Strezenicky added a second scoring swim later in the session, finishing 28th overall in 2:12.74.

More to come - Words from Patrick Galagher, the Philip H. Bartels '71 Head Coach of Women's Swimming

Final Team Results
Akron - 1779
Cornell - 1702
Buffalo - 1694
Bowling Green - 1134.5
Keiser - 785
Youngstown State - 771.5
Clarion - 544

Full meet results can be found HERE