1909-10
The Big Red put together its first-ever intercollegiate team, but do not swim any scoring dual meets.
1910-11
Cornell participates in five dual meets, all away from Ithaca. In its first intercollegiate meet, Cornell falls at Yale 46-7.
1911-12
The team picks up its first dual meet victory with a 27-26 triumph over Amherst.
1935-36
Gordon (Scotty) Little takes over the Cornell swimming and diving program, a position he will hold for the next 32 years.
1940-41
Cornell has its first winning dual meet campaign, going 6-3 under sixth-year head coach Scotty Little.
1942-43
Cornell begins its best five-year stretch in school history (34-3) by going 6-1 in dual meet competition. The squad’s only loss comes in the season opener against Columbia, a 39-36 decision. The following week, the Big Red embarks on a 28-meet win streak spanning five seasons with a 59-16 victory at Rochester.
1943-44
In its first-ever NCAA championship meet appearance, the Big Red finishes 10th overall. Cornell goes 9-0 in dual meet competition, its first unbeaten season and set a school-record for wins that will stand for 63 years.
1944-45
Paul Murray becomes the first Cornellian to win an NCAA swimming championship in the 200 breast, posting a time of 2:31.2 at the national meet. Behind his excellence, Cornell finishes a best-ever third at the NCAA championships and goes 7-0 in dual meet action.
1945-46
Paul Murray repeats as an All-American in the 200 breast, becoming the first Big Red swimmer to earn back-to-back national accolades. The Big Red again finish the season unbeaten, going a perfect 5-0.
1946-47
Cornell goes 7-2 in dual meet action, but have its 28-meet win streak broken with a 39-36 loss at Navy.
1948-49
Robert Hill earns All-America honors in the 100 free.
1953-54
The 200 free relay earns All-America honors on the strength of Robinson Ord, Roy Swanson, Fred Peirson and Ralph Delaplane. It remains the only relay team from Cornell to earn All-America honors.
1954-55
Robinson Ord takes his first individual All-America honor in the 50 free. He is one of five Big Red swimmers or divers to earn multiple NCAA All-America honors. The team finished 18th overall at the meet.
1956-57
Cornell head coach Scotty Little serves as president of the College Swimming Coaches Association.
1957-58
A pair of swimmers take home All-America honors in the 100 and 200 breast, as teammates David Stiller and George Mathias each reach the finals. Overall, the team places 18th at the NCAA meet.
1958-59
Cornell University hosts the NCAA swimming championships at Teagle Pool, with Michigan capturing its third straight title by a decisive 137.5-44 margin over runner-up Ohio State to set NCAA records for most points and largest margin of victory. In all, six American, eight NCAA and 10 meet records were shattered
1961-62
The Big Red places 15th at the first Eastern championship.
1962-63
Cornell has its first All-America diver, as David Hawk captures accolades in the 1-meter event.
1966-67
Scotty Little steps down after 32 years on the sidelines with a program-best 139 coaching victories.
1967-68
George Boizelle takes home an All-America citation in the 400 IM and Cornell finishes tied for 38th at the NCAA’s. under first-year head swimming coach Pete Carhart.
1968-69
Former Olympian Rick Gilbert becomes the head diving coach at Cornell, a post he will servie in for 39 years. During his tenure, Gilbert’s divers garnered 13 Eastern titles and seven All-America honors. Gilbert was named the Diving Coach of the Year at the Easterns three times and trained three Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees.
1970-71
Laurence More wins the first of his four All-America awards with his effort in the 3-meter, while Ken Light takes the first of consecutive All-America honors in the 1-meter event at the NCAA championships. They lead the team to a 25th-place finish at the national meet.
1971-72
Laurence More (3-meter dive) and Ken Light (1-meter dive) earn All-America honors for the second straight year as the Big Red places 15th at NCAA’s. More finishes as the national runner-up after winning the EISL title for the second straight year. Rick Gilbert, after serving as diving coach for the Big Red for three seasons, takes over as head swimming coach. He will serve as head coach for four years.
1972-73
Laurence More becomes an All-American in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events and was joined by Robert Meade, who reached the finals of the 100 butterfly. Cornell places 13th at the NCAA meet.
1973-74
The Big Red ends 20th in the standings at the NCAA meet as Robert Meade becomes a two-time All-American in the 100 butterfly. The team’s 6-5 record was the first winning mark in 16 years.
1974-75
Cornell finishes the season with an 8-3 record and won its first-ever dual meets against Yale and Dartmouth. The team’s 5-3 dual meet record against EISL opponents places the squad third, its highest finish in school history. It also ties its best-ever finish at the Eastern meet, finishing seventh. Bill Barton joins Rick Gilbert as co-head coach. The squad’s 5-3 mark against Eastern competition was its first winning mark since formal competition began in 1954-55.
1975-76
Jim Perkins takes over the Big Red swimming and diving program as head coach. He would stay on board for six years, posting a 27-38 dual meet record.
1977-78
Paul Steck ends a 15-year run of excellence for Cornell divers with All-America honors in the 1-meter event. Steck’s effort helps Cornell place 25th at the NCAA’s.
1981-82
Pete Orschiedt becomes head coach at Cornell. He would go on to direct the program for six years, posting a 43-26 mark (.623) during his tenure, the highest win percentage of any Big Red coach.
1983-84
Under third-year head coach Pete Orschiedt, Cornell ties for its first-ever regular season EISL title with a 7-2 dual meet record against league opponents. The Big Red wins a school-record 10 dual meet victories and finish fifth at the championship meet, matching its best-ever finish in school history.
1985-86
Randy Sprout becomes the second Cornellian to swim his way to All-American accolades in the 50 free as Cornell places 29th at the NCAA’s. The Big Red goes 9-2 in dual meet competition and finishes tied for second in the EISL with a 7-2 mark. Cornell also defeats Harvard in a dual meet for the first time since 1913 and the second time in program history.
1987-88
Joe Lucia takes over the men’s swimming and diving program.
2005-06
Cornell finished second in CollegeSwimming.com’s Mid-Major Dual Meet Rankings after finishing its dual meet season with an 8-2 record. Both Stefano Caprara and Mike Smit competed at the NCAA championships, with Smit capturing All-America honors in the 200 free as Cornell finished 46 at the meet.
2006-07
The Big Red claims its first unbeaten dual meet season in 60 years (10-0) and captured the unofficial regular season EISL title with an 8-0 record for the first time in school history. In the process, Cornell defeated Harvard for the first time since the 1985-86 campaign and Princeton for the first time since the 1983-84 season. A strong fifth-place finish at the EISL championships saw the Big Red claim 14 first-team All-Ivy selections and four second-teamers, with all five relay teams garnering conference honors. Mike Smit was named the Career Swimmer of the Meet at the EISLs, and joined Dave McKechnie and Wes Newman in competing at the NCAA championships. McKechnie sets an EISL record in the 100 breast with his 53.94 swim.
2007-08
Wes Newman wins the 200 free at the EISL championship, then finishes fourth in the 400 free and sixth in the 100 butterfly at the Canadian Olympic Trials. Mike Smit ‘07, Phil Baity ‘09 and Nick Campbell ‘10 all compete in the U.S. Olympic Trials.
2008-09
Cornell sets a total of 15 school records and finish third at the first-ever Ivy League championship. Wes Newman walks away from the meet with a total of seven team records, including setting a conference mark in the 200 free (1:34.35).
2009-10
The Big Red goes 7-2 in dual meet competition and finishes third in the Ancient Eight regular season standings with a 5-2 mark. Michael Cai (200 breast) and Dean Holcomb (400 IM) win Ivy titles as four school records were bettered at the championship meet.
2010-11
The Big Red went 6-3 in dual meet action for its 10th consecutive season with a .500 record or better under head coach Joe Lucia.
2011-12
Cornell finished eighth at the Ivy League championships, setting one school record and several NCAA “B” cut qualifying times along the way with one of the youngest teams in the tenure of head coach Joe Lucia.
2012-13
Cornell diver Philip Truong sets school records on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards at the 2013 Ivy League Swimming & Diving Championships at Brown.
2013-14
Cornell tripled its win total, surpassing its dual meet wins from the previous two seasons, and won its first Ivy dual in two seasons en route to a 3-6 campaign. Freshman Dylan Sali broke a pair of Cornell records (100 back, 200 IM) at the Ivy League Championship meet.
2014-15
Cornell continued its resurgence, posting their best record (5-4) since the 2010-11 season. Alex Evdokimov had a stellar freshman campaign, sweeping the Ivy League breaststroke titles and helping Cornell to a sixth place Ivy League finish, the team's highest since 2011.
2015-16
Alex Evdokimov led the Big Red to another successful season, helping Cornell to a fifth place finish at the Ivy League Championships, their highest since 2009. Evdokimov once again swept the breaststroke events at the Ivies, becoming the first swimmer in 13 years to accomplish this feat in back-to-back years. Evdokimov would go on to finish 15th overall in the 200 breaststroke at the NCAA Championship, becoming Cornell's first swimming All-American since 2006.
2016-17
Evdokimov continued his reign of the breaststroke events at the Ivy League Championships, sweeping the 100 and 200 races for the third consecutive year. He capped off his junior season with a pair of NCAA All-American honors, finishing 14th in the 100 breaststroke and 13th in the 200 breaststroke at the NCAA Championship. He became just the sixth Cornell swimmer to earn multiple All-America honors in a career.
2017-18
Evdokimov goes down as one of the top breaststroke swimmers in Ivy League history, setting conference, school, meet, and pool records in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke en route to his fourth sweep in four years at the Ivy League Championships. He improved upon his Ivy League and school-record mark in the 100 breaststroke at the NCAA Championship with a time of 51.32, placing fourth overall. Evdokimov also finished fifth at the NCAA Championship in the 200 breaststroke, becoming a five-time All-American.
2018-19
Cornell finishes with a 4-5 overall record, breaking three school records at the Ivy League Championships en route to a seventh place finish. Ian Russiello earned a top-10 finish in the 400 IM, breaking a nine-year-old school record with a time of 3:52.26. Jack Mahoney broke a pair of records, including the decade-old 100 fly record (47.11) and the 100 free record (43.83).
2019-20
Freshman Paige daCosta has a breakout rookie season, becoming Cornell men's swimming and diving's first-ever Ivy League Champion in the 100-backstroke. He also finished as the conference runner-up in the 200-backstroke and 200-IM and broke three individual school records (100-backstroke, 200-IM, and 400-IM) during a stellar freshman campaign. For his efforts, he earned first-team All-Ivy distinction in the 100-backstroke and second-team All-Ivy honors in the 200-backstroke and 200-IM.
Junior Brett Hébert did something that a Cornell men's diver hadn't done since 1987 (Steve Bannerot), becoming the Big Red's first NCAA Championships qualifier in 32 years. He qualified in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events, and although the NCAA Championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hébert was tabbed a CSCAA All-American. This marked the first All-America accolade of his career.
James Huang set a school record in the 200-butterfly (1:45.43), besting head coach Wes Newman '09's time that had stood since 2009.
2021-22
Cornell finishes with a 2-7 overall record and broke the 800-freestyle relay record at the 2022 Ivy League Championships, as Ricardo Martinez, Jake Lawson, Joseph Gurski, and Dominic Edwards touched the wall at 6:30.94, besting the previous school record of 6:31.25 set in the championships a year earlier. The shuffling of the top-10 times list also occurred throughout the season, as Martinez swam a then-third best time in the 200-IM, while Jake Lawson clocked the third-fastest time in program history in the 1000-freestyle.
Jameson Crandell also qualified for NCAA Zones, finishing 11th overall in the 3-meter and 23rd in the 1-meter diving events.
2022-23
Multiple school records fell throughout the season for the Big Red, who finished 3-5-1 overall, including its first tie in a meet since the 1989-90 season. Then-sophomore Sebastian Wolff had an Ivy League Championships to remember, breaking two individual school records (100-freestyle, 200-IM). Wolff also swam the second leg of the record-breaking 400-medley relay with Paige daCosta, Joseph Gurski, and Dominic Edwards.
Two more individual records fell during the championships, as Joseph Gurski (200-butterfly) and Pietro Ubertalli (200-backstroke) put their names at the top of the Cornell record books. Jacob Bass also swam the second-fastest time in Cornell history in the 200-breaststroke and third-fastest in the 100-breaststroke.
2023-24
The Big Red secures its best overall record since 2018-19 with a 4-5 mark overall and 2-5 in Ivy League action. Cornell outswims the competition in trip to Akron, Ohio to take home the Zippy Invitational crown for the first time since 2019 by 153.5 points over UC Santa Barbara. Dominic Edwards '25, Paige daCosta '24, Sebastian Wolff '24, and Jacques Grove '26 headline meet with new program-best in 400 Freestyle Relay. Joseph Gurski '25 also has a season to remember, becoming the first Big Red swimmer in 32 years to win the 100 Butterfly at the Ivy Championship, secure first team All-Ivy honors and a new program record. Julien Correa '27 also earns silver in 400 IM to grab second team All-Ivy. Three more individual records fall at Ivies from Gurski (200 Butterfly), Sebastian Wolff '25 (200 IM), and Pietro Ubertalli (200 Backstroke). The relay record book also shuffles with new marks set at Ivies in the 400 Medley and 800 Freestyle Relays.
