Hojung Yoon won three individual events in the scoring against Harvard as Cornell women’s swimming and diving opened its season with losses to the Crimson and Penn on Friday and Saturday at Teagle Pool in Ithaca.
Cornell lost 198-102 to Harvard and 233-67 to Penn in the separately scored Ivy League dual meets, starting 0-2 overall and in conference competition. Penn also beat Harvard 166-134 to finish the weekend with two victories. Diving took place Friday, followed by swimming Saturday.
Yoon finishes second overall in two events
Yoon, a senior, finished second in the combined field in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:57.41 and the 200 individual medley in 2:02.01. Her backstroke time was 0.36 seconds faster than Penn’s Brianna Cong.
Yoon also finished fourth overall in the 100 backstroke in 54.59. She beat every Harvard swimmer in all three events and finished second against Penn in both the 200 backstroke and 200 IM.
Springer leads the sprint freestyle races
Junior Rosalee Springer placed fourth overall in both sprint freestyle events, swimming the 50 in 23.42 seconds and the 100 in 50.80. She finished second against Penn in the 50 and second against Harvard in the 100.
Sophomore Isabela Teixeira swam the 100 freestyle in 51.61 and the 200 in 1:52.35. Sophomore Arina Vorobyeva finished fourth overall in the 200 freestyle in 1:50.80, taking second against Harvard and third against Penn.
Senior Erin DeHollander led Cornell in the distance freestyle races, finishing the 1,000 in 10:16.79 and the 500 in 5:00.64. She placed second against Harvard in the 1,000, with freshman Sarah Carrico third in that matchup in 10:25.06.
Senior Katherine Yee was Cornell’s top finisher in both butterfly events, swimming the 100 in 55.46 and the 200 in 2:03.43. Sophomore Nicole Byrnes Cortinas led the Big Red in the 100 breaststroke in 1:05.19, just ahead of freshman Abby Lee in 1:05.26. Sophomore Oceane Vanlinthout led Cornell in the 200 breaststroke in 2:20.55.
Kuziemko leads both diving events
Lilla Kuziemko led Cornell on both diving boards, scoring 243.80 points on the 1-meter board and 252.10 on the 3-meter board. She finished fourth in the combined field in each event, placing second against Penn and third against Harvard.
Vera Wong scored 231.75 on the 1-meter board to finish third against Penn and fourth against Harvard. Morgan Ogata scored 229.40 on 1-meter and 231.60 on 3-meter, while Julia Wilkinson scored 219.85 on 3-meter.
Cornell closes with second-place freestyle relay finishes
Vorobyeva, Ming Xu, Springer and Teixeira combined for a 3:24.81 in the 400 freestyle relay, finishing second in both dual meets. Springer had the quartet’s fastest split in 50.25.
Aly Yokoyama, Katie Ferreira, Xu and Springer opened the swimming competition with a 1:42.94 in the 200 medley relay.
Cornell next travels to New Haven, Connecticut, to face Yale and Dartmouth on Nov. 13-14. Diving begins at 4 p.m. Friday, followed by swimming at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Photo: Julia Quinlan/Cornell Athletics.
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