Blake Conway took first in the 200-yard backstroke as Cornell men’s swimming and diving earned a 154-146 win over Dartmouth during its first road meet Friday and Saturday at Yale.
Host Yale defeated Cornell 185-115 in the other separately scored matchup in New Haven, Connecticut, according to Cornell Athletics. The split left the Big Red 1-3 overall and in Ivy League competition.
Conway edges Yale for backstroke victory
Conway finished the 200 backstroke in 1:44.95, beating Yale’s Aedan Conners by 0.12 seconds for Cornell’s only event win against the combined field. Gabe Anagnoson was fourth overall in 1:45.90, with the two Cornell swimmers taking the first two scoring places against Dartmouth.
Conway also took third overall in the 100 backstroke in 48.32. Anagnoson placed second overall in the 50 freestyle in 20.22, finishing a tenth of a second ahead of Dartmouth’s William McClelland to win that dual-meet matchup.
Will Chen beat Dartmouth’s swimmers in both the 100 and 200 freestyle. He placed third in the combined field in each race, recording 44.95 in the 100 and 1:38.63 in the 200.
Breaststroke depth adds points
Haihan Xu took second overall in the 100 breaststroke in 53.94. Phillip Osadsky and Nate Malcolm shared fourth place, each finishing in 55.10.
In the 200 breaststroke, Cornell occupied second through fourth overall. Emmanuel Gadson led that group in 1:59.80, followed by Charles Wang in 2:00.32 and Xu in 2:00.60. Those results gave Cornell the first three scoring places against Yale.
Jeremy Ting finished ahead of all Yale swimmers in the 200 butterfly, taking second overall in 1:48.65. He was also Cornell’s top finisher in the 200 individual medley, placing fourth in 1:49.19.
Chengze Duan led three consecutive Cornell finishers in the 100 butterfly. Duan placed third in 48.70, Enzo Balbuena fourth in 49.11 and Nate Yoon fifth in 49.21.
Julian Correa paced Cornell in the distance freestyle races. He finished third overall in the 1,000 in 9:18.53, followed by Owen Dankert in fourth in 9:23.01, Alan Shaaban in fifth in 9:26.76 and Duke Garvin in sixth in 9:27.08. Correa later placed fourth in the 500 in 4:30.95.
Divers and relays help secure Dartmouth win
Peter Buskirk won the Dartmouth scoring on the 1-meter board during Friday’s diving competition, placing fourth overall with 279.35 points. Max Reis-Trovillion was sixth with 277.15.
Reis-Trovillion led Cornell on the 3-meter board with 295.80 points for fourth overall. Henry Palmquist finished seventh with 250.25.
Cornell placed third overall in both relays. Conway, Xu, Duan and Anagnoson completed the 200 medley relay in 1:27.94.
Chen, Brock Schedler, Soren Koschmann and Anagnoson finished the 400 freestyle relay in 3:00.24, trailing Dartmouth by 0.12 seconds. Cornell’s second quartet of Yoon, Osadsky, Conway and Duan took fourth overall in 3:02.73, finishing ahead of Dartmouth’s second relay to help protect the eight-point dual-meet win.
Cornell next competes Nov. 20-21 at the UB Invitational in Buffalo.
File photo: Julia Quinlan/Cornell Athletics.
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