It Will All Come Right down to Diving

2025 Ivy League Ladies’s Swimming & Diving Championships

• Dates: Wednesday, February 19–Saturday, February 22
• Location: DeNunzio Pool, Princeton, NJ
• Defending Champions: Princeton ladies (2x)
• Dwell Outcomes
• Dwell Video: ESPN+
• Championship Central

The double-defending champions Princeton Tigers have gained three of the final 4 Ivy League Ladies’s championships and look poised to defend their title at house this 12 months. Nonetheless, it will likely be contact and go, with the Harvard Crimson, who earned the 2024-25 Ivy League Twin Meet crown with a 7-0 document in convention play, nipping at their heels.

Final 12 months, Princeton took management of the 2024 Ivy League Ladies’s Championships with a pair of relay wins on Day 1. Penn got here out swinging on Day 2, going 1-2 within the 500 free behind Anna Kalandadze and Anna Moehn, however Princeton completed 1-2 within the 200 IM (Dakota Tucker and Margaux McDonald) and the 50 free (Sabrina Johnston and Ela Noble) and gained the 200 free relay to keep up their lead, regardless of Harvard touchdown 111 factors in 1-meter diving. Yale outperformed the psych sheet and ended Day 2 75 factors forward of Brown, who had been predicted to position third.

Harvard and Brown had huge performances on Day 3. Brown gained the 100 fly (Lillian Klinginsmith) and 200 free (Morgan Lukinac), whereas Harvard’s Anya Mostek took the 100 again and the Crimson earned double factors with a 400 medley relay win. Princeton continued to dominate within the IM, going 1-2 but once more with Tucker and Eleanor Solar, and the Tigers’ McDonald squeaked previous a pair of Yale breaststrokers (Jessey Li and Ava Franks) to say the 100 title.

Harvard outscored Princeton once more on Day 4, however it wasn’t sufficient to catch the Tigers, whose first two days had put them out of attain. Penn kicked off Day 4 with one other 1-2 end from Kalandadze and Moehn in distance free. Mostek gave Harvard a sweep of the backstroke occasions. Johnston and Noble went 1-3 within the 100 free, with Brown’s Lukinac coming in second. Princeton wrapped up the swimming occasions with 1-2 finishes within the 200 breast (Tucker and Eliza Brown) and 200 fly (Heidi Smithwick and Solar), and capped the meet off with a victory within the 4×100 free relay. Harvard dominated in 3-meter diving, scoring 137 factors.

Princeton graduated Ellie Marquardt, Margaux McDonald, and Liza Whitmire, who collectively mixed for 237 particular person factors, however they nonetheless have lots of their scorers from final 12 months. That features sophomores Dakota Tucker (96 factors) and Eleanor Solar (83 factors), juniors Sabrina Johnston (89 factors), Heidi Smithwick (82 factors), and Eliza Brown (74 factors), and senior Ela Noble (62 factors).

Harvard beat Princeton and Yale to earn their first H-Y-P sweep since 2016, establishing what may very well be an Ivy League title on the championships. The Crimson deliver again all their prime scorers from 2024, together with juniors Anya Mostek (89 factors) and Sydney Lu (77 factors), sophomores Alexandra Bastone (78 factors) and Stephanie Iannaccone (70 factors), and seniors Molly Hamlin (77 factors) and Aleksandra Denisenko (64.5 factors). They’ve all their prime divers (Nina Janmyr, Remi Edvalson, and Amy Wotovich), who had been accountable for a mixed 173 factors final 12 months.

The battle for third place is all the time thrilling at Ivies, and this 12 months ought to be no exception. Brown has are available with excessive expectations in every of the final two years, however Yale has squeezed the Bears out of the rostrum each time. Yale is led by first-year Mabel Koff, who ranks #1 within the 200 again, #5 within the 200 IM, and #10 within the 200 free. The Bulldogs return Caroline Riggs (77 factors final 12 months), Jessey Li (76 factors), Lilly Derivaux (60 factors), Junseo Kim (59 factors), and Alex Massey (55 factors). Divers Paige Lai and Hayden Henderson went 1-2 on the 1-meter board at H-Y-P and are amongst this 12 months’s prime seeds. Brown graduated Morgan Likinac (86 factors) however their 2024 scorers embody Lillian Klinginsmith (71.5 factors), Zehra Bilgin (65 factors), Kelly Dolce (53 factors), and the highest seed within the 100 again, Jenna Reznicek (52 factors).

Occasion Schedule

Wednesday

• 200 medley relay
• 800 free relay

Thursday

• 500 free
• 200 IM
• 50 free
• 1-meter diving
• 200 free relay

Friday

• 100 fly
• 400 IM
• 200 free
• 100 breast
• 100 again
• 3-meter diving
• 400 medley relay

Saturday

• 1650 free
• 200 again
• 100 free
• 200 breast
• 200 fly
• 3-meter diving
• 400 free relay

2024 Last Standings

1. Princeton 1403
2. Harvard 1317.5
3. Yale 1069
4. Brown 1036
5. Penn 863.5
6. Columbia 683
7. Cornell 609
8. Dartmouth 475

Brown: Crystal Yuen (Fr-Free), Jenna Reznicek (Sr-Again/Fly), Catherine Yu (Jr-Breast/IM), Lillian Klinginsmith (Jr-Free/Fly), Zehra Bilgin (Sr-Fly/Free/Again), Kelly Dolce (Jr-Free/Again)

Yuen is available in ranked Third within the 200 free, fifth within the 1650 free, and seventh within the 500 free. She can be ninth within the 50 and 100 free and as such will probably be deadly on the relays. Reznicek gained the 100 again as a freshman and was runner-up in every of the final 2 years. She is available in with the highest seed time within the occasion (52.61) and can be ranked fifth within the 200 again. Yu is seeded fifth within the 200 breast, eighth within the 200 breast, and 14th within the 200 IM. Klinginsmith is the #2 seed within the 100 fly, the occasion she gained final 12 months, and is sixth within the 100 free and fifteenth within the 50. Bilgin is seeded 4th within the 200 fly and ninth within the 100 fly; she was an A-finalist in each occasions in 2024. Dolce is seeded among the many prime 16 within the 50, 100, and 200 free.

Columbia: Emily Macdonald (Sr-Free), Ashley Hu (Sr-Breast), Allison Martin (Sr-Free/IM), Lindsay Orringer (Jr- Free/Again), Sally Ma (Jr- Free/Fly)

Macdonald is seeded 4th within the 50 free, 4th within the 100 free, and eleventh within the 200 free. A 12 months in the past, she was a B-finalist in each occasions. Hu is available in with the Third-fastest time within the 100 breast and is tenth within the 200 breast. She positioned fifth within the 100 and ninth within the 200 final 12 months. Martin is seeded ninth within the 200 fly, tenth within the 200 IM, and eleventh within the 400 IM. Distance specialist Orringer ranks fifth within the 500 free and sixth within the 1650. She positioned ninth in each occasions in 2024 and was additionally sixteenth within the 200 again. Ma is seeded sixth within the 50 free and thirteenth within the 100 free.

Cornell: Erin DeHollander (So-Free/Breast), Hojung Yoon (So-IM/Again), Rosalee Springer (Fr-Again/Free), Audrey Holden (Jr-Breast), Kate Li (Jr-Free/IM)

Cornell misplaced their 2024 prime performers to commencement however the Massive Crimson are led by underclassmen this 12 months. DeHollander ranks tenth within the 1650 free, eleventh within the 500 free, and seventeenth within the 200 free. Her prime end final 12 months was within the mile, the place she got here in sixteenth. Yoon ranks thirteenth within the 200 again and fifteenth within the 200 breast and 400 IM. A 12 months in the past, she competed within the 200 again and each IMs. Sim is seeded nineteenth within the 100 again, twentieth within the 200 again, and twentieth within the 200 IM. Holden is twelfth within the 100 breast and twenty first within the 200 breast. Li is 18th within the 200 IM and twentieth within the 200 free.

Dartmouth: Jamie Legh (So-Free/Again/Fly), Katherine Jia (So-Breast/IM), Klara Johnsson Sternstrom (Fr-Diving), Samantha Li (So-Free)

Like Cornell, Dartmouth’s underclassmen are the staff’s prime performers this 12 months. Legh has made nice strides since her 2023-24 freshman season and involves the 2025 championship meet seeded seventh within the 100 fly –1.3 seconds sooner than she was in final 12 months’s ultimate– and eighth within the 200 fly. She can be seeded twelfth within the 100 again and nineteenth within the 50 free. She competed within the 100 again and 100/200 fly final 12 months. Jia ranks ninth within the 200 breast, tenth within the 100 breast, and sixteenth within the 200 IM. Final 12 months she got here in twelfth within the 200 breast and was a C finalist within the different two occasions. First-year diver Johnsson Sternstrom is ranked eleventh on each boards. Li is seeded fifteenth within the 50 free and twenty first within the 100 free.

Harvard: Anya Mostek (Jr-Again/IM/Free), Alexandra Bastone (So-Free/Fly), Sydney Lu (Jr-Fly/IM), Aleksandra Denisenko (Sr-Breast/IM), Stephanie Iannaccone (So-IM/Breast), Molly Hamlin (Sr-Free/Again), Gabi Augustyn (Fr-Breast/IM), Nina Janmyr (Jr-Diving)

Mostek is seeded 2nd within the 200 again and Third within the 100 again, however she gained each occasions final 12 months and set the Ivy League Meet Report within the latter. She can be ranked eleventh within the 50 free and eleventh within the 100 free. She positioned fifth within the 50 final 12 months. Bastone has exploded this 12 months, bettering her instances by 2.6 seconds within the 200 free and a couple of.1 seconds within the 500 free. Bastone completed Third within the 500 free and 400 IM and sixth within the 1650 free in 2024. She is #1 seed within the 200/500 free and #3 within the mile, so it appears possible she’ll swap the 400 IM for the 200 free this time round. Lu was runner-up within the 100 fly and 4th within the 200 fly final 12 months; she additionally swam within the 200 free and was an A finalist. Now, she is seeded Third and sixth within the 100/200 fly and Third within the 50 free. With Bastone main the sector within the 200 free, Lu will most likely enter the 50. Denisenko ranks 2nd within the 100 breast, Third within the 200 breast, and eleventh within the 200 IM. Iannaccone is available in seeded #6 within the 200 IM, #7 within the 400 IM, #7 within the 100 breast, and #4 within the 200 breast. She gained each the 100 breast and 200 breast in 2022. Hamlin is eighth within the 100 again, seventh within the 200 again, and ninth within the 200 free. Augustyn’s instances rank eleventh time within the 100 breast, seventh within the 200 breast, thirteenth within the 200 IM, and twentieth within the 400 IM. Janmyr, who gained each diving occasions eventually 12 months’s championships, and the remainder of the Crimson’s diving squad, might make the distinction between second and first place within the standings.

Penn: Anna Moehn (Jr-Free), Kayla Fu (Fr-Fly/Free/IM), Sydney Bergstrom (Jr-Free), Katya Eruslanova (So-Again/Free/IM), Amy Qin (Fr-Free/Again/Fly), Kate Levensten (So-Fly/Again), Isabella Pytel (Sr-Breast/IM), Pleasure Jiang (Sr-Fly)

Moehn, who was runner-up final 12 months within the 1650 free and 500 free and positioned Third within the 200 free, comes into this 12 months’s meet seeded 1st, 2nd, and 2nd within the respective occasions. First-year Fu has established herself as one of many prime dash free/fly specialists within the League. She ranks #1 within the 100 fly, #5 within the 50 free, #6 within the 100 free, #4 within the 200 free, and #7 within the 200 IM. Bergstrom, who positioned 4th within the 1650 free final 12 months and nearly gave Penn a 1-2-3 podium sweep, is seeded #2 within the mile, #4 within the 500 free, and #18 within the 400 IM. Eruslanova gained the B finals of the 200/400 IM and 200 again in 2024. Now, she ranks 4th within the 200 IM and Third within the 400 IM, having dropped half a second within the 200 and 4.6 seconds within the 400. Qin is seeded seventh within the 100 again, thirteenth within the 50 free, seventeenth within the 100 fly, and 18th within the 100 free. Levensten was a B finalist within the 100/200 again and 100 fly a 12 months in the past. This 12 months, she is seeded ninth, eighth, and twenty first, respectively. Pytel, who swam the 100/200 breast and 200 IM on the 2024 championships, is ranked #5, #16, and #23 in these occasions this 12 months. Jiang is seeded fifth within the 200 fly and fifteenth within the 100 fly.

Princeton: Sabrina Johnston (Jr-Free/Again), Eleanor Solar (So-IM/Fly/Breast), Dakota Tucker (So-IM/Fly/Breast), Heidi Smithwick (Jr-Free/Fly), Jenna Walters (Fr-Free), Natalie Farquhar (Fr-Free), Isabella Korbly (Sr-Again/Free), Ela Noble (Sr-Free/Again), Charlotte Martinkus (Jr-Diving), Charlotte Norman (Fr-Diving)

Johnston, who gained the 50/100 free and positioned fifth within the 100 fly in 2024, ranks 1st within the 50 free, 1st within the 100 free, 2nd within the 100 again, Third within the 200 IM, and sixth within the 100 fly this season. Solar brings the League’s prime instances within the 200 IM and 400 IM, occasions through which she positioned Third and 2nd final 12 months, behind classmate Tucker. Solar additionally ranks 2nd within the 200 breast and 200 fly coming into the meet. Final 12 months she selected the 200 fly and was runner-up behind Smithwick. Tucker, who was Excessive Level winner final 12 months with first place finishes within the 200/400 IM and 200 breast, is prime seed within the 200 breast and #2 behind Solar within the IMs. Smithwick, the 2024 champion within the 200 fly and A finalist within the 100 fly and 50 free, is ranked #1 within the 200 fly, #3 within the 500 free, #4 within the 100 fly, and #6 within the 400 IM. She can be fifteenth in each the 100 free and 200 free. Walters is seeded sixth within the 200 free, 4th within the 100 free, and 14th within the 50 free. Her classmate, Farquhar, is sixth within the 500 free, fifth within the 200 free, and sixteenth within the 100 free. Korbly brings the League’s #3 time within the 200 again and #5 time within the 100 again. Final 12 months, she was an A finalist in each occasions and a B finalist within the 50 free. Noble, who positioned 2nd within the 50 free and Third within the 100 free a 12 months in the past, is seeded 2nd in each occasions this 12 months. Divers Charlotte Martinkus and Charlotte Norman might have a huge effect on the Tigers’ outcomes this 12 months, after damage plagued the dive squad a 12 months in the past.

Yale: Jessey Li (Jr-Breast/IM), Mabel Koff (Fr-Again/Free), Alex Massey (Sr-Fly/IM), Eunice Lee (Fr-IM), Junseo Kim (Sr-Free/IM/Fly), Devyn Sargent (Fr-Again/IM), Quinn Murphy (Sr-Again), Paige Lai (Jr-Diving), Hayden Henderson (Sr-Diving)

Li, who gained the 100 breast as a freshman in 2023 and was runner-up final 12 months, brings the highest time within the League to this 12 months’s meet. As well as, she is seeded sixth within the 200 breast, ninth within the 200 IM, fifth within the 50 free, and 14th within the 100 free. She selected the IM over the 50 free in every of the final 2 years however is by far Yale’s prime dash freestyler this 12 months. First-year Koff has already made a big effect, having damaged Yale’s program document within the 200 again (1:54.95) at H-Y-P, beating defending Ivy champion Mostek of Harvard by over 1 second. Koff is prime seed within the 200 again, fifth within the 200 IM, tenth within the 200 free, and thirteenth within the 100 again. Massey is seeded Third within the 200 fly and 4th within the 200 again, which feels like a troublesome double, however she was an A finalist in each occasions final 12 months. She can be seeded twelfth within the 100 fly. Lee ranks eighth within the 400 IM, fifteenth within the 200 IM, sixteenth within the 200 fly, and twentieth within the 200 breast. Kim brings the #10 time within the 200 fly and is #13 within the 400 IM and #20 within the 200 IM. Sargent is eleventh within the 100 again and 200 again and seventeenth within the 200 IM. Murphy is #6 seed within the 100 again and #9 within the 200 again. Lai and Henderson are seeded within the prime 8 in each 1- and 3-meter diving.

Showdowns

Diving – The Ivy League permits a roster of 18 for the convention championship meet, with divers counting for 1/3 every. Groups with good depth on the boards typically deliver 6 divers and 16 swimmers and try and stuff the A finals within the 1-meter and 3-meter diving occasions. That technique labored properly for Harvard and Yale final 12 months, as they scored 248 and 159 factors, respectively, from diving. Harvard earned 3 A-final spots in 1-meter diving and 5 in 3-meter, whereas Yale received 3 and 1. Harvard’s Nina Janmyr swept each occasions, whereas her teammate Remi Edvalson was twice runner-up.

This 12 months, Janmyr and Edvalson haven’t achieved the identical outcomes throughout the common season that they did a 12 months in the past, which opens the likelihood for extra balanced ends in diving. Yale’s Paige Lai and Hayden Henderson went 1-2 in 3-meter diving occasion at H-Y-P, whereas Princeton’s Charlotte Martinkus beat Harvard’s prime finisher, Elizabeth Miclau, by 9.05 factors. Janmyr edged Henderson on the 1-meter board. Martinkus and teammate Charlotte Norman have put up the highest marks within the League on the 3-meter board, so if the Tigers stay injury-free (which was an enormous problem for them in 2024), their divers might make a giant distinction this 12 months.

500 Free – Penn has gained the final three 500 free titles, with Lia Thomas in 2022 (4:37.32) and Anna Kalandadze in 2002 (4:38.86) and 2024 (4:37.21). This 12 months, Harvard sophomore Alexandra Bastone is available in with the main seed time of 4:40.71, 2.15 seconds sooner than her Third-place end from 2024 (4:42.86). Final 12 months’s runner-up, Penn junior Anna Moehn, sits .9 again with a seed time of 4:41.61.

100 Fly – It was an exciting end to final 12 months’s 100 fly ultimate, with Brown’s Klinginsmith profitable by .02 after main by .05 on the 50. Solely 7 hundredths separated the highest 3 finishers: Klinginsmith (52.53), Harvard’s Lu (52.55), and Princeton’s Smithwick (52.60). This 12 months, the trio will probably be challenged by Penn first-year Kayla Fu, who’s the one Ivy swimmer to have clipped 53 seconds (52.54) throughout the 2024-25 season.

SwimSwam Picks

1. Princeton
2. Harvard
3. Brown
4. Yale
5. Penn
6. Columbia
7. Cornell
8. Dartmouth

Harvard gained the twin meet crown this 12 months, however Princeton nonetheless has sufficient depth to rack up an excellent variety of factors over the four-day meet. The Tigers’ weak spot in breaststroke will possible value them the medley relays, however they’ve robust freestylers and will win all three of these relays. Whereas Princeton dominated swimming occasions in 2024, Harvard cleaned up on the boards. Ought to Princeton’s divers carry out this time round, it may very well be sufficient to maintain the Tigers on prime. Brown, Yale, and Penn are often in a heated contest for third place, and this 12 months seems to be like that race will proceed. On paper, Brown has the sting, however Yale tends to overperform at Ivies and will leapfrog the Bears onto the third step of the rostrum.