ITHACA, N.Y. – The Yale men's swimming and diving team opened the 2023 portion of the schedule with an impressive 166.5-133.5 win over Cornell at Teagle Pool.
The diving events were held on Tuesday night, and
Jean Paul Ditto got the Bulldogs off to a strong start by winning both the 3- and 1-meter events. He scored 354.53 off the 3-meter board and 345.83 in the 1-meter event.
During Wednesday's swimming portion,
Noah Millard and
Joseph Page both won two events. Millard captured the 200 freestyle in 1:38.89 and the 500 freestyle in 4:34.22. Page was the winner in the 100 backstroke (49.29) and the 100 freestyle (45.14).
In the 100 butterfly,
Connor Lee finished first with a time of 48.21.
Yale also won both relays. The 200 medley team of Page,
Alex Deng, Marcus Hodgson and
Ben Meulemans posted a time of 1:30.44, while the 200 freestyle team of
Greg Kalin, Lucius Brown, Lee and Hodgson had a winning time of 1:22.98.
The Bulldogs (4-1, 2-1 Ivy) are back in action this weekend when they host Dartmouth and Penn. The diving events are Friday at 5 p.m. followed by the swimming events on Saturday at noon.
