PYEONGCHANG, South Korea -- Four Ivies represented three countries in Winter Olympic action on Monday, Feb. 12, in PyeongChang.
Yale women’s ice hockey alum
Phoebe Staenz helped Switzerland to a 3-1 victory over Japan, registering a shot in 25:02 of ice time. Harvard women’s ice hockey product
Randi Griffin and Princeton women’s ice hockey alum
Caroline Park—who attends medical school at Columbia—each competed in Unified Korea’s 8-0 loss to Sweden. Griffin tallied two shots in 12:44 of action, while Park saw 8:58 on the ice.
Switzerland and Sweden are tied atop Group B with six points each, and have already clinched berths to the Olympic quarterfinals. They will square off on Wednesday, Feb. 14, to determine their seeding heading into the bracketed portion of Olympic competition.
Emily Dreissigacker—a United States biathlete who rowed at Dartmouth—finished 47th with a time of 35:36.7 in the 10km pursuit. She was the lone American to qualify to compete in the event as a top-60 finisher in the 7.5km spring.
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IvyLeague.com/Olympics and #OlympicIvy on social media for continuous coverage of the Ivies in PyeongChang from opening to closing ceremony.