PRINCETON, N.J. – Princeton opened the 2023 Ivy League Women’s Swimming and Diving and Championships with a pair of wins Wednesday evening at DeNunzio Pool.
The event opened with Princeton’s quartet of Alexa Pappas, Margaux McDonald, Nikki Venema and Sabrina Johnston setting a new Ivy meet record in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:36.86. The mark, which also a DeNunzio Pool record, broke Yale’s 2018 time by .41 seconds. Yale’s relay of Lindsey Wagner, Jessey Li, Alex Massey and Ophelia Pilkinton placed second with a time of 1:37.36, which is the second fastest time in DeNunzio Pool history.
Princeton’s relay team of Nikki Venema, Sabrina Johnston, Caroline Lewitt and Ellie Marquardt claimed the second and final event of the evening with a DeNunzio Pool record of 7:05.85. Harvard placed second in 7:09.86 and Columbia took third in 7:10.44.
The second day of competition begins Thursday with the prelims session at 11 a.m. ET and will be followed by the finals round at 6 p.m. All events will be broadcast on ESPN+.