It's...PRINCETON!

The Princeton Tigers...your 2006-07 Ivy League Women's Swimming Champions!

Not only did Princeton win the dual meet regular season title with a perfect record, but they also capped off the undefeated Ivy League season by winning the Frank Keefe Trophy, designated for the Ivy League Champ, in front of the home crowd at DeNunzio Pool.

Princeton also had the distinction of having both the Most Outstanding Swimmer and Most Outstanding Diver in Alicia Aemisegger ('10) and Katie Giarra ('09), respectively.

The final rankings were as follows:

1. Princeton - 1,496
2. Harvard - 1,408 1/2
3. Yale - 1,122
4. Penn - 1,073
5. Columbia - 925
6. Brown - 811
7. Dartmouth - 634
8. Cornell - 339 1/2

Congratulations to all participants and thanks for everyone who assisted in making this meet a terrific success.

We'll see you in 2008!

Worldwide Ivies

From the start of the meet to the end of the meet, folks from these nations were following the action online:

Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Egypt, South Africa, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, China, India, Saudi Arabia, Japan and Australia.

Yale Sprints to Victory in the 400 Free Relay

In the final event of the competition, the Yale Relay team of Jane Kim ('10), Alexis Mann ('09), Moira McCloskey ('10), and anchor Meg Gill ('07) outswam strong contingents from other schools to take the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay.

The team's time of 3:23.16 was the 4th fastest time in history. It was a dramatic finish to a record breaking meet.

Congratulations ladies on a fantastic swim!

It's Giarra in the 3m

Katie Giarra ('09, Princeton) laid down the gauntlet on her final dive in the 3m competition to seal a second diving victory in the 2007 Ivy League Women's Swimming Championship.

Giarra, by virtue of her preliminary score was given the honor of diving last. She knew the mark that she had to make in order to take home the crown. The stage was hers and when it came time for her to perform, she did just that. Her 335.95 allowed for a comfortable win over fellow teammate Michelle DeMond ('07) in an event that saw Princeton take 1st, 2nd and 4th places.

Encore: Aemisegger Takes the Treble

An All-Points Bulletin needs to go out to Cristina Teuscher:

"Cristina, your records are not safe."

And you can thank Alicia Aemisegger again for that. Aemisegger broke through the field again in an Ivy Meet Record* time in the 200 Yard Breaststroke. Her time of 2:14.19, although not an Ivy Record [Jackie Pangilinan - 2:13.90, Harvard 2005], was good enough to rewrite both the Meet and Pool Records for the event.

Both were previously held by the aforementioned Teuscher in her record setting swim in 1999.

* The All-time meet record is held by Gabriella Csepe ('92, American) with a time of 2:13.95.