NEW YORK, NY(SMI-GLOBAL-UNIVERSITY-SPORTS-OCT 31-NOV. 01, 2025)-The Columbia University DIV I Women's swimming and diving team kicked-off its season defeating NYU(Div III) 170-130, with diver Chloe Leung claiming first place in both 3M & 1M diving competition to give the Lions its first win of the season at Columbia University in NYC.
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Both Universities athletic programs compete in separate conference and divisions but always looking to achieve the highest success with its school athletic programs in the NCAA.
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In the Women 200 Yard-Medley relay, The Lions took first and 2nd place led by Shaelyn Shields, Natalia Diaz,, Ella Chan & Sally Ma with the final time of 1:44.75 for first place and Emily Wang, Ashley Hong, Annabelle Kung, Isabel Lee with 1:46.02 in second place.
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Women 1000-Yard  FreeStyle:Lindsay Orringer (Columbia) won with 10:26.00, Sammy Segerson (Columbia) finished 2nd with 10:32.33 while Emery Mueller (NYU) took 3rd place with 10:39.86.
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In the women 200- Yard-Freestyle, NYU's Kaley McIntyre took first place with 1:50.69, follow by Columbia's Victoria Mori who finished 2nd with 1:52.83, and in the 100-Yard Backstroke Maeve O'Donnell(NYU) touched the wall at 56.91 while Shaelyn Shields (Columbia) took 2nd with 57.20. 
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Women 100-Yard Breaststroke: Ashley Hong and Natalia Diaz took first & second place with a 1:05.87 & 1:06.28 final time and Nicole Ranile took first place for NYU in the 200-Yard Butterfly with 2:03.94.
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In the 50 & 100-Yard Freestyle, Kaley McIntyre (NYU) & Isabel Lee (Columbia) finished first and 2nd in both consecutive competition with the final time 23:42 & 23.81 (50-Yard) & 50.80 and 52.54 in the 100-yard freestyle.

In the diving competition, Chloe Leung swept both 3M & 1M finishing in first place with 282.15(3M) and 285.30(1M) for her first sweep and registering two NCAA Zone scores.


500-Yard Freestyle: Mia Avansino (Columbia) won with 5:02.26, Shaelyn Shields took the 400-Yard IM with 4:27.91 and the 200-Yard Freestyle relay led by Reese Heidenreich, Natalia Daiz, Maddie Rivard & Mia Avansino won for Columbia in the final event with 1:40.40 to claim the final victory of 170-130, in 16-events in the duo-meet. 
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Article & Photo by Marcello Cutti II/ Staff Writer/PhotoGrapher Women Starlight