{"id":605240,"date":"2025-02-23T06:45:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T13:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=605240"},"modified":"2025-02-23T09:56:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T16:56:29","slug":"prinivy-league-womens-championships-eleanor-sun-leads-princeton-to-dominant-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/prinivy-league-womens-championships-eleanor-sun-leads-princeton-to-dominant-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivy League Women’s Championships: Eleanor Sun Leads Princeton to Dominant Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ivy League Women’s Championships: Eleanor Sun Leads Princeton to Dominant Win<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Princeton Tigers hosted the Ivy League Women’s Championships this week and secured a team title, scoring 1479 points to out-pace Harvard by more than 200 points. Princeton finished with 1479 points, with Harvard taking second (1287.5) and Yale placing third (1090.5).<\/p>\n

Princeton set the tone by winning the 800 freestyle relay Wednesday evening.\u00a0Jenna Walters<\/strong>,\u00a0Sabrina Johnston<\/strong>,\u00a0Eleanor Sun<\/strong> and\u00a0Heidi Smithwick<\/strong> combined for a time of 7:03.47 to win by more than six seconds over Brown (7:09.54) and Penn (7:09.66). The next day, Sun was the winner of the 200 IM, recording a time of 1:55.50 while teammates Dakota Tucker<\/strong> (1:57.76) and\u00a0Eliza Brown<\/strong> (1:59.25) completed the Tigers sweep. Princeton went 1-2 in the next event as well, with Johnston winning the 50 free in 22.30 and\u00a0Ela Noble<\/strong> touching out Harvard’s\u00a0Anya Mostek<\/strong> for second, 22.43 to 22.45.<\/p>\n

In diving, Princeton’s\u00a0Charlotte Martinkus<\/strong> claimed the win with 302.35 points, ahead of Harvard’s\u00a0Elizabeth Miclau<\/strong> (288.25) and Yale’s\u00a0Hayden Henderson<\/strong> (284.35). The Tigers then concluded the Thursday’s session with a conference record in the 200 free relay. The team of Johnston, Noble, Veronique Rossouw<\/strong> and\u00a0Smithwick clocked 1:28.22, taking six tenths of a mark set in 2023 by a team also including Johnston and Noble. Harvard (1:30.16) and Yale (1:31.20) finished well back.<\/p>\n

Sun secured a second individual win in the 400 IM, clocking 4:06.22, and Tucker again took second (4:07.83) with Brown’s\u00a0Sumner <\/strong>Chmielewski<\/strong> third (4:12.97). The Tigers went 1-3 in the 200 breast, with Tucker winning in 2:11.53 and Brown taking third in 2:12.79. Harvard’s\u00a0Gabi Augustyn<\/strong> split the difference at 2:12.45. Sun concluded the individual program by topping the 200 fly in 1:54.64, with Smithwick coming in at 1:55.01 to secure a Tiger 1-2 finish. Harvard’s\u00a0Sydney Lu<\/strong> placed third (1:57.64).<\/p>\n

Martinkus won again on the 3-meter board with 336.10 points, followed by Mclau (308.35) and Princeton’s\u00a0Maggie Squire<\/strong> (300.00). Finally, the team of\u00a0Johnston, Noble, Rossouw and Sun won the 400 free relay in 3:14.84 by more than two seconds, followed by Brown (3:17.16) and Princeton (3:19.20).<\/p>\n