SWIMMING: Strong start for Elis in N.Y.
Both men’s and women’s swimming and diving opened their seasons with strong performances in New York this past weekend, but only one of the squads left the pool victorious.
The men’s team suffered a close 151–149 loss to Columbia on the last event of the meet, while the women dominated the Lions 199–101, winning every event until the last two.
The men’s meet came down to the 400-yard free relay, with Yale needing to take first and third at the least in order to leave New York victorious. Columbia coach Jim Bolster settled on losing the battle in order to win the war: he split up...
