Head coach Jim Wilson said he was pleased with the Big Green's ability to win numerous events in the meet, especially considering that the contest against Princeton was the teams' third in three days following the Dartmouth Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
"Our women held their own and did pretty well," Wilson said. "We had a grueling weekend with a half a day Friday and a full day Saturday. We ran out of gas a little bit, but we still performed well."
Valerie Orellana '15, Albert Roth '13 and Meredith Sweeney '14 all won their individual races against the Tigers, while the Big Green was also able to sweep the 400-yard freestyle relays. The women's team of Christine Kerr '14, Sasha Alcon '15, Siobhan Hengemuhle '15 and Mary Van Metre '14 won the women's race by just over a second, while the men's team of Dylan Gabel '14, John Hill '12, One June Chang '13 and Zach Doherty '13 won the men's 400 relay with a time of 3:10.16.
Wilson was encouraged by the Big Green's ability to compete well against a team of Princeton's caliber.
"We knew going in that Princeton is the top team in the Ivy League, having won the Ivy Championships last season," Wilson said. "We knew it was going to be tough. The men found that pretty early as the Princeton men set the pool record in the first event the 200-yard medley relay."
The majority of Dartmouth's success came in the butterfly and freestyle events. Orellana won the 200-yard butterfly and finished third in the 100 fly. Roth touched second in the 200 fly and won the 100 fly for the second meet in a row. Kendall Farnham '14 and Kelsey Pinson '12 finished second and fourth, respectively, in the 100 fly.
In the freestyle events, Hengemuhle earned second place in the 50-yard freestyle, while Alcon and Chang took second in the women's and men's 100 free, respectively.
In other events, Roth won the 200-yard individual medley for the second time this season with a time of 1:53.28. Joseph Chance '13 came in third in the event, just 0.2 seconds behind the Tigers' Oliver Bennett.
"Roth did a super job," Wilson said. "I thought he swam very well."
The 200-yard backstroke was also a good event for the Big Green, with Sweeney winning on the women's side and Matt Long '14 and Michael Ahern '12 taking second and third, respectively, on the men's side.
The diving team had another strong showing in the meet, led by Erica Serpico '12, who won both the 1-meter and 3-meter events.
"Winning both boards bodes really well for the Ivy Championships [Feb. 23-25]," Wilson said. "She's a former Ivy League champion, and if she can get back to form, she may win it again."
Ethan Canty '15 won the 3-meter event on the men's side and placed second in the 1-meter to teammate Ryan Shelley '15.
Overall, women's captain Galen Barry '12 said she was happy with the team's performance against the Tigers.
"Our divers did remarkably well," Barry said. "Princeton has some of the best divers in the country, and the women got first and second against them, which was huge. The [Christine and Danielle Kerr '14] had standout performances and Meredith Sweeney won the 200 back in a really close race, which was really exciting."
Next weekend, the teams will hit the road for a set of non-conference contests. The women's team travels to Boston to swim against Northeastern University and the University of Rhode Island on Saturday, while both the men and women will compete against the University of Connecticut next Sunday in Storrs, Conn.
