Annie Han
Deputy Sports Editor
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Men’s soccer registered its first win of the season in a closely contested 1-0 victory over Fordham University on Wednesday. The Lions got off the mark after kicking off their 2026-27 season with a loss to the U. S. Military Academy last Friday and a draw against Fairfield University on Saturday.
Senior swimmer Isaac Beers almost didn’t become a Lion.
Women’s rowing traveled to Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Massachusetts, to compete in the Eastern Sprints on May 3. The Lions saw a second-place finish in the first varsity eight race and a third-place finish in the second varsity four boat.
There is a wall in the Uris Pool dedicated to Columbia’s swimming and diving program records, spanning every single program record. You might notice one name appears more than once: senior swimmer Yu Tong Wu.
Women’s rowing saw mixed results at back-to-back regattas last weekend. The Lions hosted and won the Woodbury Cup against Northeastern University and the University of Rhode Island on April 11, but struggled to replicate their success the next day in a race against Brown and Boston University.
Senior swimmer Hutton Saunders can be described in many ways: a student, an artist, and an athlete. According to her teammates and coaching staff, she’s a fighter who never backs down in the face of challenge. Time and time again, Saunders has proven that when she finds herself in rough waters, she will continue to swim.
While most of the campus is asleep at 5:30 a.m., the Columbia ski and snowboard club is at 116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue getting ready for their adventures to begin.
Swim and dive concluded its postseason at the 2026 NCAA Zone A diving championships. The meet was held from March 9 to 11 at Annapolis, Maryland, with six divers competing for Columbia. Although none of the divers qualified for NCAA championships, the Lions showcased several impressive performances.
Men’s swimming and diving travelled to Princeton, New Jersey for the Ivy League Championships on Feb. 25, finishing in fourth place with a final score of 901.5 points—an improvement from their sixth place performance in the 2024-2025 season.
Men’s and women’s swimming traveled to Boston to compete in the Boston University Winter Open over the weekend, where both sides saw mixed results in the fourteen-team field.