Cornell Big Red

Shelley Mann '61 overcame polio to claim Olympic gold as a swimmer at the 1956 Melbourne Games before enrolling at Cornell. Swimming had become part of her rehabilitation as a six-year-old and it led to gold in the 100-meter butterfly with a world record time of 1:14.0 before lowering it to 1:11.8 nearly two years later.

 

Mary Jane Berry takes over as head coach of the Cornell women’s swimming and diving program as the team moves into Helen Newman Hall. Her teams would go 78-15 over her first 13 seasons.

 

Shelley Mann is inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame located in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

 

The Big Red has the first of two undefeated dual meet seasons in the span of five years, going 6-0.

 

Cornell goes 8-2 in dual meet action, establishing a school record for most wins in a season.

 

Pete Orschiedt takes over a combined men’s and women’s program.

 

In the first season of Ivy League women's swimming and diving round-robin competition, Cornell finishes seventh with an 0-6 finish.

 

Joe Lucia becomes the head coach of the women’s swimming program and immediately helps the team match a school record with a pair of Ivy League dual meet wins in his first year.

 

Jackie Cadwallader becomes the first Cornellian to win an EISL title with her exceptional effort on the 1-meter diving board.

 

The Big Red posts its first winning Ivy League dual match campaign, going 4-3 to finish fourth.

 

Erin Hoese becomes the second Cornell diver in three years to win the 1-meter dive.

 

The Big Red wins the 200 free relay at the EISL championship, the first of two consecutive years a Big Red squad would win the title. Kim Milligan also takes home the title in the 100 back, the only season Cornell has won multiple EISL title.

 

Cornell goes 7-4 in dual meet action and finishes a best-ever third at the Eastern championship.

 

Trina Young wins the marathon of swimming at the EISL meet, taking home the 1,650 free in a time of 16:53.18.

 

Pam Arnold takes over as head coach of the women’s swimming team for a two-year stint.

 

Marrie Neumer begins a five-year stint as head coach of the Big Red swimming and diving program.

 

Head coach John Holohan becomes head coach of the Big Red swimming program. Diver Kristin Rayhack becomes the first Cornell diver to capture an Eastern 3-meter title with her final score of 476.95.

 

Senior Jessica Brookman wins an Eastern title in the 100 butterfly, Cornell's first individual women's swimming title for a Big Red athlete in 10 years.

2009-10
The Big Red triple their previous year's win total (3) and go 2-5 in Ivy dual meet action, matching the number of wins from the previous six years combined under Joe Lucia. Lucia, who took over the combined program prior to the season, helped Cornell to its best finish at the league championship meet in 15 years with a fifth place finish while setting the school's meet scoring record. Chiara Spinazzola set an Ivy and school record in the 100 back in winning the conference title. She also set a school record in the 100 fly.

2010-11
Cornell posted its second-highest point total at the Ivy League championships in school history (730) in finishing seventh at the meet.

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Ivy League/EISL Champions
1650 Free
1996 — Trina Young (Cornell) — 16:53.18

100 Back
1994 — Kim Milligan (Cornell) — 56.06
2010 - Chiara Spinazzola (Cornell - 54.53

100 Butterfly
2006 — Jessica Brookman (Cornell) — 55.44

200 Free Relay
1994 — Cornell — 1:34.72
1995 — Cornell — 1:35.48

1-Meter Dive
1991 — Jackie Cadwallader (Cornell) — 408.10
1993 — Erin Hoese (Cornell) — 383.30

3-Meter Dive
2004 — Kristin Rayhack (Cornell) — 476.95