Senior swimming star Adam Powell swam the 50 freestyle in a lifetime best 19.55 seconds and qualified for the consolation finals at the NCAA Championships, coming in 8th place in the consolation finals and 16th place overall. Powell's time is a new program record for Columbia, and was 0.07 seconds faster than the time Powell swam at a time trial at the Ivy League Championships. Powell was 14th going into the consolation final, but swam the final in 19.74 seconds which put him No. 16 at NCAA's.
