PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania swimming and diving programs split its dual meet with Brown today as the men edged the Bears for a narrow, 157-143 victory while the women were dealt a 171.5-128.5 defeat.
 
The Quakers won 16 events on the afternoon, with the men winning nine events and the women winning seven. The men's team won both of its duals this weekend to move to 2-1 while the women dropped to 0-3 in the final dual of the first half of the season.
 
Recapping the Women
The Quakers had a strong showing in the pool today with first-place finishes in seven events. Reigning Ivy League champion Catherine Buroker won the 1,000 free (10:18.21) while Grace Giddings (10:24.33) and Kaitlin Stearns (10:26.88) finished second and third, respectively.
 
Hannah Kannan picked up Penn's second victory of the day, winning the 100 back after clocking in at 55.89. Kannan has now won the 100 back in two of Penn's three meet's this season. The sophomore took her second win of the afternoon, touching first in the 200 back with a time of 2:02.02. Kannan rounded out a stellar meet with a third victory, touching first in the 100 fly with a time of 55.94.
 
Serena Xue sprinted to a victory in the 100 breast, beating Brown's Audrey Lukawski by .01 seconds with a time of 1:06.25. She took another first-place finish later in the meet with a victory in the 200 breast (2:20.57). Anna Feng kept things going for the Quakers with her first collegiate victory. The freshman raced to a close victory in the 200 fly, clocking in at 2:04.01.
 
Recapping the Men
As has been the case throughout the season, the Quakers got off to a hot start with a dominating performance in a distance event. CJ Hinckley headlined a 1-2-3 finish in the 1,000 free with a time of 9:31.41. Matt Haigh (9:32.62), and Will Thomas (9:33.37) closely followed.
 
Boris Yang kept the Quakers on track with a win in the 100 breast, finishing with a season-best time of 56.42. Yang later took first in the 200 breast (2:02.70) with Jason Schreiber hot on his tail in second (2:02.96).
 
Sean Lee rounded out the first half of the meet, sprinting to a blazing-fast finish in the 50 free (20.46). Lee later finished first in the 100 fly with a time of 48.82.
 
The Quakers continued on the front foot with a crucial clean sweep in the diving events. Trevor Nelson won the 1-meter—his first collegiate diving victory—with a final score of 290.02.
 
John Michael Diveris followed with a win in the 3-meter dive with a score of 316.43 score. He has now won the 3-meter in each of Penn's three meets this season. Freshman Trevor Nelson finished second after posting a score of 310.80.
 
Freshman Mark McCrary got in on the action with his first collegiate victory in the 200 back (1:49.33).
 
The Quakers closed things out with another victory in a distance event. Freshman Matt Bonnell won the 500 free (4:29.53) while William Kamps finished second (4:32.96).
 
UP NEXT
Penn looks ahead to its first tri-meet of the season as the Quakers head to Princeton to take on the Tigers and Cornell on Saturday, Nov. 23 at noon.