PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's swimming and diving team split a meet with Princeton and Cornell on Saturday afternoon at Sheerr Pool. The Quakers fell to the Tigers, 162-138, and beat the Big Red, 208.5-91.5.
It marked the fifth time in the last six meetings that the Red and Blue defeated Cornell. Penn won six events on the day, capped by the 400 free relay to close things out. The Quaker quartet of
Camryn Carter,
Bridget O'Leary,
Margot Kaczorowski and
Lia Thomas won with a time of 3:22.70.
The victory in the 400 free relay put an exclamation point on a big day for Thomas, as she won three events, set a pair of program records and posted the top time in the NCAA in two events. Thomas touched fist in the 200 free at 1:43.47. It was the fastest mark in the NCAA in the event this season and a new program best. She also finished first in the 500 free with a program record time of 4:35.06. She won the 500 free by over 12 seconds and her mark was the fastest in the NCAA this year. Thomas also added a victory in the 100 free (49.42).
Quaker Notemeal
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Hannah Liu was the other Quaker to win on Saturday, finishing first in the 100 breast with a time of 1:02.87.
*The Quakers set new pool records in the 200 free, 500 free, 1,000 free, 100 breast and 400 free relay.
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Penn Closes out the first semester of action in early December at the Zippy Invitational hosted by Akron.
