AKRON, Ohio – The University of Pennsylvania women's swimming and diving team concluded the 2021 Zippy Invitational on Sunday afternoon. The Quakers finished second overall with 1,452 points to fall short of host Akron in the 10-team field.

Lia Thomas had another big day in the pool for the Red and Blue. She won the 1,650 free with a new program, meet and pool record time of 15:59.71. Thomas won the race by more than 38 seconds with teammate Anna Kalandadze finishing second at 16:37.44.

Quaker Notemeal
*Grace Giddings finished third in the 1,650 free (16:48.66).

*Hannah Kannan came in sixth place in the 200 back with a time of 2:00.19.

*Margot Kaczorowski was fourth in the 100 free (50.11).

*Izzy Pytel finished eighth in the 200 breast with a time of 2:17.40.

*Vanessa Chong was second in the 200 fly (2:00.14).

*Joy Jiang came in fourth in the 200 fly (2:00.79).

Up Next
The Quakers will next compete in 2022, hosting Dartmouth and Yale in a tri-meet on Saturday, January 8 at Sheerr Pool.