PHILADELPHIA – Earning their first Ivy League victory of the 2023-24 season so far, the University of Pennsylvania men's swimming and diving team knocked off Brown, 155-143, Saturday afternoon at Sheerr Pool.
 
The Quakers totaled eight first-place finishes on the afternoon to come away with the slim win. Of those eight, junior Matthew Fallon claimed three victories while sophomore James Curreri had a pair.
 
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*Fallon was dominant yet again, increasing his win total to five through the season's first two meets. He took first place in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 53.98, clocking in first in the 200 breast with a time of 1:56.09. He concluded his day with a victory in the 200-yard individual medley (1:49.74).
 
*Curreri had a firm grasp on the backstroke events, earning a first-place finish in the 100 (49.14) and the 200 (1:48.05). Penn finished 1-2-3 in the 200 with Daniel Gallagher finishing second (1:49.96) and Benji Ham taking third (1:51.26).
 
*Freshman Peter Whittington won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:50.16, headlining a 1-2-3 sweep for the Quakers. Andrew Dai came in second (1:51.49), Peter Lee in third (1:51.59).
 
*It was a closely contested bout for the win in the 100-yard butterfly with the Quakers taking second (Alex Fu, 49.20) and third (Ben Feldman, 49.62) with Brown taking the top and fourth spots by a .59 second margin.
 
*On the diving boards, Cody Hopkins was the lone Quaker competing and showed out in the three-meter dive, earning a score of 350.25 to place second. He also took second place in the one-meter with his score of 323.48.
 
*Penn was victorious in the 400-yard freestyle relay with Fu, Liam Campbell, Curreri and Feldman swimming a 3:01.00 to place first to end the afternoon.
 
Up Next
The Quakers continue Ivy competition next weekend at Princeton, taking on the Tigers and Cornell at noon.