HANOVER, N.H. – The University of Pennsylvania men's swimming and diving team took care of business on Saturday afternoon, sweeping the competition with wins over host Dartmouth (215-84) and Yale (156-144) to improve to 4-2 against Ivy foes this season.
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The standout was sophomore
Matthew Fallon, winner of three races, while the Quakers totaled eight victories to swim past the Big Green and Bulldogs.
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Quaker Notemeal
*After a month off following his U.S. Open gold medal in Greensboro, Fallon got back to work and reeled off three victories. He swam a pool-record time of 53.92 in the 100-yard breaststroke, a 4:33.33 in the 500-yard freestyle and a time of 1:50.04 in the 200-yard individual medley.
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Kevin Keil showed his prowess on distance, taking home the win in the 1000 free (9:32.86).
Truman Armstrong finished third with a time of 9:36.10.
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James Curreri emerged victorious in the 100-yard backstroke, clocking in at 50.28.
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Andrew Dai timed in at 1:49.83 to earn the win in the 200-yard butterfly. He also claimed a victory in the 100 fly (49.37), just barely beating out teammate
Ben Feldman (49.42).
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*Feldman beat out a trio of Bulldogs to take home the win in the 50 free (20.71).
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*The Quakers took care of things in the 200 free relay as the quartet of
Alex Fu,
Liam Campbell, Dai and Feldman swam a pool-record time of 1:21.41 to finish first.
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*With Campbell, Fallon, Dai and Feldman, the 200 medley relay swam to a second-place finish (1:30.75).
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*Campbell also swam a 45.95 to take second in the 100 free.
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Daniel Gallagher took second place in the 200 back (1:49.44).
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*Swimming without Fallon in the field,
Jason Schreiber stepped up with a second-place finish in the 200 breast (2:01.02).
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*On the boards,
Cody Hopkins tallied a pair of podium finishes in the one-meter (286.55) and three-meter (318.65) dives to take third place.
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Penn closes out the regular season next weekend by visiting West Chester on Friday and hosting Harvard Saturday at Sheerr Pool on Senior Day.
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