PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania men's swimming and diving team made history on Saturday afternoon at Sheerr Pool, defeating Harvard for the first time since 1971 with a 176-124 victory to conclude Ivy competition in the regular season.
 
The win snaps a 49-meet losing streak to the Crimson dating back to the 1971-72 campaign. Harvard leads the all-time series, 77-3, since the first meet back in 1932.
 
Penn took home 11 victories in the meet, out of the 16 events. Three of those went to Matthew Fallon, while Andrew Dai won twice.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Penn improves to 5-2 in Ivy meets this year following the win. It's the program's best finish to a regular season since 2018-19, when the Quakers went 8-2 overall, 5-2 in the Ancient Eight. That season, Penn finished third at Ivy League Championships.

*Saturday marked the final meet at Sheerr Pool until at least the 2025-26 season. Renovations are set to begin on the facility this summer and are expected to take at least 11 months to complete.
 
*After a three-win day at Dartmouth last weekend, Fallon continued his dominance in Philadelphia. He won the 100-yard breaststroke (53.59), the 200 breast (1:56.14) and the 200 IM (1:48.21). In the 100 breast, Jason Schreiber took second (54.44) with Matt Leblanc in third (55.81). In the 200 breast, Schreiber timed in at 1:56.72 with Peter Whittington taking third place (1:59.15). Penn also went 1-2-3 in the 200 IM with Schreiber in second (1:49.78) and Kevin Keil in third (1:59.89).
 
*Andrew Dai won two races for the Quakers, in the 200-yard butterfly (1:46.29) with Sam Donchi taking third (1:47.15). Dai also found victory in the 100 fly with a time of 47.68. Ben Feldman placed third with a 48.00.
 
*James Curreri paced Penn in the distance race, swimming a 9:06.33 to take first in the 1,000-yard freestyle. Keil took third at 9:10.85.
 
*Truman Armstrong won the 200 free (1:38.47).
 
*Feldman took care of business in the 50 free with a time of 20.27.
 
*In the 200-yard backstroke, Daniel Gallagher timed in at 1:44.80 to win the event, followed by Curreri in second (1:45.80).
 
*Penn took both relays, winning the 200medley relay with Liam Campbell, Fallon, Dai and Feldman placing first at 1:27.94. Gallagher, Leblanc, Alex Fu and Xavier Hill took third (1:29.76). The quartet of Fu, Campbell, Dai and Feldman emerged victorious in the 400 free relay (2:59.38).
 
*The Quakers honored eight members of the senior class—Andrew Dai, Sam Donchi, Ben Feldman, Kevin Keil, Matt Leblanc, Peter Lee, Jason Schreiber and Jack Williams—with a special pre-meet ceremony.
 
Up Next
Penn wraps up the 2023-24 regular season next Friday evening at West Chester. This meet is a makeup from this past Friday night, postponed due to inclement weather.