PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's swimming and diving team celebrated its seniors and competed for a split against Cornell and Princeton Saturday afternoon at Drexel Pool.
The Quakers (6-2, 2-2 Ivy) fell to the Tigers, 176-124, but defeated the Big Red, 217-83.
Kayla Fu recorded three event wins for the second straight meet, while
Anna Moehn tallied Penn's other two wins in distance races.
Quaker Notemeal
*Fu continues her strong start to her rookie campaign with victories in the 50 freestyle (22.70), 100 free (49.17), and 100 butterfly (53.29). She was a tenth from re-setting the school record in the 100 fly after breaking the mark last weekend.
*Moehn began her afternoon with a win in the 1,000 free (9:42.21).
Sydney Bergstrom took second (9:50.64) with
Anna Boeckman in third (10:05.60). Moehn also won the 500 free with a time of 4:46.19. Bergstrom swam a 4:53.75 to finish third.
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Kate Levensten swam a time of 55.04 in the 100 backstroke to take second place.
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Joy Jiang took second in the 200 fly (2:01.48).
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Katya Eruslanova had a second-place finish in the 200 back (1:57.40), a third-place finish in the 200 free (55.04), and also took third in the 200 IM (2:02.53).
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Izzy Pytel was the pied piper in a 2-3-4-5 finish for the 100 breaststroke, clocking a 1:09.20 to finish second.
Kate Handley took third (1:03.40),
Meredith Holcomb in fourth (1:04.76) and
Abby Druhan fifth (1:05.05).
*It was another 2-3-4-5 finish for the Quakers in the 200 breast, this time with Holcomb coming in second place (2:17.23). Druhan tied for second with a 2:17.23, Pytel in fourth (2:17.24) and Handley in fifth (2:17.96).
*On the diving board,
Rachel Yang racked up a pair of third-place finishes in both the one-meter (278.30) and three-meter (274.25) dives.
*The 200-medley relay team of
Amy Qin, Handley,
Maggie Hu, and Fu placed second with a time of 1:41.44.
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Amber Smith, Eruslanova, Moehn, and Qin took third place in the 400 free relay, timing in at 3:25.55.
*The Quakers honored nine women—
Brooke Blom,
Vanessa Chong,
Amelia Girotto,
Joy Jiang,
Jillian Johnson,
Keara McGowan,
Madeleine Parker, and
Izzy Pytel—before the meet began with a special ceremony.
Up Next
Penn takes a week off for the Thanksgiving holiday before heading to Princeton for its Big Al Invitational from Dec. 6-8.
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