NEW YORK CITY – The University of Pennsylvania women's swimming and diving team improved to 4-0 overall on the young season after topping Columbia, 164-136, Friday evening at Percy Uris Natatorium.
 
The Quakers (4-0, 1-0 Ivy) spoiled the Lions' (0-1, 0-1 Ivy) Ivy League opener, while picking up nine victories in 16 events. Kayla Fu and Katya Eruslanova tallied a pair of wins each.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*It's Penn's first 4-0 start to a campaign since 2015-16.
 
*Fu's first win came in the 100 backstroke with a time of 55.44, beating out teammate Kate Levensten (56.22). She also picked up a win in the 100 butterfly (54.45), while Maggie Hu took second (55.92).
 
*Eruslanova swam a 2:00.84 to finish the 200 back in first, while Levensten placed third at 2:02.78. Eruslanova also emerged victorious in the 400 IM with a time of 4:23.84. Erica Maltsev timed in at 4:25.37 to finish second.
 
*Joy Jiang won the 200 fly with a time of 2:03.50, Vanessa Chong placing third at 2:04.81.
 
*Meredith Holcomb won the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:19.85 and Abby Druhan came in second (2:20.67).
 
*Anna Moehn continued her hot start to the year in the 500 freestyle with a first-place finish time of 4:57.03.
 
*The 200 medley relay team of Levensten, Amy Qin, Hu, and Fu took first place with a time of 1:42.86.
 
*In the 1,000 freestyle, Penn reeled off a 2-3-4-5 finish with Sydney Bergstrom (10:12.45), Anna Boeckman (10:21.66), Druhan (10:22.62) and Maggie Straley (10:26.75).
 
*Eruslanova followed up her two wins with a second-place finish in the 200 free (1:52.81), beating out Moehn (1:52.95).
 
*Fu took second in the 100 free with a time of 50.24, topping Qin in third (51.26).
 
*Kate Handley placed third in the 100 breast with a time of 1:05.36.
 
*Amber Smith, Moehn, Hu, and Qin swam a 1:35.65 to place second in the 200 free relay.
 
*On the boards, Rachel Yang won her first Ivy event in the one-meter dive with a top score of 277.80. She also placed second in the three-meter dive, scoring a 294.83. Sadie Howard took third place (254.40).
 
Up Next
The Quakers head to Providence, R.I. to continue Ivy competition next weekend at Brown, also taking on Bryant at 4 p.m.
 
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