ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The University of Pennsylvania swimming and diving programs completed the ECAC Championships over the weekend at Lejeune Hall on the campus of the United States Naval Academy.
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Out of 19 teams, the women swam to a third-place finish while the men placed eighth.
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On the women's side, sophomore
Sydney Bergstrom won a pair of ECAC individual titles in the 500 and 1,650-yard freestyle while
Sophie Henriksen won a title in the 100 backstroke and also had a hand in the 400 free relay winning as well.
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Quaker Notemeal
*Bergstrom won the 500 free with a time of 4:50.20, as well as the 1,650 (16:24.49) to win a pair of ECAC titles.
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*Henriksen won her first ECAC title in the 100 back with a time of 55.09.
Hadley DeBruyn placed fourth at 56.85. She also placed second in the 100 butterfly (54.84) with
Amber Smith coming in fourth place (55.07).
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*The 400 free relay won the ECAC title, as Henriksen,
Jenna Jacobs,
Brooke Blom, and
Amber Smith timed in at 3:25.19.
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*DeBruyn also placed second in the 200 back (2:01.41) to take the silver medal. She also medaled in the 200 IM with a time of 2:03.81.
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*Jacobs timed in with a 51.27 to take fifth place in the 100 freestyle.
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Kiani Morisi took seventh in the 200 fly with a time of 2:05.92.
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Kaitlyn Girotto,
Jill Anderson, Smith, and Blom recorded a time of 1:43.83 in the 200-medley relay to take second.
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*Girotto, Anderson, Smith, and Blom also placed fourth in the 400-medley relay (3:49.53).
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*The quartet of DeBruyn, Jacobs, Morisi, and Henriksen finished fourth in the 800 free relay with a mark of 7:46.08.
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*On the men's side,
Henry Sheils was the lone A-Finalist of the meet in the 200 fly, placing eighth with a time of 1:51.68.
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*The 800 free relay team—
Ryan Mcguirk,
Weifan Zhang,
Jonathan Javier Koumendakos, and
Neo Matsuyama—placed sixth with a time of 6:53.57.
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*Koumendakos,
Daniel Trincher, Zhang, and McGuirk placed seventh in the 200 free relay (1:22.38).
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Up Next
NCAA Zone Diving Championships are set for March 11-13 at Princeton, while NCAA Championships for the women are March 20-23 in Athens, Ga. followed by the men's NCAA Championships in Indianapolis March 27-30.
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