PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's swimming and diving team opened the newly renovated Sheerr Pool with a 175-118 victory over Delaware Saturday afternoon.
 
Kayla Fu began her sophomore season off with a statement, shattering the Quakers' pool record in the 100 butterfly with a time of 53.59 to headline the afternoon.
 
Fu and diver Sadie Howard each picked up a pair of victories, making up four of Penn's 12 first-place finishes for the meet.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Fu clocked a pool-record time of 53.59 in the 100 butterfly to finish first place, while Maggie Hu took second at 54.98. Fu also took first in the 50 free with a time of 23.12. Amy Qin placed second (23.42) with Amber Smith in third (23.79).
 
*Senior Sadie Howard swept both diving events, taking home first place in both the one-meter (270.83) and three-meter (283.65) dives.
 
*In the one meter, Rachel Yang took second place with a score of 265.58. In the three meter, Yang placed second (258.90) with freshman Caroline Holcomb in third at 255.83.
 
*Quaker distance was on full display once again with Anna Boeckman's first-place finish in the 1000 free, timing in at 10:13.81. Sydney Bergstrom took second with a time of 10:15.76.
 
*Katya Eruslanova got her junior year started with a time of 1:51.85 to win the 200 free, while Anna Moehn placed third (1:54.56).
 
*Penn took 1-2-3 in the 100 back led by Kate Levensten (54.55) in first, Brianna Cong (55.36) in second and Connie Wang (55.57) in third.
 
*Qin took care of business in the 100 free with a 51.35, followed by Wang (51.65).
 
*Cong won the first individual event of her collegiate career in the 200 back with a time of 2:00.62.
 
*Meredith Holcomb was victorious in the 200 breast with a time of 2:18.14. Abby Druhan placed third at 2:21.04.
 
*An NCAA qualifier in this event a year ago, Anna Moehn clocked a 4:55.81 in the 500 free to place first, while Caroline Cancelmo took third at 5:03.64.
 
*Holcomb took second in the 100 breast with a time of 1:03.89, while Kate Handley placed third at 1:05.04.
 
*Lily Zhang finished second in the 200 fly, timing in at 2:04.21 and beat out teammate Erica Maltsev (2:06.26) for third.
 
*The Quakers opened the meet with a relay win in the 200 medley, as Qin, Handley, Hu, and Fu got the win with a time of 1:42.26. The team of Cong, Holcomb, Smith, and Wang placed third (1:44.16).
 
Up Next
Penn continues non-conference action with a home meet against Villanova next Wednesday night at 5 p.m.
 
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