PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's swimming and diving team kicked off its Ivy League portion of the schedule with a 193-99 victory over Columbia Friday evening at Sheerr Pool.
 
With the result, the Quakers improve to 3-0 to begin the slate for a second consecutive year.
 
More pool records fell for Penn, just like the first two meets, as four new marks were set after just a week into the new campaign. That, along with 13 first-place finishes, headlined the night to begin Homecoming weekend.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Kayla Fu (200 free), Kate Levensten (100 back), Brianna Cong (200 back) and the 200 medley relay (Amy Qin, Kate Handley, Amber Smith, Fu) set new pool records in their respective events.
 
*Swimming a time of 53.78, Levensten broke her own record set just two days prior against Villanova, while Fu has set three pool records in three separate events to begin the year with her time of 1:48.57 in the 200 free.
 
*Cong won the 200 back with a pool-record mark of 1:59.28 with Katya Eruslanova coming in second at 2:01.88.
 
*Along with a pool-record time of 1:48.57 in the 200 free, Fu also emerged victorious in the 100 free with a time of 51.38. Connie Wang took second at 51.65 while Olivia Safarikova placed third (52.72).
 
*Anna Moehn swam the 1,000 free for the first time in 2025-26, placing first with a time of 10:02.66, followed by Anna Boeckman (10:10.63) in second, Sydney Bergstrom (10:14.74) in third to complete the 1-2-3 Quaker finish.
 
*Moehn also won the 500 free, timing in at 4:56.83, while Boeckman placed second at 5:02.10.
 
*Kate Handley won the 100 breast with a time od 1:03.43, finishing just in front of Meredith Holcomb (1:04.15).
 
*It was another 1-2-3 finish in the 200 fly with Maggie Hu taking the win with a time of 2:01.49. Lily Zhang took second (2:03.11) with Erica Maltsev placing third at 2:05.31.
 
*Smith placed first in the 50 free, clocking a 23.79.
 
*Holcomb picked up a victory in the 200 breast at 2:17.42, narrowly topping teammate Abby Druhan (2:20.48) for second.
 
*In the diving events, it was Sophie Slayden who started the evening off with a win in the one meter, scoring a 266.10. Rachel Yang placed third with a score of 254.62. Sadie Howard once again prevailed in the three meter, scoring above the 300 mark with a 309.90. Rachel Yang took second (285.97) with Slayden coming in third (264.07).
 
*Qin, Handley, Smith, and Fu's 1:41.02 set a new pool record for the 200 medley relay, also taking first place in the event. The team of Cong, Holcomb, Hu, and Wang clocked a 1:44.07 to place runner-up.
 
Up Next
The Quakers will aim to start the season with a 4-0 overall record back home against Brown next Saturday at noon. The meet will be streamed live on ESPN+.
 
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