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Bill Streicher

Men's Swimming and Diving

Men's Swimming Gets Final Individual Win at Big Al; Third as a Team

PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania men's swimming and diving team finished third out of five teams at the Big Al Invitational, which concluded Saturday night at Princeton's DeNunzio Pool.
 
The Quakers scored 1,002 points over the three-day meet, which left them behind host Princeton (1,491.50 points) and second-place Columbia (1,269.50). The meet also included swimmers from Cornell and the University of Utah.
 
Penn's only win on Saturday night came in the 200 breaststroke, as Peter Whittington and Watson Nguyen went 1-2 in the 'A' final. It was Whittington's second win on the weekend, as he also took first in the 400 individual medley on Friday.

Eddie Jin had a second-place finish in the 100 freestyle while Kevin Jiang took second in the 100 individual medley. The Quakers' 'A' relay team took second in the final event of the meet, the 400 free relay, as Alex Fu, Liam Campbell and Xavier Hill joined Jin in clocking 2:54.12.
 
Men's 50 Fly
4. John Lieberman, 21.99
 
Men's 200 Back
3. James Curreri, 1:44.59
 
Men's 100 Free
2. Eddie Jin, 43.31
 
Men's 200 Breast
1. Peter Whittington, 1:53.72 (D1)
2. Watson Nguyen, 1:53.89 (D1)
 
Men's 100 IM
2. Kevin Jiang, 50.94
 
Men's 200 Fly
3. Max Malakhovets, 1:45.14
 
Men's 400 Free Relay
2. Penn 'A', 2:54.12
  Alex Fu, Eddie Jin, Liam Campbell, Xavier Hill
 
#FightOnPenn
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Liam Campbell

Liam Campbell

Free/Back/Fly
Junior
James Curreri

James Curreri

Back
Senior
Alex Fu

Alex Fu

Fly/Breast
Senior
Xavier Hill

Xavier Hill

Free/Fly
Senior
Kevin Jiang

Kevin Jiang

Breast/Free
Sophomore
John Lieberman

John Lieberman

Free/Fly
Sophomore
Max Malakhovets

Max Malakhovets

Fly/Free
Sophomore
Watson Nguyen

Watson Nguyen

Breast
Sophomore
Peter Whittington

Peter Whittington

IM
Junior
Eddie Jin

Eddie Jin

Back/Free
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Liam Campbell

Liam Campbell

Junior
Free/Back/Fly
James Curreri

James Curreri

Senior
Back
Alex Fu

Alex Fu

Senior
Fly/Breast
Xavier Hill

Xavier Hill

Senior
Free/Fly
Kevin Jiang

Kevin Jiang

Sophomore
Breast/Free
John Lieberman

John Lieberman

Sophomore
Free/Fly
Max Malakhovets

Max Malakhovets

Sophomore
Fly/Free
Watson Nguyen

Watson Nguyen

Sophomore
Breast
Peter Whittington

Peter Whittington

Junior
IM
Eddie Jin

Eddie Jin

Sophomore
Back/Free