The University of Pennsylvania men's and women's swimming & diving teams hit the road for Cambridge, Massachusetts to face off against Harvard and Boston College.
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Penn's last opponent was Drexel University where both the men's and women's teams took down the Dragons. The men's team won with a score of 169.5 to Drexel's 127.5. Their season record is 3-4. The women's team finished the meet with a score of 178-119, bringing their record up to 8-1.
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Quaker Notemeal (M)
*Senior
James Curreri took 1st place in two solo events. He swam the 100 breaststroke in 48.95 and the 200 backstroke in 1:47.36.
* In the 200 medley relay,
Eddie Jin,
Watson Nguyen,
Alex Fu, and
Liam Campbell swam a 1:31.25, claiming first place for the meet.
* Freshman
Peter Whittington also claimed two wins for Penn. One in the 200 (2:02.87) and another in the 200 IM (1:52.79).
* A third double-winner for Penn was freshman
Aaron Jia, who took first in the 1000 freestyle (9:14.76) and the 500 freestyle (4:32.53).
* Sophomore diver
Victor Dang claimed first place in the 1M and 3M dive with scores of 288.15 and 300.83, respectively.
Jack Handelman followed right behind getting second in both events.
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Quaker Notemeal (W)
* In the 200 medley relay, Penn's team consisting of
Amy Qin,
Kate Handley,
Brianna Cong, and
Anna Moehn took first place with a time of 1:43.91.
* Junior
Kate Levensten swam the 100 backstroke in 55.17 and the 200 backstroke in 2:00.39. Both of these were first-place finishes.
* Another dual winner was
Anna Moehn, who beat out the competition in the 200 and 500 freestyle with times of 1:53.43 and 4:57.11.
* The final swimmer for Penn to bring home multiple first place spots was senior
Anna Boeckman, who claimed first in the 200 breaststroke with a 2:24.05 and 200 IM with a 2:09.06.
* On the diving board, Penn won both the 1M dive thanks to
Sadie Howard scoring 287.4 and the 3M dive thanks to
Rachel Yang scoring 323.78.
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Scouting the Crimson (M)
* Harvard's men's team has a perfect 5-0 record. In their most recent meet against Brown, they won 223 to 77.Â
* Harvard's Joshua Chen claimed first in the 100 and 200 breaststroke with times of 53.56 and 2:00.13. He was also the second leg in Harvard's 200 medley relay with an individual time of 24.04.
* On the diving board, Harvard's top divers are Rem Turatbekov, who made second place in the 3M dive with a score of 312.53. Chase Shipp also came in second place in the 1M dive with a score of 303.38.
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Scouting the Eagles (M)
* The Eagles enter Saturday with a 3-5 record. They lost to both North Carolina (66-222) and North Carolina Wilmington (66-219) last Friday.
* Sirui Wang had a 2:01.75 in the 200 breaststroke for fourth place.
* Boston College's top diver, Conway Max, had a score of 251.96 for fifth place in the 1M dive and a 243.70 in the 3M dive for tenth place.
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Scouting the Crimson (W)
* The Crimson are undefeated this season with a six-meet winning streak. In their most recent meet against Florida International and Miami, they beat Miami 189.5-108.5 and Florida International 217-81.
* Anya Mostek took first place for Harvard in two different events and led two separate relay teams to first. She clocked the 100 backstroke in 54.39 and 100 freestyle in 50.37. In the 200 medley relay, she had an individual time of 26.10 and in the 400 freestyle relay she had a 24.32.
* Stephanie Iannaccone won the 100 breaststroke with a 1:04.06. She also led the 200 breaststroke relay with an individual time of 31.63, guiding the team to first place.
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Scouting the Eagles (W)
* Boston College starts Saturday with a 1-8 record, with their sole win over Massachusetts. Their last meet was against North Carolina and North Carolina Wilmington.
* The Eagles highest result at their last meet was a fourth-place finish by Veronika Kisova, who clocked a 10:45.58 in the 1000 freestyle.
* Lauren Lee and Savannah Branon both had top five finishes in the 200 yard freestyle and the 100 yard breaststroke.
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