PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The University of Pennsylvania men's swimming and diving team took down La Salle 175-114 Thursday evening at the Sheerr Pool. The Quakers improve to 5-5, while the Explorers fall to 0-5.
 
On an evening where 16 events were held, the Quakers took first place in ten. Senior James Curreri and sophomore Max Malakhovets were Penn's repeat winners, with Curreri placing first in the 100 back (48.65) and 200 back (1:43.47) while Malakhovets topped the 100 fly (48.81) and 200 free (1:37.51). Other winners on the night for Penn include Robert Melsom (1000 free), Watson Nguyen (100 breast), Can John Yeniay (200 butterfly), Eddie Jin (50 free), Neo Matsuyama (200 breast), and Henry Guo (500 free).
 
The Quakers have now won four of their last five matchups, scoring 169.5 or better in all four wins.
 
TOP RESULTS
Men's 200 Medley Relay
1. Penn 'A': 1:27.41
Eddie Jin, Watson Nguyen, Alex Fu, Liam Campbell
2. Penn 'B': 1:29.99
Henry Guo, Rohan D'Souza Larson, Jeffrey Hou, Xavier Hill
 
Men's 1000 Freestyle
1. Robert Melsom: 9:26.02
2. Cooper Nicholson: 9:28.95
3. Andy Zhou: 9:39.91
 
Men's 200 Freestyle
2. Max Malakhovets: 1:37.51
3. Vincent Vinciguerra: 1:38.68
 
Men's 100 Back
1. James Curreri: 48.65
2. Andrew Xie: 50.13
 
Men's 100 Breast
1. Watson Nguyen: 52.67
2. Rohan D'Souza Larson: 54.82
3. Alex Fu: 54.96
 
Men's 200 Butterfly
1. Can John Yeniay: 1:47.62
2. Jeffrey Hou: 1:48.17
 
Men's 50 Freestyle
1. Eddie Jin: 20.49
3. Xavier Hill: 20.94

Men's 100 Freestyle
2. Ryan McGuirk: 45.11
3. Kevin Jiang: 45.76

 Men's 200 Back
1. James Curreri: 1:43.47
3. Truman Armstrong: 1:50.44
 
Men's 200 Breast
1. Neo Matsuyama: 2:01.93
2. Colin Zhang: 2:02.23
3. Aiden Rhee: 2:05.96
 
Men's 500 Freestyle
1. Henry Guo: 4:34.09
2. Peter Whittington: 4:35.30
3. Andrew Xie: 4:38.67
 
Men's 100 Butterfly
1. Max Malakhovets: 48.81
2. Eddie Jin: 48.86
3. Liam Campbell: 50.80
 
Men's 3M Dive
2. Jack Handelman: 276.98
 
Up Next
The Quakers are right back in action tomorrow, travelling to West Chester for a dual meet.