PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The University of Pennsylvania women's swimming and diving team posted an impressive performance at Day 3 of the Ivy League Championships. The Quakers ended Day 3 with eight top five finishes. The huge day for the Quakers moves them into second place at the event with 770 points.
Starting on the 100 butterfly, sophomore
Kayla Fu and freshman
Brianna Cong got things going for the Quakers, placing third and fourth with times of 53.05 and 53.22, respectively.
On the 400 IM, junior
Katya Eruslanova helped the cause with a 4:12.72, good for fourth place. Senior
Anna Moehn did the same with a fifth-place time of 1:47.23 in the 200 freestyle.
Junior
Kate Handley clocked one of the best performances of the night, with a 1:00.97 in the 100 breaststroke. This time earned her second place and 28 points for Penn.
Amy Qin had quite the night for Penn in the 100 backstroke. After registering a 52.12, Qin not only broke the program record in the event, she also placed second while tying the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center pool record.
The highlight of the night came in the final event of the night, when the Quakers clocked a 3:35.67 in the 400 medley, a full three seconds faster than the previous record.
RESULTS
100 FLY
3.
Kayla Fu: 53.05
4.
Brianna Cong: 53.22
8.
Kate Levensten: 53.94
9.
Maggie Hu: 53.56
11.
Amber Smith: 54.03
400 IM
4.
Katya Eruslanova: 4:12.72
9.
Sydney Bergstrom: 4:16.14
21.
Anna Boeckman: 4:22.38
22.
Meredith Holcomb: 4:22.80
23.
Erica Maltsev: 4:23.48
200 FREE
5.
Anna Moehn: 1:47.23
11.
Jenna Jacobs: 1:48.27
16.
Connie Wang: 1:50.36
19.
Sophie Henriksen: 1:50.09
100 BREAST
2.
Kate Handley: 1:00.97 (School Record)
16.
Meredith Holcomb: 1:03.84
18.
Abby Druhan: 1:04.37
100 BACK
2.
Amy Qin: 52.15 (School Record)
5.
Kate Levensten: 52.93
6.
Brianna Cong: 53.41
14.
Connie Wang: 54.75
24.
Maggie Hu: 1:02.54
400 MEDLEY
2.
Amy Qin,
Kate Handley,
Maggie Hu,
Kayla Fu: 3:35.67 (School Record)
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 SCHEDULE
Prelims (11 a.m.) | ESPN+
15 200-yard backstroke
16 100-yard freestyle
17 200-yard breaststroke
18 200-yard butterfly
14 1650-yard freestyle (all but fastest heat) (to begin at approx. 4:00pm)
Finals (6 p.m.) | ESPN+
14 1650-yard freestyle (fastest heat)
15 200-yard backstroke
16 100-yard freestyle
17 200-yard breaststroke
18 200-yard butterfly
19 3-meter diving finals
20 400-yard freestyle relay (timed final)
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