LEWISBURG, Pa. – The University of Pennsylvania swimming and diving teams finished up competition at ECAC Championships over the weekend at Bucknell University's Kinney Natatorium.
 
The women took fourth place overall with 364.5 points, while the men placed third with 379.5 points.
 
Individually, Lily Zhang brought home a pair of ECAC titles in both the 200 fly and 200 freestyle, while the 800 free relay team of Olivia Safarikova, Caroline Cancelmo, Maggie Straley and Zhang took first place. Zhang also notched third in the 500 free.

Charlotte Holliday, Safarikova and Straley also claimed titles with first place finishes in the 100 back (54.75), 200 back (1:58.10) and 1650 freestyle (16:48.52).

Silver medals were doled out to Cancelmo and Safarikova for their finishes in the 500 freestyle (4:54.16) and 200 IM (2:03.12). The Quakers' 400 medley relay squad of Holliday, Hannah Pecze, Zhang and Safarikova also took home second (3:45.56). Holliday and Cancelmo rounded out Penn's silver medals in the 200 back (1:59.62) and 200 fly (2:05.67).
 
On the men's side, Jack Handelman finished first place (283.20) in the three-meter dive, followed by a second-place result (271.55) for Victor Dang. The pairing also snatched second (Handelman; 253.70) and fourth place (Dang; 237.35) finishes in the one-meter dive. Penn's 400 free relay team of Truman Armstrong, Vincent Vinciguerra, Kevin Jiang and Ryan McGuirk swam a time of 2:58.28 to earn a gold medal as well.

The 200 free relay team of Armstrong, McGuirk, Vinciguerra and Jiang secured third place (1:20.93) for the Red and Blue, while the 400-medley relay group of Armstrong, Colin Zhang, McGuirk and Jiang also notched a bronze medal (3:18.65).

Zhang and Neo Matsuyama earned 33 points for the Quakers with second (2:00.54) and third place (2:01.16) finishes in the 200 breast. Andy Zhou and McGuirk followed with third place honors in the 1650 free (15:38.61) and 200 free (1:37.94).
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Zhang became the latest Quaker to win an ECAC championship, doing so in both the 200 fly (1:59.87) and 200 free (1:48.98). She eclipsed Bucknell's Virginia Hastings by less than two tenths of a second in the 200 free. Cancelmo went on to take second (2:05.67) in the 200 fly.
 
*Penn earned second, third and fourth place finishes in the 500 free through Cancelmo (4:54.16), Zhang (4:54.50) and Straley (4:57.25).
 
*The 800 free relay team of Safarikova, Cancelmo, Straley, and Zhang placed first with a time of 7:25.29.

*Safarikova and Holliday paced the competition in the 200 back to take home first and second place with times of 1:58.10 and 1:59.62. The duo also finished in second (Safarikova; 2:03.12) and fourth (Holliday; 2:03.68) in the 200 IM, respectively.  

 *On the men's side, the 200 free relay team of Armstrong, McGuirk, Vinciguerra and Jiang swam a time of 1:20.93 to earn the bronze medal.

*The Red and Blue placed first in the 400 free relay with a time of 2:58.28 thanks to Armstrong, Vinciguerra, Jiang and McGuirk.

*Handelman (283.20) and Dang (271.55) topped the competition to earn gold and silver medals in the three-meter dive.

*Zhou finished the 1650 free with a time of 15:38.61 to claim third place.

*Armstrong, Zhang, McGuirk and Jiang swam a time of 3:18.65 to finish third in the 400 medley relay.
 
*McGuirk logged a time of 1:37.94 to take home bronze in the 200 freestyle.
 
Up Next
Penn will send divers to NCAA Zone Diving Championships next week from March 11 to March 13 at Navy.

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