Penn ladies’s swimming and diving defeats Cornell however sees win streak snapped by Princeton at tri-meet

While the Quakers held off the Big Red, they couldn’t quell the Tigers’ wrath.

Penn ladies’s swimming and diving suffered its first lack of the season to No. 25 and defending Ivy League champion Princeton in Ithaca final Saturday. However, the Quakers walked away with a decisive victory in opposition to Cornell, placing up a season-high 206.5 factors within the course of.

Sophomore freestyle/butterfly specialist Kayla Fu led the cost as soon as once more with victories within the 100-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly, ending lower than a second off the NCAA Division 1 customary qualifying instances in each occasions. She additionally completed runner-up within the 50-yard free in a season-best 22.81, getting barely out-touched on the wall by defending two-time Ivy League champion Princeton backstroke/freestyle/butterfly specialist Sabrina Johnston. 

Freshman again/fly specialist Brianna Cong picked up a person victory within the 200 again in a blistering 1:55.17, beating the sphere by over two seconds. Cong touched second within the 100 again however improved from final week by over a second to complete in an all-time personal-best 53.58. Cong’s 100 again efficiency on Saturday was a mere hundredth of a second behind this system report set in 2018. 

The Quakers began off the meet with a third-place total end within the 200 medley relay, consisting of Sheerr Pool report holder crew of sophomore Amy Qin, junior Kate Handley, senior Amber Smith, and Fu. 

Promising performances adopted within the 1000 free, which noticed senior captains and 2025 NCAA Division 1 National Championship qualifiers Sydney Bergstrom and Anna Moehn crack 10 minutes for the primary time this season to land in second and third place total. 

The distance squad stayed robust for the five hundred free with Bergstrom and fellow senior captain Anna Boeckman breaking 5 minutes for the primary time this season. Moehn led the cost with a second-place end behind Princeton particular person medley/freestyle/butterfly specialist and distance dynamo Chloe Kim. 

Junior particular person medley/again/free specialist Katya Eruslanova put factors on the board with a second-place end within the 200 free and two third-place finishes within the 200 IM and 200 again. 

Junior breaststroker duo Meredith Holcomb and Handley put up season-best performances to complete runner-up within the 200 breast and 100 breast, respectively. The solely different runner-up end of the meet got here from sophomore Margaret Hu within the 200-yard butterfly, the place the Canadian edged out Second-Team All-American Dakota Tucker on the wall.

Although Penn may not have come away with a victory in opposition to Princeton, they stroll away with a season-best rating and a few personal-best performances. 

The Quakers will head to the Tigers’ house turf subsequent weekend for the Big Al Invitational, the place they hope to defend their title.

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