Ladies’s Swim Group Beats Columbia, 193-99, for 3-0 Begin

PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania girls’s swimming and diving crew kicked off its Ivy League portion of the schedule with a 193-99 victory over Columbia Friday night at Sheerr Pool.
 
With the outcome, the Quakers enhance to 3-0 to start the slate for a second consecutive 12 months.
 
More pool data fell for Penn, similar to the primary two meets, as 4 new marks have been set after only a week into the brand new marketing campaign. That, together with 13 first-place finishes, headlined the night time to start Homecoming weekend.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Kayla Fu (200 free), Kate Levensten (100 again), Brianna Cong (200 again) and the 200 medley relay (Amy Qin, Kate Handley, Amber Smith, Fu) set new pool data of their respective occasions.
 
*Swimming a time of 53.78, Levensten broke her personal report set simply two days prior towards Villanova, whereas Fu has set three pool data in three separate occasions to start the 12 months along with her time of 1:48.57 within the 200 free.
 
*Cong received the 200 again with a pool-record mark with Katya Eruslanova coming in second at 2:01.88.
 
*Along with the 200 free, Fu additionally emerged victorious within the 100 free with a time of 51.38. Connie Wang took second at 51.65 whereas Olivia Safarikova positioned third (52.72).
 
*Anna Moehn swam the 1,000 free for the primary time in 2025-26, inserting first with a time of 10:02.66, adopted by Anna Boeckman (10:10.63) in second, Sydney Bergstrom (10:14.74) in third to finish the 1-2-3 Quaker end.
 
*Moehn additionally received the five hundred free, timing in at 4:56.83, whereas Boeckman positioned second at 5:02.10.
 
*Kate Handley received the 100 breast with a time od 1:03.43, ending simply in entrance of Meredith Holcomb (1:04.15).
 
*It was one other 1-2-3 end within the 200 fly with Maggie Hu taking the win with a time of two:01.49. Lily Zhang took second (2:03.11) with Erica Maltsev inserting third at 2:05.31.
 
*Smith positioned first within the 50 free, clocking a 23.79.
 
*Holcomb picked up a victory within the 200 breast at 2:17.42, narrowly topping teammate Abby Druhan (2:20.48) for second.
 
*In the diving occasions, it was Sophie Slayden who began the night off with a win within the one meter, scoring a 266.10. Rachel Yang positioned third with a rating of 254.62. Sadie Howard as soon as once more prevailed within the three meter, scoring above the 300 mark with a 309.90. Rachel Yang took second (285.97) with Slayden coming in third (264.07).
 
*Qin, Handley, Smith, and Fu’s 1:41.02 set a brand new pool report for the 200 medley relay, additionally taking first place within the occasion. The crew of Cong, Holcomb, Hu, and Wang clocked a 1:44.07 to position runner-up.
 
Up Next
The Quakers will purpose to start out the season with a 4-0 general report again dwelling towards Brown subsequent Saturday at midday. The meet will likely be streamed dwell on ESPN+.
 
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