MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Harvard University women's swimming and diving opened competition at the 2021 Minnesota Invitational with the 200 medley relay and 800 freestyle relay on Wednesday night at the University of Minnesota's Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.
 
Competing against No. 2 Texas, No. 4 Michigan, No. 5 California, No. 17 Wisconsin, Arizona, and Minnesota on the first of four days at the invitational, the Crimson posted its top two times of the season in the 200-yard medley relay (1:40.80, 1:41:00), while also competing in the 800-yard freestyle relay for the first time this season. 

Harvard Highlights

• In the 200-yard medley relay, Harvard posted its top two times of the season with the B and A relays finishing within 0.20 seconds of each other.
• The 200 medley B relay of first-year Molly Hamlin, sophomore Victoria Eisenhauer, first-year Abby Carr, and junior Darlene Fung came in 13^th place with a time of 1:40.80 while the A relay of senior Felicia Pasadyn, first-year Aleksandra Denisenko, sophomore Addie Rose Bullock, and first-year Mandy Brenner finished 14^th in 1:41.00. The B relay finished 0.22 seconds behind Texas B (1:40.58).
• Competing in the 800-yard freestyle relay for the first time this season, Harvard's A relay of senior Felicia Pasadyn, junior Samantha Shelton, first-year Molly Hamlin, and first-year Erin Cavanagh clocked a time of 7:15.97.
• The Crimson's B relay in the 800 free relay of sophomore Addie Rose Bullock, sophomore Kate Hazlett, first-year Maggie Buckley, and junior Liz Boyer finished in 7:24.53 for 14^th place.

Next Up

Harvard continues competition at the Minnesota Invitational tomorrow – Thursday, Dec. 2 – through Saturday, Dec. 4.
 
Thursday competition will include 1-meter diving, the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, and 400 medley relay with prelims at 11:00 a.m. ET (10:00 a.m. CT), diving at 2:00 p.m. ET (1:00 p.m. CT), and finals at 7:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. CT).