Women’s Swimming and Diving Hosts Penn in Regular Season Home Finale Saturday

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University women's swimming and diving hosts the University of Pennsylvania for an Ivy League dual meet in its final home meet of the regular season on Saturday, Jan. 22 at 2:30 p.m. (ESPN+) at Blodgett Pool.

In response to the rise of COVID-19 in the broader Harvard community, the Harvard Athletics Department is limiting spectators at its home athletics events through Jan. 23, 2022.

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What to Know: Top Marks

Senior Felicia Pasadyn leads the Ivy League in the 200 backstroke (1:54.97, NCAA B cut), 200 butterfly (1:56.49, NCAA B cut), and 200 IM (2:00.20). She ranks second in the conference in the 400 IM (4:13.82, NCAA B cut), third in the 200 free (1:47.38), and fourth in the 50 backstroke (25.68).
First-year Erin Cavanagh leads the Ivy League in the 400 IM (4:13.69, NCAA B cut). She also ranks second in the Ancient Eight in the 500 free (4:47.98) while) and stands third in the 200 back (1:58.23).
First-year Abby Carr sits second in the conference in the 100 butterfly with an NCAA B cut time of 53.00.
First-year Aleksandra Denisenko leads the conference in the 200 breaststroke (2:14.31) and ranks third in the league in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.54).
First-year Molly Hamlin stands second in the Ivies in the 100 backstroke (54.43).
First-year Mandy Brenner ranks fourth in the Ivy League in the 50 free (22.91) while sophomore Addie Rose Bullock stands eighth in the 100 free (50.68).
Junior Marcella Ruppert-Gomez sits sixth in the league in the 1650 free (16:56.38).
On the boards, first-year Amy Wotovich holds the team's top scores in both 1-meter diving (286.95) and 3-meter diving (321.53).

What to Know: Meet Performances

Thus far in its dual meet schedule, Harvard has posted a 5-0 overall record and a 4-0 Ivy League mark. The Crimson opened the year with a 170-129 win over Rutgers in non-conference action. Harvard then topped four straight Ivy opponents with victories over Columbia (179.5-115.5), Dartmouth (192-107), Cornell (213-87), and Brown (203-97).
In diving competition at No. 4 Stanford on Jan. 12, first-year Amy Wotovich paced the Crimson with a second-place finish in 1-meter diving with a 286.95.
Competing at home for the first time since Jan. 15, 2020 – a span of 720 days – Harvard totaled 13 event victories on its way to a 203-97 win over Brown on Jan. 4 in its home opener at Blodgett Pool. the Crimson captured 13 of the meet's 16 events and added eight second-place showings and 13 third-place finishes to top the visiting Bears.
Competing against No. 2 Texas, No. 4 Michigan, No. 5 California, No. 17 Wisconsin, Arizona, and Minnesota at the 2021 Minnesota Invitational from Dec. 1-4, the Crimson totaled six NCAA B cut times. Senior Felicia Pasadyn reached the mark in three events (400 IM, 200 back, 200 fly), first-year Abby Carr hit the mark in two events (100 fly, 200 fly), and first-year Erin Cavanagh posted an NCAA B cut time in the 400 IM.
In Ivy competition from Nov. 13, Harvard topped Cornell University, 213-87, and Dartmouth College, 192-107, in an Ivy League tri meet at Ithaca College's Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium. The Crimson tallied 12 event wins, 10 second-place showings, and eight third-place finishes.
In its Ivy League opener on Nov. 6, Harvard beat Columbia University, 179.5-115.5, at Percy Uris Natatorium. The Crimson posted 12 event victories, nine second-place showings, and seven third-place finishes.
The Crimson began its 2021-22 season with a 170-129 victory over Big Ten member Rutgers University in its season opener in its first competition in over 600 days. Harvard totaled eight victories, 13 second-place showings, and 11 third-place finishes to beat the host Scarlet Knights.
Over the season's first four dual meets, Harvard totaled 45 wins, 40 second-place showings, and 39 third-place finishes.
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At the Helm

Stephanie Wriede Morawski '92 is in her 25th year as the The Costin Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Swimming & Diving in the 2021-22 season. Under Morawski's direction, the Crimson have captured six Ivy League championships, including four (2014, 2016, 2018, 2019) since 2014. Morawski has earned Ivy League Coach of the Year honors in each of the last three seasons (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20).