Women’s Swimming and Diving Heads to Yale for Annual H-Y-P Meet

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University women's swimming and diving travels to New Haven, Conn., to compete in the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet from Friday, Jan. 28 to Saturday, Jan. 29 at the Bulldogs' Kiphuth Exhibition Pool in a match-up of three teams that are unbeaten in dual competition.

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What to Know: Meet Information

Competition begins on Friday, Jan. 28 with 3-meter diving at 3:00 p.m. followed by the early heats of the 1000 freestyle at 4:45 p.m. Action continues at 6:05 p.m. with swimming events, including the 200 medley relay, 1000 free final, 100 breaststroke, 200 butterfly, 50 freestyle, and 400 individual medley.
The meet concludes on Saturday, Jan. 29 starting with 1-meter diving at 9:30 a.m. Swimming events begin at 12:05 p.m. with the 100 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 200 breaststroke, 500 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 individual medley, and 400 freestyle relay.
All three programs bring undefeated dual meet records into the weekend. Harvard carries a 6-0 overall record and 5-0 Ivy League mark alongside unbeaten marks for Princeton (7-0, 5-0 Ivy) and Yale (7-0, 5-0 Ivy).
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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 fifth 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 third in the Ancient Eight in the 500 free (4:47.98) while) and third in the 200 back (1:58.23).
First-year Abby Carr sits second in the conference in the 100 butterfly (53.00, NCAA B cut) and second in the 200 butterfly (1:58.61, NCAA B cut). She also ranks fourth in the 100 backstroke (54.65).
First-year Aleksandra Denisenko leads the conference in the 200 breaststroke (2:14.31), while ranking third in the league in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.54) and fifth in the 200 IM (2:01.45).
First-year Molly Hamlin stands second in the Ivies in the 100 backstroke (54.43).
Sophomore Kate Hazlett sits second in the conference in the 200 backstroke (1:57.75) and fourth in the 400 IM (4:17.49).
Sophomore Addie Rose Bullock stands fourth in the 200 freestyle (1:48.42) and eighth in the 100 free (50.68).
First-year Mandy Brenner ranks fifth in the Ivy League in the 50 free (22.91).
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 (298.05) and 3-meter diving (321.53).

What to Know: Meet Performances

Thus far in its dual meet schedule, Harvard has posted a 6-0 overall record and a 5-0 Ivy League mark. The Crimson opened the year with a 170-129 win over Rutgers in non-conference action. Harvard then topped five straight Ivy opponents with victories over Columbia (179.5-115.5), Dartmouth (192-107), Cornell (213-87), Brown (203-97), and Penn (187-113).
Harvard topped the University of Pennsylvania, 187-113, in its regular season home finale on Jan. 22 at Blodgett Pool. Alongside 11 event wins, the Crimson totaled nine second-place finishes, and 10 third-place finishes
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 five dual meets, Harvard totaled 56 wins, 49 second-place showings, and 49 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).