NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Senior Esther Lawrence won the 3-meter diving event to lead Harvard University women's swimming and diving on the first day of the annual Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet at the Bulldogs' Kiphuth Exhibition Pool on Friday.
 
On day one of a meet featuring three programs unbeaten in dual meet competition, the Crimson (6-0, 5-0 Ivy), host Bulldogs (7-0, 5-0 Ivy), and Tigers (7-0, 5-0 Ivy) completed half the meet with the remainder set for tomorrow – Saturday, Jan. 29.
 
In the team's final meet of the regular season, Lawrence won the 3-meter with a 330.65 – Harvard's top score on the event this season. First-year Molly Hamlin placed second in the 200 freestyle while senior Felicia Pasadyn (200 butterfly) and sophomore Elizabeth Miclau (3-meter) each posted third-place finishes.
 
In the team scores, Harvard trails Yale, 105-45, and trails Princeton, 101-49.

Harvard Highlights

• Senior Esther Lawrence won 3-meter diving with a score of 330.65 – the Crimson's top score on the event this season. Sophomore Elizabeth Miclau came in third with a 288.25, and senior Morgane Herculano placed fourth with a 287.30.
• First-year Molly Hamlin came in second in the 200-yard freestyle behind a season-best time of 1:49.44.
• Senior Felicia Pasadyn finished third in the 200-yard butterfly with a 2:00.02.
• Harvard came in fifth in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:42.98 from the group of senior Felicia Pasadyn, first-year Aleksandra Denisenko, first-year Abby Carr, and first-year Mandy Brenner.
• Junior Samantha Shelton paced the Crimson in the 100-yard backstroke with a sixth-place finish in a season-best 55.75.
• First-year Mandy Brenner finished sixth in the 50-yard freestyle in 23.66.
• In the 100-yard breaststroke, sophomore Victoria Eisenhauer (1:04.48), first-year Aleksandra Denisenko (1:04.60), and first-year Maggie Buckley (1:04.64) placed sixth, seventh, and eighth respectively.
• First-year Carlie Rose led Harvard in the 1000-yard freestyle with a season-best 10:15.90 for seventh place.

Next Up

Harvard completes competition at the H-Y-P meet tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 29. Competition begins with 3-meter 1-meter diving at 9:30 a.m. before 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.