CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University women's swimming and diving won the 800-yard freestyle relay for the fourth straight season to move into first place in the team standings on day one of the 2022 Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championships on Wednesday night at Blodgett Pool.
The Crimson captured the 800 free relay – the night's second and final event – after placing third in the 200-yard medley relay to claim first place in the team rankings with a score of 118. Princeton (116) and Yale (112) stand second and third in the standings.
Harvard's relay of senior
Felicia Pasadyn, junior
Samantha Shelton, sophomore
Addie Rose Bullock, and first-year
Molly Hamlin took the 800 free relay with a time of 7:06.66, marking the Crimson's fastest time in the event this season.
Harvard Highlights
- Harvard captured the 800-yard freestyle relay with a time of 7:06.66 from the group of senior Felicia Pasadyn, junior Samantha Shelton, sophomore Addie Rose Bullock, and first-year Molly Hamlin, marking the Crimson's fastest time in the event this season. Harvard topped second-place Yale (7:08.33) and third-place Penn (7:09.91).
- The Crimson won the 800 free relay for the 11th time in program history and for the fourth straight season.
- In the 200-yard medley relay, the quartet of senior Felicia Pasadyn, first-year Aleksandra Denisenko, first-year Abby Carr, and first-year Mandy Brenner placed third with a time of 1:39.14, marking the team's best time in the event this season and coming within 0.23 seconds of second-place Yale (1:38.91). Princeton (1:38.66) took first in the race.
Next Up
Harvard continues competition at the Ivy League Championships tomorrow – Thursday, Feb. 17 – with prelims at 11:00 a.m. and finals at 6:00 p.m. The day's events include the 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free, 1-meter diving, and 200 free relay.
