Women's Swimming and Diving 2/19/2022 10:25:00 PM

Women’s Swimming and Diving Wins 2022 Ivy Championship, Captures 15th Title in Program History

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University women's swimming and diving tallied four more event wins on the fourth and final day as the Crimson won the 2022 Ivy League Women's Swimming and Diving Championship on Saturday night at Blodgett Pool, capturing its 15^th Ivy League title in program history.

Harvard finished atop the team rankings to take home the Frank Keefe Trophy with 1,503.5 points, topping second-place Yale (1,258), third-place Penn (1,256), and the five other Ivy schools. The Crimson won the Ivy title for the fifth time since 2014 and for the eighth time under Stephanie Wriede Morawski '92, The Costin Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Swimming & Diving.

On Saturday, senior Felicia Pasadyn won the 200 backstroke, setting a pool record, first-year Aleksandra Denisenko captured the 200 breaststroke, first-year Abby Carr claimed the 200 butterfly, and sophomore Elizabeth Miclau won the 3-meter diving event. The Crimson totaled nine event wins over the course of the meet, including the 800 free relay, 200 IM, 1-meter, 400 IM, 100 breast, 200 back, 200 breast, 200 fly, and 3-meter.

Pasadyn finished the meet with two individual event titles (400 IM, 200 back) and helped the Crimson win the 800 free relay. Denisenko captured both breaststroke events (100 breast, 200 breast) on back-to-back nights.

Senior Georgina Milne won the Ron Keenhold Career High Point Diver Award for cumulative points over four years while first-year Katie Laverty captured the Rick Gilbert Award as the High Point Diver of the Meet.

Harvard posted NCAA B cut times in four events on the night as eight Crimson student-athletes combined for NCAA B cut times in 14 events over the course of the four days.

Harvard Highlights: Finals

Harvard won its 15^th Ivy League title all-time. The Crimson previously won the championship in 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019.
Under Stephanie Wriede Morawski '92, Harvard captured the Ivy title for the seventh time. The program had previously won the title during her tenure in 2005, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, ad 2019. The Crimson won the title for the fifth time since 2014.
Senior Felicia Pasadyn won the 200-yard backstroke setting the pool record with an NCAA B cut time of 1:53.58. She captured her second individual title of the meet alongside the 400 IM in addition to helping the Crimson win the 800 free relay.
Pasadyn defended her title in the event from 2020, and Harvard won the event for the 16^th time in program history and for the third straight season. She clocked NCAA B cut times in both the prelims and finals.
First-year Aleksandra Denisenko claimed first place in the 200-yard breaststroke with an NCAA B cut time of 2:11.93, following up her victory in the 100 breaststroke on Friday night for her second individual victory of the meet. Denisenko posted NCAA B cut times in both the prelims and finals. Harvard captured the event for the seventh time in program history.
First-year Abby Carr captured first place in the 200-yard butterfly with an NCAA B cut time of 1:57.26 as the Crimson took the event title for the 12^th time in program history. Carr posted NCAA B cut times in both the prelims and finals. First-year Grace Yoon (2:02.03) came in eighth in the A final while junior Liz Boyer (2:03.05) placed seventh in the B final for 15^th overall.
Harvard took the top four spots and six of the top eight spots in the 3-meter diving event with sophomore Elizabeth Miclau winning the event with a score of 315.20. Senior Georgina Milne (311.20), senior Esther Lawrence (302.90), and first-year Remi Edvalson (292.05) took second though fourth respectively with all four eclipsing the NCAA standard of 280. First-year Katie Laverty (seventh, 274.30) and junior Evie Geier (eighth, 274.15) rounded out the Crimson's competitors in the event. Harvard won the event for the ninth time in program history.
In the 400-yard freestyle relay, the quartet of senior Felicia Pasadyn, junior Samantha Shelton, first-year Aleksandra Denisenko, and first-year Molly Hamlin helped the Crimson place second in a time of 3:19.17.
In the 100-yard freestyle, first-year Molly Hamlin led the Crimson with a fourth-place finish in an NCAA B cut time of 49.38. Junior Samantha Shelton took the B final for ninth overall in a time of 50.25, finishing 0.01 ahead of second place and 0.03 ahead of third place. First-year Mandy Brenner (50.68) came in 19^th overall competing in the C final.
Senior Mikki Thompson came in fifth in the 200 breast A final with a time of 2:15.46 while first-year Maggie Buckley placed third in the B final for 11^th overall in a time of 2:17.33.
In the consolation final of the 200 back, sophomore Kate Hazlett won the race for ninth overall in 1:57.26, just 0.15 seconds off the NCAA B standard. Sophomore Addie Rose Bullock (1:59.87) came in 12^th overall, and first-year Erin Cavanagh (2:00.40) finished 13^th overall.
In the 1,650-yard freestyle, first-year Carlie Rose came in fourth in heat two – 12^th overall – in a time of 16:56.05 while junior Marcella Ruppert-Gomez placed seventh in heat three – 16^th overall – in 17:06.04.

Harvard Highlights: Prelims

Senior Felicia Pasadyn posted the fastest time in the heats of the 200-yard backstroke with an NCAA B cut time of 1:55.69.
Three Crimson swimmers earned spots in the B final of the 200 back, including sophomore Kate Hazlett (ninth, 1:58.96), sophomore Addie Rose Bullock (10^th, 1:59.47), and first-year Erin Cavanagh (14^th, 2:01.03). Senior Maddie Heilbrun took part in an exhibition swim in the event, clocking a 2:05.15.
In the 100-yard freestyle, first-year Molly Hamlin notched the third-fastest time in the heats in 49.52, coming within 0.01 seconds of the NCAA B standard. Junior Samantha Shelton (ninth, 50.15) qualified for the B final, and first-year Mandy Brenner (19^th, 51.02) advanced to the C final.
First-year Aleksandra Denisenko tallied the fastest time in the heats of the 200-yard breaststroke with an NCAA B cut time of 2:13.78 while senior Mikki Thompson registered the second-fastest time in 2:14.56. First-year Maggie Buckley (11^th, 2:17.33) advanced to the B final.
Closing the prelims session with the 200-yard butterfly, first-year Abby Carr recorded the second-fastest time in the heats with an NCAA B cut time of 1:58.08. First-year Grace Yoon joined Carr in the A final with a 2:00.54 for eighth place. Junior Liz Boyer (14^th, 2:02.62) qualified for the consolation final.