MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Harvard Women's Swimming and Diving put the finishing touches on its time in the Land of 10,000 Lakes on Saturday at the Minnesota Invitational.
What to Know
- Harvard's day began with the 200 backstroke preliminaries and saw Kate Hazlett and Molly Hamlin qualify for the A-final. Hazlett, a senior, posted the field's fifth-fastest time (1:57.68), with Hamlin ranking eighth (1:58.07). Anya Mostek, who set the program record in the 100 back on Friday, just missed earning a spot in the A-final, finishing in ninth place (1:58.33).
- First-year Stephanie Iannaccone, like Mostek in the 200 back, narrowly missed a spot in the 200 breast A-final, coming in ninth with a time of 2:15.21. Aleksandra Denisenko joined Iannaccone in the B-final with her 15th-place time of 2:18.11.
- The final prelim of the day watched Sydney Lu secure a spot in the A-final of the 200 fly. The sophomore was the eighth-fastest swimmer in the field, clocking in at 1:59.77.
- Alexandra Bastone kicked off the night session by finishing in second place in the 1,650 free. The first-year completed the event in 16:20.99, which was an NCAA B-standard and the second-best time in school history. Piper Wood Prince, meanwhile, came in eighth place (16:49.93).
- In the A-final of the 200 back, Hamlin finished fifth overall and seventh in Harvard history (1:56.91). Hazlett ended the race in seventh with a time of 1:57.64, and Mostek turned in a runner-up performance in the B-final (1:57.30). Addie Rose Bullock won the C-final with a time of 1:58.95.
- Remi Edvalson and Rey Chin competed in the platform diving competition. Edvalson finished in third place with a score of 238.15. Chin, meanwhile, posted the sixth-best effort in the field (189.75).
- Iannaccone posted Harvard's top effort in the finals of the 200 breast. The first-year finished in third place in the B-final after completing the race in 2:15.34. Denisenko, meanwhile, was sixth in the B-final (2:16.19).
- The finals of the 200 fly marked the end of the individual events and Lu finished in sixth place in the A-final with an NCAA B-cut time of 1:58.78. Grace Yoon, competing in the B-final, came in fourth (2:02.71).
- Mostek, Lu, Blythe Wieclawek and Hamlin capped the Crimson's time in Minneapolis with a 3:19.57 performance in the 400 free relay. The quartet finished in sixth place overall and was Harvard's top relay.
Up Next
Harvard will return to action on Jan. 9, when its divers compete at Florida State. The Crimson's next full-team meet is set for Jan. 20, at Ivy League-foe Penn.
