Women's Swimming and Diving 11/22/2024 4:37:00 PM

Women’s Swimming and Diving Cruises to Home Win vs. Columbia

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Women's Swimming and Diving cruised to a 206-93 home decision vs. Columbia on Friday afternoon at Blodgett Pool. The win pushed the Crimson to 5-0 on the season and 4-0 in the Ivy League. The Lions, meanwhile, fell to 0-3 (0-3 Ivy).

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Harvard won 14 of 16 events on the afternoon to improve to 5-0 for the first time since 2022-23.
The Crimson opened and closed the meet with victories in the relays, first capturing the 400 medley relay before finishing with the 400 free relay. Anya Mostek, Stephanie Iannaccone, Sydney Lu and Molly Hamlin began the day with a winning time of 3:47.13. Then in the finale, Lu, Kaylee McDonald, Alexandra Bastone and Hamlin won the event by finishing in 3:24.13.
Of the relay swimmers, Bastone, Iannaccone, Hamlin and Lu were two-time winners in the individual events. Bastone was victorious in the 500 (4:56.16) and 1,000 free (10:07.71), with Iannaccone emerging with decisions in the 200 breast (2:17.30) and 200 IM (season-best 2:03.52). Hamlin, meanwhile, led a group of four Crimson swimmers to occupy the top-4 spots in the 200 free. The senior won the event in 1:51.91 and was followed by McDonald (1:52.51), Gabriella Augustyn (1:54.05) and Payton Foster (1:55.47). Hamlin also won the 200 back, logging a time of 2:01.48.
Lu swept the butterfly events, winning the 50 and the 200. In the 50 fly, the junior completed the race in 24.87. In the 200 fly, Lu finished ahead of the pack with a season-best time of 2:02.16.
Harvard also won the 50 back (Mostek – 26.15) and 50 breast (Mandy Brenner – 29.62).
On the diving side of things, the Crimson took both of the events, with Amy Wotovich finishing in first on the 3-meter board with a season-high score of 307.13. The senior was followed by Remi Edvalson (season-best 299.18), Elizabeth Miclau (290.03) and Nina Janmyr (269.93). Janmyr, meanwhile, closed her day with a victory in the 1-meter competition, posting a season-best score of 320.33.