PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Harvard Women's Swimming and Diving sophomore
Anya Mostek enjoyed a historic day, breaking two records in the same event, and then helping the 400 medley relay win an Ivy League title on Day 3 of the Ivy Championships at Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center.
Mostek began her record-setting day by posting the field's fastest time during the 100-back prelims. Her time of 52.27 established a new Ivy-meet and pool record, while improving upon her school-record time by .01 (entered the day with a program-record time of 52.28 at the Minnesota Invitational). Then with an individual conference title on the line, Mostek finished the race in 52.15 to capture the crown and rewrite the Ivy-meet and pool record books for a second time.
After a roughly 40-minute break for 3-meter diving, Mostek, along with
Aleksandra Denisenko,
Sydney Lu and
Mandy Brenner, returned to the pool deck for the 400 medley relay. Mostek led things off and Brenner finished it as the quartet recorded a winning time of 3:33.65, edging out Princeton (3:33.76).
The Tigers enter the final day of action in first place (953 points) with Harvard sitting in second (857.5). Yale (707) and Brown (657) round out the top half of the team standings, with Penn (554.5), Columbia (448), Cornell (411) and Dartmouth (326) filling out the rest of the Ivy slots.
Prelims Notes
- Lu and Brenner qualified for the A-final of the 100 fly after producing the third- and eighth-fastest times during the prelims. Lu finished in 53.30, while Brenner recorded an NCAA B-standard with her season-best 53.63, which ranks fifth in Harvard history.
- Abby Carr (54.12), Addie Rose Bullock (54.26), Blythe Wieclawek (55.01) and Natalie Whalen (58.57), meanwhile, all recorded season bests in the 100 fly. Carr and Bullock advanced to the B-final. Isabella Alas (54.99) and Wieclawek earned spots in the C-final.
- Molly Hamlin came in fourth place in the 200 free (season-best 1:47.97). The junior's performance, which was Harvard's best in 2023-24, landed her in the A-final. Piper Wood Prince (1:51.03) and Kristín Helga Hákonardóttir (season-best 1:51.04) qualified for the C-final.
- In the 100 breast, Harvard had two athletes reach the A-final in Victoria Eisenhauer and Denisenko. Eisenhauer's time of 1:01.08 (NCAA B-cut) was good for fourth place and moved her from No. 8 in Crimson history to No. 3. Denisenko, meanwhile, posted a B-cut with her season-best effort of 1:01.25. Grace Yoon also had her best showing of the season with a 1:04.00, good for a berth in the C-final.
- Hamlin finished with the fourth-best time in the 100 back, clocking in at 53.81, earning an NCAA B-cut and entering the Harvard record book at No. 7. Carr, meanwhile, was the third Crimson swimmer to secure an A-final spot after coming in seventh place (54.41). Wieclawek (54.49) and Bullock (55.10) both turned in season-bests to make the B-final.
Finals Notes
- Lu took silver in the 100 fly after being edged for the title by .02 seconds. The sophomore posted her best time of the season (52.55) in the process. Brenner, meanwhile, came in fourth place with a time of 53.19, to improve upon her No. 5 time in school history.
- Carr was Harvard's top performer in the 100 fly B-final, clocking in at 54.04, erasing her previous season-best which was set in the prelims, with Bullock following two spots behind (54.49). In the C-final, Alas emerged victorious with a time of 54.71.
- Alexandra Bastone earned a bronze medal in the 400 IM, registering an NCAA B-cut time of 4:12.51. Her performance vaulted her to No. 4 in Harvard history. First-year classmate Stephanie Iannaccone finished in eighth place (4:17.36), while Yoon (season-best 4:23.67) posted a second-place finish in the C-final.
- Hamlin finished just outside the top three in the A-final of the 200 free, coming in fourth place (1:48.26). Lu, also an A-final participant, finished in seventh (1:49.41). Wood Prince (1:50.82) and Hákonardóttir (1:51.33) came in 20th and 22nd overall after competing in the C-final.
- Denisenko ended as Harvard's top finisher in the 100 breast A-final, notching a fourth-place time of 1:00.77. The performance improved her position as the second-fastest 100-breast swimmer in school history. Eisenhauer finished a touch behind, coming in sixth place (1:01.37).
- Outside of Mostek in the A-final of the 100 back, Hamlin (54.07) and Carr (56.04) finished in sixth and eighth place, respectively. Wieclawek (54.70) and Bullock (55.53) competed in the B-final and came in third and seventh.
Up Next
Harvard returns to action on Saturday for final-day action. The prelims are scheduled for 11 a.m. ET, with the finals slated for 6 p.m. ET at Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center. Both sessions will air live on ESPN+.
Ivy League Championships Team Standings (after 13 events)
1. Princeton – 953
2. Harvard – 857.5
3. Yale – 707
4. Brown – 657
5. Penn – 554.5
6. Columbia – 448
7. Cornell – 411
8. Dartmouth - 326
