Nguyen Takes Gold at Day 3 of Ivy League Championships
PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania finished Day 3 of the Ivy League Championships, with sophomore Watson Nguyen highlighting the day by taking home the gold in the 100 breaststroke.
**PRINCETON, N.J. – **The University of Pennsylvania finished Day 3 of the Ivy League Championships, with sophomore
Watson Nguyen highlighting the day by taking home the gold in the 100 breaststroke.
Not only did Nguyen bring home Penn's first top finish of the men's championships, he also set the Princeton DeNunzio pool record in the event with a 51.18. The time also represents a new program best. Nguyen was not the only Penn swimmer to have a good day, as junior
Peter Whittington placed second in the 400 IM with a time of 3:43.62. Senior
James Curreri collected a top ten finish as well, placing ninth with a 1:34.95 in the 200 free.
The Quakers will look to keep the momentum going into the final day of the championships tomorrow.
1000 FREE
Aaron Jia: 9:16.80
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Robert Melson: 9:18.62
Cooper Nicholson: 9:18.80
100 FLY
Alex Fu: 47.47
Henry Guo: 47.31
Max Malakhovets: 47.89
John Lieberman: 48.11
400 IM
Peter Whittington: 3:43.62
Aaron Jia: 3:57.50
Andrew Xie: 4:00.27
200 FREE
James Curreri: 1:34.95
Eddie Jin: 1:36.37
Max Malakhovets: 1:36.95
Can John Yeniay: 1:37.98
John Lieberman: 1:41.07
100 BREAST
Watson Nguyen: 51.18 (School Record)
Pippin Kantakom: 53.65
Jeffrey Hou: 54.03
Rohan D'Souza Larson: 54.06
Alex Fu: 55.36
400 MEDLEY
Liam Campbell: 3:09.60
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 SCHEDULE
Prelims (11 a.m.) |
16 200-yard backstroke
17 100-yard freestyle
18 200-yard breaststroke
19 200-yard butterfly
15 1650-yard freestyle (all but fastest heat) (to begin at approx. 4:10 pm)
Finals (6 p.m.) |
15 1650-yard freestyle (fastest heat)
16 200-yard backstroke
17 100-yard freestyle
18 200-yard breaststroke
19 200-yard butterfly
20 3-meter diving finals
21 400-yard freestyle relay (timed final)
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