NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale women's swimming team decisively won against both Penn and Dartmouth this weekend, picking up two Ivy victories. The Bulldogs took down the Quakers 217–83 and the Big Green 229.50–70.50.
The relay team of first-year
Jamie Yeh, first-year
Jessica Whang, junior
Caitlin Tycz, and sophomore Isabelle Henig finished first in the 200-yard medley relay with a final time of 1:43.80. This success was followed by sophomore
Raime Jones sweeping the field in the 200-yard freestyle with a 1:50.20 finish.
Yeh was victorious yet again when she took first in the 100-yard backstroke event with a 56.08 time, while her relay teammate Whang similarly dominated the 100-yard breaststroke with a first-place time of 1:04.53. Tycz took the 200-yard fly event with a 2:01.69 finish. Henig then took first in the 50-yard free with a 23.66 time.
In the diving events, which were held on Friday, Yale was very successful. Junior
Nikki Watters took first in the 1-meter dive with a 262.20 score and first in the 3-meter dive with a 258.80 tally.
Junior
Cate Sawkins bested her competition in the 200-yard backstroke, finishing with a blazing 2:00.82 time.
In the 500-yard freestyle, sophomore
Ashley Loomis was victorious with a 4:57.76 time. Tycz added another first-place finish to her total on the day with a winning 55.14 time in the 100-yard fly event. Sophomore
Olivia Paoletti took first in the 200-yard IM event with a 2:07.40 time.
To cap off the dominant afternoon, the relay team of Jones, Henig, sophomore
Marlise Moesch, and first-year Ophelia Pilkington were victorious in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a 3:28.50 final time.
The team next faces Cornell next weekend.