BOSTON — Two University of Pennsylvania swimmers were named Ivy League champions Friday night, including senior Lia Thomas, who won her second title in as many days, and broke an Ivy League meet and her second Harvard University Blodgett Pool record.
The third day of the championship meet began with Penn sophomore Catherine Buroker dominating the 1,000-yard freestyle. For much of the race, Buroker just barely led junior teammate Anna Sofia Kalandadze, but around the three-quarters mark, she propelled into a sizable lead, and finished in 9 minutes and 43.54 seconds.
Buroker currently holds the Penn record in the 1,000-yard free, about four seconds faster than her showing Friday. Kalandadze, an Ardmore, Pa., native and Lower Merion High School grad, finished second with a time of 9:50.05. She and Buroker embraced across the pool lines following the finish.
