Princeton Women Finish Dual Meet Season Undefeated with Sweep of Harvard and Yale

Harvard vs Yale vs Princeton

• January 30–31, 2026
• Blodgett Pool, Cambridge, MA
• Short Course Yards (25 yards)
• Full Meet Results
• Women’s Team Scores
  • Princeton 160.5 – 139.5 Harvard
  • Princeton 209 – 91 Yale
  • Harvard 207 – 93 Yale

Women’s Recap

It couldn’t have been any more exciting in Blodgett Pool on Saturday afternoon, as the annual double dual meet among Harvard, Princeton, and Yale, known as “HYP,” came down to the final relay to determine which team would earn the Ivy League’s regular-season crown for 2025-26. Both Harvard and Princeton came into the weekend with 5-0 records, while Yale had a 3-2 standing in the conference.

Day 1

Harvard set the tone early on Friday, winning the first three events in a row – and four of the first five. Nina Janmyr kicked things off in 3-meter diving, scoring 335.40 points to beat Princeton’s Charlotte Norman (319.65) by 15.75. Anya Mostek, Aliana Marakovic, Sydney Lu, and Kiley Wilhelm took first place in the 200 medley relay (1:37.77) ahead of Princeton’s Delaney Herr, Heidi Smithwick, Sabrina Johnston, and Sophia Sunwoo (1:38.21) and Yale’s Devyn Sargent, Jessey Li, Ele Donegan, and Sara Plunkett (1:38.75).

Alexandra Bastone held off a fast-charging Chloe Kim of Princeton to win the 1000 free, 9:38.94 to 9:39.80. Mostek came through in the 100 back, breaking the Blodgett Pool record with her winning time of 52.34. All of the Crimson’s swimming wins resulted in top times in the Ivy League so far this season. At the end of the 100 back, Harvard led Princeton by 19 points and Yale by 39.

Princeton broke up the Crimson’s early dominance with a big performance from Savannah Skow in the 200 free; her 1:45.71 cleared 2nd-place Bastone by 1.54 seconds and currently ranks 2nd in the Ivy League.

Yale racked up points with a 1-2 finish in the 100 breast from Sargent (1:01.26) and Li (1:01.46). No one else broke 1:02. Harvard now led Princeton by 24 points – it would prove to be their largest advantage of the meet – while Yale reduced their deficit to Harvard to 32. It was Sargent’s second event in a row, as she had just come off a 3rd-place finish in the 100 back (53.44).

Princeton won the final two events of the day with a 1:55.66 from Eleanor Sun in the 200 fly and a 1st-3rd from Johnston (22.42) and Sunwoo (22.72) in the 50 free. Harvard led Princeton 81-69 and Yale 104-46, while Princeton had a 101-49 advantage over Yale, heading into Day 2.

Day 2

The Tigers came roaring back on Saturday, beginning with a 1-3-4 finish on the 1-meter board led by Charlotte Martinkus (311.15 points). Johnston (48.70) and Sunwoo (49.07) followed with a 1-2 punch in the 100 free, with Sunwoo touching out Harvard’s Wilhem by .06. Princeton moved past Harvard for the first time after the 100 free, leading 96.5 to 91.5.

Mostek gave the Crimson another victory with a dominant 1:54.38 in the 200 back. Yale’s Sargent (1:55.63) and Mabel Koff (1:56.56) were 2nd and 3rd, more than a body length ahead of Princeton’s Grace Black (1:58.35) and Herr (1:58.58).

Princeton’s Sun held off Aliana Marakovic of Harvard to win the 200 breast, 2:10.87 to 2:11.08, giving the Tigers a 9-point cushion headed into the 500 free. Harvard’s Bastone won that event with 4:43.02, while Skow (4:44.20) and Kim (4:46.84) of Princeton placed 2nd and 3rd. Yale’s Caroline Riggs (4:48.63) was 4th, about 2 body lengths ahead of Harvard’s Carolina Daher. Daher owns the top time in the Ivy League so far this season with a 4:42.98 from the Minnesota Invite.

For the 100 fly, Harvard head coach Amanda Kulik swapped out League-leader Wilhelm for Sydney Lu, preferring to use Wilhelm in the final individual event – the 200 IM. It turned out to be a good move, as Lu (52.21) came from behind to beat Princeton’s Skow (53.14), Smithwick (53.51), and Simecek (53.84).

Wilhelm nearly won the 200 IM, but Princeton’s Sun got the touch, 1:56.11 to 1:56.17. Sun’s teammate Sophie Segerson was 3rd with 1:59.39.

With only the 400 free relay left to swim, Princeton led Harvard 145.5-137.5, Harvard led Yale 207-93, and Princeton led Yale 209-91. Should Harvard place 1st and 3rd against Princeton, they would win by 1 point. But the Crimson had already used some of their best sprinters in other events, and Princeton and Yale both came to the wall ahead of Harvard. The Tigers’ Sunwoo (49.16), Johnston (58.13), Simecek (49.41), and Sun (49.34) combined for 3:16.04, while Yale’s Lisa-Marie Finger (50.83), Li (50.11), Lucy Walker (49.96), and Plunkett (50.13) touched in 3:21.03.

Up Next

• Ivy League Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships, February 18 – 21, 2026, in Providence, RI.