Calvin Girls’s Swimming Takes First at Calvin Quad Meet

Results
 
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Nineteenth-ranked Calvin University girls’s swimming and diving group closed the Calvin Quad Invite with two periods on Saturday at Venema Aquatic Center and completed in first place on the occasion.
 
Calvin closed the meet with 1,411 complete factors in first place, adopted by Carthage College (960 factors), Ohio Northern University (319) and Albion College (309).
 
Saturday morning began with the 200 Medley Relay, the place the Calvin ‘A’ relay of Emma Merkel (Grandville, Mich./Grandville), Elise Bajwa (Bethesda, Md./Brookewood School), Holly VanderWeele (San Antonio, Texas/Great Hearts Monte Vista North) and Meghan Bengelink (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian) completed first in a time of 1:45.18. The Knights’ ‘B’ relay of Madi McNearney (Riverside, Mo./Park Hill South), Gracie Ganger (Tipp City, Ohio/Tippecanoe), Grace Schutter (Shelby Township, Mich./Dwight D. Eisenhower) and Ella Andrews (Carmel, Ind./Heritage Christian) took second in 1:49.07.
 
Individual occasions began with Zoe Poe (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette) successful the 400 IM in a time of 4:38.91, adopted by McNearney and second and Eden Maring (Grandville, Mich./Calvin Christian) in fifth.
 
Schutter received the 100 Butterfly in 1:00.15, adopted by Elyse Radawski (Jenison, Mich./Jenison) in third and Alea Casipit (Midland, Mich./Herbert Henry Dow) in fourth.
 
Calvin put collectively a dominant group efficiency within the 200 Freestyle, the place the Knights took residence every of the highest seven finishes. Merkel led the best way in first place in a time of 1:54.45, adopted by Maria Heeres (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian) and Andrews within the prime three.
 
Bajwa (Bethesda, Md./Brookewood School) received the 100 Breaststroke in a time of 1:04.06 that ranks second in NCAA III this season and is an NCAA III ‘B’ reduce qualifying time.. Ganger, Eloise Harrison (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) and Radawski adopted her within the prime 4.
 
McNearney received the 100 Backstroke in 1:00.00 flat, with Bengelink following in second place and Katie Phippen (Macomb, Ill./Calvary Baptist) taking fourth.
 
The morning session ended with the 800 Freestyle Relay, the place the ‘A’ relay of Poe, Marin, Avery Russell (Battle Creek, Mich./Battle Creek Lakeview) and Casipit received in a time of 8:07.27 that ranks third in NCAA III this season.
 
The ultimate diving competitors additionally passed off within the morning session, with Veronica Skipper (Chicago, Ill./Northside College Prep) ending second off the one-meter board with 445.15 factors.
 
The night session began robust for Calvin as Poe set the brand new prime time in NCAA III within the 1650 Freestyle in 17:21.78. Russell completed fourth in 18:44.1
 
Merkel adopted with one other prime time within the nation within the 200 Backstroke, taking first place with an NCAA III-best 2:02.41 that additionally registered as a ‘B’ reduce qualifying time. McNearney completed second in that occasion, adopted by Tori Beigle (Petoskey, Mich./Petoskey) in fifth.
 
Ganger was up subsequent with one other prime time to win the 200 Breaststroke, taking first place in 2:23.76 that marks the sixth-best NCAA III time this season. Bajwa, Harrison and Radawski adopted to provide Calvin a sweep of the highest 4 locations within the occasion.
 
The ultimate occasion of the day was the 200 Butterfly, the place Elizabeth Dylewski (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Bloomfield Hills) took second in 2:19.14, adopted by Vivian Rizer (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich./Grosse Pointe Farms) in third and Schutter in fourth.
 
NEXT UP: Calvin swimming and diving will return to motion on Saturday, November 8, when it competes at Wheaton College (Ill.) in a twin meet beginning at 1:00 PM (CT).