Calvin Girls’s Swimming and Diving Lands Four All-MIAA Honorees

Four members of the Calvin University ladies’s swimming and diving crew earned All-MIAA honors from the convention on Tuesday.
 
Elise Bajwa (Bethesda, Md./Brookewood School), Meghan Bengelink (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian), Emma Merkel (Grandville, Mich./Grandville) and Zoe Poe (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette Twp.) every earned the glory following the MIAA Championship meet, the place the Knights completed in second place.
 
The honors are given out primarily based on outcomes on the MIAA Swimming and Diving Championships, with every particular person occasion winner incomes All-MIAA awards in addition to six wild card honorees voted on by coaches within the convention. Calvin completed second on the MIAA meet.
 
All 4 swimmers (together with three different Calvin ladies’s swimmers) earned journeys to the NCAA III Championships with instances all through the season, the place they are going to compete from March 18-21 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
 
Elise Bajwa
 
Bajwa earned her second straight All-MIAA honor following a powerful meet in her junior season. Bajwa received the 200 breaststroke occasion with a time of two:19.39 with an NCAA ‘B’ lower time. She additionally completed second within the 100 breaststroke with a Calvin school-record time of 1:02.64 and completed eighth within the 50 freestyle in a time of 24.26.
 
She additionally competed in three relay occasions for the Knights, together with second-place swims within the 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay. She additionally helped the Knights’ ‘B’ relay within the 200 freestyle relay win the comfort closing.
 
Meghan Bengelink
 
Bengelink earned her first profession All-MIAA honor as a senior by anchoring 4 Calvin relays. The 400 freestyle relay completed first, whereas the 200 freestyle, 200 medley and 400 medley relays every completed second on the occasion.
 
In particular person competitors, Bengelink completed fourth within the 50 freestyle with an NCAA III ‘B’ lower time of 23.45, fifth within the 100 freestyle (52.34) and eighth within the 100 backstroke (1:00.71), setting new personal-best instances in every occasion.
 
Emma Merkel
 
Merkel earned her third consecutive All-MIAA honor in her third season of competitors. She received the 200 freestyle in an NCAA III ‘B’ lower time of 1:50.04 whereas additionally taking second within the 200 backstroke (2:01.37) and fifth within the 200 particular person medley (2:07.0).
 
In relay occasions, she swam the leadoff leg to assist Calvin win the 400 freestyle relay whereas additionally serving to Calvin to second-place finishes within the 200 freestyle, 800 freestyle and 400 medley relays.
 
Zoe Poe
 
Poe received All-MIAA honors for the second consecutive yr in her sophomore season. Poe received the 1650 freestyle in an MIAA-record time of 17:11.6. She additionally took second within the 500 freestyle (4:59.79) and fourth within the 400 particular person medley (4:34.89).
 
In the relays, Poe helped Calvin to a second-place end within the 800 freestyle relay and in addition swam within the comfort closing of the 400 freestyle relay, serving to the Calvin ‘B’ relay take second place in that closing.