PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Calvin traveled to the campus of Carnegie Mellon for a non-conference triangular that featured a trio of nationally-ranked teams.
Top-ranked Denison defeated No. 21 Calvin 235-65 while No. 12 Carnegie Mellon defeated Calvin 207-93.
Junior Hannabeth Magnussen (Oakdale, Ca./Ripon Christian HS) had a huge afternoon, winning the three-meter diving competition with a season-best score of 263.35 while placing second on the one-meter board with a season-best score of 258.90.
Calvin's 200 medley relay team of junior Hannah Chao (Farmington, Mich./North Farmington HS), sophomore Samantha Sonday (Portage, Mich./Portage Central HS), junior Jenna Oezer (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) and senior Emily Gunderson (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer HS) took third in a time of 1:49.80.
Sophomore Valerie Edewaard (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian HS) was fifth in the 200 freestyle (1:59.57) while Chao was fourth in the 100 backstroke (58.48) and fifth in the 200 backstroke (2:10.73).
Sophomore Grace Anne Delcompare (Naples, Fla./Home School) was sixth in the 200 butterfly (2:15.16). Gunderson was fourth in the 50 freestyle (24.93) and fourth in the 100 butterfly (59.47).
Freshman Hannah Brown (Palmyra, Va./Home School) placed seventh in the 100 freestyle (55.32) with junior Robyn Ellens (Hamilton, Mich./Holland Christian HS) eighth in the 500 freestyle (5:27.56).
In the 200 freestyle relay, Gunderson, freshman Jayda Kelly (Coldwater, Mich./Coldwater HS), Brown and Chao took second in a time of 1:38.13.
COACHES COMMENT: "I was very pleased with our weekend," said Calvin head swim coach Dan Gelderloos. "Getting on the road takes some extra attention to detail in order to get the body ready to compete and we did that well. This weekend was also about how well we could be ourselves against some very good competition and I was pleased with that as well. It was a very productive weekend for Calvin."
NEXT UP: Calvin will host a triangular with Olivet and Kalamazoo next Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Venema Aquatic Center.
