GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Calvin women's swimming and diving team built a first-place team score of 497 points on day one of the Calvin Quad Invitational. The four-team invitational also includes schools from Albion, Carthage and Ohio Northern.

Friday night featured the first of three sessions with a Saturday morning and Saturday evening session also scheduled on the books.

Calvin opened the meet by winning the 200 freestyle relay in a time of 1:39.07. The winning Calvin relay included sophomore Sydney Sonday (Portage, Mich./Portage Central HS), sophomore Haley Thier (Scranton, Pa./Scranton Prep), senior Claire Sytsma (Ada, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) and freshman Meghan Bengelink (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian HS).

In the 200 IM, Calvin junior Isabella Gable (Greenville, Oh./Arcanum-Butler) took first place in a time of 2:10.17 that ranks 10^th nationally. Freshman Elyse Radawski (Jenison, Mich./Jenison HS) was third in a time of 2:15.71.

In the 50 freestyle, junior Maggie Farrell (Portage, Mich./Portage Central HS) was second (24.37).

Sophomore Kiah Heminghous (Midland, Mich./Midland HS) won the three-meter diving competition with a score of 330.25.

Calvin's 400 medley relay team of Sytsma, Radawski, junior Natalie Fisher (Hudsonville, Mich./Hudsonville HS) and Bengelink took second in a time of 4:10.71.
Saturday's competition begins with session No. 2 at 10 a.m. inside the Venema Aquatic Center.

DAY ONE TEAM SCORES
Calvin 497 points
Carthage 251 points
Albion 195 points
Ohio Northern 156 points