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The Calvin women's swimming and diving team picked up a pair of dual meet victories on Saturday at the Venema Aquatic Center, defeating Alma 189-42 and Albion 160-79. The Knights are now 7-4 on the dual meet season.

Calvin swept both relays with its 400 medley relay winning in a time of 4:02.00 while its 200 free relay took first place in a time of 1:39.63.

Sophomore Kiah Heminghous (Midland, Mich./Midland HS) was a double-winner, taking first place on the one-meter (201.97) and three-meter (206.70) boards.

Calvin went 1-2 in the 200 freestyle with sophomore Sydney Sonday (Portage, Mich./Portage Central HS) taking first (2:01.51) and freshman Meghan Bengelink (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian HS) taking second (2:03.15).

The Knights took the top three spots in the 400 IM with junior Maggie Farrell (Portage, Mich./Portage Central HS) taking home the win in a time of 4:52.57 while freshman Madilyn McNearney (Riverside, Mo./Park Hill South HS) was second (4:54.23) and sophomore Abigal Merz (Flint, Mich./Powers Catholic HS) third (4:58.72).

McNearney was the individual winner in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:10.66.

The Knights then took the top four spots in the 100 freestyle led by junior Isabella Gable (Greenville, Oh./Arcanum-Butler HS) in first (54.47), freshman Kristin Winkle (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) in second (55.62), senior Hannah Brown (Palmyra, Va./Home School) third (55.90) and Bengelink fourth (55.97).

COACHES COMMENT: "It was a good day for our women's team," said Calvin head swim coach Dan Gelderloos. "We're starting to build for the end of the season and one of our goals today was to find ways to pick each other up. We organized into small groups to cheer each other on and I thought our team did a great job of executing that plan."

NEXT UP: Calvin will host rival Hope next Friday at 5 p.m. inside the Venema Aquatic Center.