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The Calvin women's swimming and diving team had a historic day two of competition at the MIAA Championships on Friday, crowning three event champions and setting two school records and one MIAA record in the process.Calvin opened the meet by defending its 200 freestyle relay title with a school and MIAA-record time of 1:33.58, breaking the previous school and MIAA record of 1:33.83 set by Calvin in 2018.

Calvin's relay team of junior Maggie Farrell (Portage, Mich./Portage Northern HS), sophomore Sydney Sonday (Portage, Mich./Portage Central HS), junior Isabella Gable (Greenville, Oh./Arcanum-Butler HS) and senior Hannah Brown (Palmyra, Va./Home School) finished nearly a half-second ahead of Hope's second place team with Farrell opening the relay with a split of 23.48. The 200 freestyle relay time is good for seventh place on the NCAA III performance list.

Calvin's consolation relay team of freshman Kristin Winkle (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS), junior Natalie Fisher (Hudsonville, Mich./Hudsonville HS), sophomore Haley Thier (Scranton, Pa./Scranton Prep) and freshman Meghan Bengelink (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian HS) took second in its race and 10^th overall with a time of 1:37.72.

The Knights closed the meet with a school-record time of  3:48.05 that was good for second place. Calvin's relay team of Gable, Thier, Farrell and Sonday broke the previous Calvin record of 3:48.57 set earlier this year. The relay time ranks 11^th on the national list.

Calvin's consolation relay team of senior Claire Sytsma (Ada, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS), freshman Elyse Radawski (Jenison, Mich./Jenison HS), Fisher and Brown took second in its race and 10^th overall with a time of 4:01.24.

Calvin crowned individual champions in the 500 freestyle and 50 freestyle. Gable took home the 500 freestyle title in a season-best time of 5:02.85. She was part of a 1-6-7-8 Calvin finish in the championship final with junior Lynda Steen (Schaumburg, Il./Schaumburg HS) taking sixth (5:19.58), Winkle taking seventh (5:22.35) and sophomore Megan Pankratz (Palatine, Il./William Fremd HS) taking eighth (5:23.39).

Farrell then took home a title in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.51, marking the fourth time in the last seven years a Calvin Knights has won the event title. Farrell was part of a 1-2 Calvin finish as Sonday splashed in a close second in a time of 23.53. Bengelink provided further flavor by winning the consolation final in a time of 24.22.

Calvin scored points one the one-meter diving board with sophomore Kiah Heminghous (Midland, Mich./Midland HS) taking 11^th with a score of 312.30 points.

The Knights also placed three in the championship finals of the 200 IM with Thier taking fifth (2:10.94), Radawski taking seventh (2:12.67) and sophomore Abigal Merz (Flint, Mich./Powers Catholic HS) taking eighth (2:12.98).

The second day production bumped the Knights into second place in the team standings with 318 points with Hope in the lead with 435 points.

COACHES COMMENT: "Realistically we know that we are a little outnumbered but boy did we take it to the rest of the field tonight," said Calvin head swim coach Dan Gelderloos. "The 500 (free) swims were executed very well. We talked about staying in the process which takes the fear away. We focused on doing the things we work on in practice day in and day out. The 500s got the ball rolling real fast downhill and got everyone believing."

NEXT UP: Calvin will compete on day three of the MIAA Championships on Friday with the prelims set for 10 a.m. and finals slated for 5 p.m. inside the Venema Aquatic Center.