GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Today the Calvin women's swim and dive team hopped back in the pool for day two of the Calvin Winter Invite. 
 
During the morning session Calvin started things out with a bang as freshman para-swimmer Piper Sadowski (East Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) set the "S14 US Paralympic American record" in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:06.17.
 
In the night session, while competing against Findlay, Grand Valley State, Grove City Indiana Wesleyan, and Northern Michigan the Knights started out strong in the 200-medley relay. The team made up of sophomore Emma Merkel (Wyoming, Mich./Grandville), Elise Bajwa (Bethesda, Md./Brookewood School), graduate student Maggie Farrell (Portage, Mich./Portage Central), and senior Sydney Sonday (Portage, Mich./Portage Central) took third place with a time of 1:42.75.
 
In the second heat, junior Madi McNearney (Riverside, Mo./Park Hill South), freshman Gracie Ganger (Tipp City, Oh./Tippecanoe), freshman Zoe Poe (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette Twp.), and junior Meghan Bengelink (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian) recorded a time of 1:47.61 as they took fifth place.
 
The night continued in the 100 butterfly where Farrell set a new school record. Recording a time of 54.71, she beat the previous school record of 54.84 which she set herself last winter. Sonday competed in the second heat where she finished with a time of 58.43.
 
In the 400 IM, Merkel was the top finisher for the Knights in fourth place at 4:37.39 while McNearney finished with a time of 4:49.55 in heat number two.
 
Merkel continued her night by taking seventh in the 200 freestyle (1:53.21) with Ella Andrews (Carmel, Ind./Heritage Christian) finishing at 1:59.38 in the second heat. In the 100 breaststroke Bajwa led the way for Calvin as she nabbed seventh with a time of 1:05.77 while Eloise Harrison () represented the Knights in heat number two (1:07.74).
 
Calvin finished up their night in the 100 backstroke as McNearney (59.76) and Bengelink (1:01.03) finished back-to-back in the second heat.
 
After day two, the Knights remained steady at fourth in the standings with 781 points.
 
COACHES COMMENTS: "Last night we got the ball rolling for sure," Calvin head swimming and diving coach Dan Gelderloos said. "We carried that into a really good morning today. We had good camaraderie. Some brotherhood and sisterhood and groups of people racing together in packs. That was great to see and reminded me of some stories of some of our other great teams from past years and just some good mojo all the way around. And that showed up in two school records tonight and times that are at the top of the NCAA board right now, and a group of swimmers who are really happy to be swimming together. That's what it's all about."
 
UP NEXT: The Knight will be back in the pool tomorrow Saturday, December 7th for the final day of the Calvin Winter Invite. The morning session will begin at 10AM and the night session will start at 6PM.