RESULTS

HOLLAND, Mich. – The Calvin women's swimming and diving team dropped a narrow decision to rival Hope 159-141 Saturday afternoon in a meeting of nationally-ranked teams at the Holland Aquatic Center. Calvin entered the dual meet ranked 15^th while Hope came in ranked 12^th.

The Knights conclude their dual meet season with an overall record of 6-8. All eight of Calvin's dual meet defeats were against nationally-ranked opponents.

Calvin won both relays. Its 200 medley relay team of senior Isabella Gable (Greenville, Oh./Arcanum-Butler HS), freshman Elise Bajwa (Bethesda, Md./Brookewood School), senior Maggie Farrell (Portage, Mich./Portage Central HS) and junior Sydney Sonday (Portage, Mich./Portage Central HS) took first place in a time of 1:45.28, winning by nearly a full second.

Calvin's 400 freestyle relay team of Gable, Sonday, sophomore Meghan Bengelink (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian HS) and freshman Emma Merkel (Wyoming, Mich./Grandville HS) took first place in a time of 3:31.79. Gable led off the relay with a time of 51.88.

Individually, Gable was a double-winner, taking home the gold in the 200 freestyle (1:52.67) and 500 freestyle (5:08.88). She led a 1-2-3 Calvin finish in the 500 freestyle as junior Rebecca Streelman (Newburg, Ore./Home School) was second (5:18.00) and Merkel third (5:18.50).

Merkel was a double-winner, claiming the win in the 1,000 freestyle (10:49.01) and 200 backstroke (2:03.99).

Bajwa was a double-winner as well, claiming a win in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.46) and 200 breaststroke (2:26.04). Senior Sophia Korfmacher (Midland, Mich./Lakeshore /HS) was third (2:31.98).

Farrell captured the 100 butterfly in (55.88) with freshman Lauren Miedema (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian HS) third (1:02.51). Farrell was second in the 100 freestyle (53.45) and 200 butterfly (2:13.04) with senior Lynda Steen (Schaumburg, Il./Schaumburg HS) third (2:13.27).

Bengelink was second in the 50 freestyle (24.37) and Sonday third (24.57). In the diving competition, freshman Veronica Skipper (Chicago, Il./Northside College Prep) was second on the one-meter diving board (227.20) and three-meter diving board (208.45).

COACHES COMMENT: "COACHES COMMENT: "Always good to use the rival meets for some extra energy this time of year," said Calvin head swim coach Dan Gelderloos. "We also got to swim in the championship venue, which was good practice. I thought our women's team competed exceptionally hard all day long which was great to see from a coaches' perspective. They hung in until the end against a very good Hope squad."

NEXT UP: Calvin will prepare to compete at the MIAA Championships February 21-24 at the Holland Aquatic Center.