Saturday Prelims Results / Saturday Finals Results / Full Winter Invite Results

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Today the Calvin women's swim and dive team closed out the Winter Invite with another record-breaking day. With a team score of 1127.5 the Knights finished competition in fourth place while Grand Valley State took the top spot with a team score of 2286.5. Northern Michigan (1681.5) and Findlay (1307.5) rounded out the top three.
 
The Knights started the evening with a bang when sophomore Zoe Poe (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette Twp.) took first place in the 1650-yard freestyle and set a new school record with a time of 17.04.58. Freshman Avery Russell (Battle Creek, Mich./Battle Creek Lakeview) nabbed eleventh place when she finished with a time of 18:30.78.
 
Senior Madi McNearney (Riverside, Mo./Park Hill South) was the top swimmer for the Knights in the 100-yard freestyle when she finished in thirteenth place with a time of 2:11.94 while senior Meghan Bengelink (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian) finished the 100-yard freestyle in eighth place at 52.83.
 
In the 200-yard breaststroke, sophomore Gracie Ganger (Tipp City, Ohio/Tippercanoe) led the way for Calvin when she finished in tenth place with a time of 2:24.45 while sophomore Eloise Harrison (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern) (2:30.11) and senior Elyse Radawski (Jenison, Mich. Jenison) (2:35.34) were close behind when they finished in fifteenth and sixteenth, respectively. 
 
Senior Elizabeth Dylewski (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Bloomfield Hills) recorded a tenth-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly with a time 2:14.59 while sophomore Vivian Rizer (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich./Grosse Pointe Farms) finished in thirteenth (2:19.20) and sophomore Grace Schutter (Shelby Township, Mich./Dwight D. Eisenhower) finished in sixteenth (2:25.34).
 
On the diving side of the pool, junior Veronica Skipper (Chicago, Ill./Northside College Prep) competed in the women's three meter final where she finished in eighth place with a score of 380.20.
 
The Knights closed out competition in the 400-freestyle relay where junior Emma Merkel (Wyoming, Mich./Grandville), sophomore Ella Andrews (Carmel, Ind./Heritage Christian School), junior Elise Bajwa (Bethesda, Md./Brookewood School) and Bengelink notched a fifth-place finish with a time 3:30.71.
 
The team made up of freshman Holly VanderWeele (San Antonio, Tx./Great Hearts Monte Vista North), sophomore Maria Heeres (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian), senior Elyse Radawski (Jenison, Mich./Jenison), and Poe finished in tenth place with a time of 3:36.78.
 
COACHES COMMENTS: "Very happy with the way the team responded to this morning," said head coach Dan Gelderloos. "I think Saturday morning kind of got the best of us in a lot of ways and we wanted to challenge ourselves to respond better to adversity. We knew we had to focus on the things that really make a difference and I think they really came through and showed me a lot about this team. We have a lot to work on in the second half of the year and it's going to be fun to take on those projects."
 
UP NEXT: The Knights will be back in action on Friday, January 9th when they take on Wayne State University at the Venema Aquatic Center at 3 PM.