GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Today the Calvin women's swim & dive team wrapped up day two of a Quad Meet where they took first place with a score of 1338. Carthage claimed the second spot with a score of 1013, while Ohio Northern (524) and Albion (324) rounded out the field.
 
Senior Veronica Skipper (Chicago, Ill./Northside College Prep) kicked things off right for the Knights when she took first in the one-meter diving competition with a score of 410.40. Calvin kept things rolling in the 200-yard medley relay when the 'A' team of junior Grace Schutter (Shelby Township, Mich./Dwight D. Eisenhower), junior Gracie Ganger (Tipp City, Ohio/Tippercanoe), freshman Natalie Gates (Hudsonville, Mich./Unity Christian), and junior Ella Andrews (Carmel, Ind./Heritage Christian School) took first place. The 'B' squad of freshman Josie Fries (Fenton, Mich./Fenton), junior Eloise Harrison (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern), freshman Grace Van De Burg (Hudsonville, Mich./Hudsonville), and sophomore Sara Algera (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian) finished close behind with a time of 1:50.26 in second place.
 
Junior Zoe Poe (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette Twp.) nabbed a first-place finish in the 400-yard IM before Schutter recorded a time of 59.67 in the 100-yard butterfly, good enough for second place. Merkel (1:52.53), junior Maria Heeres (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian) (1:56.07), and Van De Burg (1:56.35) swept the top three spots in the 200-yard freestyle.
 
Ganger kept things rolling with a first-place finish in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:07.31 while Harrison (1:07.84) and freshman Noelle Priest (South Lyon, Mich./South Lyon East) (1:08.32) finished in second and third, respectively. In the 100-yard backstroke, Andrews was the top finisher for the Knights when she took second place with a time of 59.30 before Merkel, Poe, Heeres, and Van De Burg tallied another first-place finish for the Knights in the 800-yard freestyle with a time of 7:43.31.
 
Poe recorded her second individual first place finish of the evening when she posted a time of 17:26.77 while sophomore Avery Russell (Battle Creek, Mich./Battle Creek Lakeview) was close behind in second place at 18:15.97. After that the Knights went on a run of first place finishes including Merkel in the 200-yard backstroke (2:04.70), Heeres in the 100-yard freestyle (52.72) and Ganger in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:27.15).
 
Calvin finished the evening strong when Merkel, Andrews, Heeres, and sophomore Holly VanderWeele (San Antonio, Tx./Great Hearts Monte Vista North) took first place in the 400-yard relay with a time of 3:33.48.
 
UP NEXT: The Knights will be back in action on Friday, November 13th when they travel to Ypsilanti, Michigan to take on Eastern Michigan at 5 PM.