SATURDAY RESULTS /
FULL MEET RESULTS
HOLLAND, Mich. – Calvin crowned two individual event championships and one relay title on the final night of competition at the MIAA Championships presented by Collegiate Credit Union.
Sophomore
Zoe Poe (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette Twp.) captured the 1650 freestyle title while junior
Elise Bajwa (Bethesda, Md./Brookewood School) won the MIAA crown in the 200 butterfly. Calvin also claimed a win in the 400 freestyle relay.
Poe opened the scoring on Saturday with a first place time of 17:11.60 in the 1650 freestyle. It marks the second straight year she has won the MIAA title in the event with her time this year more than 18 seconds faster than her winning time in 2025. Poe was part of a 1-3 finish in the race with freshman
Avery Russell (Battle Creek, Mich./Battle Creek Lakeview HS) third with a career-best time of 18:03.60. Senior
Kailee Turner (Monroe, Mich./Monroe HS) was 10
th (19:34.03).
Bajwa's win came later in the meet on Saturday and came off the heels of a school-record swim in the 100 breaststroke Friday night. Bajwa sat in second place through the first half of Saturday's race before grabbing the lead with close to 75 yards left in the race. She powered through her final 50 and won the race in an NCAA B' cut qualifying time of 2:19.39, finishing nearly two seconds ahead of Madi Remenschneider of Hope. Bajwa's time places her in the top 20 nationally. She is the seventh individual in Calvin women's swimming history to win the MIAA title in the race.
Bajwa was part of a 1-5-7-8 Calvin finish in the race. Junior
Gracie Ganger (Tipp City, Ohio/Tippercanoe HS) was fifth (2:22.83), sophomore
Eloise Harrison (Fishers, Ind./Hamilton Southeastern HS) seventh (2:28.40) and senior
Elyse Radawski (Jenison, Mich./Jenison HS) eighth (2:28.83). Junior
Anya Hopek (DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt HS) took 11
th (2:35.35).
Calvin went 4-5-7-8 in the championship final of the 100 freestyle. Sophomore
Ella Andrews (Carmel, Ind./Heritage Christian HS) was fourth (52.11), senior
Meghan Bengelink (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian HS) fifth (52.34), sophomore
Maria Heeres (Holland, Mich./Holland Christian HS) seventh (53.46) and freshman
Holly VanderWeele (San Antonio, Tx/Great Hearts Monte Vista North) eighth (53.61). In the consolation finals, senior
Kristin Winkle (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian HS) added a 12
th place finish (55.58) with Algera 13
th (55.59).
Junior
Emma Merkel (Grandville, Mich./Grandville HS) was second in the 200 backstroke with an NCAA B' cut qualifying time of 2:01.37. Senior
Madi McNearney (Riverside, Mo./Park Hill South HS) was eighth (2:10.52). Senior
Tori Beigle (Petoskey, Mich./Petoskey HS) was 10
th (2:15.95).
In the 200 butterfly, sophomore
Alea Casipit (Midland, Mich./Herbert Henry Dow) had a great race, winning the consolation final in 2:23.32 to place ninth overall. In the championship finals, sophomore
Grace Schutter (Shelby Township, Mich./Dwight D. Eisenhower) had a monster race, taking second in a career-best time of 2:13.31. Senior
Elizabeth Dylewski (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Bloomfield HS) was fourth (2:15.96) and sophomore
Vivian Rizer seventh (2:22.20).
Calvin placed two in the championship finals of the one-meter diving competition with junior
Veronica Skipper (Chicago, Ill./Northside College Prep) fifth (416.25) and junior
Leah Schouten (St. Davids, Ontario/Eden) eighth (375.20).
Calvin capped off the meet by winning the 400 freestyle relay, marking its first win in the race since 2023. The relay of Merkel, Andrews, Heeres and Bengelink won the race with a season-best and NCAA B' cut qualifying time of 3:28.14. Calvin took second in the consolation final for 10
th place overall. The relay of VanderWeele, Algera, Poe and Radawski clocked in with a time of 3:36.91.
Calvin finished second in the final team standings with 980 points. Hope claimed the overall team title with 1,284 points with Kalamazoo third at 466.
MIAA CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL TEAM SCORE
Hope 1284
Calvin 990
Kalamazoo 466
Alma 407
Albion 344
Olivet 125
