Thursday Results
Updated Records
Friday Prelims Heat Sheet
CANTON, Ohio – Now halfway through the Great Midwest/Mountain East Conference Swimming & Diving Championships, scoring for 13 women’s teams is starting to round into focus at the C.T. Branin Natatorium from Thursday’s action.
Hillsdale held on to its first-day lead and is bidding to be the first program other than Findlay in the meet’s three-year history to capture a team title.
The Chargers racked up points in bunches by placing multiple student-athletes in the final heats of their respective events. Hillsdale has a total of 771 points while the two-time combined meet champion Oilers are in second with 719.5 points.
One meet record was set on Thursday after Findlay senior Katy Kouvaris bested her own conference and meet record in the 100 butterfly. Kouvaris did so in the morning prelims with a time of 55.73.
It was teammate Hanna Cederholm winning the finals of the 100 butterfly and marked her fourth event victory of the meet so far. Cederholm set the 200 IM meet record on day one and has additional 200 freestyle and 400 medley relay wins.
Kouvaris was also a contributor to those winning relay combos and the Oilers swept all relays to date with a 200 medley relay win.
The 400 IM was a great showcase for Hillsdale senior Danielle Snell (formerly Lebleu), who finished as the runner-up in the 2019 meet. Snell defended her top seed prelim time with a final time of 4:37.57.
The Chargers went 1-2 at the podium for that event as another senior, Allie Matti, touched the wall next. Together, Snell and Matti combined for 60 team points in the 400 IM alone.
Hillsdale also stacked up three swimmers in the 200 freestyle finals paced by runner-up Katherine Heeres. Freshman Leah Tunney was fourth and Marie Taylor was sixth, again giving the Chargers points.
Host Malone is in third in the team standings with 422 points. Fairmont State and UNC Pembroke, both from the Mountain East are fourth and fifth.
The Great Midwest has a total of seven event wins while the Mountain East has three event victories going into Friday’s competition.