The 2018 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships concluded March 24, with four MIAA women's programs represented in the championship field.
Calvin gathered 101.5 points to place 11th overall, while Kalamazoo's deep contingent in diving scored 11 points to rank 32nd overall. Hope and Olivet also competed at the NCAA Championships, but did not advance to the evening finals.
Calvin's Abby Van Harn capped her career with an All-American swim in the 100 Free, touching fifth in 50.44. The senior standout advanced to the B Final in both the 50 Free and 200 Free, finishing 13th in the 200 (1:50.92) and tied for 14th in the 50 (23.62).
Among Calvin's top finishes were the team's All-American swims in the freestyle relays. The Knights were sixth in the 200 Free Relay, with Emily Gunderson, Rachel Mattson, Madelyn Smith, and Van Harn racing to a time of 1:34.38. In the 400 Free Relay, where Smith, Anna Serino, Mattson, and Van Harn finished seventh in the A Final with a time of 3:26.84. Calvin placed eighth in the 800 free relay, with Serino, Van Harn, Smith, and Libby Engle combining for a time of 7:30.23.
Kalamazoo's Nicki Bailey advanced to the Championship Final in 1-meter diving, posting a score of 420.70 to finish sixth in the preliminaries; Bailey then scored 392.75 in the evening session to finish eighth.
Calvin's Sarah Bradley was the Consolation Final winner in 3-meter diving, scoring 466.65 in the evening session.
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Results, Women
Calvin - 11th (101.5 points)
50 Free – Abby Van Harn - T14th (23.62)
50 Free – Emily Gunderson - 32nd (23.88)
100 Free – Abby Van Harn - 5th (50.44)
200 Free – Abby Van Harn - 13th (1:50.92)
200 Free – Anna Serino - 33rd (1:53.46)
500 Free – Anna Serino - 33rd (5:07.34)
200 Free Relay – Emily Gunderson, Rachel Mattson, Madelyn Smith, Abby Van Harn - 6th (1:34.38)
400 Free Relay – Madelyn Smith, Anna Serino, Rachel Mattson, Abby Van Harn - 7th (3:26.84)
800 Free Relay – Anna Serino, Abby Van Harn, Madelyn Smith, Elizabeth Engle - 8th (7:30.23)
200 Medley Relay – Madelyn Smith, Rachel Mattson, Emily Gunderson, Elizabeth Engle - 29th (1:48.48)
1-Meter Diving – Sarah Bradley - 20th (377.25)
3-Meter Diving – Sarah Bradley - 9th (466.65)
Kalamazoo - 32nd (11 points)
1-Meter Diving – Nicki Bailey - 8th (420.70/392.75)
1-Meter Diving – Madeline Jump - 25th (367.35)
1-Meter Diving – Madeline Woods - 19th (377.80)
3-Meter Diving – Nicki Bailey - 18th (419.40)
3-Meter Diving – Madeline Woods - 21st (406.95)
Hope - DNS
200 Free –Meghan Peel - 43rd (1:55.47)
100 Back – Meghan Peel - 29th (57.15)
200 Back – Meghan Peel - 23rd (2:04.14)
200 Free Relay – Meghan Peel, Chloe Palajac, Emma Schaefer, Sydney Asselin - 25th (1:37.43)
400 Free Relay – Meghan Peel, Chloe Palajac, Emma Schaefer, Sydney Asselin - 31st (3:33.88)
200 Medley Relay – Meghan Peel, Emma Schaefer, Chloe Palajac, Sydney Asselin - 26th (1:46.86)
400 Medley Relay – Meghan Peel, Emma Schaefer, Chloe Palajac, Sydney Asselin - 24th (3:55.89)
Olivet - DNS
500 Free – Ana Paula Montes de Oca - 31st (5:06.34)
1650 Free – Ana Paula Montes de Oca - 28th (17:49.57)
200 Fly – Ana Paula Montes de Oca - 33rd (2:08.30)
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