Freshman Layla Umstead Swims Hope’s Fourth-Fastest 500 Yard Freestyle at GVSU Invite

Hope College freshman Layla Umstead is off to a fast start for the nationally ranked Hope College women's swimming and diving team.

The native of Jenison, Michigan (Jenison), clocked the Flying Dutch's fourth-fastest swim ever in the 500-yard freestyle in her second collegiate meet.

Umstead won the 500 free at the Grand Valley State University Invite in 5 minutes. 0.28 seconds at the Holland Aquatic Center. She edged Bella Tufts of NCAA Division I Indiana University Indianapolis by .24 of a second.

Umstead trails only Kristen Hoving (4:56.95 in 1996), Shelly Russell (4:56.99 in 1988), and Makenzie Baldwin (4:58.09 in 2026).

Another Hope freshman, Callie Marks of Boulder, Colorado (Fairview), took fourth in the event at 5:06.54.

Junior Emme D'Errico (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan / Farmington) finished runner-up in the 200 individual medley after clocking a time of 2:06.71. She only trailed GVSU's Anna Zsofia Nagy, who went 2:04.30.

The two-day, five-team women's and men's meet continues on Saturday, Oct. 10, with sessions at 10:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Makenzie Baldwin: Sophomore; Business

Emme D'Errico: Junior; Psychology

Callie Marks: Freshman

Layla Umstead: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Makenzie Baldwin
: Sophomore; Business

Emme D'Errico
: Junior; Psychology

Callie Marks
: Freshman

Layla Umstead
: Freshman