No. 15 Women’s Swim/Dive Makes Big Splashes During Final Day of GVSU Invite

Hope posts several swims among the Top 10 in Division III

Swimmers Emme D'Errico and Layla Umstead clocked third-place performances for the 15th-ranked Hope College women's swimming and diving team during the final day of the Grand Valley State University Invitational on Saturday at the Holland Aquatic Center.

The Flying Dutch competed against three Top 10 NCAA Division II teams and a Division I opponent.

D'Errico (Farmington Hills, Michigan / Farmington) placed third in the 200-yard butterfly with a swim of 2 minutes, 4.91 seconds, which is the fourth-fastest in Division III this season.

Umstead (Jenison, Michigan / Jenison) clocked a third-place 200 freestyle of 1:52.25; that's the second-fastest in the nation behind only Natalie Boorian of Emory University, who went 1:51.0.

On Friday, Umstead recorded the fastest Division III 500 freestyle at 5:00.28.

Also in the 200 free, freshman Callie Marks (Boulder, Colorado / Fairview) finished seventh while swimming Division III's 10th-fastest time at 1:57.20

In the 400 individual medley, D'Errico took third at 4:30.88 with DIvision III's second-fastest swim of 4:30.88 that trails only Emory's Charlotte Brown, who touched at 4:30.50. Senior Paige Potter (Lake Orion, Michigan / Lake Orion) was ninth at GVSU at 4:45.08.

The Flying Dutch finished fifth in the 400 freestyle relay. Freshman Annie Lock (Libertyville, Illinois / Libertyville, Illinois / Libertyville), Umstead, freshman Abby Milliken (Kalamazoo, Michigan / Loy Norrix) and freshman Ella Salenbien (Adrian, Michigan / Adrian) clocked a time of 3:32.46 that's No. 1 in Division III.

In the 100 freestyle, Umstead placed fifth at 51.73, Division III's third-fastest swim. Lock was seventh at 52.63, ranking seventh in the nation.

In the 200 backstroke, sophomore Ella Cabbage (Traverse City, Michigan / Traverse City Central) posted an eighth-place effort of 2:07.41 that's fifth-fastest in Division III.

Marks was eighth in the 1,000-yard freestyle at 10:39.69, Division III's fourth-fastest time.

In 1-meter diving, sophomore Grace Dawson (Jackson, Michigan / Western) finished eighth with a total of 220.25 points.

Fifth-ranked GVSU won the meet with 933.5 points. Division I Indiana University Indianapolis was runner-up with 616.5 points and was followed by ninth-ranked University of Findlay (537 points), No. 10 Wingate University (493), and Hope (381).

The Flying Dutch next compete on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 11 a.m. at the MIAA Invite at the Holland Aquatic Center.

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Players Mentioned

Ella Cabbage: Sophomore

Emme D'Errico: Junior; Psychology

Grace Dawson: Sophomore

Paige Potter: Senior; Business

Annie Lock: Freshman

Callie Marks: Freshman

Abby Milliken: Freshman

Ella Salenbien: Freshman

Layla Umstead: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ella Cabbage
: Sophomore

Emme D'Errico
: Junior; Psychology

Grace Dawson
: Sophomore

Paige Potter
: Senior; Business

Annie Lock
: Freshman

Callie Marks
: Freshman

Abby Milliken
: Freshman

Ella Salenbien
: Freshman

Layla Umstead
: Freshman