No. 17 Women’s Swim/Dive Surges Ahead at Kalamazoo

The 17th-ranked Hope College women's swimming and diving team charged ahead of John Carroll University and Kalamazoo College on Friday.

The Flying Dutch won four events en route to a first-place total of 451 points at Kalamazoo. John Carroll sits in second with 359 points. Kalamazoo is third with 162. The two-day meet concludes on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 10:30 a.m.

Hope posted the top performances in the 1-meter diving, 50-yard freestyle, 500 freestyle, and the 200 freestyle relay.

In the 200 freestyle relay, the Flying Dutch's Abby Milliken (Kalamazoo, Michigan / Loy Norrix), freshman Layla Umstead (Jenison, Michigan / Jenison), freshman Annie Lock (Libertyville, Michigan / Libertyville), and freshman Ella Salenbien (Adrian, Michigan / Adrian) clocked a winning time in the 200 freestyle relay at 1:35.80.

In the 500 freestyle, freshman Callie Marks (Boulder, Colorado / Fairview) touched the wall in first place at 5:15.05.

In the 50 freestyle, Umstead won in 24.84.

In 1-meter diving, sophomore Grace Dawson (Jackson, Michigan / Western) recorded a first-place total of 241.34 points. Freshman Sophie Stewart (Warsaw, Indiana / Warsaw) was runner-up with 217.50 points.

Hope also took second in the 400 medley relay. Senior Avery Bills (Traverse City, Michigan / Traverse City, Michigan / Traverse City Central), junior Riess Estep (Smyrna, Georgia / Whitefield Academy), and Umstead went 4:04.29.

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Players Mentioned

Avery Bills: Senior; Elementary Educaiton : PreK-3

Grace Dawson: Sophomore

Riess Estep: Junior

Annie Lock: Freshman

Callie Marks: Freshman

Abby Milliken: Freshman

Ella Salenbien: Freshman

Sophie Stewart: Freshman

Layla Umstead: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Avery Bills
: Senior; Elementary Educaiton : PreK-3

Grace Dawson
: Sophomore

Riess Estep
: Junior

Annie Lock
: Freshman

Callie Marks
: Freshman

Abby Milliken
: Freshman

Ella Salenbien
: Freshman

Sophie Stewart
: Freshman

Layla Umstead
: Freshman