Junior Emme D'Errico Leads Women's Swim/Dive During First Day of D3 Shootout

A pair of top-three finishes by junior Emme D'Errico paced the No. 17 Hope College women's swimming and diving team during the opening session of the D3 Shootout at the University of Chicago.

Chicago is hosting the sixth edition of the D3 Shootout, where each of the 10 teams competing entered eight swimmers plus a diver to compete. The format of the meet allows two swimmers from each school in each event – one in an A flight and the other in a B flight.

Half of Hope's roster for the event are first-year swimmers.

D'Errico (Farmington Hills, Michigan / Farmington) posted a pair of NCAA Division III B qualifying times, swimming the 400 individual medley and 200 butterfly. Both of her marks were under the invited times from last season's NCAA Division III Championships.

In the 400 IM, D'Errico placed second with a time of 4:26.02, which ranks as the second-fastest time in Division III so far this season. She followed that performance with a third-place showing in the 200 fly, touching the wall with a season-best 2:04.32. All three swimmers in that event posted Division III Championship qualifying times.

D'Errico completed her night as the leadoff swimmer in the 800 freestyle relay, teaming with freshmen Annie Lock (Libertyville, Illinois / Libertyville), Callie Marks (Boulder, Colorado / Fairview), and Layla Umstead (Jenison, Michigan / Jenison) to place fourth. The squad combined for a time of 7:42.60, missing the podium by less than nine-tenths of a second.

The opening night also featured a mixed 4x100 IM relay. Freshman Abby Milliken (Kalamazoo, Michigan / Loy Norrix) and senior Anna Stolle (Fishers, Indiana / Hamilton Southeastern) joined Christian Hoeksema and Nolan Schneider from the men's squad to finish third.

In diving, sophomore Grace Dawson (Jackson, Michigan / Western) placed fourth on the one-meter board with a score of 424.05, missing the podium by three-tenths of a point.

The Flying Dutch are in sixth place after the opening session with 254 points and sit two points behind SUNY-Geneseo. Seventh-ranked Pomona-Pitzer leads the field with 322 points and is closely followed by No. 8 Chicago, which has 319 points.

The meet features some of the best teams in NCAA Division III from across the country, including #7 Pomona-Pitzer, #8 Chicago, #10 Swarthmore, and #11 WashU. Puget Sound , Rochester Institute of Technology, (RV) SUNY-Geneseo, Trinity (Texas), and (RV) Wisconsin-Eau Claire are also competing.

The D3 Shootout concludes on Saturday, Nov. 7. Ten events will take place during the final session, which begins at 11:30 a.m. Central.

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Players Mentioned

Emme D'Errico: Junior; Psychology

Grace Dawson: Sophomore

Anna Stolle: Senior; Neuroscience

Annie Lock: Freshman

Callie Marks: Freshman

Abby Milliken: Freshman

Layla Umstead: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Emme D'Errico
: Junior; Psychology

Grace Dawson
: Sophomore

Anna Stolle
: Senior; Neuroscience

Annie Lock
: Freshman

Callie Marks
: Freshman

Abby Milliken
: Freshman

Layla Umstead
: Freshman