Layla Umstead Swims Fastest NCAA Division III 500 Freestyle at D3Shootout

Freshman Layla Umstead clocked the fastest time in NCAA Division III in the 500 freestyle on Saturday afternoon as the No. 17 Hope College women's swimming and diving team wrapped up competition at the D3 Shootout at the University of Chicago.

Umstead (Jenison, Michigan / Jenison) won the event with a time of 4:58.29. The mark is good enough for an NCAA Division III B qualifying time and is under the invited time to last season's NCAA III Championships.

Already ranked fourth in Hope College history for the 500 freestyle, Umstead also became the fourth swimmer in program history to break the five-minute barrier in the event.
Junior Emme D'Errico (Farmington Hills, Michigan / Farmington) capped off a successful weekend and provided Hope's other podium finish with a second-place showing in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:06.81.

The Flying Dutch moved up a spot on the final day and finished the event in fifth place with 521 points. Seventh-ranked Pomona-Pitzer led the field with 640 points, edging out No. 8 Chicago by 10 points. The D3 Shootout field contained 10 teams, seven of which were ranked or received votes in the latest CSCAA Top 25 poll.

The format of the meet allowed two swimmers from each school in each event – one in an A flight and the other in a B flight. Each of the teams competing entered eight swimmers plus a diver to compete.

Hope had several top-three finishes in the B finals, including two by freshmen, which made up half of the Flying Dutch roster for the weekend.
Freshman Callie Marks (Boulder, Colorado / Fairview) swam to a second-place finish in the B final of the 500 free, touching the wall in a season-best 5:06.33.

In the 100 freestyle, freshman Annie Lock (Libertyville, Illinois / Libertyville) finished third in the B final with a time of 52.82. Lock, along with Umstead's 52.37 showing for seventh place in the A final, were the two fastest freshmen in the event.

Senior Anna Stolle (Fishers, Indiana / Hamilton Southeastern) posted a season-best time of 2:10.47 in the B final of the 200 IM to finish third.

In diving, sophomore Grace Dawson (Jackson, Michigan / Western) placed fifth on the one-meter board with a score of 408.55.

Hope will take a week off before traveling to Gambier, Ohio, for the Total Performance Invitational, hosted by No. 2 Kenyon College. The meet will take place from Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 18-21, with prelims and finals each day.

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Players Mentioned

Emme D'Errico: Junior; Psychology

Grace Dawson: Sophomore

Anna Stolle: Senior; Neuroscience

Annie Lock: Freshman

Callie Marks: Freshman

Layla Umstead: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Emme D'Errico
: Junior; Psychology

Grace Dawson
: Sophomore

Anna Stolle
: Senior; Neuroscience

Annie Lock
: Freshman

Callie Marks
: Freshman

Layla Umstead
: Freshman