Swim breaks three school records

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At the GLIAC championships in Cleveland, Ohio, the Chargers are off to a solid start in the four-day long competition. After one day of competing, the Chargers saw three school records broken and two B-cuts achieved for Nationals.

Sophomore Zoe Hopkins kicked things off for the Chargers with the first school record of the day. She swam 10:18.52 in the 1000 freestyle, which was good enough for third place and a B-cut to nationals. Junior Jennifer Wheeler placed sixth in the same event, swimming 10:26.47, which would have been a record had it not been for Hopkins. Junior Rachel Kurtz was busy as well. She swam 23.28 in the 50 freestyle for third place, breaking her previous school record by .33 seconds (a large amount of time when you’re that fast) and earning a B-cut in the process. In the 200 IM, sophomore Sarah Rinaldi and freshman Emily Shallman placed 10th and 16th respectively, finishing in 2:07.89 and  2:11.64. Hillsdale’s 200 medley relay team, composed of freshmen Emily Balog and Emily Shallman as well as juniors Cayley Cruickshank and Rachel Kurtz, took sixth place, finishing in 1:48.65.