After an undefeated season, the Hillsdale College swim team is the G-MAC/MEC champion for the third year in a row. The Chargers finished the four day meet with a total score of 1631.5, 87 points ahead of their main rival, University of Findlay. “Even though we’re undefeated, and we have beaten Findlay not just this...
Category: Charger Swimming
Swim finishes regular season, prepares for conference meet
Charger swim faced their most difficult competition of the season this past weekend at an invitational meet hosted by Butler University. Three of the five teams competing at the meet were Division I teams, but Hillsdale swimmers held their own and pulled out some impressive performances. “This past weekend was a hard meet but it...
Swim finishes season undefeated, named Scholar All America
The Hillsdale College swim team pulled out a win at its last tri-meet of the 2021-2022 season, making the team officially undefeated for the second year in a row, according to coach Kurt Kirner. The meet on Jan. 21 saw Hillsdale race Davenport College and Calvin University with final scores of 125-109 and 127-104 respectively....
Hillsdale swimmers speak out on transgender controversy
Hillsdale swimmers say they are worried that athletes who compete as transitioned females will take over the recruitment and scoring systems of college swimming. Lia Thomas, who competed as a male swimmer at the University of Pennsylvania, transitioned to female, joined the women’s team at Penn, and now has broken both university and national records...
Chargers celebrate seniors at tri-meet
The Hillsdale College Charger swim team earned two impressive wins at a tri-meet against Ashland University and Saginaw Valley State University, finishing at 151-74 and 114-113 respectively. “I don’t know if we’ve ever beat Saginaw Valley,” Senior Carissa Henderson said. “They’re not a conference rival, but we did see them at Davenport earlier in the...