The Hillsdale Charger Swimmers are off to hot start in their quest to rewrite the team’s record board. The women smashed two school records in only two swim events in their first night of swimming yesterday, February 8th, at the GLIAC Meet in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Five individuals competed in the 1000-yard freestyle, senior Michaela Wolfe, junior Emily Peltier, sophomore Molly Birrer, and freshmen Rachel Hoffer and Jordan Rucinski. Ruciniski broke Nikki Dyer’s two-year old record in the event, and captured 11th place. Though Wolfe was only other swimmer to break into the top 16, every swimmer recorded either a season or career best.
The 200-yard medley team, consisting of seniors Alicia Leduc and Linda Okonkowski, junior Sports Editor Sarah Leitner, and sophomore Katie Smith, also set a new team record and took 6th place. Northern Michigan University edged Hillsdale out of fifth place by just 0:00.26.
Freshman Gretchen Geist took 11th in the 3-meter dive.
The team will be competing Thursday and Friday morning in preliminary races with hopes of top 16 finishes and cuts to swim in the finals each night.
“We’re looking really good and feeling really positive about the meet,” Leitner said.
