Author: Doug Williams (Doug Williams)

Junior Rachael Kurtz joined an exclusive club of three Hillsdale swimmers when she earned the distinction of a Division II All-American swimmer at the national meet on March 12-15. The last Charger to earn such an accolade was Linda Okonkowski in 2011, and before her, Colleen Pickard in 2002. Since Kurtz arrived at Hillsdale, her...

Last year, junior swimmer Rachel Kurtz missed going to nationals by a mere one-hundredth of a second. This year, however, things are different. At the GLIAC championships a couple of weeks ago, Kurtz earned a B-cut in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyle. On Feb. 26, those B-cuts became a ticket to nationals for Kurtz....

The Hillsdale Women’s swim team placed 6th overall out of 10 teams and beat four school records at the 2014 GLIAC championships in Cleveland, Ohio. The action for the Chargers kicked off on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Sophomore Zoe Hopkins led the way in the 1000 free, taking 3rd place while swimming 10:18.52, breaking the school...

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....

Non-swimmers can’t appreciate what swimmers go through during their lengthy and arduous season. Starting in early September, the girls have practiced for countless hours with one goal in mind: swim as fast as possible at the GLIAC championships. Their training regimen has included swimming tens of thousands of yards (a truly absurd amount), doing dryland...