The Chargers hosted their season home opener with a win over Davenport University on Saturday. The meet was the first for Davenport in its school history. The Chargers’ sprinters had successful races, with senior Suzanne DeTar taking first place in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.60 seconds and junior Victoria Addis taking third...
Saturday marks the beginning of the Hillsdale Chargers’ swimming season as the team will swim in its Blue/White intersquad scrimmage. The team has been hard at work preparing for the season with daily practices and a team retreat, all while acclimating the new freshmen to the fast-paced, intense world of Charger swimming. The Blue/White is...
When junior Anika Ellingson tucks earbuds under her swim cap and cranks up the volume on “Famous Last Words” by My Chemical Romance, her whole body goes into race mode. Ellingson breathes deeply as the punk-rock band blares in her ears. She mentally reviews her swim, thinking through her start, her pacing, her turns. Then...
When sophomore Bailey Bickerstaff asked her fellow swimmers to bow their heads Wednesday, she ushered her teammates into a moment of calm reflection just before the Chargers began to compete at the G-MAC-Mount East Swimming & Diving Championships for the first time ever. Bickerstaff ended her prayer and the Chargers jumped into a four-day meet...
Theresa Smith is a senior from Franklin, Tennessee. She is a member of the Hillsdale College swim team and is studying English. When did you first start swimming? I started swimming when I was 10, so I’ve been swimming for 12 years now. I was 10 so I kind of dabbled in a few other...