With an unknown challenge ahead, the Hillsdale College swim seam will dive into its first G-MAC season, fueled by fresh competition. After nearly 80 percent of the team swam lifetime best times at the GLIAC championship in February, head coach Kurt Kirner said he expects success from his team, which is bolstered by experienced upperclassmen...
Hillsdale swimmer sophomore Anika Ellingson faced more than 1,000 student athletes at the NCAA Division II National Championships Winter Festival from March 7-11. Some of the best Division-II athletes from across the country in men’s and women’s track and field, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, and men’s wrestling competed in Birmingham, Alabama. At...
Nine-year-old Anika Ellingson didn’t quite realize what she was diving into when she first started swimming during her childhood summers. Now a college sophomore, Ellingson swam her way to NCAA Division II National Championships for the first time. During the GLIAC championships in early February, Ellingson swam two qualifying times: one in the 100-yard breaststroke...
The Hillsdale College women’s swim team took sixth place at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships on Feb. 8-11, at Saginaw Valley State University. The Chargers finished sixth out of eight women’s teams, and saw many individual successes with new records set. Head coach Kurt Kirner said this meet was the fastest he...
Zoe Hopkins — a 2016 alumna holding three of Hillsdale’s top 10 swim times — returned to Hillsdale on Jan. 23 to serve as assistant women’s swimming coach and assistant sports information director. Hillsdale formed Hopkin’s assistant coaching position after a retirement restructured the swimming department. Head swim coach Kurt Kirner interviewed Hopkins during winter...