Last Saturday, the Hillsdale College women’s swimming team traveled to Bethel University in Elkhart, Indiana to compete in their second in-person meet of the semester. The Chargers beat their three competitors with scores of 146-114 over Indian Wesleyan University, 176-79 over Bethel University, and 187-64 over Anderson University. In their first in-person away meet of...
After its Friday evening win and Saturday evening split, the swim team had great reason to celebrate more than their points. The swimmers focused all their energy Saturday night to honor the team’s two seniors, Peyton Bowen and Theresa Smith. “Peyton and Theresa have been great stabilizing forces on the team,” Head coach Kurt Kirner...
The Chargers may have lost to Calvin College 148-86 and Grand Valley State University 165-61 at their Oct. 20 meet, but individual performances by junior Anika Ellingson and sophomore Victoria Addis and two strong relay swims made the competition a success. Head coach Kurt Kirner said he evaluates each meet by the times his swimmers...
Peyton Bowen is a senior from Santa Clarita, California. She is majoring in politics and is a member of the Hillsdale College swim team. When did you start swimming competitively? About 14 years ago, when I was 8. Why got you started in swimming? Basically, I was so uncoordinated that I couldn’t do any other...
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...