Hope swimmer Maddy O'Donnell
WOMEN’S SWIM/DIVE
The Hope College women’s swimming and diving team came out on top with nine wins and five runner-up finishes in a rivalry dual meet win to Calvin University, 157.5-141.5, on Saturday at Holland Aquatic Center.
Freshman Madeline Tessin of Waxhaw, North Carolina (Marvin Ridge HS), pictured right, gave the Flying Dutch a big win going into the first dive break of the evening in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 24.74 seconds. She also anchored the winning 400-yard medley relay.
Freshman Rachel Gamm of Rockford (Rockford HS), senior Emma Schaefer of DeWitt (Saint Johns HS), freshman Maddy O’Donnell of Lincolnshire, Ill. (Stevenson HS), and Tessin put together a season-best time of 1:45.39 in the 400-yard medley.
“I felt like coming into the meet, we needed to win one of the two relays, and we were fortunate right out of the gate,” said head coach Jake Taber. “First race of the meet, all eyes are on the pool, and it’s exciting to know that. The medley relay was right there…and got the meet rolling the right way.”
Schaefer, pictured right, also finished first in three individual events: the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:05.65, 200-yard breaststroke clocking in at 2:25.68, and the 200-yard IM going 2:11.34.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
For the 26th time in team history, the Hope College women’s basketball team broke the century mark in scoring, cruising past the Kalamazoo College Hornets with a 111-30 win on the road on Saturday.
The No.1-ranked Flying Dutch also established a team record for margin of victory with 81 points more than the Hornets.
The win is Hope’s 35th in-a-row and gives them a 6-0 record. This was Kalamazoo’s first game of the season.
Five Hope players scored in double figures: Sophomore Claire Baguley of Ada (Forest Hills Central HS), pictured right, led with a career-high 15 points; senior Olivia Voskuil of Holland (Holland Christian HS), pictured left, scored 12 points; and senior Sydney Muller of Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids Christian HS), senior Mallory Gerber of Schaumburg, Ill. (Schaumburg HS), and sophomore Meg Morehouse of Zeeland (Zeeland East HS), each with 10.
WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
Led by sprinter Grace Behrens, the Hope College women’s indoor track and field team delivered seven of the Flying Dutch’s season-best performances at the Grand Valley State University Open on Saturday.
Behrens contributed to four top efforts during the non-scoring meet.
The sophomore from Mishawaka, Indiana (Trinity School at Greenlawn) clocked a 60-meter dash time of 8.26 meters. Sophomore Amanda Lines of Naples, Florida (First Baptist Academy) was right behind her with a run of 8.29 seconds.
In the 200 meters, Behrens recorded a season-best effort of 26.69 seconds. In the 400 meters, Behrens went a season-best 1:00.80. Behrens also ran the second leg in the 4×400 relay that ran a season-best 4:14.38.
MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
The Hope College men’s indoor track and field team hit four season-best marks for the Flying Dutchmen at the Grand Valley State University Open on Saturday.
Senior Jared Lowe of Cincinnati, Ohio (Whioming) cleared 1.86 meters (6-1 ¼) in the high jump for a season-best performance.
In the 400 meters, three Flying Dutchmen runners surpassed the previous season-best effort. Sophomore Nathan Woolum (Mattawan, Michigan/Mattawan HS) led the pack by finishing in 50.62 seconds.
Sophomore Jackson Player (San Antonio, Texas/Winston Churchill) recorded a season-best in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.87.
MEN’S SWIM/DIVE
Bailey Smith and Conor East each finished first in two races for the Hope College men’s swimming and diving team during a 170-125 dual meet loss to Calvin University on Saturday at Holland Aquatic Center.
Smith swept the long-distance freestyle events. The sophomore of Battle Creek (Lakeview) clocked in at 9:38.73 in the 1000-yard freestyle and 4:42.63 in the 500-yard freestyle. His 1000-yard time is also the third all-time performance in program history.
East, a freshman of North Farmington (North Farmington HS), pictured right, took first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:55.08 and the 200-yard IM at 1:58.51. Freshman Jake Peterson of San Antonio, Texas (Churchill HS) was a close runner-up in the 200-yard butterfly, touching in at 1:55.28.
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