Women's swimming and diving team is in fourth-place at 2008 MIAA Championships

The Olivet College women's swimming and diving team is in fourth-place after day two of the 2008 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Championships at the Holland Aquatic Center. The Comets have scored 170 points and are only 13 points behind third-place Kalamazoo College. Calvin is the leader with 497 points, followed by Hope (351).

Olivet started tonight's finals off with a third-place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of Jackie Taylor (Plainwell), Erin Tramper (Jenison), Jami Lingbeek (Plainwell) and Kalee Redder (Grandville/Jenison) finished in 1:52.68.

The Comets had two student-athletes compete in the championship finals. Lingbeek placed fifth in the 100-yard butterfly with a lifetime best time of 59.75 seconds. Tramper touched the wall sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:10.23.

Lingbeek and Taylor were 1-2, respectively, in the consolation finals of the 100-yard backstroke. Lingbeek clocked-in at 1:01.06, followed by Taylor at 1:02.14. After just missing a qualifying spot into the consolation finals of the 200-yard freestyle, Redder was given a chance to compete when an Alma swimmer could not swim. She took advantage of the chance and finished in ninth-place (2:01.10). Amy Johnson (Gaylord) placed 12th (2:03.22).

In the 400-yard individual medley, Heather Michalsen (Plymouth/Salem) finished in ninth-place (4:54.26). During the prelims, she just missed setting a school record when she timed in at 4:53.60. Competing in her final collegiate meet, Courtney Mich (Bay City/Western) scored 373.70 points to finish in sixth-place in the one-meter diving. Sara Griffith (Brighton) placed ninth with 331.35 points.

The 800-yard freestyle relay quartet of Sarah Boyd (Napoleon, Ohio), Johnson, Kelly Schulze (Kalamazoo/Central) and Redder was fifth (8:17.37).

Saturday's final day of action gets under way with prelims at 10 a.m., and finals at 6 p.m.