Women's swimming team begins season at MIAA Relays
The women's swimming team began its 2010-11 season by participating in the 2010 MIAA Relays today at the Venema Aquatic Center in Grand Rapids.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- The Olivet College women's swimming team began its 2010-11 season by participating in the 2010 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Relays today at the Venema Aquatic Center in Grand Rapids.
The top finishing relay was the 200 butterfly, which finished in third-place. The quartet of Crystal Jager (Dorr/Hamilton), Caitlin Lohr (Holland/Hamilton), Erica Schlabach (Goshen, Ind./Northridge) and Kristin Long (Pemberville, Ohio/Notre Dame Academy) stopped the clock at 1:52.50. Four other relays placed fourth. The 200 medley team of Jager, Lohr, Alivia Hammond (Byron Center) and Ally Ramer (Holt) finished in 1:57.62. Hammond, Jacalyn Cordero (Holland), Jennie Plamondon (Flushing) and Chelsea Mullins (Macomb/L'Anse Creuse North) swam the 200 backstroke in 2:00.88.
Jager, Schlabach, Long and Plamondon placed fourth in the 400 medley relay (4:31.33). The 200 freestyle relay group of Ramer, Jana Blodgett (Sturgis), Camieo Green (Battle Creek/Harper Creek) and Lohr touched the wall in 1:43.91. Olivet's other two relays finished in fifth-place.
"With as many freshmen we have on both teams, I was pleased with how we did today," said Olivet Head Coach Jake Taber. "We had a lot of good swims and learned a lot about our athletes. It was a fun meet, and now we move on and get ready for our first dual meet."
The Comets will start the MIAA dual meet portion of their schedule in two weeks, Nov. 6, when they make the trip to Holland to compete against Hope College at 1 p.m. NOTE: The order of finish mentioned in this release is based on how each did against only the "A" relays from each of the MIAA schools.