The Eagles had an incredible day swimming at the D3 Midseason Invitational at the Holland Aquatic Center on Saturday! Our day was full of season bests, state cuts, and top 16 finishes! At the end of the day the Eagles took fourth place overall! 

Listed below are some of the notable swims from the day: 

• Veda Harkness placed 8th in the 200 IM and 6th in the 100 free.

• Maeve Harkness placed 6th in the 200 freestyle and 2nd in the 100 freestyle, landing a state cut in the 100 freestyle. 

• Juliana Mills took first place in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 1:00.07! Juliana also placed 5th in the 100 yard backstroke with a state qualifying time. 

• Janie Mills swam a 25.83 in her 50 freestyle, landing her 3rd place overall! Janie also placed 2nd in the 100 yard breaststroke, making state cuts in both events! 

• Elizabeth Doezema swam her personal best in the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:21.29, putting her in 16th place! 

• Our sister squad relay (Maeve Harkness, Veda Harkness, Juliana Mills, Janie Mills) finished first place in the 200 freestyle relay! Let’s go, sister squad!! 

• Piper Sadowski swam a personal best and state cut in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:36.78. Slay the day, Piper! 

• Emily Hermen swam a season best in the 50 free and the 100 free! 

• Miriam Kuperus sped across the pool breaking 30 seconds in her 50 freestyle! She also dropped 8 seconds in the 100 yard backstroke. 

• Emily Setlock nailed all 11 dives, taking second place with a score of 353! 

• Lindsey Wierenga swam a season best in the 100 freestyle with a 1:01.25.

• Ali Buist keeps dropping time in her 500 freestyle! She finished the race with another personal best at 6:17.66.

• Kaitlin Pegman swam two season bests in the 50 freestyle and the 500 freestyle.

• Our 400 free relay (Juliana Mills, Veda Harkness, Katelyn Vander Heide, Maeve Harkness) made a state qualifying time and season best with a time of 3:52.32.

• Emily Vanderheide dropped over 7 seconds in her 200 yard IM. 

• Gertie Heerema dropped 5 seconds in her 200 yard IM. 

• Karson VanDenened dropped 5 seconds in the 100 yard backstroke.

Our swimmers and divers had a great day filled with fast swim and beautiful dives. Way to go, Eagles!