Our Eagles had a HUGE day at the D3 Mid Season Invitational on Saturday. We fought hard through the whole meet and ended up in second place!

Here are some highlights: 

-We started off the meet with a 4 second drop in our 200 medley relay, securing us a state cut in that event! (Juliana Mills, Elizabeth Doezema, Veda Harkness, Maeve Harkness)

-Maddie Mills won the 200 free with a 2:01.69! 

-Lucy Molenbeek and Anneke Nederveld had big time drops in the 500 free, breaking the 6 minute mark. 

-Juliana Mills took 8th place in the 200 IM!  

-Olivia Koldenhoven dropped over 3 seconds, taking 11th place in the 200 IM.

-Gertie Heerema and Emily Vanderheide took huge time drops in 200 IM. 

-Maeve Harkenss took 2nd in the 50 free and dropped half a second! 

-Both Lindsey  Wierenga and Julia Benthem dropped time in their 50 free and landed in the top 16! 

-Katherine Brandt broke 30 in her 50 free and had a huge time drop in her 500! 

-Veda Harkness took 2nd place in the 100 fly and broke 1:00.

-Juliana Mills, Maddox Veldkamp, and Olivia Koldenhoven all had big time drops in the 100 fly! 

-Maeve Harkness got 4th place and a state cut in the 100 free! 

-Maddie Mills got 7th place and a state cut in the 100 free! 

-Elizabeth Doezema took 14th place and big time drop in the 100 free. 

-Karson VanDenend dropped over 3.5 seconds in the 100 free! 

-Our 200 freestyle B Relay took 7th place with a state cut, unheard of! (Anneke Nederveld, Lucy Molenbeek, Ali Buist, Lindsey Wierenga) 

-Our 200 freestyle A Relay came in second place! (Veda Harkness, Juliana Mills, Maddie Mills, Maeve Harkenss)

-Gertie Heerema, Julia Benthem, Emily Vanderheide, and Karson VanDenend had huge time drops in the backstroke! 

-Veda Harkness snuck into 8th place in the 100 breaststroke, sneaky state cut! 

-Elizabeth Doezema took 15th place in the 100 breaststroke. 

-Our 400 free relay got 6th place with a state cut time! (Maddie Mills, Ali Buist, Lucy Molenbeek, Anneke Nedereld) 

-We had three divers who scored for our team! Shoutout to Emmarie VanOss who took 16th place.

-Beatrice Volkema came in third place overall with a 341.95! 

-Emily Setlock secured second place overall in diving with a 344.10 and several dives nearing 40 points each! 

We are looking competitive against the schools in our new conference and excited to continue taking them on in the next few weeks of dual meets!