CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland State women defeated Southern Indiana 188.5-91.5 in their Senior Day meet on Friday afternoon inside Busbey Natatorium. The Vikings honored their four seniors; Rachel Contich, Caroline Hughes, Valentina Rengifo, and Hayley Rupp.
Head Coach Hannah Burandt said, "I am so happy and proud to send our seniors off with a big win at home this afternoon. We allowed our seniors to pick their events this afternoon which made it even more special for them. For the rest of the team, it was a chance to swim their events as a tune-up for conference and the rest of the season.
The 200-yard medley relay team of Grace Chelf, Grace Butcher, Ellie Mckibbin, and Ana Sofia Sousa opened the meet with a victory, clocking a 1:49.90.
Mackenzie Lipnick won the first individual race, the 1000-yard freestyle after finishing in 10:46.04. In the 200-yard freestyle, Contich touched the wall first with a time of 1:57.15.
In the 100-yard backstroke, Hughes won with a 1:00.26, and in the 100-yard breaststroke, Grace Butcher won with a 1:08.71.
Madison Taker took home the win in the 200-yard butterfly with a 2:11.62 and in the 50-yard freestyle, Sousa sprinted to a first-place time of 25.15.
After the diving break, Holly White sprinted to a time of 56.35 to win the 100-yard freestyle. In the 200-yard backstroke, Gracie Chelf was victorious, turning in a time of 2:08.79.
Butcher edged her competition in the 200-yard breaststroke to win her second event of the day with a time of 2:29.13.
Sousa squeaked out a win in the 500-yard freestyle as she finished in 5:18.83, her second victory of the afternoon. Hughes then won the 100-yard butterfly after clocking a 59.80.
In the final individual race of the day, Olivia Leonard won the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:49.37.
Cleveland State made it a perfect day as the team of Mckibbin, White, Sousa, and Chelf won the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:41.31.
Brooke Eichel won both diving events on the afternoon with scores of 243.38 in 3m and 253.65 in 1m.
Up Next
Cleveland State will head to Canisius on Thursday, January 12 for a 1 p.m. dual meet and then get back into the next pool on the next day at Niagara.
