MINNEAPOLIS – The Carleton College women's swimming & diving team finished fourth out of eight teams at the MIAC Championships. Nina Schwab won the 1-meter diving competition, and did so while twice setting school and MIAC Championships records.
 
The Knights saw seven all-conference or all-conference honorable mention performances on Saturday.
 
Gustavus Adolphus College won its second consecutive and 12th overall conference title after amassing 699 points. Macalester College was a close second at 679 points, while and St. Olaf College (576.5), Carleton (497.5), and St. Catherine University (396) rounded out the top five in the eight-team competition.
 
During the preliminary round, Schwab scored 464.10 points. That bettered her own team record as well as establishing a new MIAC Championships meet record. Not satisfied with that, Schwab pushed both marks out even farther after scoring 475.40 points during the finals.
 
Hailey Westrup, who won the 3-meter competition on Thursday, was the 1-meter runner up after totaling 436.90 points.
 
Chelsea Andersen and Stephanie Baranov both set new personal bests as they earned All-MIAC honorable mention after finishing fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 1,650-yard freestyle.
Andersen reached the wall at 17:53.48, while Baranov touched at 18:00.32. Lily Johnson finished 11th overall with a time of 18:57.41, eclipsing her previous PR by more than 15 seconds.
 
Grace Hou received all-conference honorable mention thanks to her sixth-place result in the 200-yard backstroke. Hou set a PR during the morning prelims, then bested that with a time of 2:08.56 during the finals. Lilly Soillis turned in a personal-best performance of 2:13.10 during the preliminaries, then finished 12th in the finals at 2:14.29.
 
Zoe Morton and Ella Grogan finished 14th and 16th, respectively, in the 100-yard freestyle. Morton covered the distance in 54.52 during the finals, while Grogan set a PR of 55.30 in the morning session before clocking 55.58 at night.
 
Bryn Ashland earn All-MIAC honorable mention by taking fourth place in the 200-yard breaststroke. During the morning prelims, she posted a time of 2:27.08, setting a new PR by nearly seven seconds. Ashland touched at 2:27.40 in the finals. Jenna Drummond and Emma Yao swam in the consolation final. The former finished 13th with a personal-best time of 2:33.29, while the latter took 14th at 2:34.61.
 
Five Knights qualified for the finals of the 200-yard butterfly. Caroline Crampton posted a personal-best time of 2:12.84 to finish fifth and collect All-MIAC honorable mention. Isabelle Riley placed eighth overall after establishing a new PR of 2:16.38 in the prelims before finishing at 2:17.03 during the finals. Nora Wootten, Lola Taraday, and Aubrey Tran raced in the consolation final. Wootten swam a personal-best 2:17.38 and placed 11th, while Taraday and Tran finished 14th and 16th, respectively at 2:25.18 and 2:28.12.
 
The four-day meet concluded with the 400-yard freestyle relay. The Knights' entry of Morton, Grogan, Baranov, and Ashland finished in sixth place at 3:40.81.
 
Up Next for the Knights
Schwab and Westrup will join Carleton men's diver Hans Anderson in traveling to Granville, Ohio for the NCAA Diving Regional to be held Feb. 28-March 1.
 

All-MIAC performances for Carleton (1st-3rd place individual, 1st-3rd place relay…through Day 4)

3-meter diving
1. Hailey Westrup — 489.30 points
2. Nina Schwab — 471.35 points
 
100-yard breaststroke
3. Bryn Ashland — 1:07.54 (personal best)
 
1-meter diving
1. Nina Schwab — 475.40 (school record…meet record)
2. Hailey Westrup — 436.90
 

All-MIAC honorable mention performances for Carleton (4th-6th place individual, 4th place relay…through Day 4)

200-yard medley relay
4. Carleton (Grace Hou, Emma Yao, Daya Tucker, Zoe Morton) — 1:47.18
 
500-yard freestyle
t-4. Chelsea Anderson — 5:11.08 (personal best)
6. Stephanie Baranov — 5:15.36 (personal best 5:10.41 during the prelims)
 
100-yard breaststroke
5. Emma Yao — 1:07.54 (personal best)
 
100-yard backstroke
4. Grace Hao — 57.35
 
200-yard freestyle relay
4. Carleton (Daya Tucker, Zoe Morton, Bryn Ashland, Stephanie Baranov) — 1:39.27
 
1650-yard freestyle
4. Chelsea Andersen — 17:53.48 (personal best)
5. Stephanie Baranov — 18:00.32 (personal best)
 
200-yard backstroke
6. Grace Hou — 2:08.56 (personal best)
 
200-yard breaststroke
4. Bryn Ashland — 2:27.40 (personal best 2:27.08 during the prelims)
 
200-yard butterfly
5. Caroline Crampton — 2:12.84 (personal best)