ROCHESTER, Minn. – The Carleton College women's swimming &diving team took part in its first intercollegiate competition of the year, the inaugural MIAC vs. WIAC meet. The Knights turned in several strong individual performances, especially in the breaststroke, individual medley, and diving events.
 
Julia Michalski finished fourth in the 200-yard individual medley in 2:16.18 and fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:08.51. Emma Yao placed third in the 100 breaststroke in 1:08.47, while Bryn Ashland took fifth in the 200 breaststroke in 2:33.79.
 
Grace Hou added two top-10 finishes, placing fourth in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:00.14 and ninth in the 100-yard butterfly in 1:01.67. Daya Tucker finished ninth in the 50-yard freestyle in 25.29 seconds.
 
While the swimming portion of the meet was held at the Rochester-Olmstead County Recreation Center Natatorium, the MIAC portion of the diving competition was held at Carleton's Thorpe Pool.
 
Hailey Westrup led the Knights' divers, finishing second in the 1-meter event with 234.20 points and third in the 3-meter competition with 241.70 points.
 
The Knights had 25 top-20 individual results overall on the day:
 

Event	Swimmer	Place	Time/Score
200 freestyle	Finley Smith	19th	2:05.98
200 freestyle	Ella Grogan	20th	2:06.74
200 IM	Julia Michalski	4th	2:16.18
200 IM	Aubrey Tran	20th	2:25.52
50 freestyle	Daya Tucker	9th	25.29
50 freestyle	Maya Geddes	14th	25.42
50 freestyle	Finley Smith	17th	25.95
200 butterfly	Ava Roh	20th	2:39.17
100 backstroke	Grace Hou	4th	1:00.14
100 breaststroke	Emma Yao	3rd	1:08.47
100 breaststroke	Julia Michalski	4th	1:08.51
100 breaststroke	Bryn Ashland	11th	1:10.86
100 breaststroke	Daya Tucker	16th	1:12.67
500 freestyle	Ella Grogan	17th	5:45.79
500 freestyle	Lulu Martin Del Campo	18th	5:47.23
100 butterfly	Grace Hou	9th	1:01.67
100 butterfly	Rabhya Singh	19th	1:04.46
200 backstroke	Irene Lee	16th	2:19.16
100 freestyle	Finley Smith	15th	56.62
100 freestyle	Maya Geddes	16th	56.84
200 breaststroke	Bryn Ashland	5th	2:33.79
200 breaststroke	Emma Yao	14th	2:39.96
400 IM	Aubrey Tran	15th	5:08.35
3-meter diving	Hailey Westrup	3rd	241.70
1-meter diving	Hailey Westrup	2nd	234.20

Up Next for the Knights
Carleton hosts Luther College for a dual meet on Saturday, Oct 31.