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The Hope College swimming senior class has done special things in the water for the past four years, bringing the program to the highest point in decades.
The Flying Dutch put a spectacular stamp on the seniors' careers with a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships that ended Saturday, March 21, in Indianapolis.
The big performance was Greta Gidley's national championship in the 200 IM, but fellow seniors Laurel Wasiniak, Bella Turner, Katie Hermann and Madi Remenschneider all earned All-American honors as well.
The big wave was the Hope relays, finishing NCAA runner-up twice to lead Hope to its third top-10 finish in the past four years, something that hasn't happened in a quarter century.
In the final event of the meet, senior Bella Turner (Chelsea), freshman Claudia Busse (Grand Haven), senior Laurel Wasiniak (Northville) and Gidley (Franklin) clocked a school-record swim of 3:20.17 to match the program's best finish in the event at nationals.
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The relay hung on eventual national champion New York University's heels before equaling Hope's 1998 national runner-up performance. NYU won in 3:28.66.
"We felt the whole season like this could be a pretty special relay for us," Hope coach Jake Taber said. "That was an unbelievable way to end this season."
The Flying Dutch totaled 159 points over four days to finish in the Top-10 at the NCAA Championships in back-to-back seasons since 1999 and 2000.
"Having this caliber of big-meet experience makes a difference," Taber said. "When you look at the number of seniors that we have on the women's group … they're resilient. They were able to stay focused, just believing what they were capable of doing and trusting the training process. Everything paid off unbelievably well."
Gidley, Busse, Wasiniak and Turner finished second in the nation in the 200 free relay, getting to the wall in 1:31.44.
Hope also captured three more All-America accolades.
In the 100-yard freestyle, Gidley posted a fifth-place time of 50.05 seconds, a season-best and earned the fifth first-team All-American honor of her career.
Wasiniak took 10th and earned Second-Team All-America honors after eclipsing the 50-second mark during the consolation final at 49.94. Wasiniak advanced to the consolation final after a prelim swim of 50.58.
During the 100-free prelims, Turner recorded a 22nd-place swim of 50.94. Busse was 40th at 51.80.
In the 200 backstroke, freshman Makenzie Baldwin (West Ottawa) claimed second-team All-American honors by placing 15th at 2:00.53.
In 3-meter diving, freshman Grace Dawson (Jackson) finished 20th with an 11-dive total of 409.15 points. Junior Laura Zupanci (Fort Collins, Colorado) was 28th with 372.45 points.
In the 200 breaststroke, senior Madi Remenschneider (West Ottawa) capped her career with a 38th-place swim of 2:23.35.
Busse, Wasiniak, Gidley and Turner took 11th in the 200 medley relay (1:41.58).
Gidley won the consolation race in the 100 breaststroke in 1:02.14 — 0.76 faster than her prelim effort. It was Gidley's first career All-America performance in the event.
In the 800 freestyle relay, Busse, Wasiniak, Baldwin and Gidley recorded a 19th-place swim of 7:29.83.
In the 100 backstroke, Busse placed 24th after a season-best swim of 56.30 during prelims. Baldwin tied for 31st at 56.59.
In the 200 butterfly, sophomore Emme D'Errico (Farmington Hills) took 30th with a swim of 2:06.01.
A fantastic finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay for the Hope College men's swimming and diving team closed a promising week for the Flying Dutchmen at the NCAA Division III Championships.
With a relay filled with underclassmen, the Flying Dutchmen raced to a school record in the meet's final event on Saturday at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis.
Junior Josh Bordovsky (Herndon, Virginia), junior Christian Hoeksema (Holland Christian), sophomore Everett Cox (Sugar Land, Texas) and junior Graham Eisenmann (Ozark, Missouri) clocked a school-record time of 2:58.37 during the consolation final.
The relay finished 10th and earned second-team All-American honors. Bowdoin College won the consolation final, just 0.45 faster.
Hope built on the 2:58.75 posted earlier in the day during preliminaries, topping the 2024 mark of 2:59.45 set by Colin Kalkman, Ben Catton, Graham Eisenmann and Henry Booker.
Contact sports editor Dan D’Addona at Dan.D’[email protected]. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter @DanDAddona or Facebook @HollandSentinelSports.
This article originally appeared on The Holland Sentinel: Hope swimming ends season with ninth place at NCAAs, runner-up relays
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The Flying Dutch put a spectacular stamp on the seniors' careers with a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Division III Championships that ended Saturday, March 21, in Indianapolis.
The big performance was Greta Gidley's national championship in the 200 IM, but fellow seniors Laurel Wasiniak, Bella Turner, Katie Hermann and Madi Remenschneider all earned All-American honors as well.
The big wave was the Hope relays, finishing NCAA runner-up twice to lead Hope to its third top-10 finish in the past four years, something that hasn't happened in a quarter century.
In the final event of the meet, senior Bella Turner (Chelsea), freshman Claudia Busse (Grand Haven), senior Laurel Wasiniak (Northville) and Gidley (Franklin) clocked a school-record swim of 3:20.17 to match the program's best finish in the event at nationals.
More: Greta Gidley cements legacy with Hope's first swimming NCAA title in 25 years
More: Hope title hunters Wasiniak, Gidley, Baldwin lead swim team to NCAAs
More: Hope's greatest senior swim class aiming for spectacular finish to already stunning legacy
The relay hung on eventual national champion New York University's heels before equaling Hope's 1998 national runner-up performance. NYU won in 3:28.66.
"We felt the whole season like this could be a pretty special relay for us," Hope coach Jake Taber said. "That was an unbelievable way to end this season."
The Flying Dutch totaled 159 points over four days to finish in the Top-10 at the NCAA Championships in back-to-back seasons since 1999 and 2000.
"Having this caliber of big-meet experience makes a difference," Taber said. "When you look at the number of seniors that we have on the women's group … they're resilient. They were able to stay focused, just believing what they were capable of doing and trusting the training process. Everything paid off unbelievably well."
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Gidley, Busse, Wasiniak and Turner finished second in the nation in the 200 free relay, getting to the wall in 1:31.44.
Hope also captured three more All-America accolades.
In the 100-yard freestyle, Gidley posted a fifth-place time of 50.05 seconds, a season-best and earned the fifth first-team All-American honor of her career.
Wasiniak took 10th and earned Second-Team All-America honors after eclipsing the 50-second mark during the consolation final at 49.94. Wasiniak advanced to the consolation final after a prelim swim of 50.58.
During the 100-free prelims, Turner recorded a 22nd-place swim of 50.94. Busse was 40th at 51.80.
In the 200 backstroke, freshman Makenzie Baldwin (West Ottawa) claimed second-team All-American honors by placing 15th at 2:00.53.
In 3-meter diving, freshman Grace Dawson (Jackson) finished 20th with an 11-dive total of 409.15 points. Junior Laura Zupanci (Fort Collins, Colorado) was 28th with 372.45 points.
In the 200 breaststroke, senior Madi Remenschneider (West Ottawa) capped her career with a 38th-place swim of 2:23.35.
Busse, Wasiniak, Gidley and Turner took 11th in the 200 medley relay (1:41.58).
Gidley won the consolation race in the 100 breaststroke in 1:02.14 — 0.76 faster than her prelim effort. It was Gidley's first career All-America performance in the event.
In the 800 freestyle relay, Busse, Wasiniak, Baldwin and Gidley recorded a 19th-place swim of 7:29.83.
In the 100 backstroke, Busse placed 24th after a season-best swim of 56.30 during prelims. Baldwin tied for 31st at 56.59.
In the 200 butterfly, sophomore Emme D'Errico (Farmington Hills) took 30th with a swim of 2:06.01.
A fantastic finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay for the Hope College men's swimming and diving team closed a promising week for the Flying Dutchmen at the NCAA Division III Championships.
With a relay filled with underclassmen, the Flying Dutchmen raced to a school record in the meet's final event on Saturday at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis.
Junior Josh Bordovsky (Herndon, Virginia), junior Christian Hoeksema (Holland Christian), sophomore Everett Cox (Sugar Land, Texas) and junior Graham Eisenmann (Ozark, Missouri) clocked a school-record time of 2:58.37 during the consolation final.
The relay finished 10th and earned second-team All-American honors. Bowdoin College won the consolation final, just 0.45 faster.
Hope built on the 2:58.75 posted earlier in the day during preliminaries, topping the 2024 mark of 2:59.45 set by Colin Kalkman, Ben Catton, Graham Eisenmann and Henry Booker.
Contact sports editor Dan D’Addona at Dan.D’[email protected]. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter @DanDAddona or Facebook @HollandSentinelSports.
This article originally appeared on The Holland Sentinel: Hope swimming ends season with ninth place at NCAAs, runner-up relays
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