Results

The Aquinas women's swim and dive was back in the pool after a short time away; this time at the Don Kimble Invite hosted by Davenport University. After three days of competition the Saints saw many school records fall and a number of NAIA Qualifiers.
 
The women placed seventh out of seven teams with 89 points. Wayne State University placed first overall with 1,171 points.
 
Friday Night Events
 
The invite got off to a hot start with the 200 Yard Freestyle relay team of Claire Hines, Sam Casler, Lily Heath and Katie Sanders. The quartet set the tone for the rest of the invite with a new school of 1:45. This time placed them 12th overall in the event.
 
Next the freshman duo of Ella Althaver and Maureen Lynch pushed each throughout the duration of the 1650 free. In the event Althaver bested the school record for the 1,000 free splitting a time of 11:37, before finishing with a time of 19:23 in the 1650. Lynch finished with a time of 19:28 . The two placed 21st and 22nd in the event.
 
The final highlight from Friday's action came in the form of another relay with the 400 medley relay. The quartet of Claire Hines, Hope McGarry-Costello, Mary Grace Doyle and Sam Casler set a season best time for AQ with a time of 4:23. They placed 13th in the event.
 
Saturday Events
 
The Saints began competition on Saturday at 10:00 with prelims. The tone was set again early in the day with Maddy Critchell in the 200 IM. Her time of 2:33 set a new school record in the event.
 
Doyle was the biggest highlight from Saturday's action as she competed in 500 freestyle and 200 back stroke. In the 500 free, she placed 19th finishing with a personal best and school record time of 5:24.48. This earns Doyle her second NAIA Provisional Time Standard of the season. Then in the 200 back, she earned a finals swim, dropping nearly 5 seconds from her previous best to finish with a 2:16.28. This was a school record as well.
 
Althaver was back, competing in the 200 butterfly and she was able to reclaim her school record. She finished 20th with a time of 2:23. She was followed up closely by Hines with a 2:25.

Finally for Saturday action, the divers, Taylor Moss and Sarah Colvin, helped the team earn the most points in individual events. Moss set a school record score on the 1-M 11-dive lineup with 242.7 points. Her 11th-place finish earned the women's team 6 points. She was closely followed by Colvin, finishing in 12th place with a score of 230.9, earning the Saints 5 points. 

Sunday Events

Freshman Claire Hines snagged a 13th-place finish in the 100 fly, one of AQ's only top 16 (only top 16 score points) finishes of the meet and earning herself her first NAIA provisional time with a 1:00.46. She only narrowly missed earning a team record in the event.

The standards kept coming from Mary Grace Doyle as she finished 20th in the 200 free. Her time of 2:01 earned her a provisional standard. In the morning, Doyle time-trialed the 100 fly and walked away with another provisional time with a time of 1:00.

Maddy Critchell was back on day three continuing to set school records. She did so in the 400 IM with a 5:51.

Hope McGarry-Costello then set another school record in the 200 breaststroke. With a time of 2:53, she not only set a new school record but placed 20th in the event.

Finally, the women's 400 freestyle relay made up of Doyle, Ella Althaver, Sam Casler, and Claire Hines wrapped up the 3-day invitational with a school-record finish of 3:49.68.

The women will take a break from competition over the holiday season before returning to action on Saturday, January 14. The Saints take on Wheaton and Olivet Nazarene at 3:00 PM in Bourbonnais, IL.