Women’s swimming and diving team stands in fourth-place after first day of 2008 MIAA Championships

After the first day of the 2008 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Championships, the Olivet College women's swimming and diving team stands in fourth-place with 73 points. Calvin College is first with 228 points, followed by Hope College (139) and Kalamazoo College (84).

The highest finisher for the Comets was Amy Johnson (Gaylord), who placed second in the 50-yard freestyle. Her time of 24.32 seconds was both a school record and a NCAA Championships "B" cut. Lisa Egelkraut (Battle Creek/Central) finished in eighth-place in the 500-yard freestyle with a lifetime best time of 5:20.75. In the three-meter diving competition, Sara Griffith (Brighton) was seventh with 324.80 points.

In addition, both the 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard medley relays were third. Joining Johnson on the 200 free relay were Jackie Taylor (Plainwell), Jami Lingbeek (Plainwell) and Kalee Redder (Grandville/Jenison) and their time was 1:41.23. The 400 medley relay team of Taylor, Erin Tramper (Jenison), Lingbeek and Johnson swam to a time of 4:04.97.

Action resumes tomorrow with preliminaries at 10 a.m., followed by finals at 6 p.m.