Women Out-Swim the Rockets in Ohio

ROCHESTER, Mich - The Oakland Women's Swim Team finished their meet against Toledo with a final winning score of 180-120.

The Golden Grizzlies started off with a strong win as they finished the 200 yard medley relay in first with a time of 1:44.85 with swimmers Susan LaGrand, Taylor Bailey, Sophia Davis, and Jordyn Shipps.

LaGrand secured the top place both in the 100 yard and 200 yard backstroke with times of 56.04 and 2:08.32. Similarly, Bailey came in to finish ahead of her competition in both the 100 yard and 200 yard breaststroke with times of 1:05.09 and 2:19.09. And again, Shipps got a piece of the action with a winning time in both 100 yard and 200 yard butterfly with times of 56.64 and 2:06.21.

Oakland ended the night with a 400 yard freestyle relay that would put them on top with a final time of 3:30.37 consisting of swimmers Sam Thiessen, Mia Englender, Mia Keranen, and Ronja Riihinen.

Notably, the diving team out-competed the Rockets with wins from Ellie Chalifoux across the board in both the one meter and three meter events. She received a score of 264 with nine points in the one meter event to get the win, and then 247.80 with nine points again in the three meter event to place first.

The Golden Grizzlies will be competing next in the Atlantic Challenge on October 29-30.

Results: https://goldengrizzlies.com/documents/2022/10/15/OaklandvsToledo2022.pdf

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Players Mentioned

Taylor Bailey: Breast/IM; 5' 8"; Graduate Student

Ellie Chalifoux: Diving; 5' 8"; Junior

Sophia Davis: Fly/Back; 5' 7"; Junior

Mia Keranen: Sprint Fly/Free; 5' 7"; Junior

Susan LaGrand: Back/IM/Free; 5' 8"; Graduate Student

Ronja Riihinen: Sprint Free; Junior

Jordyn Shipps: Fly/ Free/ IM; 5' 6"; Sophomore

Sam Thiessen: Free; 5' 4"; Sophomore

Mia Englender: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Taylor Bailey
: 5' 8"; Graduate Student
: Breast/IM

Ellie Chalifoux
: 5' 8"; Junior
: Diving

Sophia Davis
: 5' 7"; Junior
: Fly/Back

Mia Keranen
: 5' 7"; Junior
: Sprint Fly/Free

Susan LaGrand
: 5' 8"; Graduate Student
: Back/IM/Free

Ronja Riihinen
: Junior
: Sprint Free

Jordyn Shipps
: 5' 6"; Sophomore
: Fly/ Free/ IM

Sam Thiessen
: 5' 4"; Sophomore
: Free

Mia Englender
: Freshman