Day one results
Day two results
Grinnell, IA – The Prairie Fire swimming teams both placed 10th at the competitive Pioneer Classic hosted by Grinnell College on Friday and Saturday.
The Knox women totaled 193 points, 3.5 points behind ninth place Principia College. The Knox men’s team tallied 142 points in the meet.
"I'm so proud of the way the team was able to fight through the pain and exhaustion of a week of two-a-day practices," coach Jonathan Powers said.
Grinnell College and William Jewell College fared well in the team standings. Grinnell finished first in the women’s meet followed by William Jewell. William Jewell won the men’s meet and Grinnell was the runner-up.
Four Prairie Fire women’s swimmers combined to score in seven individual events. Senior Zoey Kudla (Ypsilanti, MI, Greenhills School) scored in the 400 IM and the 200 backstroke, sophomore Colleen Shelly (Galesburg, IL, Galesburg) placed in the top ten in the 100 breaststroke and added points in the 100 freestyle, first-year Taylor Wayment (Littleton, CO, Lakewood) in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, and sophomore Madeline Troy (Naperville, IL, Naperville North) in the 200 freestyle.
Five of the women’s relay teams each scored between 30 and 32 points. Troy, Wayment, Shelly, junior Marie Anderson (Pleasant Hill, CA, Athenian School), senior Anna Claypool (Portland, OR, Lincoln), and first-year Maddie Boehm (Kenosha, WI, Harborside Academy) took part in the relays for Knox.
First-year Chris Walsh (Boulder, CO, Shining Mountain Waldorf School) scored in three individual events for the Prairie Fire men’s team, including a top ten (eighth) finish in the 50 freestyle. He also scored in the 100 backstroke and 100 freestyle.
Another first-year swimmer, Sam Chen (Englewood, CO, Cherry Creek), scored in the 100 breaststroke.
Four of the men’s relay teams each scored between 26 and 30 points. Walsh, Chen, first-year Peter Liao (Hsinchu, Taiwan, Hsinchu American School), and sophomore Jonathan Vardon (Accra, Ghana, Ghana International School) swam in the relays.
The Prairie Fire swimming teams visit Illinois College on December 8 at 1:00 p.m.
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