GAMBIER, Ohio -- Following a Senior Day celebration, the Kenyon College women's swimming and diving team broke a couple records and gave NCAA Division I Miami University all it could handle. The visiting RedHawks managed to hang on, though, logging a 169-130 dual meet win at Steen Natatorium on Friday afternoon.

Right from the start, two Kenyon seniors made the day even more memorable as they swam legs on the winning 200-yard medley relay team, one that set a pool record and checked in with the second fastest NCAA Division III time of the season. Olivia Smith, a senior, led things off and Alexandra White, also a senior, swam anchor for the team that clocked in at 1:39.92. They paired with sophomores Jennah Fadely and Celia Ford to top the previous pool record of 1:41.99 set by a Kenyon quartet during the 2016-17 season.

Miami responded by winning the next three individual events, but Fadely got back in the pool to halt the RedHawks' momentum. She did so by taking the top spot in the 100-yard breaststroke. Her time of 1:00.36 was not only a pool record, but also a Kenyon varsity record and the top time in NCAA Division III this season. Fadely surpassed the old Kenyon pool record of 1:01.47 set by Julia Wilson in the 2016-17 season and topped her own Kenyon varsity record, which was 1:00.75 set at last year's NCAA Division III Championship.

That sparked a streak of three straight event wins for the Owls. Senior Ania Axas went on to win the 200-yard butterfly in 2:02.10 and White followed up with a winning time of 22.83 in the 50-yard freestyle. While Axas' time just missed a season-best, White's time was both a season-best and personal career-best. The Kenyon surge left the Owls trailing the RedHawks by just two points at 66-64.

Miami won the next two events and increased its lead to 20 points over the Owls. Fadely, however, stepped up again and put another Kenyon win on the board. This time, she took the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:14.34, which was another career-best. With Gabrielle Wei taking a runner-up finish (2:15.84) in the same event, the Owls pulled within seven points of the RedHawks.

Kenyon's next win didn't come until the meet-ending 200-yard freestyle relay. In that race, White teamed up with Gwen Eisenbeis, senior Ella Campbell and Lisa Torrecillas-Jouault. That quartet clocked in at 1:33.21.

In diving, Miami added to its total. The RedHawks took the top two spots on the one-meter board and the top four spots on the three-meter board. Katarina Ilic was Kenyon's top diver, placing third on the one-meter (259.88) and fourth on the three-meter (242.48).

Prior to Kenyon's win in the final relay, Miami won three straight to put the meet out of reach for the Owls.

The Kenyon women, who finalized their dual meet record at 7-2, will now turn their attention toward the North Coast Athletic Conference Championship, a four-day meet that begins Wednesday, February 8 at Denison University.