Owls take over top spot at home Invitational

11/20/2025 9:33:00 PM | By: Owen Von Weihe -- Athletics Communications Student Writer

GAMBIER, Ohio – The Kenyon College Owls women's swimming and diving team opened the 2025 Total Performance Invitational with a strong first night, collecting multiple top-three finishes, hitting several NCAA 'B' cuts, and positioning themselves well in the early team standings at the conclusion of Thursday's finals session.

Behind the Owls in the standings are Hope College, Carnegie Mellon University, West Chester University, Case Western Reserve University, SUNY Geneseo, and Lindsey Wilson College.

The night began with the 200-yard freestyle relay, where the Kenyon A-team of Kate Bogan, Gwen Eisenbeis, Lisa Torrecillas-Jouault, and first-year Julia Mascarenhas finished second in 1:33.19, a time under the NCAA 'B' cut for qualification. Kenyon's B-team also scored, taking ninth in 1:36.62.

Kenyon's first individual event of the evening came in the 500-yard freestyle, and the Owls delivered a dominant showing. Sophomore Nora Lee Brown took first place in 4:50.71, posting a time nearly eight seconds under the NCAA 'B' cut. Senior Molly Haag followed in second at 4:52.26, while first-year Nina Schuerer placed fourth in 5:01.65 and junior Sofia Giordano finished sixth in 5:01.78. All four swims cleared the NCAA standard.

Two events later, the Owls scored a runner-up finish as sophomore Kelsey Van Eldik took second in the 200-yard individual medley, touching in 2:03.64, an NCAA 'B' cut and the fastest Division III time of the evening. Junior Ashlyn Widmer added a fifth-place finish in 2:05.19, also under the NCAA cut. First-year Nora Kortuem placed ninth with a time of 2:08.32.

Kenyon added more top-five placements in the 50-yard freestyle. Torrecillas-Jouault, a senior, finished fourth in 23.33, Bogan, a junior, claimed sixth in 23.48, and Eisenbeis, another senior, tied for eighth at 23.61. All three times fell under the NCAA 'B' cut.

Kenyon closed the session by winning the 400-yard medley relay, as the A-team of Eisenbeis, Kelsey Van Eldik, Kortuem, and Torrecillas-Jouault posted a meet-record
time of 3:41.81, under the NCAA 'B' standard and the fastest Division III time this season.

Over in Indianapolis, the Kenyon divers lit it up on the first night of the House of Champions Invitational. Sophomore Nadia Milovich placed fourth in the 3-meter finals with a score of 214.20. Coming in eighth was junior Lucy Cassell-Kelley, who posted a score 175.15.

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