Kenyon starts season with win over UIndy

10/17/2026 6:00:00 PM

GAMBIER, Ohio -- The Kenyon College women's swimming and diving team opened the 2026-27 season with an impressive win against the NCAA Division II Greyhounds from the University of Indianapolis. In the victory, the Owls won three individual swimming events, two relay events and both diving competitions to top the Greyhounds, 152-147.

Kenyon's individual event wins went to Kelsey Van Eldik, Sofia Giordano and Nora Lee Brown. Van Eldik and Giordano rattled off back-to-back wins in the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard butterfly, respectively. Van Eldik clocked in at 1:02.94 and Giordano wrapped up her race in 2:03.85. A few events later, Brown claimed the top spot in the 500-yard freestyle, touching the wall in 4:59.06.

On the diving boards, the Owls divvied up the two wins. Nadia Milovich was the winner in the one-meter competition, scoring 236.02 points and Lucy Cassell-Kelley was victorious in the three-meter competition, earning a score of 240.08 points.

The Owls also opened and closed the meet with relay wins. At the start of the meet, Van Eldik joined Kate Dunagan, Afsana Rawlins and Kate Bogan to whip up a winning time of 1:42.83 in the 200-yard medley relay. At the close of the contest, Van Eldik, Bogan, and Rawlins added Julia Mascarenhas to the group and wound up victorious in the 200-yard freestyle relay. That Kenyon quartet clocked in at 1:34.51.

The Owls will now get back to focusing on training and practicing for the next couple of weeks. Their next scheduled competition is at home against Oberlin College and Ohio Wesleyan University on Friday, November 6.

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