Tigers Dominate in Rose-Hulman Dual

Terre Haute, Ind.-The DePauw University women's swimming and diving team beat Rose-Hulman for a second time this season, with a final meet score of 229-75.

The Tigers finished the meet with a total of 15 first-place finishes and swept the top three spots in eight events.

DePauw would open the meet, finishing in first and second place in the 200 medley relay. Hailey Olsen, Molly Ruggles, Ali Tallen, and Sammie Waples took first with a time of 1:52.98. Coming in second, Mia Strong, Nuna Bamatraf, Marisol Karmel, and Katherine Kempf would finish with a time of 1:59.17.

Two Tigers won two individual events apiece, Rachel Graves (2:16.35) in the 200-yard IM and the 200-yard freestyle (2:01.85), as well as Waples (24.82) in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:10.15).

Eight more DePauw swimmers earned first-place finishes, including Maddie Dixon (5:23.68) in the 500-yard freestyle, Alyssa Koch (5:04.76) in the 400-yard IM, Mei-Li Minnich (1:01.42) in the 100-yard Butterfly, Grace Hilton (1:04.14) in the 100-yard backstroke, Ruggles (1:02.79) in the 100-yard IM, Hailey Olsen (2:11.34) in the 200-yard backstroke, Ashley Dapore (56.02) in the 100-yard freestyle, and Tallen (2:17.62) in the 200-yard butterfly.

Katherine Douglas took first place in the 1 meter with a final score of 253.73 off 11 dives.

The Tigers would finish strong to close out the meet, taking first and second place once again in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The relay of Maggie Perry, Graves, Waples, and Dapore earned first place with a time of 3:44.83. The second-place relay of Cayla Williams, Kempf, Karmel, and Kaitlyn Gardner finished with a time of 4:00.26.

The Tigers travel back to Greencastle to host Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday, February 27 at 2 pm EST.

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Players Mentioned

Nuna Bamatraf: Junior

Ashley Dapore: Senior; I chose DePauw because it had everything I was looking for: phenomenal academic and research programs, as well as the opportunity to continue swimming with a great team.

Maddie Dixon: Junior

Katherine Douglas: Senior; I chose Depauw because the campus environment made me feel as though I was at home. I also like the balance of classes I will be taking to get a liberal arts education while completing my kinesiology major.

Kaitlyn Gardner: Senior

Rachel Graves: Senior; When I had my first visit here, I fell in love with the campus. It was just the right size for me, and it allowed me to swim while also pursuing a great education.

Grace Hilton: Freshman; Academics and Swimming

Marisol Karmel: Junior

Katherine Kempf: Junior; I chose DePauw because of everything it has to offer. I love the challenging academics, swim team, small classes, community and overall feel. I see DePauw as a place where I can work hard, have fun and branch out.

Alyssa Koch: Junior

Mei-Li Minnich: Sophomore

Hailey Olsen: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Nuna Bamatraf
: Junior

Ashley Dapore
: Senior; I chose DePauw because it had everything I was looking for: phenomenal academic and research programs, as well as the opportunity to continue swimming with a great team.

Maddie Dixon
: Junior

Katherine Douglas
: Senior; I chose Depauw because the campus environment made me feel as though I was at home. I also like the balance of classes I will be taking to get a liberal arts education while completing my kinesiology major.

Kaitlyn Gardner
: Senior

Rachel Graves
: Senior; When I had my first visit here, I fell in love with the campus. It was just the right size for me, and it allowed me to swim while also pursuing a great education.

Grace Hilton
: Freshman; Academics and Swimming

Marisol Karmel
: Junior

Katherine Kempf
: Junior; I chose DePauw because of everything it has to offer. I love the challenging academics, swim team, small classes, community and overall feel. I see DePauw as a place where I can work hard, have fun and branch out.

Alyssa Koch
: Junior

Mei-Li Minnich
: Sophomore

Hailey Olsen
: Freshman