GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Laura Steavenson won the 500 free and she swam on the 400 medley relay in the first session of a quad meet at Calvin College.
Steavenson completed her freestyle race in 5:26.72 to gain a 2 ½ second victory over Carthage's Taylor Hutton. Steavenson was joined by Haley Wallis, Hailey Sambor and Julia DiFiore for a sixth-place finish in the medley relay (4:24.31).
"The 500 free was a really good event for us," Albion Coach Jake Taber said, noting Kylene Slocum (5:39.09), Haley DeFeyter (5:39.31), Kaileigh Krupp (5:40.97), Claire Wittkowski (5:42.92) and Tess Haadsma (5:49.18).
Albion finished fifth in the other relay contested Friday night, the 200 freestyle. Anna Hargrove, Molly Blank, Madison Vaive, and Lauren Pawelec completed the race in 1:43.65.
In other races Friday night Sarah Kilbride was seventh in the 200 IM (2:20.40) and Vaive was seventh in the 50 free (25.82).