TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Manchester University's women's swimming and diving teams wrapped up the 2023 season, finishing in fifth place at the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday, February 11. 

Results

The Black and Gold capped an outstanding season of continued growth under coaches Roger Karns and Mitch Schall.  The women's team finished with 223 team points, the most points scored at a conference meet in school history and increasing their team points by more than double from last year. 

Alix Oden (Markle, Ind., Norwell) set a new Manchester top-10 mark in the 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 20:32.87. 

Rachel Fedor (Wingate, Ind., North Montgomery) also swam her way to a new top-10 time in the 1650 freestyle, touching the wall in a time of 21.52.48. 

A new top-10 mark was set in the women's 200-yard backstroke by Genesis Everling (Kokomo, Ind., Western). Everling finished the event in eighth place with a time of 2:23.75.

SUMMARY OF RESULTS FROM DAY FOUR: 
1650-yard Freestyle
    9th - Alix Oden - 20:32.87
    10th - Rachel Fedor - 21:52.48
    15th - Alexis Ferguson - 23:25.43

200-yard Backstroke: 
    7th - Eamin Lynch - 2:22.38.
    8th - Genesis Everling - 2:23.75

200-yard Butterfly 
13th - Mackenzie Hoover - 2:56.13

400-yard Freestyle Relay 
    5th - Genesis Everling, Alix Oden, Ashlynn Malloy, Eamin Lynch - 4:01.49
    12th - Megan Young, Megan Pierce, Mackenzie Hoover, Alexis Ferguson - 4:40.11

WOMEN'S TEAMS FINAL RANKINGS: 
1. Franklin College 817
2. Transylvania University 702
3. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 619
4. Anderson University 285
5. Manchester University 223
6. Hanover College 157