KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Indiana Wesleyan swimming started day one with a 4^th place finish in the 800 Free Relay, cutting 11.39 seconds off its seed time. This finish marks the highest relay finish at NAIA Nationals and sets a new school record by over five seconds.

TOP-8 WILDCAT TIMES (All-Americans)

• 4^th – 800 Free Relay – 7:47:07 (Mary Bonanno, Khloe Price, Madison Wickholm, Sydney Darnell)

TEAM RANKINGS

• 1^st – SCAD (Ga.) – 40
• 2^nd – Keiser (Fla.) – 34
• 3^rd – Cumberlands (Ky.) – 32
• 4^th – Indiana Wesleyan – 30
• 5^th – Loyola of New Orleans – 28
• 6^th – Life University - 26
• 7^th – Olivet Nazarene – 24
• 8^th – Saint Mary – 22
• 9^th – Brenau – 18
• 10^th – Asbury - 14

DALRYMPLE PERSPECTIVE 

• What a fantastic start to the 2020 NAIA National Championship meet for our team! The ladies came ready to compete today, cashing in our highest ever National relay finsih in program history and shattering the existing school record! We are excited about what's ahead during the next three days of competition. 

NEXT TIME IN THE WATER

Indiana Wesleyan will jump back in the water tomorrow starting at 9 a.m. Below are a list of the different Wildcats competing and their prelim seed place.

• #7 – 200 Free Relay (Madison Wickholm, Kinsey Price, Alivia Bell, Emma Travis, Khloe Price, Sydney Darnell, Whitley Eicher, Lindsey Schroeder)
• #9 – Mary Bonanno - 500 Free
• #9 – Khloe Price - 500 Free
• #9 – Madison Wickholm - 500 Free
• #11 – Sydney Darnell - 200 IM Medley
• #11 – Linnea Holmgren - 200 IM Medley
• #11 – Hallie Hunt - 200 IM Medley
• #13 – Alivia Bell - 50 Free
• #13 – Kinsey Price - 50 Free
• #13 – Emma Travis - 50 Free
• #15 – 400 Medley Relay (Kinsey Price, Madison Wickholm, Sydney Darnell, Emma Travis, Alivia Bell, Khloe Price, Linnea Holmgren, Kiah Johnson)

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