Contact: Chassidy Holloway, Associate Executive Director, holloway@midwestconference.org
 
GRINNELL, Iowa – The 2023 Midwest Conference (MWC) Swimming and Diving Championships get underway this weekend with men’s and women’s squads from eight member schools and one affiliate competing for Conference crowns.
 
Grinnell College will host the three-day event begins Friday, February 17, through Sunday, February 19, at the Russell K. Osgood Pool and Deck. On Friday and Saturday, preliminary rounds begin at 10:00 a.m., followed by finals at 5:30 p.m. Preliminary action starts at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, and the finals begin at 4:00 p.m. The full event schedule can be found here.
 
The Grinnell College Pioneers men’s and women’s squads swept both titles at last year’s championship event and were selected to repeat as champions in this year’s preseason coaches’ poll. The Pioneer men have won the last six team titles.
 
Fans can follow the 2023 MWC Swimming & Diving Championship action on the men’s and women’s championship pages.
 
The top-three times for each of the weekend’s events are listed below in order of the event schedule:
 
2022-23 Top-3 Swimming Times (Defending champions are italicized.)
 
200 Freestyle Relay
Women’s
Lake Forest College – 1:40.11 (2022 Champion – 1:36.78)
St. Norbert College – 1:41.25
Grinnell College – 1:41.93
 
Men’s
Grinnell College – 1:25.44
St. Norbert College – 1:26.25 (2022 Champion – 1:24.94)
Ripon College – 1:28.68
 
500 Freestyle
Women’s
Ally McCarthy, Lake Forest College – 5:09.38
Amelie Andres, Lake Forest College – 5:14.69
Helena Blumenau, Lake Forest College – 5:17.80
 
Men’s
Benjamin Jacob, Lake Forest College – 4:49.87
Sebastian Wagoner, Lake Forest College – 4:50.62
Andrew Tonkovic, St. Norbert College – 4:52.13
 
200 Individual Medley
Women’s
Helena Blumenau, Lake Forest College – 2:10.54
Sarah Lopez, Grinnell College – 2:13.83
Violet Anderson, Lake Forest College – 2:14.46 (2022 Champion – 2:09.62)
 
Men’s
Victor Kostov, St. Norbert College – 1:54.69 (2022 Champion – 1:52.81)
Sean Colson, Grinnell College – 1:58.04
Ethan Yuen, Grinnell College – 1:58.13
 
50 Freestyle
Women’s
Lacy Geurts, St. Norbert College – 24.77
Megan Dodrill, Lake Forest College – 25.03
Camryn Gonzales, Grinnell College – 25.23
 
Men’s
Wayne King, St. Norbert College – 20.87 (2022 Champion – 20.74)
Rommin Adl, Grinnell College – 21.58
Sean Colson, Grinnell College 21.58
 
400 Medley Relay
Women’s
Lake Forest College – 3:58.49
Grinnell College – 4:06.27 (2022 Champion – 3:53.68)
St. Norbert College – 4:09.44
 
Men’s
Grinnell College – 3:26.74 (2022 Champion – 3:25.80)
St. Norbert College – 3:28.06
Lake Forest College – 3:35.42
 
200 Medley Relay
Women’s
St. Norbert College – 1:49.52
Grinnell College – 1:50.84 (2022 Champion – 1:46.82)
Lake Forest College – 1:51.22
 
Men’s
Grinnell College – 1:32.16 (2022 Champion – 1:32.36)
St. Norbert College – 1:34.82
Lake Forest College – 1:37.91
 
400 Individual Medley
Women’s
Sarah Lopez, Grinnell College – 4:46.25
Allison Boyer, St. Norbert College – 4:51.32
Eva Cuevas, Grinnell College – 4:52.77
 
Men’s
Bert Wang, Grinnell College – 4:11.95
Victor Kostov, St. Norbert College – 4:12.24
Sean Colson, Grinnell College – 4:18.43
 
100 Butterfly
Women’s
Violet Anderson, Lake Forest College – 58.06 (2022 Champion – 57.05)
Jenna Brandenburg, St. Norbert College – 58.18
Camryn Gonzales, Grinnell College – 58.73
 
Men’s
Ethan Yuen, Grinnell College – 50.27 (2022 Champion – 50.25)
Victor Kostov, St. Norbert College – 51.60
Matt Trotter, St. Norbert College – 51.76
 
200 Freestyle
Women’s
Helena Blumenau, Lake Forest – 1:56.73
Valeria Welk, Lake Forest – 1:57.51
Lacy Geurts, St. Norbert College – 1:58.28
 
Men’s
Sean Colson, Grinnell College – 1:43.83
Andrew Tonkovic, St. Norbert College – 1:44.61
Killian Riley, St. Norbert College – 1:44.92
 
100 Breaststroke
Women’s
Allison Boyer, St. Norbert College – 1:07.60
Amelie Andres, Lake Forest College – 1:07.68
November Brown, Grinnell College – 1:08.76 (2022 Champion – 1:06.15)

Men’s
Wayne King, St. Norbert College – 56.34
Bert Wang, Grinnell College – 59.46
Ethan Yuen, Grinnell College – 59.86
 
100 Backstroke
Women’s
Janie Richards, St. Norbert College – 59.13
Helena Blumenau, Lake Forest College – 59.59
Mattie Letendre, Lawrence University – 59.96
 
Men’s
Sean Colson, Grinnell College – 49.85
Victor Kostov, St. Norbert College – 51.56
Noah McAdam, Lake Forest College – 52.15
 
800 Freestyle Relay
Women’s
Lake Forest College – 7:56.68 (2022 Champion – 7:47.12)
St. Norbert College – 8:02.24
Grinnell College – 8:17.43
 
Men’s
St. Norbert College – 7:07.33
Lake Forest College – 7:09.43 (2022 Champion – 6:58.55)
Grinnell College – 7:15.25
 
1650 Freestyle
Women’s
Helena Blumenau, Lake Forest College – 17:29.27
Ally McCarthy, Lake Forest College – 17:55.50
Ella Burns, Lake Forest College – 18:27.83
 
Men’s
Kevin Fitzgerald, Grinnell College – 16:16.03
Sebastian Wagoner, Lake Forest College – 16.52.65
David Turner, St. Norbert College – 17:10.11
 
200 Backstroke
Women’s
Janie Richards, St. Norbert College – 2:06.53
Mattie Letendre, Lawrence University – 2:08.18
Sarah Lopez, Grinnell College – 2:11.63
 
Men’s
Sean Colson, Grinnell College – 1:49.28
Victor Kostov, St. Norbert College – 1:53.10
Noah McAdam, Lake Forest College – 1:54.84
 
100 Freestyle
Women’s
Lacy Geurts, St. Norbert College – 54.38
Megan Dodrill, Lake Forest College – 54.41
Alisha Draeger, St. Norbert College – 54.79
 
Men’s
Sean Colson, Grinnell – 46.43
Luke Klein-Collins, Grinnell College – 47.76
Ethan Yuen, Grinnell College – 47.82
 
200 Breaststroke
Women’s
Amelie Andres, Lake Forest College – 2:27.14
Allison Boyer, St. Norbert College – 2:30.06
Jenna Brandenburg, St. Norbert College – 2:31.73
 
Men’s
Bert Wang, Grinnell College – 2:10.01 (2022 Champion – 2:04.83)
Andrew Lee, Lake Forest College – 2:13.90
Enrique Silong Valero Ying, Grinnell – 2:14.91
 
200 Butterfly
Women’s
Jenna Brandenburg, St. Norbert College – 2:09.46
Sarah Lopez, Grinnell College – 2:10.22
Camryn Gonzales, Grinnell College – 2:10.73
 
Men’s
Victor Kostov, St. Norbert College – 1:57.29
Ethan Yuen, Grinnell College – 1:58.04 (2022 Champion – 1:53.69)
Benjamin Jacob, Lake Forest College – 1:58.23
 
400 Freestyle Relay
Women’s
St. Norbert College – 3:40.70
Lake Forest College – 3:41.96
Grinnell College – 3:43.62 (2022 Champion – 3:32.78)
 
Men’s
Grinnell College – 3:07.92
St. Norbert College – 3:09.30 (2022 Champion – 3:07.13)
Lake Forest College – 3:14.80