Storm wrap up season at conference meet in Cedar Rapids

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Simpson College women's swimming and diving team hit the pool for its final competition of the year this weekend at the A-R-C Championships.

Highlighting the weekend for the Storm was the 800 freestyle relay team of Katelyn Smith, Maude Steinbeck, Eryn Harris, and Kate Minette, which garnered all-conference honors with a third place finish in the finals. Simpson clocked a time of 8:50.48 to finish behind Nebraska Wesleyan and Luther.

The Storm finished fifth as a team with 127 points.

INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Kate Minette placed highly in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyle competitions. In the 50 and 100, Minette placed sixth, while in the 200, she took home fifth place.
• Breanna Hinson qualified for the finals in both the 50 and 100 freestyles, placing 12th in both. Hinson also raced in the 100 butterfly finals, taking home eighth place.
• Katelyn Smith qualified for finals in two races, the 100 and 200 breaststroke, where she took 12th place in each event.
• Maude Steinbeck was able to qualify herself for the 100 breaststroke, competing to an 11th place finish in her event.
• Freshman Eryn Harris qualified for the finals of the 100 butterfly and took 12th place.

TEAM RESULTS
1. Luther: 718 points
2. Nebraska Wesleyan: 562 points
3. Loras: 268 points
4. Coe: 248 points
5. Simpson: 127 points