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HOLLAND, Mich. - For the first time in Davenport history, the men's and women's swimming & diving teams both competed in the GLIAC Championships in the same season. For the women, it marks their third season in the event, while the men are doing so for the first time ever. Wednesday, day one of the four-day event was highlighted by many strong performances from the Panthers.

"Our teams turned in an excellent first day," said head coach, Justin Vasquez. "We had several season-best times and personal-best times. The team is doing a great job of competing and we're looking forward to day two."

Individual Top 8 Finishes
Nick Schmid - 3rd - 3 meter dive - 421.90
Gabriel Zeigler - 6th - 3 meter dive - 374.15
Emma Wallis - 2nd - 200 IM - 2:05.75
Rebecca Wallis - 5th - 1000 free - 10:27.33

Individual Top 16 Finishes
Isaac Inman - 12th - 1000 free - 9:47.69
Richard Polasek - 12th - 200 IM - 1:54.73
Ronan Pleass - 13th - 200 IM - 1:55.34
Drew Hinckley - 16th - 50 free - 21.54
Emelie Hellgren - 13th - 50 free - 24.60
Megan Fraula - 16th - 1000 free - 10:54.31
Anna Wooters - 16th - 50 free - 24.83

Action will pick back up on Thursday with session 5 at 9:15 a.m., session 6 at 12:45 p.m., session 7 at 2:30 p.m., and session 8 at 6:40 p.m.

Story by: Cooper Weidenthaler