CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. -- The Saginaw Valley State University Swimming & Diving teams traveled to begin the weekend at the Wabash College Invitational. The Cardinals sit in second place on both sides through eight events overall. 

The men's squad posted 539.5 points while the women registered 439.5 points. Birmingham-Southern College sits in first place overall for the men and women. Saginaw Valley had many top finishes in the A Finals to lead the stellar scores in the opening day. 

Women

• 50 Freestyle - 1st Place | Alexa Bloom - 23.99
• 500 Freestyle - 2nd Place | Sydney Shipps - 5:03.91 
• 200 IM - 2nd Place | Lydia Mattar - 2:07.86; 5th Place | Emma Cornell - 2:10.45; 9th Place | Kimble Darbee - 2:12.63
• 200 Freestyle Relay - 3rd Place | Hailey Stewart, Amanda Thielen, Taylor Grahuis, Alexa Bloom - 1:38.04

Men

• 200 Freestyle Relay - 4th Place | Philip Billiu, Michael Spears, Sanders Modglin, Dylan Kopacki - 1:25.79
• 500 Freestyle - 4th & 5th Place | Jayden Hutchinson (4:41.74) and Pedro Rezende (4:42.01) 
• 500 Freestyle - 8th Place | Peter Lin - 4:44.20 
• 200 IM - 9th Place | Connor Henning - 1:59.61 
• 50 Freestyle - 9th Place | Dylan Kopacki - 21.81; 10th Place | Michael Spears - 21.97

Up Next...

The Cardinals have day two of competition slated for Saturday in Indiana. Follow live results for the meet here. 

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