Synchronized Swimming Among Top 10 at U.S. Collegiate Meet for 21st Straight Year

The Wheaton College synchronized swimming team placed among the top 10 squads at the U.S. Collegiate Championship for the 21st consecutive season when the three-day event came to an end on Saturday in San Antonio, Texas. The Lyons took ninth out of 22 scoring schools with 33.5 points, edging out regional foe Keuka College and its 31.5 points.

Freshman Amanda Chils (Lakeland, FL/George Jenkins) became the fourth Wheaton swimmer in the last six years to win the C figures competition at the meet, pacing a 57-athlete field. Freshman Rachel Cordo (Wayzata, MN/Wayzata) tied for 17th, while classmate Anastasia Hare (Buffalo, NY/Buffalo Seminary) took 21st. Among 53 athletes, senior Sharada Strasmore (Weston, CT/Weston) captured 11th in B figures, freshman Christiana Butera (San Diego, CA/Academy of Our Lady of Peace) was 16th, and junior Jenna Swinkin (Hamden, CT/Hamden) came in 29th. In A figures, junior Laura Montes (San Juan, PR/Academia San Jose) took 31st after coming in 43rd at last year's championship. Montes also had Wheaton's top showing in the routines segment of the meet, tying for eighth among 12 finalists in solo. The Lyons' team routine, performed by Butera, Chils, Cordo, Hare, Montes, Strasmore and Swinkin, earned a 10th-place finish. In duet, Butera and Chils took 12th.