ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Macalester College women's swimming and diving team hosted its second home meet in the span of two weeks on Saturday, Nov. 22. After placing third among eight teams in the Roger Ahlman Invite last weekend, the Scots hosted Hamline in a dual Saturday afternoon. Macalester defeated the Pipers in final team scores, 154-82.
 
To view the complete results, click here.
 
Meet Highlights:
 

• The Scots earned first place finishes in both the 200-yard medley relay (Smaranda Georgescu, Christina Bloom, Kaia Lund and Alese Halvorson) and the 200-yard freestyle relay. The winning freestyle relay was made up of Hannah Bonestroo, Samantha Aamot, Kendall Van Sistine and Kaila Chapman.

 

• In the 200-yard freestyle, Macalester grabbed each the 1st, 2nd and 3rd spots—with Hannah Bonestroo taking the title in 2:09.77.

 

• In the 50-yard freestyle, Smaranda Georgescu finished 1st with a 25.38 and sophomore Kaila Chapman finished 2nd with a time of 26.64.

 

• First year Brooke Finney won her first collegiate 1650-yard freestyle with a time of 20:30.55.

 

• First year Molly Lloyd turned in a solid performance in both the one-meter and three-meter dives, placing 2nd in both events.

 

• In the 100-yard freestyle, senior captain Alese Halvorson turned in a time of 56.55 to win the event.

 

• Sophomore Hannah Bonestroo took the title in the 500-fresstyle, while first year Kaia Lund came in second.

 

• First year Ariana Amini swam lifetime bests in both of her events, including dropping nearly seven seconds in the 100-yard backstroke.

 

• In the 100-yard butterfly, senior captain Alese Halvorson finished first and sophomore Sam Aamot was 2nd.

 

• Sophomore Smaranda Georgescu won the 200-IM with a time of 2:21.61 (Georgescu's third title of the day).

 
The Scots will return to action on Dec. 5-6 as they compete in the Jean Freeman Invite at the University of Minnesota.