Competition started off for the Panthers with the 200 medley that saw the team of Elyse Brayton, Ema Lavigne, Hannah Nedder, and Faith Larsen take sixth place with a time of 1:41.71. The diving trio of Trista Thompson, Avery Hogan and Erica Peters took home the top prize in the team diving exhibition with a score of 270.10. Ending the first night of the meet was the 800 freestyle that saw the team of Hallory Domnick, Morgan Meyer, Natalie Harris and Olivia Chambers also claim sixth with a time of 7:23.37.
Day two of action saw Sam Oeltjen take 13th place in the finals of the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:49.53, while Chambers placed 14th with a time of 4:56.81 and Domnick following behind in 21st at 5:02.77. The 200 individual medley saw Meghan Pallett take 15th in the event with a time of 2:05.84 as Lavigne took 20th (2:07.02), Brayton in 21st (2:07.30) and Nikki Walters in 22nd with a time of 2:07.94.
Larsen took home top prize in the 50 free, making her a three-time defending champion, with a time of 22.46. Waren Graeve and Abby Lear both finished in 14th place with a time of 23.28 seconds, as Meyer took 22nd in the event at 23.57. One-meter diving saw Abby Hutchins led the Panthers to earn ninth in the event with a score of 254.30 as Peters followed right behind in tenth (251.50).
Rounding out night two of competition was the 400 medley relay with the team of Brayton, Jenna Breitbach, Hannah Nedder, and Larsen taking home seventh-place in the event with a time of 3:44.88.
Day three of the competition started off with the 100 butterfly that saw Larsen place 12th overall with a time of 55.08 as Nedder earned 15th (56.04) and Harris placed 24th (56.65). The 400 individual medley saw Chambers place third overall with a time of 4:20.70, as Oeltjen was able to take ninth with a time of 4:25.77. Pallett went on to finish 14th (4:31.14), Walters in 19th (4:33.92) and Abigail Barkhurst in 23rd with a time of 4:38.29 in the event.
The 200 freestyle saw Meyer take sixth with a time of 1:49.72 as Domnick took 14th in the event at 1:51.23. Lavigne took 14th in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:04.78 as Sydney Aird followed right behind in 15th at 1:05.03. Breitbach earned 18th (1:05.66) as Graeve took home 22nd with a time of 1:06.25.
Brayton placed eighth in the 100 backstroke with a time of 56.25 as Lear placed 18th (57.31), Peyton Pasqualicchio in 23rd (58.28) and Abby Steward in 24th (59.94). The diving well saw Hogan secure 11th overall with a score of 249.30 as Hannah Taylor placed 16th with a score of 222.15. Wrapping up day three of competition was the 200 freestyle as the team of Larsen, Lear, Graeve and Meyer take home first in the event with a time of 1:30.74, setting a new MVC Championsip meet record for a second straight season.
The final day of competition saw three placements from the Panthers in the 1,650 free as Chambers took 10th (17:09.45), Domnick in 13th (17:32.48) and Barkhurst in 20th (17:53.04). Brayton took home ninth in the 200backstroke with a time of 2:03.81 as Pasqualicchio took 18th with a time of 2:03.41.
Larsen, once again, found her way to the top of the podium in the 100 freestyle in a nail biter with a time of 49.28. Lear took 17th with a time of 51.07, Graeve in 22nd (51.56), and Meyer in 23rd (51.57). The 200 breaststroke saw Pallett finish 16th with a time of 2:22.52 as Aird took 18th in 2:21.61. Lavigne secured 21st with a swim of 2:23.99) and Breitbach followed closely behind in 23rd at 2:25.95. Oeltjen posted a ninth-place finish in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:03.71 as Walters was close behind in 12th (2:06.32), and Harris in 22nd (2:09.96).
In the three-meter diving finals, Thompson claimed fifth place in the event with a score of 259.80 as Peters followed right behind in sixth at 256.50. Ending the night with the 400 free, the team of Larsen, Lear, Meyer and Graeve took home third place with a time of 3:20.70 to end the meet. The Panthers finished competition with a fourth place finish as a team, one placement higher than the pre-championship poll.
