HANOVER, Ind. – It is with a heavy heart that we announce our withdraw from the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Swim Championships hosted by Rose-Hulman this weekend. Due to Covid concerns we felt it was the safest measure for both the well-being of our student-athletes, as well as those competing.
 
It is a tough way for our student-athletes to see their season end, but we look forward to the continued success and what the 2022 HCAC championships will bring as both the men and women return a full squad.
 
On the men's side, Hanover returns junior James Moll (Tipton, Ind.), junior Will Morgan (Lapel, Ind.), freshman Michael Griffith (Troy, Ohio), freshman Dustin Wilson (Richmond, Ind.), freshman Josh Jones (Richmond, Ind.), freshman Tyler Bray (Boonville, Ind.), junior Kyle Pfaffenberger (Seymour, Ind.), Keegan Marx, and junior Davis Guthier (Fort Thomas, Ky.).
 
These student-athletes displayed great success all throughout the 2021 season. As part of the season-opening meet at Anderson, the Panthers claimed top finishes in the 200-yard free (Jones), 100-yard fly (Guthier), 100-yard free (Jones), 100-yard back (Moll), and the 500-yard free (Bray).
 
The success continued as they traveled to Rose-Hulman taking top honors in the 200-yard freestlye (Griffith), 100-yard backstroke (Jones), 100-yard freestyle (Wilson, Morgan), 200-yard backstroke (Moll), 500-yard freestyle (Moll, Guthier), 100-yard butterfly (Griffith) and the 200-yard freestyle relay (Morgan, Griffith, Moll, Wilson; Guthier, Bray, Pfaffenberger, Jones).
 
The final meet of the season saw the Blue and Red square off with Franklin. In the meet, Hanover claimed top finishes in the 1650-yard freestyle (Jones), 200-yard freestyle (Griffith), 100-yard butterfly (Griffith), 100-yard freestyle (Wilson), 100-yard backstroke (Moll), and 100-yard breaststroke (Morgan).
 
The women will also look to a strong core in 2022 as they welcome back freshman Claire Horn (Lexington, Ky.), freshman Abby Boyt (Seymour, Ind.), sophomore Maddie DiFillippo (Cincinnati, Ohio), sophomore Ilys Anderson (Hebron, Ky.), sophomore Megan Quinn (Richmond, Ind.), freshman Cyndi Garbison (Knox, Ind.), freshman Alaina Simmons (Amboy, Ind.), sophomore Liz Bolinger (Kendallville, Ind.), sophomore Lindsey Hoskins (Columbia City, Ind.), freshman Lauren Carr (Richmond, Ind.), freshman Ashley Swango (Greenfield, Ind.), sophomore Kelli Brock (Mooresville, Ind.), and junior Megan Brandt (Guyton, Ga.).
 
The opening meet at Anderson saw the Panthers capture top honors in the 1000-yard free (Simmons), 200-yard free (Hoskins), 50-yard free (Anderson), 200-yard IM (Boyt), 100-yard fly (DiFillippo), 100-yard free (Anderson, Hoskins), 100-yard back (Horn, Simmons), and 100-yard breast (Boyt, Bolinger).
 
They then went to Rose-Hulman where they took the top spots in the 200-yard medley relay (Boyt, Bolinger), 200-yard freestyle (DiFillippo, Garbison), 100-yard backstroke (Anderson, Simmons, Horn), 100-yard breaststroke (Boyt), 50-yard freestyle (Anderson, Bolinger), 100-yard freestyle (Simmons, Hoskins), 200-yard backstroke (Brandt), 200-yard breaststroke (Boyt, Bolinger), 500-yard freestyle (Hoskins, Quinn), 100-yard butterfly (DiFillippo), and the 200-yard freestyle relay (Anderson, Brandt, Horn, Simmons).
 
The 2021 season closed out with a visit from Franklin and Hanover taking top marks in the 200-yard medley relay (Simmons, Bolinger, DiFillippo, Anderson), 200-yard freestyle (Simmons), 50-yard freestyle (Anderson), 100-yard backstroke (Brandt), 100-yard breaststroke (Boyt), and 200-yard freestyle relay (Anderson, Horn, Brandt, Simmons).