The 2022 Kalamazoo College women's swimming and diving team will begin its season on Oct. 8, competing in a tri-meet with Saginaw Valley and Alma. The Hornets will look to improve on their fourth-place finish at the MIAA Championships in 2021-22. The swimmers and divers are currently working through their preseason training.
Schedule Breakdown
- Saginaw Valley will host the season opener, with Alma joining the tri-meet on Oct. 8.
- Kalamazoo will then travel to face Albion in a dual on Oct. 14 before the MIAA Relays take place on Oct. 21 with Calvin hosting.
- On Nov. 4-5, the Hornets will compete at the Davenport Quad invite and then host their first tri-meet of the season on Nov. 11, which includes Calvin and Olivet.
- Finishing up the 2022 part of the schedule is the three-day Calvin Invitational on Dec. 1-3.
- The first meet back in 2023 is the Michigan-Illinois Quad that will take place on campus in the Natatorium on Jan. 14.
- Two more regular season competitions are scheduled for Jan. 20 with the Hope Tri-Meet, including Olivet, and a dual at Alma on Jan. 28.
- The attention will then turn to the MIAA Championships that Calvin will host on Feb. 15-18.
- If all goes well, Kalamazoo will have some athletes head to Greensboro, N.C., to compete at the NCAA DIII Championships on Mar. 15-18.
Roster Breakdown
- Kalamazoo brings back 17 swimmers and divers from the 2021-22 season and will add six new members for a total of 23 heading into 2022-23.
- The six seniors will lead a team of six juniors, five sophomores, and six freshmen.
Returning Statistical Leaders
- The Hornets return Sam Vande Pol, who competed at the NCAA DIII Region I Diving Championships, taking 20th in the 1-meter and 24th in the 3-meter. Vande Pol took fourth in the 1-meter and sixth in the 3-meter at the MIAA Championships to qualify in her first collegiate season.
- Also scoring at the championships was Sofie Santos, who finished seventh in the 1-meter.
- Camille Mirsa returns as the top swimmer after a busy 2021-22 MIAA Championships. Mirsa finished fourth in the 200 free relay, fourth in the 200 medley relay, fourth in the 400 free relay, fourth in the 400 medley relay, fifth in the 100 backstroke, and eighth in the 50 freestyle.
- Helping the relays score points was Farah Ghazal, who was a part of the 400 free relay, 200 free relay, and the 800 free relay that finished fifth.
Head Coach Logan LaBerge
Coach LaBerge enters his first season at the helm for the men's and women's swimming and diving teams here at Kalamazoo. Previously, he was the assistant head coach at Washington and Lee University from 2014-2022. There, the Generals set 76 team records, achieved over 100 NCAA time standards, won two NCAA III individual national championships, and earned a program-record seventh place national finish in 2017. In addition, as recruiting coordinator, Coach LaBerge has led efforts to recruit 126 student-athletes to the program through last season. He also coached at Mount Union from 2012-2014 and Miami (Ohio) from 2010-12.
Quoting Coach LaBerge
"The women have been driving our training with great attitudes and results in the pool and on the boards. The support and resolve they have shown during workouts and the team camaraderie they are investing in will be pivotal in the months ahead throughout our competitions."