The Vanderbilt swim team concluded its season last Saturday at the CSCAA National Invitational Championship at the Beacon Health Aquatic Center in Elkhart, Indiana. A trio of swimmers finished in the top 20, and the team scored 109 points to place 28th among 58 teams.

“Tonight was a great finish to a really successful season for us, we’re looking forward to a little break and then get started on preparing for next season!” said head coach Jeremy Organ.

The duo of Faith Knelson and Ellie Taliaferro advanced to the B-final in the 100 meter individual medley while Kailia Utley finished in the top 10 for the 200-meter butterfly in the preliminary heat on the final day with a time of 2:00.84 minutes. Knelson won the B Final with a time of 55.90 seconds, with Taliaferro coming in 6th place with a time of 56.96 seconds. Both swimmers broke their personal records, and Knelson also broke the school record by 0.7 seconds. In addition to the B final of the 100 IM, Knelso took part in the 50 and 100 breaststroke finals.

Megan Ciezczak posted a time of 51.28 seconds in the preliminary round of the 100m free, while Mercedes Traba was just over a second short of making the finals in the 200 fly touching the wall in 2:04.53 minutes. In total, the Commodores broke records in seven individual events during the 2022-23 season, with Taliaferro breaking three freshman marks.