TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman women's swimming & diving team finished the HCAC Championships with a second-place finish. 

Rose-Hulman finished the week with two event wins and 10 top three finishes. 

The Fightin' Engineers started the week with a second-place finish on the first day of the championships in the 800 freestyle relay with a time of 8:03.53.

The team continued to thrive on the second day. Catherine Bath started the competition with an event win in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:10.60. Rose-Hulman also earned a top-three finish in the 200 freestyle relay, placing third with a time of 1:42.51.

Rose finished the second day with four more podium finishes in the 500 freestyle, 1-meter diving, 400-medley relay, and the 200 IM. 

Rose-Hulman maintained their second-place result on day three of the HCAC Championships. The team achieved three medal results, highlighted by Bath's second-place result in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:57.91.

Ritu Bharamaraddi added a third-place finish in the 100 backstroke with a time of 59.63. Bharamaraddi, Allison Kirk, Janey Leiker, and Avery Witt also accumulated a third-place finish in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:54.21.

The team totaled six more podium finishes to conclude the third day of the championship meet. 

Rose-Hulman finished strong on the final day of the meet. Rose earned four top-three finishes and 10 total podium finishes. 

Bath was an event winner in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 18:00.83. The 400 freestyle relay team of Leiker, Lilian Mahonski, Bath, and Witt picked up a second-place finish with a time of 3:41.37.

Other medalists included Witt, placing third in the 200 backstroke (2:09.70), and Leiker, placing third in the 100 freestyle (55.06). 

The Fightin' Engineers' second-place team finish in the HCAC Championships is their best finish in the league since the 2018-19 season. 

WOMEN'S RESULTS
All-HCAC honorees are decided based on finish. First Team is the 1st-place finishers, Second Team is the 2nd-place finishers, and Third Team is the 3rd-place finishers. The top seven student-athletes who compete in A-finals in each event earn a spot on the podium. 

ALL-HCAC FINISHERS (MEDALISTS)
* 1st Place - Catherine Bath - 500 Freestyle - 5:10.60
* 1st Place - Catherine Bath - 1650 Freestyle - 18:00.83
* 2nd Place - Catherine Bath - 200 Freestyle - 1:57.91
* 2nd Place - Avery Witt, Janey Leiker, Lilian Mahonski, Catherine Bath - 800 Freestyle Relay - 8:03.53
* 2nd Place - Janey Leiker, Lilian Mahonski, Catherine Bath, Avery Witt - 400 Freestyle Relay - 3:41.37
* 3rd Place - Ritu Bharamaraddi - 100 Backstroke - 59.63 (3rd in RHIT Record Book)
* 3rd Place - Janey Leiker, Lilian Mahonski, Olivia Boner, Avery Witt - 200 Freestyle Relay - 1:42.51
* 3rd Place - Ritu Bharamaraddi, Allison Kirk, Janey Leiker, Avery Witt - 200 Medley Relay - 1:54.21
* 3rd Place - Avery Witt - 200 Backstroke - 2:09.70 (3rd in RHIT Record Book)
* 3rd Place - Janey Leiker - 100 Freestyle - 55.06

OTHER TOP SEVEN FINISHERS (PODIUM)
* 4th Place - Lilian Mahonski - 500 Freestyle - 5:26.80
* 4th Place - Lilian Mahonski - 1650 Freestyle - 19:13.71
* 4th Place - Ellie Castleman - 1-Meter Diving - 292.45
* 4th Place - Avery Witt - 100 Backstroke - 1:00.03
* 4th Place - Ritu Bharamaraddi, Ary Nelson, Catherine Bath, Lilian Mahonski - 400 Medley Relay - 4:16.29
* 4th Place - Ritu Bharamaraddi - 200 Backstroke - 2:14.92
* 4th Place - Ellie Castleman - 3-Meter Diving - 306.50
* 5th Place - Avery Witt - 200 Individual Medley - 2:18.93
* 5th Place - Allison Kirk - 400 Individual Medley - 5:06.60
* 5th Place - Janey Leiker - 100 Butterfly - 1:00.37 (3rd in RHIT Record Book)
* 5th Place - Lilian Mahonski - 200 Freestyle - 2:01.66
* 5th Place - Sara Mohtaj - 200 Butterfly - 2:33.35
* 7th Place - Maria Beloreshka - 100 Butterfly - 1:03.92
* 7th Place - Olivia Boner - 200 Freestyle - 2:07.38
* 7th Place - Allison Kirk - 200 Breaststroke - 2:44.64
* 7th Place - Ary Nelson - 200 Butterfly - 2:41.57

TEAM RESULTS
1) Franklin - 931
2) Rose-Hulman - 570.5
3) Transylvania - 502
4) Anderson - 380
5) Hanover - 169.5
6) Bluffton - 144
7) Manchester - 50