CHICAGO, Ill. - The No. 16 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's swimming and diving team defeated No. 11 WashU 158-142, and fell by just six points to No. 8 UChicago (153-147) in a double dual on Saturday afternoon. 

CMS now stands at 1-2 on the year in duals, with the other defeat coming to Division I UC San Diego. Sophomore Elyse Newlands swept the breaststroke events, and first-year Aika Swanson won both the 100 free and 200 free, to help the Athenas come away with the split. 

Swanson had the first win for the Athenas on the day in the 200 free, finishing in 1:52.30, which moves her up from 10th in CMS history after her debut swim against UC San Diego all the way up to fifth. Avalon Sanders also came in second in 1:54.84, edging out Adelia Biello of Chicago by three hundredths of a second.

Swanson then swam a 51.41 to win the 100 free, which ties for fourth in CMS history with Michelle Kee (2014). Madeleine Kan set the record last year with a 50.49. 

Newlands earned with a win in the 100 breast in 1:04.51, and added one in the 200 breast in 2:21.99, slightly behind her top times from a year ago when she won both SCIAC Championships and qualified for the NCAA Championships. 

Karen Prawira won the 400 IM with a time of 4:32.15, winning by over six seconds and moving into ninth in CMS history. She also came in second in the 100 back in 57.12, which places eighth in Athena annals. Nika Makhervaks swam a 2:04.29 in the 200 back to place second, which moves her up from ninth to seventh in CMS history. 

The Athenas finished off the meet with a win in the 200 yard freestyle relay, as Swanson, Bridget O'Bryan, Newlands and Sanders finished in 1:36.24 to edge out Chicago in 1:36.50. 

CMS will be back in action next Saturday when it opens SCIAC competition at Occidental.