Morgan Day, pictured here during Saturday's three-meter diving competition, nearly recorded her second NCAA-qualifying score of the weekend.

Conner Gelwicks broke a school record and swam an NCAA B cut time while winning an event for the second day in a row at the Wooster Invitational, and The College of Wooster's women's swimming and diving team solidified its third-place standing among 11 schools as the Fighting Scots closed out the fall semester with their annual three-day meet, held at Wooster High School's Ellen Shapiro Natatorium in Wooster, Ohio. Wooster's men's team took seventh in its field.

The Scots finished the women's competition with 1,138 points – about a 27-point improvement over last year against the same exact field – and they were only behind nationally-ranked Case Western Reserve University (1,563) and NCAA Div. II Gannon University (1,216). They outscored the likes of University of Mount Union (1,028.5), Div. II Edinboro University (969), and Ohio Northern University (968.5), plus five others.

Gelwicks's explosive victory in the 200 backstroke, in which he lowered his own Wooster record by almost a full second to 1:50.28, helped propel the Scots' men's team to 718 points. Case Western Reserve earned the championship sweep with 500-plus more than its nearest competitor.

While Wooster's success on the women's side was due in part to overall depth, it was particularly strong in the 200 butterfly and 200 breaststroke with a combined five individuals reaching the championship heat. In the 200 fly, Maggie Layde had a breakout performance as her 2:09.92 time was good for third-place and marked the fifth-fastest in team history, and she was followed by Sarah Litt in fifth (2:13.01) and Kalla Sturonas in eighth (2:15.78).

In the 200 breast, Alexandra Desotelle finished fourth, hitting the wall at 2:29.90, which is a half second shy of cracking Wooster's top-10 list, while Abby Blinka was not far behind in seventh (2:30.66). Also notable, Erin Drake provided further valuable scoring in the event via a 15th-place showing (2:34.14).

Emma Fikse advanced to her third championship final of the meet and took fifth in the 100 freestyle (54.13).

Anna McGlade paced a strong Scot trio in the 1650 free, as she was seventh (18:23.68) in the grueling event, with Molly Laubernds and Sarah Padrutt complementing her in 10th (18:44.34) and 11th (18:52.32), respectively. Laubernds was also a key factor in the 200 backstroke, notching 12th-place (2:14.11), right behind Litt, who was 10th (2:13.19).

Wooster capped the swimming portion of the meet on a high note, with Fikse, Jamie Hibbs, Desotelle, and Layde joining forces for third-place in the 400 freestyle (3:36.75). They were only behind a pair of Div. II teams.

Over at the College's Timken Natatorium, where the diving competition took place, the Scots' Morgan Day nearly matched her feat of an NCAA-qualifying score from the day prior. During Saturday's three-meter, she scored a 391.50, just 3.5 shy of the national mark needed, but still good for third-place, and Theresa Spadola contributed as well in fifth-place (340.20).

In the men's event, Zackary Pool joined Gelwicks in a championship heat as he swam a 1:54.99 in the prelims of the 200 fly. That time moved him up to third all-time on Wooster's top performers' list, and he took sixth during the finals (1:55.28).

Cameron Gelwicks etched his name into the Scots' top-10 in the 100 freestyle, sprinting to a 47.69 and tying for 13th-place at the highly-competitive meet, while teammate Garrett Layde was not far behind in 16th (48.05).

Frayne Poeting won the bonus heat of the 200 breast (2:16.80), and also notching 17th-place was Max Koch in the 1650 free (17:18.88).

The 400 freestyle relay team consisting of the Gelwicks brothers, Griffin Campbell, and Layde were seventh overall with a solid time of 3:10.75.

Similar to her female counterpart in the diving well, Aaron Salzman was within striking distance of an NCAA-qualifying score, as his 417.60 on the one-meter was just shy of the 425 needed for nationals. Salzman grabbed runner-up honors and teammate Ryan Longmuir fourth-place (339.20).

Next for Wooster is a winter break training trip to Florida, and its next official competition will be on Jan. 15 when the Scots host Mount Union.