KENOSHA, Wis. — The Carthage College women's swimming and diving won the Carthage Classic Invitational finishing the three-day meet with 2,500.50 team points. 

The Firebirds won five relay races during the three days taking first in the 800-yard freestyle relay with swimmers Jordyn Bloode, Ashleigh Espinoza, Elise Merucci, and Allison Vassilakos with a time of 7:55.40. Bloode, Vassilakos, Espinoza, and Grace Norman were also swimmers in the 400-yard medley relay with a winning time of 4:00.28. Maria Gutzweiler, Izzy Bertaud, Kaitlyn Fogo and Vassilakos took first in the 200-yard freestyle relay while Gutzweiler, Jordyn Kaplan, Norman and Bertaud won the 200-yard medley relay (1:49.41). Bloode, Bertaud, Espinoza, and Vassilakos concluded the meet with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:37.63).

Individually, sophomore Allison Vassilakos collected three top-three finishes during the meet. The freshman placed third in the 1650-yard and 500-yard freestyle while coming in second in the 200-yard freestyle. 

Freshman Maria Gutzweiler clocked a second-place time of 24.77 in the 50-yard freestyle while Espinoza registered third in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:31.58). 

Senior Jordyn Bloode won two events; the 200-yard backstroke (2:07.69) and the 400-yard individual medley (4:39.40). 

Carthage returns after the new year facing Wisconsin-Oshkosh on Saturday, January 15 at 1 p.m.