ELKHART, Ind. – The Lindsey Wilson women's swimming team got off to a strong start on day one of the NAIA Swimming and Diving National Championships, finishing runner-up in both of the evening's relays.

Maaike Broersma, Sara Motyl, Kirsten de Goede, and Natalia Gorska opened the session in the 200-yard medley relay and touched the wall with a school-record time of 1:42.79.

Then, in the 800-yard freestyle relay, Broersma, de Goede, Gorska, and Nathalie Medina shaved 2.83 seconds off their seeded time to punch in another program record at 7:36.35.

With their early efforts, the Blue Raiders finished day one ranked second in the team standings with 68 points.

Day two of the national championships open at 8 a.m. CST on Thursday, March 6. The day will feature the 500-yard freestyle (Medina), the 200-yard individual medley (Emma Verkuijl and de Goede), the 50-yard freestyle (Natascha Evreinoff, Motyl, Broersma, and Gorska), and the 200-yard freestyle relay.