TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Franklin women's swimming and diving team laid claim to their sixth straight Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) swimming and diving championship, finishing off a wire-to-wire win on Saturday (Feb. 11) evening.
 
The Grizzlies collected three more gold medals and eight medals in total on Saturday, finishing the event with a total of 817 points to finish 115 ahead of runner-up Transylvania. Franklin swept the three major awards from the event, with Samantha Phillips earning Swimmer of the Meet, Faith Jackson collecting Diver of the Meet and Jyllian Antle earning HCAC Newcomer of the Year. Additionally, Franklin head coach Andrew Hendricks was named the league's Coach of the Year for guiding the Griz to another league championship.
 
Phillips put the finishing touches on a dominant weekend by blowing past the field in the 200 butterfly and setting a new meet and program record with a time of 2:06.99. Senior Caileigh McCafferty collected another gold medal on Saturday by winning the 200 backstroke in 2:09.22. Rounding out the individual winners from the final day was junior Regan Hendricks and her winning time of 2:30.94 in the 200 breaststroke.
 
The Grizzlies closed out the weekend by winning gold in the 400 free relay with Hendricks, Phillips, McCafferty and Kennedy Minter edging out the competition with a time of 3:35.65. Franklin collected four silver medals as well on Saturday courtesy of Antle in the 200 backstroke (2:14.35), Becky Pfeifer in the 200 breaststroke (2:33.09) and Erin Perkins in both the 1650 free (18:38.07) and 200 butterfly (2:18.50).
 
While the conference championships are done, competition for the Griz isn't done for the year. Franklin will be represented at the NCAA Diving Regional in the coming weeks, with the dates and competitors announced in the coming weeks.