November 11, 2000
SWIM TEAMS SPLIT DUAL MEETS AT WHEATON
The Calvin men's and women's swim teams split non-conference dual meets
at Wheaton Saturday afternoon as the men edged Wheaton 116-113 while the
women suffered their first defeat of the year, falling 126-105. The
Calvin men are now 3-0 in dual meet competition while the women are 2-1.
In the men's competition, Calvin captured the meet on the final event of
the day, winning the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:15.20 with
sophomore A.J. Penninga (Grand Rapids Christian), junior Jordan Zacharia
(Annondale, VA), junior Chris Veltman (Duarte, CA) and freshman Brad
White (Dayton, OH) combining for the win.
White had a huge afternoon as he took first place in the 50 freestyle
with a sizzling time of 21.90 while also winning the 100 freestyle in
48.04. Other winners for the Calvin men included Penninga in the 500
freestyle (4:57.73); Veltman in the 1000 freestyle (10:24.81) and
freshman Joel Voss (Holland Christian) on the one-meter diving board and
sophomore Brian Koster (Grand Rapids Christian) on the three-meter
diving board.
In the women's meet, Calvin received first place performances from
sophomore Ginni Bakker (Kalamazoo Christian) in the 200 backstroke
(2:21.03); sophomore Mara McGuin (Oak Park, IL) in the 200 butterfly
(2:19.76) and freshman Sara TerHaar (Brandenton, FL) on both the one and
three-meter diving boards.
Both teams return to action next Saturday when they compete at the
Wabash Invitational.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
The defending national champion Calvin men's basketball team put on an
impressive performance in an exhibition game Saturday night at the
Calvin Fieldhouse as the Knights handed the McLaughlin All-Stars a
116-80 defeat.
Six Calvin players reached double-figures in scoring led by sophomore
All-American candidate Jeremy Veenstra (Kalamazoo Christian) who tossed
in 23 points on 7-of-12 shooting including 4-of-5 from three-point range
along with eight rebounds and four assists. Senior tri-captain Nate
Burgess (South Christian) was next with 13 points while senior
tri-captain Brian Krosschell (Grand Rapids Christian) had a
double-double performance with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Junior point
guard Jon Potvin (Gladstone) was also stellar with 12 points and five
assists. In addition, freshmen Chris Prins (Escondido, CA) and Rob
Holleman (Chandler, MN) looked good in their debuts in maroon and gold
uniform as both players tallied 12 points with Holleman draining a pair
of three-point shots.
The McLaughlin All-Stars were led by former Central Michigan standout
Melvin McLaughlin with 31 ponts while former Calvin All-American Aaron
Winkle had 18. Former Grand Valley Laker Steve Harvey added 14 off the
bench with South Christian High School graduated Jeff Baker tossing in
12.
Calvin went to the line 51 times in the up-and-down affair, converting
38 free throw attempts for a 74.5 percent free throw clip. Calvin shot
50.7 percent from the field and outrebounded the All-Stars 62-30.
Calvin will officially open its season on Friday when it takes on Clarke
College of Iowa at 5:00 pm in a first round game at the Wisconsin
Lutheran Tip-Off Tournament in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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