From: Jeff Febus (jfebus@calvin.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 19:38:16 EST
CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR February 18, 2003
Nagelkirk Repeats as MIAA MVP in Women's Swimming & Diving;
Abby and Ryan Johnson Named to All-MIAA Swim Teams -
First Brother/Sister Combo at Calvin To Do So Since 1983
For the second straight year, Calvin's Katie Nagelkirk has been named the
MIAA's Most Valuable Swimmer. And, for the first time since 1983 and for just
the second time in school history, Calvin has had a brother-sister combination
earn All-MIAA swimming and diving honors in the same year.
A senior at Calvin, Nagelkirk hails from Zeeland and is a graduate of Holland
Christian High School. Also a member of the All-MIAA women's swimming and
diving team for the fourth straight year, Nagelkirk is the fifth individual in
Calvin's women's swimming and diving history to receive All-MIAA honors four
straight years. She is joined on the All-MIAA women's swimming and diving team
from Calvin by freshmen Abby Johnson and Lynn Visser, juniors Sara TerHaar and
Brittney Stevens and senior Anne Kuiper.
On the men's side, Calvin landed four individuals on the All-MIAA men's
swimming and diving team, matching its highest single-single total ever.
Receiving All-MIAA citations from Calvin were senior A.J. Penninga and Ryan
Johnson, junior Brad White and sophomore Peter Boumgarden.
Abby and Ryan Johnson are just the second brother-sister tandem in Calvin
swimming and diving history to both earn All-MIAA honors in the same year,
joining Steve and Deb Ruiter who accomplished the feat in 1983 and 1984.
Nagelkirk is the only individual in Calvin women's swimming and diving history
to receive MIAA Most Valuable Swimmer honors. At the MIAA Championships this
past week, Nagelkirk successfully defended conference titles in the 50, 100 and
200 freestyle events. Her winning time of 52.20 in the 100 freestyle was a new
MIAA record as well as an NCAA III automatic qualifying time. She also
shattered an MIAA record in winning the 200 freestyle with an NCAA III
conditional qualifying time of 1:54.90. Her winning time of 24.21 in the 50
freestyle was also an NCAA III conditional qualifying performance. In addition,
she led off Calvin's MIAA Championship 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams.
Calvin's 400 freestyle relay team recorded an NCAA III conditional qualifying
time of 3:34.66 while its 200 freestyle relay team recorded an NCAA III
conditional qualifying time of 1:38.74. Nagelkirk is the Calvin record holder
in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle as well as the 100 backstroke.
Kuiper is from Houghton and is a graduate of Houghton High School in Michigan's
Upper Peninsula. A three-time member of the All-MIAA team, Kuiper took second
in the 200 breaststroke and 100 butterfly last week at the MIAA Championships
with a time of 2:31.26 in the 200 breast and a time of 1:01.06 in the 100 fly.
She also placed fourth in the 200 IM (2:14.89) and swam a leg on Calvin's MIAA
championship 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams.
TerHaar hails from Bradenton, Florida. She is a graduate of Bradenton
Christian High School. A diver, TerHaar captured the MIAA title on the
three-meter board last week, winning with an NCAA III conditional qualifying
score of 423.20 while also placing third on the three-meter board with a score
of 356.80. This is TerHaar's first appearance on the All-MIAA team.
Receiving All-MIAA accolades for the second straight year is Stevens who hails
from Mankato, Minnesota, and is a graduate of Mankato West High School. At the
league meet, Stevens took third in the 200 breaststroke (2:32.05), fourth in the
500 freestyle (5:20.15) and fifth in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.30). She was
also a part of Calvin's MIAA championship 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams.
Visser is from Jenison and is a graduate of Jenison High School. A
long-distance specialist, Visser took fourth in the 1,650 freestyle (18:20.75)
and eighth in the 500 freestyle (5:22.97). Her top individual performance
however came in the 400 IM where she placed her way to a third place time of
4:53.17.
Johnson is from Grand Haven and is a graduate of Grand Haven High School. She
joined Nagelkirk as the only two swimmers in the women's meet to capture three
individual MIAA titles last week as she took first in the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200
butterfly. Her winning time of 2:09.32 in the 200 IM was a new MIAA record and
an NCAA III automatic qualifying time. Her first place time of 4:37.25 in the
400 IM was also an MIAA record and an NCAA III conditional qualifying time. Her
winning time of 2:10.76 in the 200 butterfly was a new Calvin record and an NCAA
III conditional qualifying performance. Johnson also swam legs on Calvin's
MIAA championship 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams.
As a team, Calvin took second at the MIAA Championships with 521.5 points,
finishing 61.5 points behind league champion Hope.
A native of Grand Rapids and a graduate of Grand Rapids Christian High School,
Penninga is making his fourth straight appearance on the All-MIAA team, becoming
the sixth individual in Calvin men's swimming and diving history to do so. At
the MIAA Championships last week, Penninga took third in the 500 freestyle with
an NCAA III conditional qualifying and school record time of 4:38.37. He also
placed third in the 200 freestyle with an NCAA III conditional qualifying time
of 1:42.01 and fourth in the 100 freestyle with an NCAA III conditional
qualifying time of 46.82. Penninga also swam a leg on Calvin's MIAA
championship 800 freestyle relay team that clocked in with an NCAA III automatic
qualifying and MIAA record time of 6:49.95. It marked the third straight year
that Calvin has captured the MIAA title in the 800 freestyle relay.
Johnson is from Grand Haven and is a graduate of Grand Haven High School. He
is making his first appearance on the All-MIAA men's swimming and diving team At
the MIAA Championships, Johnson took third in the 200 IM with an NCAA III
conditional qualifying time of 1:54.92 while also placing fourth in the 100
butterfly (51.48) and ninth in the 100 freestyle (47.30). Johnson was also a
member of Calvin's MIAA championship 800 freestyle relay team that is headed to
the national meet next month.
White is from Traverse City and is a graduate of Dayton Christian (OH) High
School. He is making his third straight appearance on the All-MIAA team. White
captured his first MIAA individual title last week in winning the 100 freestyle
with an NCAA III conditional qualifying time of 46.49. White also placed second
in the 100 backstroke with an NCAA III conditional qualifying time of 52.17 and
third in the 50 freestyle with an NCAA III conditional qualifying time of 21.36.
White also swam the third leg on Calvin's MIAA championship 800 freestyle relay
team.
Boumgarden is from Naperville, Illinois. He is a graduate of Naperville North
High School. Named the NCAA III Men's Swimmer of the Week by
Collegeswimming.com earlier this month, Boumgarden repeated as MIAA champion in
the 100 and 200 butterfly last week as well as earning a second place finish in
the 200 IM. The national runner-up in the 100 butterfly a year ago, Boumgarden
recorded an MIAA record and NCAA III automatic qualifying time of 49.65 in
winning the 100 fly while also recording a school record and NCAA III
conditional qualifying time of 1:53.53 in the 200 fly. Boumgarden's second
place time of 1:54.92 in the 200 IM was also a strong NCAA III conditional
qualifying time. In addition, Boumgarden swam the anchor leg on Calvin's MIAA
championship 800 freestyle relay team.
As a team, Calvin took third at the MIAA Championships for the sixth straight
year behind Hope and Kalamazoo. Calvin's total of 418 points at the MIAA
Championships was its highest ever and marked the first time that a Calvin men's
swimming and diving team has scored more than 400 points at the league meet.
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