CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR DECEMBER 6, 2003 (Part Two)
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
YPSILANTI - Records continued to fall at the final day of competition at the
Eastern Michigan Swimming and Diving Invitational Saturday as the Calvin men
took fourth in a field of seven teams with 453 points while the Calvin women
took fifth in a field of nine teams with 342.5 points Saturday.
In the men's competition, senior Brad White (Traverse City) and junior Peter
Boumgarden (Naperville, IL) came up with NCAA III conditional qualifying
performances as White took third in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:43.05
while Boumgarden took first in the 100 butterfly with a time of 50.33. White
also took sixth in the 50 freestyle (21.64) with Boumgarden taking eighth in
the 200 IM (1:57.18). Both times were season-best efforts.
The Calvin men also came up with season-best times in all four relay
competitions. In the 200 freestyle relay, freshman Matt Herrema (Grand Rapids
Christian HS), junior Andy Mulder (Holland Christian HS), freshman Peter Tuuk
(Grand Rapids Christian HS) and sophomore Luke Bagnall (Marshalltown, IA)
clocked in with a sixth-place time of 1:28.64 while its 800 freestyle relay
team of Boumgarden, Tuuk, Bagnall and White had a fifth place time of 7:03.37.
Calvin's 200 medley relay of White, junior Ryan Preston (Richmond, IN),
Boumgarden and Herrema took fourth with a time of 1:36.98 while its 400 medley
relay team of White, Preston, Boumgarden and Tuuk took fifth in a time of
3:32.56.
Individual season-best efforts were also turned in by Bagnall in the 400 IM
(4:23.64, 11thplace); Preston in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.20, 9th place) and
Herrema in the 100 backstroke (59.03, 13th place).
In the women's competition, Calvin freshman Rebekah Weima of Grand Rapids
Christian High School continued her sensational freshman campaign as she
shattered Calvin records in the 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle while also
swimming a leg on Calvin's 400 medley relay that also established a new
Calvin mark.
In the 100 butterfly, Weima took fifth with an NCAA III conditional qualifying
time of 58.47 that shattered the previous Calvin record of 59.15 set by current
Calvin sophomore Abby Johnson last year. Weima then led off Calvin's 800
freestyle relay with a lead-off leg of 1:51.99 that is an NCAA III automatic
qualifying time including the fastest time in NCAA III women's swimming this
year. In addition, it shattered her own school record of 1:53.25 set earlier
this year. Weima now owns Calvin individual records in the 100 and 200
freestyle as well as the 100 butterfly. Calvin's 800 freestyle relay team of
Weima, senior Brittney Stevens (Mankato, MN), sophomore Lynn Visser (Jenison
HS) and Abby Johnson (Grand Haven HS) took fourth with an NCAA III conditional
qualifying time of 7:55.19. Calvin's 400 medley relay team of Johnson,
freshman Barbara Frazier (Port Huron), Weima and freshman Liz Ingebrigtsen
(Bensenville, Illinois) took sixth with a school record time of 4:06.51,
breaking the previous school mark of 4:07.23. Johnson led off the relay with a
100 backstroke split of 1:01.67 that nearly shattered Calvin's record of
1:01.30 established by current Calvin assistant coach Katie Nagelkirk.
In the 200 IM, Weima and Johnson both posted NCAA III conditional qualifying
times as Weima took second (2:09.92) and Johnson fourth (2:11.82). Freshman
Alex Wilson (Ellsworth, OH) also had a season-best time of 2:19.53 in taking
13th in the 200 IM.
In the 400 IM, Johnson came up with a season-best effort in clocking in with a
fourth place and NCAA III conditional qualifying time of 4:39.46.
Stevens also had a pair of season-best performances on Saturday as she took
15th in the 500 freestyle (5:27.25) and 11th in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.00).
Ingebrigtsen also had a season-best performance in the 100 backstroke
(1:05.33) that was good for 10th place.
Finally, Calvin's 200 freestyle relay of Ingebrigtsen, Johnson, Stevens and
Weima took sixth with a season-best time of 1:40.48.
Both teams now break for first semester exams. They will spend the week after
Christmas training in Florida. The next scheduled dual meet for the women in
January 10 at St. Mary's while the men will not have a dual meet until
January 17 when they compete at Alma.
FINAL TEAM SCORES: MEN'S TEAMS
1. Eastern Michigan 1192
2. Wayne State 607
3. Kalamazoo 600
4. Calvin 453
5. Allegheny 422
6. Michigan 276
7. Wyoming 58
FINAL TEAM SCORES: WOMEN'S TEAMS
1. Michigan 1010
2. Eastern Michigan 844
3. Toledo 734
4. Wayne State 386
5. Calvin 342.5
6. Kalamazoo 296
7. Allegheny 154.5
8. Buffalo 50
9. Wyoming 27
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
(616) 526-8551 Fax
Received on Sun Dec 7 15:23:25 2003
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