CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 9, 2006
SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAMS WRAP UP FIRST DAY AT MIAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
JENISON * The Calvin women's swimming and diving team put together a record-setting performance on the first day of the MIAA Swimming and Diving Championships * en route to building a first place total of 234 points. With two days of competition left at the Jenison Aquatic Center, the Calvin women's team holds a commanding 101 point lead over second place Hope.
Calvin posted four MIAA record performances on Thursday with junior Becky Weima of Grand Rapids Christian High School having a hand in three of them. Weima led off Calvin's 200 freestyle relay with a split of 23.52, allowing her to break her own MIAA and school record time of 23.79 set as a freshman in 2004. Weima's effort allowed Calvin's 200 freestyle relay team to take first place with a time of 1:36.03. She was joined on the relay by junior Liz Ingebrigtsen (Bensenville, IL), freshman Cara VanWoerkom (Calvin Christian HS) and sophomore Kat Vinson (Kaneohe, HI). In the morning prelims, the Calvin quartet clocked in with a school and MIAA record time of 1:35.83, breaking the previous record of 1:36.03 set by Calvin's 2002 team. The time in the prelims was also a strong NCAA III provisional qualifying time.
In addition, Weima repeated as MIAA champion in the 500 freestyle with an NCAA III automatic qualifying and MIAA record time of 4:59.53, breaking her own MIAA record time of 5:00.94 set last year.
Freshman Erica Deur of Holland Christian High School also had a sensational night, winning the three-meter diving competition (11 dives) with a school and MIAA record total of 467.80 points, breaking a 21-year old MIAA record of 466.65 set by Kalamazoo's Lynn Achterberg in 1985 and a 19-year old Calvin record of 447.65 set by Sari Brummel in 1987.
The Calvin women's team had several other outstanding performances throughout the night. It's 400 medley relay team of freshman Jordan Scott, junior Alex Wilson (Ellsworth, OH), senior Abby Johnson and Weima took first place with a school record and strong NCAA III provisional qualifying time of 3:54.50. The time was just one-tenth of a second off an automatic qualifying time and shattered the previous school record of 3:58.37 set in 2005.
Johnson had a big performance in the 200 IM, winning the event for the third time in four years, posting an NCAA III provisional qualifying time of 2:09.71. Johnson was part of a one-two Calvin finish in the event as Wilson took second with a time of 2:10.94 after posting an NCAA III provisional qualifying time of 2:10.51 earlier in the day.
In the 50 freestyle, Calvin placed three individuals in the top six as Vinson took second with an NCAA III provisional qualifying time of 24.49 while VanWoerkom was fourth (24.74) and Ingebrigtsen fifth (24.95). In the three-meter diving competition, Calvin senior Julie Erickson (Libertyville, IL) also placed third with a score of 395.85. Sophomore Stephanie Duncan (Long Grove, IL) also turned in a fourth place time of 5:17.72 in the 500 freestyle.
On the men's side, Calvin rests in third place in the MIAA standings, just one point ahead of fourth place Albion and 30 points ahead of fifth place Olivet. Hope leads the overall standings with 178 points, 33 points ahead of second place Olivet.
Although Calvin did not have any championship performances, the Knights were not without several quality efforts.
In the 200 IM, senior Luke Bagnall (Marshalltown, IA) took fourth place with a time of 1:57.60. In the 50 freestyle, junior Andrew Resseguie (Holland Christian HS) took fifth (21.68) while sophomore John Boumgarden (Naperville, IL) was sixth (21.72). In the one-meter diving competition, freshman Jack Ryfiak (Grand Rapids Christian HS) was third (410.15). In the 500 freestyle, junior Peter Tuuk (Grand Rapids Christian HS) posted a sixth place time of 4:48.22. Calvin's 200 freestyle relay team of freshman Jordan Resseguie (Holland Christian HS), Tuuk, Boumgarden and Bagnall took third with a time of 1:25.66, just one-hundreth of a second out of second place. Calvin's 400 medley relay team of sophomore Joe Gluvers (Rocklin, CA), Bagnall, freshman Keith Conrad (Wheaton, IL) and Tuuk took fifth with a time of 3:35.91.
Action continues on Friday with morning prelims at 10:00 and final events set to begin at 6:00 p.m.
Jeff Febus
Sports Information Director
Calvin College
(616) 526-6169 Office
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