CSR (Baseball Doubleheader at Otterbein Cancelled/Swimming & Diving Teams Sending Nine to NCAA III Championships)

CALVIN SPORTS REPORT FOR MARCH 5, 2010
 
Saturday Baseball Doubleheader at Otterbein Cancelled;
Women's Swimming & Diving Team Sending Eight to NCAA III Championships - Mark Rushlow to Represent Men's Team
 
BASEBALL
 
The Calvin baseball team will have to wait until next weekend to open its 2010 season. The Knights were scheduled to open their season on Saturday with a doubleheader at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio. This afternoon, the field conditions at Otterbein were ruled unplayable, cancelling the non-conference twinbill. Calvin is scheduled to travel to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology next Friday and Saturday in Terre Haute, Indiana. While there, the Knights will compete in a three-game weekend series, playing a Friday night game and a Saturday afternoon doubleheader.
 
For a preseason interview with head coach John Sparks, visit the Calvin Web site at: http://www.calvin.edu/sports/audio/Baseball/JohnSparksPreview10.mp3
 
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
 
The Calvin women's swimming and diving team will be sending eighth individuals to the upcoming NCAA III Championships March 17-20 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Meanwhile, the Calvin men's team will also send one individual as freshman Mark Rushlow made the national field announced earlier this morning by the national committee.
 
Representing the Calvin women's swimming and diving team will be seniors Emily Roberts, Maggie Vail, Joy Leach, Casey Herman, juniors Monica Bressler and Caitlin Alexander and freshman Kristen Kinzer and Elizabeth Counsell.
 
A native of Goshen, Indiana, and a graduate of Northridge High School, Rushlow will compete in the 100 and 200 butterfly and 100 freestyle. Rushlow punched his ticket to the meet with a qualifying time of 50.29. He is seeded 16th in the 100 butterfly. Rushlow is seeded 25th in the 200 butterfly (1:59.23) and 42nd in the 100 freestyle (46.56).
 
In the women's competition, Roberts (DeKalb, IL/DeKalb HS) will be making her fourth straight trip to the NCAA III Championships. Roberts will compete in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke and 200 IM as well as in several of Calvin's five relays -- all of which have qualified for the national meet. Roberts is seeded 33rd in the 200 IM (2:09.67), ninth in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.97) and 22nd in the 200 breaststroke (2:23.80).
 
Vail (Portage/Portage Northern HS) will be making her third straight trip to the national meet. She will also compete in the 200 IM, 100 breaststroke and 200 breastroke as well as in several of Calvin's relays. Vail is seeded seventh in the 200 breaststroke (2:21.54), eighth in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.94) and 21st in the 200 IM (2:08.07).
 
Bressler (Sandusky, OH/Perkins HS) will be making her second straight trip to the NCAA III Championships. She will compete in the 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke as well as in several of Calvin's relay teams. Bressler is seeded 11th in the 50 freestyle (23.76). 20th in the 100 backstroke (58.34) and 30th in the 200 backstroke (2:09.94).
 
Alexander (Holland/Holland Christian HS) will compete in all five relays (200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 800 freestyle and 200 and 400 medley relays). She will be making her first trip to the NCAA III Championships.
 
Kinzer (Fort Wayne, IN/Homestead HS) will compete in the 100 backstroke where she is seeded 30th (59.31) and will also swim in all five of Calvin's relays.
 
Counsell (Indianapolis, IN/Heritage Christian) will compete in the 200 IM, 100 breastroke and 200 breaststroke as well as in several of Calvin's relays. Counsell is seeded 21st in the 100 breastroke (1:05.89), 18th in the 200 breaststroke (2:23.11) and 50th in the 200 IM (2:14.86).
 
Herman (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville HS) and Leach (Charlottsville, VA/Charlottsville HS) will both compete on the one and three-meter diving boards. Herman will be making her third trip to the NCAA III Championships will Leach will be making her first. Herman was an All-American on the one-meter board last year, finishing eighth. She also earned honorable mention All-America accolades on the one-meter board in 2007, placing 14th.
Received on Fri Mar 5 18:11:51 2010