CKSR (Swimming and Diving Completes Day Two of Calvin Winter Invitational;Men's Basketball Falls at Wheaton for First Loss of Year)

CALVIN KNIGHT SPORTS REPORT FOR NOV. 30, 2012

Swimming and Diving Completes Day Two of Calvin Winter Invitational;
Men's Basketball Falls at Wheaton for First Loss of Year

MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING

By Mark DeHaan

In a long morning and early afternoon of prelims on Friday, Calvin saw nine
individuals advance to the finals in 12 events. Despite a strong day in the
pool, the women are in fourth place with 242 points while the men dropped from
second to fourth with 263 points. Northern Michigan held its lead on the
women’s side with 348 points while Grand Valley kept the top spot on the
men’s side with 423 points.
The finals events began shortly after six with the women’s 400 yard medley
relay. The Calvin A relay team of seniors Kristy Kinzer, Elizabeth Counsell,
Rachel Colasurdo, and Stephie Fox earned a fourth place finish in the relay in
a time of 3:58.62. The Knights then picked up a third place finish in the 200
yard freestyle relay as the team of freshman Michaela Rookus, Fox, Colasurdo,
and sophomore Kathryn Wrobel finished in 1:37.34. In the 200 yard butterfly,
senior Shelby Cloyd took first in the consolation heat, taking ninth overall in
a time of 2:12.20. Wrobel followed up with a 1:56.13 in the 200 yard freestyle,
also good for first in the consolation heat and ninth overall.
A fantastic race by Counsell in the 100 yard breaststroke saw her take the
first top finish of the invitational for Calvin as she swam the race in
1:04.08. Rookus finished sixth in the same race in 1:06.86. Kinzer added more
points to the Calvin tally in the 100 yard backstroke, finishing eighth in
1:00.97. Rookus rounded out the points for the women as she took fourth in the
50 yard freestyle in 24.26.
Senior Samantha Klaasen also highlighted the night with a win on the
three-meter board with a score of 438.65 points.
The Calvin men picked up their first points of the day in the 400 yard medley
relay as junior Andrew Mitchell, freshman Johnson Cochran, senior Mark Rushlow
and freshman Mitchell Schroder took fifth in 3:28.51. In the 200 yard freestyle
relay, Rushlow, freshman Brandon Muma, Schroder, and sophomore Alex Baumann
swam the race in 1:26.50 to finish sixth. Freshman Aaron Venema then took an
eight place finish in the 200 yard freestyle in 1:46.57. Cochran followed up
with a 58.52 in the 100 yard breaststroke, good for seventh. In the finals of
the 100 yard backstroke, senior Sam Allison finished in 53.62 to take eighth
place. Mitchell took the top spot in the consolation race of the same event in
52.71 to earn ninth place overall.
The Calvin men’s best finals heat of the night came in the 400 year IM as
sophomore Travis Vincent took fifth in 4:13.73 while freshman Caleb Meindertsma
took eighth in 4:16.81. Senior Stephen Kraft took first in the consolation race
to earn ninth overall in the 400 yard IM in 4:18.07. In the final event of the
night, Schroder and Mitchell fininshed 10th and 11th in the 50 yard freestyle
in 21.67 and 21.70, respectively.
“Tonight was fantastic. We really came out with a lot more emotion,” said head
coach Dan Gelderloos. “We really swam well in that people were moving up in
their races from their morning seeds. We had some good personal bests. The
women’s 200 yard freestyle relay was lights out. Counsell’s 100 yard
breaststroke will get her to Texas (for Nationals). Overall, we’re pretty
pleased.”
The Calvin Winter Invitational concludes tomorrow with the final 16 events.
Prelims again start at 10:00 a.m. with the finals scheduled to start at 6:00
p.m.

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Wheaton 54, Calvin 37

WHEATON, IL - In a matchup of unbeaten teams, Wheaton claimed a 54-37 victory
over Calvin Friday night at the CCIW/MIAA Challenge. Calvin falls to 6-1
overall while Wheaton climbs to 5-0.
Calvin’s 37-point total was its lowest since a 45-36 loss to Olivet in 1982.
Wheaton’s defense put the clamps on the Calvin offensive attack as the Knights
shot just 29.4 percent from the floor. Meanwhile the host Thunder connected on
8-of-15 attempts from three-point range including 7-of-10 in the first half, en
route to taking a 32-20 halftime lead.
Calvin was led in defeat by senior Tom Snikkers who scored 11 points to move
past Dan Davis and into 14th place on the Calvin career scoring list. Sophomore
Jordan Brink added 10 points for the Knights.
Wheaton was led in the win by Tyler Peters with 13 points.
Calvin will face Carthage on Saturday at 2 p.m. (EST).
Received on Sat Dec 1 00:01:18 2012