Results
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Calvin University men's swimming and diving team put together a strong opening day in a quad meet against Carthage, Ohio Northern and Albion on Friday at Venema Aquatic Center.
The Knights posted 682 points in the session, with Carthage (272), Ohio Northern (201) and Albion (57) trailing behind in the standings.
The Calvin men, ranked 12th in NCAA Division III, won each of the five races on the night, including the 200 freestyle and 400 medley relays.
The 200 freestyle relay started the night and two Calvin teams finished in the top two spots. The 'A' team of
Forrest Peterson (Middleton, Wis./Middleton),
David Bajwa (Bethesda, Md./The Heights School),
Corey Campbell (Kentwood, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) and
Vlad Molin (Mount Prospect, Ill./Rolling Meadows) took first in a time of 1:22.52. The 'B' relay of
Charles Platt (Downers Grove, Ill./Downders Grove North),
Josh Seidelman (Northville, Mich./Northville),
Zachary Logan (Byron Center, Mich./South Christian) and
Addison Van Soelen (Lawrenceville, Ga./Providence Christian Academy) took second in a time of 1:25.44.
The 500 freestyle was next, and the Knights took six of the top seven places.
Ryan Halberg (Novi, Mich./Northville) finished first in a time of 4:51.57, followed by Seidelman (4:54.57) in second, and
Andrew Stimpert (Normal, Ill./Normal West) and
Mike Wormmeester (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Eastern) in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
Calvin also finished with six of the top seven in the 200 individual medley, led by Bajwa with a time of 1:51.9.
Timothy Hays (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect) took second just 0.2 seconds behind (1:52.1), followed by
Eric Chimes (Broadview Heights, Ohio/Brecksville-Broadview) in third and
Jacob Ziegler (Sylvania, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit) in fourth.
Peterson won the 50 freestyle in a time of 20.91, followed by Campbell (20.95), Molin (21.08) and Platt (21.13) in the top four.
The last swim of the nights came in the 400 medley relay, where four Calvin teams finished in the top five. The 'A' relay of Hays,
Caleb Gemmen (Mentor, Ohio/Homeschool),
Julien Camy (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) and Peterson finished first in a time of 3:19.14. The 'B' relay of Platt,
Mohamed Abujiba (Cairo, Egypt/Summits International School), Chimes and Molin took second with a time of 3:22.26.
In the one-meter diving competition, the Knights finished second, third and fourth, respectively.
Will Goodpaster (Hamilton, Mich./Hamilton) took second with 466.5 points.
Jason Perez (Kalamazoo, Mich./Plainwell) finished third with 462.83, followed by
Edwin Burdalic (Wyoming, Mich./Grandville) in fourth with 439.04.
COACH'S COMMENT: "It was a combined effort tonight in that we've been training very, very well and we wanted to take an opportunity to race our full line-up this weekend and take advantage of a fairly easy environment to feel comfortable and swim fast," Calvin head coach
Dan Gelderloos said. "I thought we did extremely well. By far our best quad meet to date. The energy was good and I'm very happy with the start. We'll see if we can keep popping up some good stuff tomorrow."
NEXT UP: Calvin swimming and diving will return to action tomorrow (Saturday, November 4) for two sessions of the quad meet. The first session starts at 10:00 AM, followed by the second session at 4:30 PM.
