Results
ROCHESTER, Mich. – The Calvin University men's swimming and diving team returned to action on Friday for a dual meet against NCAA I competition at Oakland University.
The Knights did well in a number of events, starting the 200 Medley Relay where the 'A' relay of
Charles Platt (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North),
Timothy Hays (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect),
Logan Campbell (Yorkville, Ill./Yorkville) and
David Bajwa (Bethesda, Md./The Heights School) finished third in a time of 1:28.08.
The individual events started with the 1000 Freestyle, where
Ryan Halberg (Novi, Mich./Northville) swam in 9:53.91, followed by
John Reeder (Colorado Springs, Colo./The Classical Academy) who finished in 10:36.24.
In the 200 Freestyle,
Josh Seidelman (Northville, Mich./Northville) finished in 1:41.71, followed by
Jack Kulaga (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove South) in 1:45.34.
Bajwa was the top Calvin finisher in the 50 Freestyle with a time of 20.25 to take third place.
Vlad Molin (Rolling Meadows, Ill./Rolling Meadows) finished in 20.94.
Hays finished the 200 Individual Medley in 1:53.02 to take third place, followed by
Jacob Ziegler (Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit) in 1:58.5.
Ben Wichart (Lockport, N.Y./Starpoint) was the top Calvin swimmer in the 200 Butterfly in 2:02.2. Reeder was the next Knights to touch in 2:09.61.
Platt (45.49) led three Calvin swimmers in the 100 Freestyle, followed by Zach Logan (Byron Center, Mich./Byron Center) in 47.79 and
Dominic Rose (DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt) in 49.42.
Campbell was the first Knight to finish in the 200 Backstroke in 1:56.28, with Ziegler .03 behind him in 1:56.31.
Halberg (4:43.1) bested
Andrew Stimpert (Normal, Ill./Normal West) (4:47.99) in the 500 Freestyle for the Knights, while
Caleb Gemmen (Mentor, Ohio/Homeschool) finished the 200 Backstroke in 2:10.4 to touch before
Andrew Taulbee (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg) in 2:11.32.
In the second and last relay of the meet, the Calvin 'A' 200 Freestyle relay of Bajwa, Platt, Seidelman and Molin finished in 1:20.98 to take second place.
In the two diving competitions,
Wil Goodpaster (Hamilton, Mich./Hamilton) took second off the one-meter board with 266.85 points and third off the three-meter board with 229.57 points.
Zander Hartsuff (Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea) took fifth in both competitions.
COACH'S COMMENT: "We are in the third leg of the most competitive four meets we have ever had in a row, and we are holding our own and it is holding us accountable and putting us in uncomfortable spots that we could not replicate at home," Calvin head swimming and diving coach
Dan Gelderloos said. "Gave a good Oakland team some races and looking forward to returning home for another formidable foe in Chicago."
NEXT UP: Calvin swimming and diving will return to action tomorrow (Saturday, January 18) when it hosts University of Chicago in a dual meet scheduled to start at 1:00 PM in Venema Aquatic Center. The meet will also serve as Senior Day for the Knights, with festivities starting at 12:45 PM.
