Results
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The seventh-ranked Calvin University men's swimming and diving team defeated 25th-ranked Hope College 177-109 on Friday night in a dual meet between ranked opponents at Venema Aquatic Center.
The Knights started strong in the 200 medley relay with each of the top five times in the final heat. 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 first in a time of 1:28.52. The 'B' relay of
Corey Campbell (Kentwood, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian),
Caleb Gemmen (Mentor, Ohio/Homeschool),
Vlad Molin (Mount Prospect, Ill./Rolling Meadows) and
Josh Seidelman (Northville, Mich./Northville) finished in 1:30.63 to take second place.
Andrew Stimpert (Normal, Ill./Normal) took home first place finishes in a pair of freestyle distance races. He won the 1000 freestyle in 9:50.73 and then won the 500 freestyle in 4:44.01. Seidelman took third place in the 500 freestyle in 4:47.24.
Three other Calvin swimmers finished first in multiple individual events, including Platt in both the 100 backstroke (48.81) and 100 freestyle (46.09).
Logan Campbell took third in the 100 backstroke (52.14), while
Jack Kulaga (Woodridge, Ill./Downers Grove South) finished third in the 100 freestyle (47.53).
Bajwa won both the 200 butterfly (1:50.62) and 100 butterfly (48.54), with
Logan Campbell taking second in the 100 butterfly (48.72).
Diego Herrera Mora (Liberty Hill, Texas/CTP de Belen) added a third place in the 200 butterfly (1:56.59) to go with a first place finish in the 200 individual medley (1:55.3).
The Knights were dominant in both breaststroke races, with the top five finishers in the 100 butterfly and three of the top four in the 200 butterfly.
Andrew Taulbee (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg) won both races in 57.14 (100) and 2:07.85 (200).
Cardin Nguyen (Colorado Springs, Colo./The Classical Academy) finished second in the 100 (57.77) and fourth in the 200 (2:09.58).
Anthony Crudele (Aurora, Ill./Homeschool) finished third in the 100 (57.89) and 200 (2:09.31).
Josh Krampe (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern) took fourth in the 100 (58.48).
Hays won the 200 backstroke (1:50.68) and took second in the 200 freestyle (1:43.59).
Jacob Ziegler (Sylvania, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit) finished second in the 200 backstroke (1:57.29).
Ryan Halberg (Novi, Mich./Northville) took third in both the 200 backstroke (1:57.87) and 200 freestyle (1:43.61).
Molin won the 50 freestyle (20.68) by 0.02 ahead of Seidelman (20.7) in second place.
The swimming events ended in the 400 freestyle relay with the Calvin 'A' relay of Bajwa, Molin, Seidelman and Platt taking first in 3:01.52 and the 'B' relay of Hays, Kulaga,
Corey Campbell and
Zachary Logan (Byron Center, Mich./South Christian) taking second in 3:09.64.
Wil Goodpaster (Hamilton, Mich./Hamilton) took first place in both diving competitions. He scored 331.12 points off the one-meter board and 293.18 off the three-meter board.
Zander Hartsuff (Chelsea, Mich./Chelsea) finished second in the three-meter (184.27) and third in the one-meter (179.85).
COACH'S QUOTE: "We had a lot of things going on, from people trying to jockey for scoring rosters at MIAAs, to 'A' and 'B' relays, to people trying to make the conference championship cut times and we had three or four of those make it, which was awesome to see," Calvin head swimming and diving coach
Dan Gelderloos said. "We had people putting up times that are going to put them in position for scoring spots, so up and down the roster we had people do some meaningful stuff tonight. We also held true to ourselves and swam to ourselves like a good Calvin team with loud cheers and fast swims and came away with a really good night."
NEXT UP: Calvin swimming will return to action on Wednesday, February 18, when it starts the four-day MIAA Swimming and Diving Championships. The meet will be held at Venema Aquatic Center.
