Results
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Calvin University men's swimming and diving team won the Calvin Quad Meet with a strong final two sessions on Saturday at Venema Aquatic Center.
Calvin finished the three-session meet with a total of 1,705 points, topping Carthage College (643), Ohio Northern University (566) and Albion College (420).
The day started off with the 200 medley relay, which the Calvin 'A' team of
Jackson Merkel (Grandville, Mich./Grandville),
Timothy Hays (Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect),
David Gabrielle (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) and
Kellen Morford (Medina, Ohio/Medina) won in a time of 1:29.67 that ranks fourth this year in NCAA III. The 'B' Calvin relay of
Ryan Halberg (Novi, Mich./Northville),
Cardin Nguyen (Colorado Springs, Colo./Cheyanne Mountain),
Andrew Taulbee (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg) and
Daniel Miller (Arlington, Texas/Arlington) took second in 1:34.27.
Evan Haney (Goshen, Ind./Northridge) won the first individual event of the day, taking the 400 individual medley in a time of 4:13.21. He was followed by
William Pettifer (Cincinnati, Ohio/Mariemont/Miami University Hamilton) in second place with a finishing time of 4:19.54.
The Knights went 1-2-3 in the 100 butterfly, led by Gabrielle's winning time of 50.68 and followed by
Antoine Douguet (Paris, France/Ecole Diagonale) in second (50.87) and Taulbee in third (51.39).
The top five places in the 200 freestyle went to the Knights as well, led by Halberg in first (1:40.9),
Carter Nelson (Byron Center, Mich./Byron Center) in second (1:41.57) and
Luca Zdravkov (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North) in third (1:45.11).
Hays led four Calvin swimmers in the top four in the 100 breaststroke, winning with a time of 56.07. Nguyen followed in second (56.36), while
Alex Ketrow (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington) took third (58.32) and
Josh Krampe (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern) finished fourth (59.66).
Merkel won the 100 backstroke in a time of 47.95 with Gabrielle taking third in 53.40.
In the diving competition from the morning session,
Brodie Brown (Hamilton, Mich./Hamilton) took first off the three-meter board with 437.3 points.
Miles Lee (Chicago, Ill./Homeschool) finished third with 290.5.
The final event of the morning session was the 800 freestyle relay, which the Knights' 'A' group of Merkel, Halberg, Nelson and Zdravkov won in 6:53.94 to rank seventh in NCAA III this season. The 'B' relay of
Will Bales (Lansing, Mich./Lansing Everett), Pettifer,
Carson McIntire (Hamilton, Mich./Hamilton) and Haney finished second in 7:11.3.
Nelson started the evening session by winning the 1650 freestyle in a time of 15:53.68.
Alex Bergsma (Carmel, Ind./Carmel/Wheaton College) finished second in 16:18.03, followed by Pettifer in third (16:32.21).
Merkel added another first-place finish to his day in the 200 backstroke, finishing in 1:48.76 to lead four Calvin swimmers in the top four. Halberg took second (1:52.4), Zdravkov finished third (1:57.74) and McIntire finished fourth (2:00.22).
Morford led a 1-2-3 finish in the 100 freestyle with a winning time of 46.91, topping Miller in second (47.16) and Bales in third (47.31).
Nguyen won the 200 breaststroke in 2:06.98 with three other Calvin swimmers in the top five. Taulbee's time of 2:09.02 was second, while Krampe took fourth (2:10.89) and
Logan Yakubowski (Hazleton, Pa./Hazleton Area) finished fifth (2:13.27).
Hays recorded his second individual win of the day in the 200 butterfly, winning with a time of 1:51.81.
Kevin Noller (San Jose, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep) and
Kyle Chakery (Grand Prairie, Texas/Arlington) finished in fourth and fifth place, respectively.
The meet ended with the 400 freestyle relay with the Knights taking home the top-two places once again. Bales, Nelson, Douguet and Halberg led the 'A' relay to a time of 3:06.37, followed by the 'C' relay of
Lucas Ritsema (Byron Center, Mich./Byron Center) Miller, Pettifer an Chakery in 3:11.45.
NEXT UP: Calvin swimming and diving will return to action on Friday, November 13, when it competes at Eastern Michigan University .
