Calvin Males’s Swimming and Diving Falls to Wayne State in Return to Competitors

Results

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Tenth-ranked Calvin University males’s swimming and diving staff returned to competitors for the primary time within the new 12 months with a defeat to Wayne State University (WSU) in a Friday twin meet at Venema Aquatic Center.

 

WSU, ranked 14th in the latest CSCAA NCAA II swim rankings, topped the Knights 136-104 within the ultimate tally.

 

The meet opened with the 400 Medley Relay, the place the Calvin ‘A’ relay of Jackson Merkel (Grandville, Mich./Grandvile), Caleb Gemmen (Mentor, Ohio/Homeschool), David Gabrielle (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) and Charles Platt (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) completed second in a time of three:24.39. The Calvin ‘B’ relay of Antoine Douguet (Paris, France/Ecole Diagonale), Josh Krampe (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern), Benjamin Wichart (Lockport, N.Y./Starpoint) and Zachary Logan (Byron Center, Mich./Byron Center) took third in 3:32.23.

 

The first Calvin particular person win of the meet got here from Carter Detweiler (Farmington Hills, Mich./Council Rock North) within the 200 Freestyle, the place he completed in a time of 1:43.21 to attain his first ever collegiate first-place end. Andrew Stimpert (Normal, Ill./Normal West) took second place within the occasion in 1:45.3.

 

Kellen Morford (Medina, Ohio/Medina) additionally earned his first collegiate win because of a 21.44 time within the 50 Freestyle, topping Logan in second place (21.62) and Will Bales (Lansing, Mich./Lansing Everett) and Daniel Miller (Arlington, Texas/Arlington) in fourth and fifth place, respectively.

 

Platt gained the 100 Freestyle in a time of 45.2, with Detweiler, Morford and Henry Phippen (Macomb, Ill./Phippen Academy) within the prime 5, and Merkel adopted that race by profitable the 100 Backstroke in 50.81.

 

Alex Ketrow (Bloomington, Ind./Bloomington) was the ultimate particular person winner of the day, taking the 100 Breaststroke adopted by Logan Yakubowski (Hazleton, Pa./Hazleton Area) and Evan Nelson (Ada, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) within the prime three.

 

Ryan Halberg (Novi, Mich./Northville) recorded fourth-place finishes in each the 1000 Freestyle and 500 Freestyle occasions. Evan Haney (Goshen, Ind./Northridge) took third within the 400 Individual Medley. Wichart was the highest Calvin swimmer within the 100 Butterly in third place.

 

To end the day, the Knights’ ‘A’ 200 Freestyle Relay staff of Platt, Logan, Gabrielle and Morford took second in 1:24.45, adopted by the ‘B’ relay of Bales, Detweiler, Phippen and Wichart in third in a time of 1:26.7.

 

In the three-meter diving competitors, Miles Lee (Chicago, Ill./Homeschool) completed fourth with 155.47.

 

COACH’S COMMENT: “Some good reps in the pool after our training trip to get back into the swing of some competition,” Calvin head coach Dan Gelderloos mentioned. “We had a couple people pop today, which was nice. I think the team has definitely made some strides in a lot of different areas that will eventually show up on the scoreboard soon.”

 

NEXT UP: Calvin swimming and diving will return to motion on Saturday, January 17, when it competes in a twin meet at University of Chicago at 1:00 PM (CT).