Calvin Males’s Swim and Dive Wins Twin Meet at Grove Metropolis College

Results
 
GROVE CITY, Pa. – The Tenth-ranked Calvin University males’s swimming and diving crew received its twin meet at Grove College College on Friday by a remaining tally of 157-94.
 
Calvin was competing on the primary day of back-to-back meets on the highway, and this meet featured quite a lot of shorter races that resulted in seven particular person wins for the Knights.
 
Andrew Stimpert (Normal, Ill./Normal West) obtained the Knights off to a robust begin with a first-place end within the 200 Freestyle in a time of 1:44.59. Jacob Ziegler (Toledo, Ohio/St. John’s Jesuit) completed proper behind him in second place (1:44.63), adopted by Kellen Morford (Medina, Ohio/Medina) and Evan Haney (Goshen, Ind./Northridge) in third (1:46.1) and fourth (1:50.38), respectively.
 
Charles Platt (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) received the 50 Backstroke in 23.15, adopted by Zachary Logan (Byron Center, Mich./Byron Center) in third (24.54) and David Gabrielle (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) in fourth (24.61). Platt additionally secured a second-place end within the 50 Butterfly (22.66), adopted by Morford in fourth (23.61).
 
Caleb Gemmen (Mentor, Ohio/Homeschool) received the 50 Breaststroke in 26.46, with Josh Krampe (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Northern) in second place in a time of 26.82.
 
Benjamin Wichart (Lockport, N.Y./Starpoint) adopted with a win within the 100 Butterfly in 51.88. Daniel Miller (Arlington, Texas/Arlington) completed in second place in 52.11.
 
Logan was the following particular person winner within the meet, taking the 100 Freestyle in 47.23 forward of Stimpert (48.01) and Ziegler (48.26) within the high three.
 
Gabrielle received the 100 Backstroke in 52.59 because the Knights as soon as in opposition to took house the highest three locations. Ryan Halberg (Novi, Mich./Northville) took second (53.7) and Logan McKinney (Jackson, Mich./Jackson) took third (54.9).
 
The remaining first-place end got here within the 100 Breaststroke, the place Andrew Taulbee (Reynoldsburg, Ohio/Reynoldsburg) received in a time of 58.0, adopted by Antoine Douguet (Paris, France/Ecole Diagonale) in second place (58.49).
 
Calvin completed 2-4 within the 50 Freestyle, led by Jackson Merkel (Grandville, Mich./Grandville) in 21.45. He was adopted by Will Bales (Lansing, Mich./Lansing Everett in third (21.78) and Taulbee in fourth (22.49). Merkel additionally completed third within the 100 IM (53.59) with Gemmen taking fourth (54.82).
 
After beginning the meet with a second-place end within the 200 Medley Relay (1:34.6), the Calvin ‘A’ 200 Freestyle Relay additionally took second place (1:25.52).
 
The Knights completed 1-3 in each diving competitions. Carson McIntire (Hamilton, Mich./Hamilton) received the one-meter competitors with 119.3 factors and took second off the three-meter board (120.35). Joshua Ring (Lansing, Mich./Lansing Christian) received the three-meter competitors with 126.85 and took second off the one-meter board with 114.8 factors. Addison Van Soelen (Lawrenceville, Ga./Providence Christian Academy) took third off each boards.
 
NEXT UP: The Calvin swimming and diving crew will return to motion tomorrow (Saturday, January 31) when it competes in a triangular meet at Carnegie Mellon University in opposition to Carnegie Mellon and Denison University.