Calvin Males’s Swimming & Diving Makes use of File Relay to Construct Early Lead at MIAA Championships

WEDNESDAY RESULTS

HOLLAND, Mich. – The Calvin males’s swimming and diving staff used a record-breaking relay efficiency to take the early lead on the MIAA Swimming and Diving Championships introduced by Collegiate Credit Union on the Holland Aquatic Center Wednesday night time.

Calvin’s A’ relay staff of junior Ryan Halberg (Novi, Mich./Northville HS), freshman Jackson Merkel (Grandville, Mich./Grandville HS), senior Jacob Ziegler (Toledo, Oh./St. John’s Jesuit HS) and senior Charles Platt (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North HS) captured first place within the championship ultimate with an MIAA and Calvin file time of 6:32.25. The time is a powerful NCAA B’ minimize qualifying time and presently locations Calvin fourth on the NCAA III efficiency listing.

The time broke the earlier MIAA and Calvin file time of 6:33.26 set by Calvin final 12 months. Halberg led of the relay with a time of 1:39.94 with Merkel coming in at 1:36.94, Ziegler at 1:39.87 and Platt a blazing 1:35.50.

Calvin’s B’ relay staff of freshman Kellen Morford (Medina, Oh./Medina HS), junior Andrew Stimpert (Normal, Ill./Normal West HS), freshman Evan Haney (Goshen, Ind./Northridge HS) and sophomore Carter Detweiler (Farmington Hills, Mich./Council Rock North )took second within the comfort ultimate for 10^th place general, clocking in with a season-best time of 6:49.66.

Calvin additionally had a stable night time within the prelims of the lads’s one-meter diving. Freshman Miles Lee (Chicago, Ill./Home School) took eighth (341.70) to qualify for the championship finals. Sophomore Carson McIntire (Hamilton, Mich./Hamilton HS) was 11^th (277.20) and senior Joshua “Tater” Ring 13^th (212.80).

After someday of competitors, Calvin has a primary place complete of 58 factors, two factors forward of rival Hope within the staff standings. 

COACHES COMMENT: “That was big,” stated Calvin head swim coach Dan Gelderloos of Calvin’s record-setting relay. “We were hoping for something in the 6:36-6:38 territory. Not fourth in the country and school record and MIAA record. It gives us a great boost to start the meet but we know we have a lot of work in front of us. The work starts again tomorrow morning.”

NEXT UP: Day two of the MIAA Championships begins with Thursday morning prelims (10 a.m.) with championship finals set for five p.m. on the Holland Aquatic Center.