2026-27 Males’s Swimming and Diving Season Preview

The Hope College males’s swimming and diving is keen to fulfill a brand new problem within the pool this season.

The Flying Dutch are the reigning MIAA champions for the primary time for the reason that 2022 season. With a bevy of proficient returners and an inflow of promising newcomers, head coach Jake Taber believes the Orange and Blue are repeating as league champions.

“That’s the goal again this year,” Taber stated when requested about an MIAA title repeat. “We have a stable core again, a handful have been on the NCAA Championships final 12 months. It’s totally different and it is new, however we’re simply presenting it as a problem. We have to be prepared for that. We acknowledge what it took to get into this place and we wish to do what it takes to remain targeted each day.

ROSTER

Hope’s roster of 31 options eight seniors, 11 juniors, eight sophomores and 4 freshmen.

All 5 of the Flying Dutch’s All-Americans from final season return: seniors Josh Bordovsky (Herndon, Virginia / South Lake), Graham Eisenmann (Ozark, Missouri / Ozark), and Christian Hoeksema (Holland, Michigan / Holland Christian); and juniors Everett Cox (Sugar Land, Texas / Logos Prep) and Joe Engle (Holland, Michigan / West Ottawa).

Bordovsky completed thirteenth within the nation within the 200-yard particular person medley final season. He is the reigning MIAA champion within the 200 breaststroke.

Engle is in search of a three-peat of MIAA titles in 500- and 1,650 freestyle.

Eisenmann earned All-America Second Team accolades within the 400 and 800 freestyle relays as a junior. He additionally gained the MIAA’s 100 butterfly title.

Hoeksema additionally earned All-America Second Team honors within the 400 freestyle relay.

The Flying Dutch additionally return final season’s MIAA 400 particular person champion,  two-time, MIAA 100 breaststroke champion Luke Wyrick, a junior from Glen Ellyn, Illinois (Glenbard West).

Eisenmann joins Jacob Mowers and Sam York as workforce captains

“It’s a well-rounded group,” Taber stated. “They collectively have some exciting life experiences but also have achievements athletically that make them well-equipped to lead us.”

COACHING STAFF

Head coach: Jake Taber, ninth season

Diving coach: Rebecca Garza

Assistant coaches: Aubrey Syron, Dave Jolly

SCHEDULE

The Flying Dutch’s first meet of the season is the Be Better; Invite, on Friday, Sept. 25, at 3 p.m. on the University of Michigan that features Calvin University. The annual occasion honors the life and legacy of the late Ian Miskelley, a former University of Michigan and Holland Christian High School swimmer who handed away in 2020, selling psychological well being consciousness and supporting the Be Better; Foundation, a charitable group created by the Miskelley household in Ian’s reminiscence. 

Hope will first compete in its house pool, the Holland Aquatic Center, on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 9-10, on the Grand Valley State University Invitational.

The Flying Dutch will probably be at conventional nationally-recognized meets on Friday-Saturday, Nov. 6-7, on the D3Shootout hosted by the University of Chicago and the Total Performance Invitational on Wednesday-Saturday, Nov. 18-21, hosted by Kenyon College.

The MIAA Championships are on Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 17-20, hosted by Calvin.

The NCAA Division III Championships run from Wednesday-Saturday, March 17-20, on the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C.