Calvin Men Finish 25th at NCAA III Swimming & Diving Championships - Women Finish 34th
Saturday, March 26, 2011
KNOXVILLE, TN - The Calvin men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams closed out competition at the NCAA III Championships in record-breaking fashion on Saturday. Sophomore Elizabeth Counsell earned an All-America performance with a seventh place finish in the women’s 200 breaststroke while setting a school record in the process. 
Meanwhile, freshman Andy Krafft reset his own school record twice on Saturday in taking third place in the men’s three-meter diving competition. The All-America finish by Counsell enabled the Calvin women to finish in 34th place in the final team standings with 17 points while Krafft boosted the Calvin men’s team into a tie for 25th place in the final standings with 33 points.
Counsell & Kaufman Claim Honorable Mention All-America Berths at NCAAs
Friday, March 25, 2011
KNOXVILLE, TN - The Calvin women’s swimming and diving team broke into the team standings Friday night with a pair of honorable mention All-America performances at the NCAA III Championships at the University of Tennessee. Freshman Elise Kaufman took 13th (383.70) in the women’s one-meter diving competition while sophomore
Elizabeth Counsell was 16th in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.85). The pair of honorable mention All-America berths gives Calvin five points in the team standings—good for 47th place with one day of competition left. Counsell will compete in the women’s 200 breaststroke Saturday while freshman Andy Krafft will compete in the men’s three-meter diving competition.
Andy Krafft Is National Runner-Up On One-Meter Board at NCAA III Swimming & Diving Championships
Thursday, March 24, 2011
KNOXVILLE, TN - Andy Krafft continued his amazing freshman campaign for the Calvin College men’s swimming and diving team, posting a national runner-up berth on the one-meter diving board at the NCAA III Championships Thursday night. A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Krafft (Home Schooled) took second at the national meet with a score of 459.0 points. Krafft finished behind Nick Halbach of the United States Merchant Marine Academy who took first with a score of 497.80 ponts. Krafft is just the second male diver in Calvin history to claim All-America honors, joining Dirk Pruis who did so on multiple occassions in the early 1980’s. Krafft’s national finish matches the highest by a Calvin male diver and was the best finish by an MIAA men’s diver at the NCAA meet since Kalamazoo’s Anthony Holt won the 1-meter and 3-meter titles in 2003. Krafft’s finish also gave Calvin 17 points in the team standings, placing the Knights in 22nd place with two days of competition left. Calvin’s Bill VanEe also took second on both the one and three-meter boards at the 1985 national meet.
