Calvin Women’s Swimming and Diving Captures Seventh Straight MIAA Title
Sunday, February 20, 2011
JENISON - The Calvin women’s swimming and diving team continued its MIAA championship streak on Saturday night, completing the three-day MIAA Championships with a first place total of 850 points. The MIAA title is the seventh straight for the Knights including their ninth overall. Calvin finished 171 points ahead of runner-up Hope. At the conclusion of the competition Saturday night, sophomore Elizabeth Counsell (Indianapolis, IN/Heritage Christian HS) was named the MIAA’s Most Valuable Swimmer while sophomore Samantha Klaasen (Holland/Holland Christian HS) was named the MIAA’s Most Valuable Diver.
Dan Gelderloos Audio Interview
Monica Bressler Audio Interview
Women’s Swim Team Receives Good Counsell in Building First Place Lead at MIAA Championships
Saturday, February 19, 2011
By Sports Information Student Assistant Derek Neice
JENISON - The Calvin women’s swim and dive team have put themselves in prime position to secure another conference title after a strong second day in the water. With one day of competition left, the Knights have 556 points, 91 points ahead of second place Hope. With a good morning of preliminary races, the Knights took full advantage of their opportunities to score points and placed a number of swimmers in the evening championship heats. That depth across the board for the women combined with some key first and second place finishes have given the Knights a commanding lead in the meet standings going into the final day of competition. Sophomore Elizabeth Counsell led the way with a first place and NCAA III automatic qualifying time of 1:04.18 in the 100 breaststroke. Counsell was one of two individual champions for the Calvin women on Friday as senior Monica Bressler repeated as league champion in the 100 backstroke with a time of 59.04.
Dan Gelderloos Audio Interview
Elizabeth Counsell Audio Interview
Calvin Women Surge To Lead On First Day of MIAA Swimming & Diving Championships
Friday, February 18, 2011
JENISON - The Calvin women’s swimming and diving team has taken a commanding first day lead at the MIAA Swimming and Diving Championships held at the Jenison High School Aquatic Center. Through day one, the Knights are in first place with 287 points, 82 points ahead of second place Hope with Kalamazoo third with 174 points. Calvin took first place in three events Thursday night led by a 1-2-3 finish on the three-meter diving board with sophomore Sam Klaasen (Holland/Holland Christian HS) taking first place with an NCAA III qualifying score of 414.60 followed by senior Carmen Brummel (West Olive/Unity Christian HS) in second (380.15) and freshman Elise Kaufman (Sugarland, TX/Clements HS) in third (364.25).
Dan Gelderloos Audio Interview
