Swim Teams Post Top 10 Finishes at EMU Invitational
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
YPSILANTI—Despite competing in only the second day of competition at the Eastern Michigan Invitational, the Calvin men’s and women’s swim teams posted top 10 finishes on Saturday with the Calvin women finishing sixth with 135.5 points while the Calvin men took fifth with 152 points.
Senior Cara VanWoerkom (Wyoming/Calvin Christian HS) highlighted the day for the Calvin women with a sixth place and NCAA III B’ cut qualifying time of 24,.26 in the 50 freestyle.
Other top 10 finishes for the Calvin women included junior Maggie Vail (Portage/Portage Northern HS) in the 100 backstroke with a ninth place time of 1:08.78, Calvin’s 200 medley relay team of sophomore Monica Bressler (Sandusky, OH/Perkins HS), Vail, junior Emily Roberts (DeKalb, IL/DeKalb HS) and VanWoerkom in 8th place (1:50.75), Calvin’s 200 freestyle relay of Bressler, Vail, junior Laure Price (Warren, PA/Warren HS) in sixth place (1:39.06) and Calvin’s 400 medley relay team of Bressler, Roberts, Prince and sophomore Kendra Kinzer (Fort Wayne, IN/Homestead HS) in 7th place (3:45.58).
On the men’s side, freshman Ross Battoclette (Cincinnati, OH/Clark Montessori HS) was 10th in the 200 freestyle (1:47.04) while junior Kurt VanAllsburg (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) was 10th in the 50 freestyle (22.25). In relay action, Calvin’s 200 medley relay of sophomore Tyler Westman (Naperville, IL/Naperville North HS), freshman Greg Gorham (Minnesapolis, MN/Richfield HS), junior Jon Herrema (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) and VanAllsburg were 7th (1:41.73) while Calvin’s 200 freestyle relay of VanAllsburg, Herrema, Battcolette and freshman Ethan Tatum (Grand Rapids/Grand Rapids Christian HS) were also seventh (1:30.51). In addition, Calvin’s 400 medley relay of Battclette, Gorham, senior Keith Conrad (Wheaton, IL/Wheaton North HS) and Tatum took seventh with a time of 3:45.58.
EASTERN MICHIGAN INVITATIONAL TEAM SCORES
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 413
1. Michigan 1102.5
2. Eastern Michigan 917.5
3. Toledo 580.5
4. Wayne State 578
5. Kalamazoo 217
6. Calvin 135.5
7. Northern Michigan 119
8. Oakland 86
9. Findlay 81
10. Alma 4
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 413
1. Eastern Michigan 1220
2. Wayne State 948
3. Kalamazoo 647
4. Findlay 174
5. Calvin 152
6. Unattached 75
7. Oakland 56
8. Alma 30
