Swimming & Diving Teams Fall to Division II Wayne State
Saturday, November 21, 2009
In another day of action for the Calvin swim and dive team and despite taking a pair of losses for both men and women’s teams, the Knights swam what coach Dan Gelderloos called their best meet of the year at home against Division II team Wayne State University.
A Saturday event held at Calvin’s Venema Aquatic Center, the losses pushed Calvin’s season record to 2-2 and 1-3 for the women and men respectively in dual meet action. The women, recently ranked at #5 in the Division III Top 25 poll, fell by a score of 146-92, and the men, who have received votes in the poll but are not ranked in the Top 25, lost by a team score of 164-74.
Women’s Swimming and Diving Ranked 5th in National Poll/Men’s Team Receiving Votes
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Collegeswimming.com has released its first Division III Top 25 poll of the year and the Calvin women’s swimming and diving team is ranked fifth. Under the direction of head coach Dan Gelderloos, the Knights are currently 2-1 in dual meet competition. Meanwhile the Calvin men’s swimming and diving team which is 1-2 in dual meet competition is receiving votes in the men’s poll but is not in the top 25. The MIAA includes three men’s teams in the top 25 with Kalamazoo ranked fifth, Hope 18th and Olivet 22nd.
Swimming and Diving Teams Split Dual Meets With Wheaton
Saturday, November 07, 2009
The Calvin men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams split non-conference dual meets with visiting Wheaton Saturday afternoon at the Venema Aquatic Center.
In the women’s meet, Calvin defeated the Thunder 154-140 to improve to 1-1 in dual meet action. In the men’s meet, Calvin fell to Wheaton 171-117 to fall to 0-2 on the year.
