The Hope College men's swimming & diving team claimed two No. 1 seeds during Saturday's preliminaries at the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championships.
Tonight's finals at Calvin College start at 5:30 p.m. Hope is in second place with 437 points. Calvin (544) leads.
Photo of Christopher Waechter contributyed by Steve Johnson
Senior Jake Hunt of Muskegon (Mona Shores HS) tied for the top seed in the 100-yard freestyle. He and Albion's Brian Fiorillo each finished in 46.38 seconds.
Hope senior Andrew Larson of Jackson (Jackson HS) is fifth after a preliminary time of 46.49.
Sophomore Jeff Zita of Holland (Holland Christian HS) grabbed the No. 1 seed in the 200 breaststroke. He posted a preliminary time of 2:05.06.
Freshman Christian Otteman of Zeeland (Zeeland East) is seeded third in the 200 backstroke after a preliminary swim of 1:56.39. Freshman Danny Sullivan of Columbus, Ohio (Upper Arlington HS), is sixth at 1:57.38.
Sophomore Nathaniel Rommel of Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley NW HS), is in the 200 butterfly final after a fifth-place, preliminary swim of 1:58.13.
Hope is seeded fifth in the 400 freestyle relay. Senior Alexander Perkins of Brighton (Howell HS), Sullivan, Otteman and freshman Trevor Wagoner of Hixson, Texas (McCalle HS), went 3:29.00 during preliminaries.
