The Hope College men's swimming & diving team finished first at a quad meet hosted by Wheaton (Illinois) College on Saturday, totaling 576 points.

The Flying Dutchmen came in 45 points ahead of runner-up Lake Forest (Illinois). Kalamazoo (503) took third, followed by Wheaton (436).

Sophomore Jean-Luc Miralda of Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Honduras American), won 3-meter diving for Hope with a score of 311.15 points. Teammate Kevin Franz, a freshman from Mundelein, Illinois (Mundelein HS), was second with 240.95 points.

Miralda also was runner-up in 1-meter diving with a score of 274.35 points. Franz was third with 229.5 points.

Freshman Charlie Emmert of Grand Blanc, Michigan (Flint Powers Catholic HS), placed second in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2 minutes, 00.3 seconds and third in the 200 freestyle. Emmert is pictured.

Junior Jeff Zita of Holland, Michigan (Holland Christian HS), took third in the 200 breaststroke with a  swim of 2:14.84.

Junior Duncan MacLean of Grand Rapids, Michigan (East Grand Rapids HS), came in third in the 1,000 freestyle with a swim of 10:25.47.

The Flying Dutchmen clocked a third-place time in the 400 freestyle relay. Trevor Billinghurst, Christopher Waechter, Samuel Gallmeyer and Ryan Johnson went 3:14.40. 

Hope returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 24, when the Flying Dutchmen travel to Calvin for a 1 p.m. dual meet.