Men's Swim/Dive Tops Albion and Alma

Sophomore swimmer Alex Boersema, pictured

The Hope College men's swimming and diving team earned a pair of victories on Friday, defeating Albion College, 169-64, and Alma College, 185-38, at Holland Aquatic Center.

Sophomore Conner Halberg (Novi, Michigan / Northville) won both the 1,000-yard freestyle with a swim of 9 minutes, 56.05 seconds and the 100 backstroke with a time of 56.28 seconds.

Sophomore Alex Boersema (Holland, Michigan / West Ottawa) took first in the 500 freestyle by clocking a time of 5:00.13 and led off the first-place 400 freestyle relay that posted a swim of 3:15.93 with sophomore Joel Cummins (Osceola, Indiana / Penn), freshman Sam Albrecht (Jenison, Michigan / Jenison) and Kenny Pontius (Grand Rapids, Michigan / East Grand Rapids).

Sophomore Colin Kalkman (Zeeland, Michigan / Holland Christian) recorded a winning 100 butterfly of 52.55 seconds and started the first-place 200 medley relay that went 1:36.70 with junior Reilly LaGrand (Grand Rapids, Michigan / Catholic Central), sophomore Dallas Fisher (Highland, Michigan / Detroit Catholic Central) and freshman Bishop Carl (Cincinnati, Ohio / Sycamore).

Fisher touched the wall first in the 200 individual medley at 1:58.55.

Cummins clocked a winning 100 freestyle swim of 48.70 seconds.

Junior Ben Catton (Holland, Michigan / Holland Christian) took first in the 200 freestyle by posting a time of 1:47.32.

Junior Justin Romero (Detroit, Michigan / Woodhaven) won 1-meter diving with a score of 221.20 points.

Hope's next meet is Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 17-19, at the Kenyon College (Ohio) Invitational.

Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Alex Boersema: Freestyle; Sophomore; Exercise Science

Ben Catton: Freestyle; Junior; Business/Economics

Joel Cummins: Freestyle, Fly; Sophomore; Exercise Science

Dallas Fisher: Fly/Back/Free; Sophomore; Engineering

Conner Halberg: Freestyle; Sophomore; Public Acct/Business

Colin Kalkman: Fly/Back/Free; Sophomore; Biology

Reilly LaGrand: Breaststroke/Freestyle; Junior; Biology

Bishop Carl: Freestyle/Butterfly; Freshman; Engineering/Physics

Kenny Pontius: Freestyle; Freshman

Justin Romero: Diving; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Alex Boersema
: Sophomore; Exercise Science
: Freestyle

Ben Catton
: Junior; Business/Economics
: Freestyle

Joel Cummins
: Sophomore; Exercise Science
: Freestyle, Fly

Dallas Fisher
: Sophomore; Engineering
: Fly/Back/Free

Conner Halberg
: Sophomore; Public Acct/Business
: Freestyle

Colin Kalkman
: Sophomore; Biology
: Fly/Back/Free

Reilly LaGrand
: Junior; Biology
: Breaststroke/Freestyle

Bishop Carl
: Freshman; Engineering/Physics
: Freestyle/Butterfly

Kenny Pontius
: Freshman
: Freestyle

Justin Romero
: Freshman
: Diving