No. 15 Men’s Swim/Dive Swims Up a Level at GVSU Invite

Hope posts seventh Top-10 efforts against NCAA Division I and II teams

Led by two relays, the 15th-ranked Hope College men's swimming and diving team posted seven Top 10 performances during the Grand Valley State University Invitational on Friday and Saturday at the Holland Aquatic Center.

The five-team event featured one NCAA Division I team, three nationally ranked NCAA Division II teams, and the Flying Dutch.

In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Hope's Josh Bordovsky (Herndon, Virginia / South Lakes), Graham Eisenmann (Ozark, Missouri / Ozark), Everett Cox (Sugar Land, Texas / Logos Prep) and Blake Hetherington (Jackson, Michigan / Lumen Christi) clocked a fourth-place time 3 minutes, 1.37 seconds.

In the 200 freestyle relay, Eisenmann, George Marsh (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan / Seaholm), Christian Hoeksema (Holland, Michigan / Holland Christian), and Bordovsky posted a sixth-place swim of 1:22.43.

In the 400 individual medley, Nolan Schneider recorded a seventh-place effort of 4:09.48.

Diver Finn Sanders (Wyoming, Michigan / Grandville) took seventh on the 1-meter board by scoring 249.90 points and eighth on the 3-meter board by totaling 245.0 points.

In the 200 freestyle, Cox placed ninth at 1:40.59.

In the 200 medley relay, Jack Szuba (Farmington Hills, Michigan / Detroit Catholic Central), Bordovsky, Eisenmann and Hetherington finished 10th at 1:31.64.

Seventh-ranked GVSU won the meet with 809 points, edging Indiana University Indianapolis by 9.5 points. Fifth-ranked Wingate took third (778.5) and was followed by fifth-ranked Wingate University (778.5), eighth-ranked University of Findlay (359), and Hope (222).

The Flying Dutch next compete on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 11 a.m. at the MIAA Invite at the Holland Aquatic Center.

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Players Mentioned

Josh Bordovsky: Junior; Mathematics

Everett Cox: Junior; Business

Graham Eisenmann: Senior; Mathematics

Blake Hetherington: Junior; Economics

Christian Hoeksema: Senior; Communication

George Marsh: Junior; Business

Finn Sanders: Sophomore; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Jack Szuba: Sophomore

Nolan Schneider: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Josh Bordovsky
: Junior; Mathematics

Everett Cox
: Junior; Business

Graham Eisenmann
: Senior; Mathematics

Blake Hetherington
: Junior; Economics

Christian Hoeksema
: Senior; Communication

George Marsh
: Junior; Business

Finn Sanders
: Sophomore; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Jack Szuba
: Sophomore

Nolan Schneider
: Freshman