No. 15 Men’s Swim/Dive Takes First in Four Events at MIAA Invite

Diver Finn Sanders, swimmer Everett Cox, and the 400-yard freestyle relay all recorded winning efforts for the 15th-ranked Hope College men's swimming and diving team during the MIAA Invite on Saturday at the Holland Aquatic Center.

The Flying Dutch finished runner-up in the five-team event.

Sanders (Wyoming, Michigan / Grandville) swept his two events with season-best scores, winning on the 1-meter board with 260.95 points and the 3-meter board with 260.95 points

Cox (Sugar Land, Texas / Logos Prep) won the 100 freestyle in 46.40 seconds. Calvin University's Will Bates was second at 46.91.

In the 400-yard freestyle relay, senior Josh Bordovsky (Herndon, Virginia / South Lakes), senior Graham Eisenmann (Ozark, Missouri / Ozark), junior Blake Hetherington (Jackson, Michigan / Lumen Christi), and Cox posted a first-place time of 3 minutes, 3.60 seconds. Hope touched the wall 0.2 ahead of runner-up Calvin.

Bordovsky's relay leadoff 45.71 marked the Flying Dutch's fastest 100 free of the season.

Hope also clocked four runner-up swims.

In the 200 free, Eisenmann posted a second-place effort of 1:41.94, edged at the wall by Calvin's Carter Nelson (1:47.84).

In the 100 free, Cox finished runner-up at 1:46.40.

In the 50 free, junior George Marsh (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan / Seaholm) sprinted to a second-place swim of 21.22. Calvin's Jackson Merkel won at 20.79.

In the 400 medley relay, sophomore Jack Szuba (Farmington Hills, Michigan / Detroit Catholic Central), Bordovsky, Cox, and Eisenmann clocked a runner-up swim of 1:33.88. Calvin took first at 1:31.45.

No. 13 Calvin University won the meet with 1,055 points. Hope scored 618 points. Kalamazoo College took third with 175 points, followed by Albion College (164) and Alma College (113).

The Flying Dutch's next meet is on Friday-Saturday, Oct. 30-31, at the Kalamazoo College Invite that also includes Lake Forest College and Wabash College.

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Players Mentioned

Josh Bordovsky: Junior; Mathematics

Everett Cox: Junior; Business

Graham Eisenmann: Senior; Mathematics

Blake Hetherington: Junior; Economics

George Marsh: Junior; Business

Finn Sanders: Sophomore; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Jack Szuba: Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Josh Bordovsky
: Junior; Mathematics

Everett Cox
: Junior; Business

Graham Eisenmann
: Senior; Mathematics

Blake Hetherington
: Junior; Economics

George Marsh
: Junior; Business

Finn Sanders
: Sophomore; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Jack Szuba
: Sophomore