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The Fighting Scot’s
men and women’s swim team started their season this past Friday,
Oct. 26 with a dual meet against Millikin University. The men’s
team won the meet with a final score of 125 to 80.
This year, the men’s
team is made up of 19 men, up from 17 last year. To break-in the
new season, freshman Kevin Raske broke two school records; first,
in the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 10:03.88 and then again
in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:53.12.
Strong efforts were
also made by sophomore Harrison Heilman in the 200 yard
individual medley, sophomore John Peterson in the 100 yard
backstroke and sophomore John Kaiser in the 50 yard freestyle.
Senior Kurt Niemeier finished first in the 100 yard freestyle, and
coach Keith Crawford claimed to be “Very impressed with his [Niemeier]
effort and time of 59.3 for the first meet of the year.”
The men’s team is
gearing to be a top competitor in the conference, dominating
Grinell College. Grinell has won conference in the men’s division
the last six years in a row and the women’s for the last nine
years. The women’s team is also looking forward to their season,
finishing the meet with an 80 to 119.5 finish.
Sophomore Anne
Lane, “Did a very tough triple of the 200 yard freestyle, 200
yard individual medley, and the 100 yard butterfly and finishing
first in all three,” says Crawford.
He went on to say:
“She put in quite a bit of effort.” Senior Heather Plum also
finished first in the women’s 1000 yard freestyle with a strong
time of 11:57.17. This is also the start of the first men and
women’s dive team since 1981.
The dive competitors
started their season against Western Illinois University on
Saturday, Oct. 27 at Western.
Sophomore Jack
Clifford and freshman Nina Hart will also help the Scots work
towards their goal of a top two finish for the men and a top four
finish for the women in conference this year. With eleven
competition days and the conference meet to come, Crawford is,
“Looking forward to another successful year. I know we are working
harder than ever before and have a lot more talent than ever
before.”
The Scots’ next
meet is this Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Pepper Natatorium against
Lake Forest College.
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