The Monmouth College men’s and women’s swim teams used valuable
points in diving to springboard to second- and third-place finishes,
respectively, at the IWU Invitational in Bloomington Saturday.
Sophomore Jack Clifford won the men’s 1-meter diving. Freshman
Kayce DeRoo scored a school-record 171.30 points in the diving well
for her runnerup finish and classmate Nina Hart took eighth in the
women’s 1-meter.
While the men might have been expected to finish near the top,
the women’s team may have been a bit of a surprise. The women may
have faired even better if not for a false start by the Scots top
women’s team in the 200-yard medley relay. "That cost us ten
points," lamented swim coach Keith Crawford whose women’s team
missed second-place by eight points. "Overall, I was very happy with
all facets of the meet. Kayce’s second-place in the diving well was
big for us, Nina picked up valuable points in eighth and Jack
winning the 1-meter means both teams added some valuable points."
Sophomore Anne Lane picked up three firsts, winning the 200-yard
IM (2:20.63), 100- butterfly (1:03.67) and the 500- freestyle
(5:34.49). All three times are Monmouth honor roll marks. She teamed
with Lauren Kelley, Megan Wentzlaff and Lindsay Duvick to finish
third in the 200- freestyle relay with a time of 1:51.07. Wentzlaff
also picked up a third in the 100-yard backstroke with her swim of
1:17.81. Heather Plum posted a third in the 200- freestyle
(2:12.06).
Freshman Kevin Raske continues to make waves for the men,
breaking his own school record in the 500-yard freestyle (4:53.01)
en route to a second-place finish. He also placed second in the 200-
freestyle with a personal-best 1:48.55. Raske was joined on the
second-place 200- freestyle relay by John Kaiser, Kurt Niemeier and
Tom Pederson. The foursome swam a Monmouth honor roll time of
1:31.77.
Niemeier posted a second in the 100-yard freestyle (49.32) and
teamed with Josh Van Swol, Kevin Satler and Kaiser for a third in
the 200- medley relay (1:45.19). Kaiser’s time of 1:01.30 in the
100- backstroke placed him third. Taking second in the 100-
breaststroke was Jon Peterson in 1:04.44.
The Scots will take the week off before hitting the two-day
DePauw Invitational Nov. 30 and Dec. 1.
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