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Scots swimmers have bests at DePauw Invite Release Date:
December 3, 2007
MONMOUTH, Ill.
– The Fighting
Scots men’s and women’s teams combined to either set a new school
record, or swim a personal best in nearly half the events at last
weekend’s DePauw Invitational at Greencastle, Ind. The men used
their strong performance to finish fourth and the women placed
eighth.
Calling it the "fastest meet" his team will swim at this season,
coach Keith Crawford was pleased with his team’s performance
following a two-week layoff. The men had their highest finish ever
at the meet.
Kevin Raske again excelled for the Scots, tying with DePauw’s
Robert Alexander for the high point-scorer at the invitational.
Raske set the Monmouth record while winning the 1650-yard freestyle
in 16:40.29 and he touched first in the 200-yard backstroke
(1:57.98), his prelim time of 1:57.83 was also school record. The
freshman also set the new Scots standard in the 200- butterfly
prelims (1:58.50) and took second in the finals.
Kurt Niemeier picked up a second-place in the 200-yard freestyle
(1:47.20) and teamed with Raske, John Kaiser and Tom Pederson to
finish fourth in the 400- freestyle relay (3:21.20). The foursome
also picked up a fifth-place finish in the 200- freestyle relay
(1:30.45).
Kevin Satler swam a personal-best 1:03.41 in the 100-yard
breaststroke to finish fifth. He was joined by Raske, Kaiser and
Niemeier to swim to a fourth-place finish in the 400- medley relay
(3:44.40) and 200- medley relay (1:42.55).
On the women’s side, Anne Lane took seconds in the 100-yard
butterfly (1:01.98) and the 200- individual medley with a
school-record time of 2:18.40. Her time of 2:19.63 was good for
fifth in the 200- butterfly.
Other Scots swimmers with personal bests but finishing out of the
top five included –
Heather Plum, 500-yard freestyle (5:33.85), 1650- freestyle
(19:23.59); Lauren Nelson, 500- freestyle (5:57.69); Meaghan
Gritzenbach, 500- freestyle (6:00.82); Sally Thomas, 200- backstroke
(2:43.18); Lauren Nelson, 100- backstroke (1:15.13), 200- freestyle
(2:15.97); Lauren Kelley, 200- freestyle (2:16.96); Chad Rowland,
500- freestyle (5:00.76), 200- backstroke (2:08.99); Brant Furr,
100- breaststroke (1:08.55), 200- breaststroke (2:26.94); Jack
Clifford, 200- backstroke (2:15.90); Satler, 400- individual medley
(4:38.86), 200- breaststroke (2:22.95); Harrison Heilman, 400-
individual medley (4:36.45); Kaiser, 100- butterfly (55.43);
Pederson, 100- butterfly (59.77).
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