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Scots swimmers split with Vikings Release Date:
January 14, 2008
MONMOUTH, Ill.
– The Monmouth
College men’s swim team performed as expected, winning last Friday’s
dual meet at Augustana College 146-56. Swimming the second straight
meet with a shorthanded squad, the Scots women fell 107-60.
Monmouth’s men finished 1-2 in eight of the 11 events. The Scots
got off to a fast start, taking first and second in the first event,
the 200-yard medley relay. The Scots’ A Team of Kevin Raske, Jon
Peterson, John Kaiser and Kurt Niemeier won with a time of 1:45.52
and the foursome of Harrison Hielman, Kevin Satler, Tom Pederson and
Dan Campione logged a second place finish in 1:49.61. Other 1-2
finishes included the 1000- freestyle tandem of Raske (10:07.88) and
Chad Rowland (a personal-best 10:50.30); the 200- freestyle with
Niemeier (1:50.12) and Ed Novak (2:05.56); the 200- individual
medley of Kaiser (2:11.02) and Heilman (2:13.27); Heilman and
Niemeier in the 100- backstroke (1:01.56 and 1:01.85, respectively);
Ed Novak and Matt O’Rourke in the 500- freestyle (5:32.85 and
5:35.63, respectively); and the 100- breaststroke with Peterson
(1:06.53) and Satler (1:06.88).
Pederson touched first in the 100- butterfly (1:00.96) and was
second in the 50- freestyle (23.82). Other seconds were recorded by
Steven Whittle in the 100- freestyle (53.76) and the 400- freestyle
relay team of O’Rourke, Jim Travnik, Brant Furr and Ryan Bouwman
(4:10.39).
The women were able to take first in four events. Anne Lane
touched first in the 200-yard freestyle (2:04.27); Meaghan
Gritzenbach in the 500- freestyle (6:04.71); Jessica DeMink in the
100- breaststroke (1:21.10); and the 400- freestyle relay of
Gritzenbach, Lauren Nelson, Sally Thomas and DeMink (4:32.29).
Seconds came from the 200- medley relay team of Lane, DeMink,
Gritzenbach and Nelson (2:11.50); Nelson in the 1000- freestyle
(12:47.05) and the 500- freestyle (6:14.93); Lane in the 100-
backstroke (1:08.88). Lane also recorded a personal best while
swimming an exhibition 100- breaststroke (1:20.86).
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