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Swimming, diving finish up pre-conference season

By Melanie Koto
STAFF WRITER

This weekend, the Scarlet Hawks
Swimming and Diving teams competed
in their last two regular season meets be-
fore Conference and Nationals, both at
home. Friday night, the team competed
against Lincoln College.

In the Women’s 200 yard freestyle,
freshman Abby Maze took first place
with a 2:08.29, and in the men’s sopho-
more Eric Grunden took third with a
1:51.41.

In the 50 yard freestyle, junior Mela-
nie Koto took second with a 26.35 for the
women’s team, and freshman Yoni Pru-
zansky took second for the Men’s team
with a 23.04.

In the Men’s 200 yard IM, freshman
Felipe Bergh smoked the competition
from lane one to take first with a 2:01.38
by .23 seconds.

In the 100 yard butterfly, freshman
Aimee Dewante took first with a 1:03.76
for the Women’s team, and junior Keiji
Halloway took first for the Men with a
time of 53.10 and senior Mark Callan
took third with a 57.81.

In the 100 yard freestyle, freshman Iil-
lian Hamada took first with a 57.63 for
the Women, and Pruzansky took second
for the Men with a 49.60, while senior To-
masz Chojnacki took third with a 52.18,
and junior Dylan Maus took fourth with
a 53.16. Koto took first in the Women’s
100 yard backstroke with a 1:04.42, and
sophomore Matthew Rosenfeld took
third in the event with a 56.91 for the
Men’s team, while Bergh took second in
the Men’s 200 yard breaststroke with a
2:19.97.

On Saturday, the team faced Lake
Forest College. Diving started the meet
off, with McNair taking first place on
both the 1 and 3 meter board, with scores
of 287.55 and 337.50 respectively

The Women’s 200 yard medley relay
followed with the team of Koto, Curran,
Hamada and Maze taking second with a
2:02.19.

The Men’s team of Rosenfeld, Grun-
den, Halloway and Pruzansky took
second as well with a time of 1:40.16,
followed by the team of Tapak, Bergh,
Muchna and Lutgendorf in third with
a 1:42.27, and the team of Lao, Grindel,
freshman Arya Mohaimani and Maus
taking fifth with 1:53.09.

In the Men’s 200 yard freestyle, Cho-
jnacki took second (1:53.58), and in
the 50 yard freestyle, Callan took sec-
ond (23.41) as well. In the 400 yard IM,
Bergh took first (4:25.43) followed closely
by Halloway (4:31.92) and Mohaimani
(4:34.03).

In the Women’s 100 yard butterfly, De-
wante took first with a 1:03.81, and in the
Men’s Muchna took second with a 55.74.
Pruzansky took second in the Men’s 100
yard freestyle, while Tapak took fourth
(50.08, 55.42), and Hamada took first
in the Women’s 100 yard backstroke
(1:05.84).

In the 200 yard breaststroke, Curran
took second with a 2:43.60 for the Wom-
en’s team, and for the Men’s team Grun-
den took first with a 2:20.17.

In the final event, the 200 yard free-
style relay, the Women’s team of Maze,
Hamada, Dewante and Koto took second
with a 1:48.37, while the Men’s team of
Callan, Pruzansky, Halloway and Grun-
den took first with a 1:30.71.

The team will compete in two weeks
at the Liberal Arts Conference Meet
in Iowa, and two weeks after that at the
NAIA National Swimming and Diving
meet in St. Petersburg, Mo.

 

Photos by Melanie Koto