Holland, MI – Alma College Swimming and Diving continued action at the MIAA Championships on Thursday. A pair of Scots records were lowered, and Alma sent a number of swimmers to finals in a solid day.
The Alma men opened day 2 finals with the relay team of
Matt Arrigoni,
Andrew Barrett,
Max Nielsen, and
Brent Riehl combining to take 7
th in the 200 Free Relay. The Scots B team of
Luc Lawson,
Seth Stahl, Jon Beerbower, and
Ryan Gray scored a 10
th place finish.
Eli Mull kicked off the individual efforts for the night. The sophomore lowered his current Alma College 500 Freestyle record, clocking a 4:44.93 to take 10
th place. Riehl also scored a 7
th place finish in the 50 Free. His prelim time of 20.83 lowered his Alma College record in the event.
Alma's A relay of Gray, Arrigoni, Nielsen, and Mull took 10
th in the 400 Medley Relay. The B-team of
Frederick Kelly, Beerbower, Barrett, and Lawson took 11
th. The Scots men are deadlocked with Albion in a tie for P4 at 131 points. 3
rd place Kalamazoo sits a decent 49 point gap away from Alma. Olivet sits in 6
th behind the Scots by 43 points.
The Scots women saw their night open with a 6
th place finish from the 200 Freestyle A relay team of
Megan Neeley,
Laney Voisinet,
Sofia Floros, and
Grace Ludema. The B-team of
Anya Drewnicki,
Emma Figlewicz, Madilyn Mendez, and
Lily Smith took 10
th. Neeley turned around and took 6
th place in the 500 Freestyle, clocking a 5:17.56. Floros and Mendez also scored in the event, 12
th and 16
th respectively. Figlewicz took home 16
th in the 200 IM. Ludema (12
th) and Voisinet (14
th) teamed up with
Danielle Ries (15
th) as Alma placed three in the 50 Freestyle.
Neeley, Smith, Ries, and Ludema took 6
th in the 400 Medley Relay. Also teaming up to score a 10
th place finish was
Marissa Luzac, Voisinet, Figlewicz, and Drewnicki. Alma's women sit in 5
th after 2 days of action with 153 points. The Scots trail 4
th place Kalamazoo by just 9 points, and 3
rd place Albion by 30. Alma is ahead of 6
th place Olivet by 71 points.
The Scots have a battle on their hands in the midfield with the following events on the docket for day 3:
200 Medley Relay (Finals Only)
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 Freestyle
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
