ALMA, Mich. – The Alma College swimming and diving program had to wait out a half hour delay due to technical difficulties at Alma High School, but the Scots were able to get its season and home opener underway on Friday night as they competed against local Division II power Saginaw Valley State.
 
The Basics: 

• Score
  • Women
    • Saginaw Valley State – 201
    • Alma – 41
  • Men
    • Saginaw Valley State – 197
    • Alma – 33

• Records
  • Women
    • Alma (0-1, 0-0 Michigan)
    • Saginaw Valley State (1-0, 0-0 Great Lakes)
  • Men
    • Alma (0-1, 0-0 Michigan)
    • Saginaw Valley State (1-0, 0-0 Great Lakes)

• Location
  • Alma, Michigan – Alma High School

• Series History
  • Women
    • Cardinals Lead 8-0 (0%)
  • Men
    • Cardinals Lead 7-0 (0%)

• Winning Streak
  • Women
    • Cardinals (W8) / Scots' Last Win: N/A
  • Men
    • Cardinals (W7) / Scots' Last Win: N/A

 
Abby Dumond dove herself into the record books for the third time as her combined score of 367.20 that she accrued in the 1-meter diving cracked the top-ten performances all-time, leading the Scots in points (7) thanks to both a silver and bronze medal. The trio of Rowan Frost, Sarah Rabbideau, and Emma Hoy all finished the meet with four points apiece as Frost and Rabbideau each came in third once. Personal records that went down on opening night were Hoy in the 200 IM (2:29.42) as well as Katelyn Rutkowski's 50 free time of 29.50.
 
Karl Bray was the highest point scorer for the men with six, placing fourth in the 1000 free (10:51.21) and 200 IM (2:09.48), and fifth during the 500 free (5:12.35). Ruairidh Davis logged the most impressive individual performance as he set a personal record in the 100 back at 58.17 for Alma's lone top-three finish of the evening. Other PRs to fall  came via Cody Benkovsky's 59.23-second 100 fly (three points) and Colton Ralko's 1:06.40 mark in the 100 back (two points).
 
Next:
The Maroon and Teal open MIAA competition on Saturday, October 17 at 1 p.m. against Albion inside the Dean Aquatic Center.
 

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