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Scots finish 2, 3 at own Invitational
Release Date: November 14, 2009
MONMOUTH, Ill. —
Buoyed by five firsts, the men placed second at their own
Monmouth Invitational Saturday at the Pepper Natatorium. The Scots
women nearly duplicated the men’s performance, setting one pool
record, taking first in three events and placing third in the
eight-team meet.
The women got out of the gate quickly, opening the meet with a
second place in the 400 medley relay. Rachel Buckham,
Krysta Sparks, Rachel Holm and Colleen Zumpf swam
an honor roll time of 4:22.76. Holm and Zumpf teamed with Erica
McAloon and Kendra Keuhl to take third in the 400
freestyle with an honor roll time of 3:57.22.
Monmouth set a pool record and took three of the top four spots
in the 200 breaststroke. Sparks set the pool record, swimming a
2:31.58 to place first. Amanda Zaidel was third in 2:42.75
and Zumpf was fourth with a time of 2:48.91.
McAloon picked up an individual first in the 50 freestyle. Her
personal-best 26.96 won by five-tenths. Buckham took second in the
200 backstroke in 2:23.27 and third in the 100 backstroke in
1:06.50.
The Scots were strong in the 100 breaststroke, sweeping the top
four spots. Sparks touched first in 1:11.43. Zaidel’s second-place
time of 1:14.53 was a personal-best while McAloon’s 1:16.17 bested
Zumpf for third by two-tenths.
A 2:29.11 placed Holm second in the 200 butterfly. Keuhl also
took a second, swimming a 5:48.37 in the 500 freestyle.
Monmouth’s men opened their portion of the meet with a win in the
400-yard medley relay. Josh Dunn, Harrison Heilman,
John Kaiser and Steve Collins swam a 3:53.50 to win by
more than six seconds. Dunn, Kaiser, Collins and Joe Testolin
formed the second-place 400 relay team, swimming a time of 3:25.77,
just a second out of first.
Heilman took an individual first and two seconds. The senior
touched first in the 400 IM with a time of 4:38.18. He also swam a
1:08.78 in the 100 breaststroke to place second and added another
second with a time of 2:10.16 in the 200 IM.
Dunn added an individual first in the 200 freestyle, swimming a
1:51.83 and Testolin was third less than two seconds back. Testolin
was the winner in the 500 freestyle, clocking a 5:12.25 and Dunn was
second in the 100 freestyle at 50.66.
A time of 2:10.86 took first for Kaiser in the 200 butterfly by
five-tenths. Tom Pederson took second in the 50 freestyle at
23.29. Josh Van Swol placed third in the 100 backstroke at
1:01.10 while Testolin clocked a personal-best 2:12.96 to place
fourth.
The Scots swim at Augustana Friday and won’t swim at home again
until Jan. 8.
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