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Alma Keeps It Close Against Findlay, Hillsdale

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The Alma College women's swimming and diving team faced Hillsdale and Findlay Saturday in Ohio, falling to Hillsdale 86-17 and to Findlay 65-38.

Individually, Sara Swanton's time of 11:58.14 in the 1,000 free was good for third place and her time of 2:38.58 in the 200 fly was also good for third. Alyssa Gooch was third in one-meter diving, earning 141.4 points.

Audrey Sloan led the way with a second place finish in the 500 free with a time of 5:46.15. Emily Smith touched out in 2:41.57 in the 200 breast, good for third place.

Posted: Sun, November 6th, 2005 at 12:57PM

 

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Chris Hamstra

Chris Hamstra

Coach Hamstra graduated from Hope College in 2004 with a B.A. in Accounting. During his time at Hope, Hamstra was a four year student-athlete, received All-MIAA honors and was also named to the All-American team. Hamstra was also a member of MIAA Championship teams and brings that winning attitude and work ethic to his new position.

After graduation, Hamstra served as an assistant coach for Hope’s Swimming and Diving Program under Dr. John Patnott. Hamstra credits Dr. Patnott with helping him to understand the science of swimming and also the importance of season long work out plans. “As an assistant in his program, I was given the freedom to implement my own workouts into the system, providing me with insight into what it takes to develop season long plans."

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