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DePauw Invitational Review

GREENCASTLE, Ind. - The Alma College men's swimming team concluded action at the DePauw Invitational, led by Brent Gostomski's (Newport) sixth place finish in the 100 fly with a time of 54.33. He was the only Alma individual to advance to the finals Saturday.

As a team, Alma ended the weekend invitational with 65 points to finish 11th. DePauw won the event with 712 team points.

The 200 medley relay team of Ben McDonald (Howell), Jim Abrams (Manistique), Gostomski and Peter Dufty (Lapeer/Lapeer East) finished 10th with a combined time of 1:48.91.

The team does not compete until Jan. 14 when the women's team takes on St. Mary's and Hillsdale while the men's team returns to action Jan. 21. against Olivet.

Posted: Sun, December 4th, 2005 at 9:54AM

 

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Coach Profile

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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