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Swimming & Diving Fall to Hope

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ALMA, Mich. -  The Alma College swimming and diving teams suffered setbacks in their final home meet of the year to Hope on Saturday. The men lost 110.5-83.5 while the women fell 123-104.

Individually for the men, Brent Gostomski won the 50 free in a time of 23.22 and Nate McDonald's performance in the 100 free was good for second with a time of 52.85.

For the women, Emily Smith was second in the 100 IM with a time of 2:24.14 and Caylee Coe finished second in the 100 back, touching out in 1:08.27.

The team returns to action Feb. 9-11 at the MIAA Championships.

Posted: Sat, January 28th, 2006 at 3:18PM

 

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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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