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Lifetime and Season Bests Highlight Final Dual Meet Before Conference Championships

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HOLLAND, Mich. - Alma College men's swimming and diving may not have found a team win, but that does not mean they did not find success Saturday at Hope College. Despite a team loss of 111-83, Alma saw many standout performances.

"With lifetime and season bests achieved entering the MIAA Championships, I'm optimistic," said head coach Kyle Schack. "Our team continues to respond to feedback in practice and use it in competition and the results can be seen as we continue to get faster throughout the year."

Individually, Steven Rose (Essexville/Garber) was a dual event winner, taking honors on both the one- and three-meter boards while Luke Livingston (Trenton) went an unshaved best time in the 200 free, touching out in 1:54.82. Rounding out top performers for the Scots was Anderson Minnick (St. Johns) who went a lifetime best in the 100 free with a time of 57.96.

The Maroon and Cream now look ahead to the MIAA Championships Feb. 8-10 at Jenison High School in Jenison, Mich.

Posted: Sat, January 27th, 2007 at 5:42PM

 

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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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