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Scots Swim Strong at Hope, Look Ahead to MIAA Championships

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HOLLAND, Mich. - The Alma College women's swimming and diving team saw strong performances from several individuals in a 137-108 loss at Hope College Saturday.

"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."

Sarah Anderson (Marshall) went a lifetime best in the 50 free with a time of 26.34 while Nicole McCarthy (Owosso) won the 100 breast by three seconds in a season best time of 1:14.28. Geri Gaskell went a lifetime best of 1:07.19 in the 100 free and proceeded to swim a full second faster in the relay later in the meet.

Elaina Paulson (St. Joseph) and Bailey Buyak (Diamondale) went 1-2 in the three meter diving event and Emily Smith (Adrian) was a dual event winner, coming from behind in both the 500 free and 200 IM with times of 5:57.77 and 2:22.03, respectively.

Alma now looks to the MIAA Championships Feb. 8-10 at Jenison High School in Jenison, Mich. to round out the season with performances they've worked toward throughout this 2006-07 season.

Posted: Sat, January 27th, 2007 at 5:49PM

 

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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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