MIAA Championships Coverage Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Thursday
AM-Prelims Results
PM-Finals Results
Friday
AM-Prelims Results
PM-Finals Results
Saturday
AM-Prelims Results SWIM
AM-Prelims Results DIVE
PM-Finals Results
Saturday's Final Results
The Men's and Women's MIAA Swimming and Diving Championships came to an end tonight at Jenison High School.
First, on the women's side the Scots saw junior Emily Smith turn in a solid performance in the 200 yard breaststroke finishing in twelfth place with a time of 2:37.19. The women also saw sophomore Sara Swanton turn in a great performance of 2:23.93, which shaved four seconds off of her preliminary time, in the women's 200 yard butterfly. Swanton's time placed her in eleventh place.
In the women's 1650 yard freestyle the Scots saw Sara Swanton, Caylee Coe, and Kelly Marks all swim hard but couldn't manage to finish any higher then fourteenth. Swanton claimed that spot when she turned in a time of 19:12.46, Coe finished fifteenth with a time of 19:21.15, and Marks twenty-second at 22:26.59.
The women didn't see anyone qualify for the final round in the 100-yard freestyle but several Scots did their best. The highest placement in this event was by that of freshman Sarah Anderson, who finished seventeenth and had a team best time of 57.14. Lora Trzeciak finished twenty-fifth with a time of 59:64. Nichole McCarthy, Elaina Paulson, Kelly Marks, and Geri Gaskell all finished within seconds of each other and recorded times of 1:02.74, 1:02.91, 1:03.12, and 1:05.92 respectively.
Going into the 1 meter diving event the Scots saw Elaina Paulson, Ivyrose Hess, and Baliy Buyak comppete hard but couldn't manage to get anyone into the final round. In the second to last event of the long weekend the women ended their competition by sending the team of Emily Smith, Caylee Coe, Lora Trzeciak, and Sarah Anderson to do their best in the 400-yard freestyle relay. The team did well but finished seventh with a time of 3:52.72.
On the men's side the team saw solid effort from many individuals as well. In the 200-yard backstroke, the Maroon and Cream were led by Spencer Johnson. Johnson did fail to qualify for the final round but finished just one place short with a time of 2:04.75.
Sophomore Anderson Minnick turned in a good time of 55.12 in the men's 100-yard freestyle but failed to qualify for the finals as well. The Scots saw Matt Davis give a valiant effort in trying to qualify for the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:13.55 but, like many of his teammates, wasn't able to.
To end the 2006-2007 swimming and diving season the men competed in the 400-yard freestyle relay. Despite the fact the team of Brent Gostomski, Spencer Johnson, Lucas Livingston, and Corey White improved their time from the preliminaries they were unable to finish any higher then sixth place in the event. The teams' finishing time was 3:24.34.
The Alma College Men's team ended their season by finishing in sixth place while the women ended theirs by placing seventh.
Friday In Review
The 200 medley relay, 400 IM, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, men's three-meter diving and 800 freestyle relay were on the docket for the day, as freshman Spencer Johnson (Grand Ledge) led the Scots in the second day of competition at the MIAA Championships at Jenison High School.
Johnson ended seventh, ending with a time of 54.57 in the 100 backstroke to lead the Scots on the day.
The women's 200 medley relay team of Caylee Coe (Owooso), Nicole McCarthy (Owosso), Kelly Marks (Berkley) and Sarah Anderson (Marshall) finished with a time of 2:03.12, disappointing after entering with a seed time of 2:02.24. Perhaps even more disappointing, the men's 200 medley relay team DQed, leaving the Scots out of scoring potential in what was hoped to be a strong event for the Maroon and Cream.
In the men's 100 fly, Brent Gostomski (Trenton) did not make the finals, but finished 17th overall with a time of 54.98. In the men's 200 free Luke Livingston (Trenton) was 16th overall with a time of 1:51.41.
The women's 100 yard breaststroke saw Emily Smith (Adrian) finish 11th in the finals with a time of 1:12.85. Nicole McCarthy was 14th, just out of finals contention, with a time of 1:13.91.
The 800 free relay team of Emily Smith, Kelly Marks, Caylee Coe and Sara Swanton were seventh with a time of 8:44.54. The men's 800 free relay team was fifth in the event with a time of 7:29.63 with Brent Gostomski, Matt Davis, Luke Livingston and Spencer Johnson leading the way.
The Scots return to the pool Saturday (Feb. 10) as the wrap up action at the MIAA Championships.
Thursday In Review
Alma College men's swimming and diving opened competition at the MIAA Championships Thursday, recording 29 points on the first day. The Scots competed in the 200 freestyle relay, 500 free, 200 IM, 50 free and 400 medley relay on the first day of MIAA final competition. The lone Scot in the swimming finals was senior Brent Gostomski (Trenton) who finished 12th overall in the 200 IM with a time of 2:04.81, shaving nearly one full minute off his seed time of 2:05.62. Steve Rose (Essexville/Garber) was in the finals on the one-meter board, finishing fifth. Spencer Johnson (Grand Ledge) was 13th overall, one place out of finals action, with a time of 2:07.49.
The women's 200 free relay team of Elaina Paulson (St. Joseph), Emily Smith (Adrian), Lora Trzeciak (Allen Park) and Sarah Anderson (Marshall) finished sixth, just ahead of Saint Mary's, with a time of 1:46.30. The men's 200 free relay team was disqualified after entering with a seed time of 1:36.15.
The 500 free relay saw the women finish in 19th and 22nd place overall. Sara Swanton (Saginaw/Heritage) swam 5:41.00 and Caylee Coe (Owosso) finishing with a time of 5:41.91. On the men's side Lucas Livingston (Trenton) touched out in 5:05.11, 17th overall.
The 200 IM did not have a Scot in the finals, as Emily Smith just missed the finals, 14th overall with a time of 2:20.00.
The 50 free had Sarah Anderson finishing 16th with a time of 25.53 while Nate McDonald was the top finisher in the event with a time of 23.49, finishing 22nd overall.
On the three-meter board, Elaina Paulson was eighth with a score of 305.95 and Ivyrose Hess 11th with a score of 264.75 for the Scots. On the one-meter board, Steve Rose ended fifth overall on the one-meter with a score of 374.10.
The 400 medley relay team on the women's side shaved two minutes off its seed time as Caylee Coe, Nicole McCarthy, Sara Swanton and Lora Trzeciak ended sixth in the event. The men's team was sixth, cutting nearly 16 seconds off its seed time when Johnson, Anderson Minnick (St. Johns), Gostomski and Livingston touched out in 3:49.48.
The Scots return to action on Friday morning with prelim action beginning at 10 a.m.
Posted: Sat, February 10th, 2007 at 9:54PM
