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SWIMMING & DIVING: Lady Scots Take on the Belles of Saint Mary's

Written By: Channing Kimball, Alma College Diving Coach 

On December 8, 2007, Alma College held their second home meet with a dual against St. Mary’s College. This conference match up was a make-up for the meet that was canceled on November 9th. Although a small team with only 14 girls, Alma Lady Scots have been competing and posting winning times since beginning their season on October 27th. However numbers proved to be a tough obstacle to overcome in this meet, and the Lady Scots lost to the Belles in a final score of 181-111.

Junior Sara Swanton (Saginaw/Heritage) led the Lady Scots with a first place finish in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:26.83 and a second place finish in the 500-yard freestyle with time of 5:39.44. Freshman Christine Vicari (Grand Rapids/Catholic Central) showed her sprinting abilities by swimming to a first place in 50-yard freestyle (27.29).  Senior Emily Smith (Adrian) turned in a first place time of 2:41.77 in the 200-yard breastroke.  Other top finishes were made by sophomore Sarah Anderson (Marshall), who took second in100-yard freestyle (57.68), and sophomore Elaina Paulson (St. Joseph), who took second in the100 yard-butterfly (1:08.77).

Strong performances were turned in by sophomore diver Hanna Leestma (Royal Oak/Kimball) and freshman diver Brianna Harfmann (Midland/H. H. Dow). Leestma took first place on both boards with scores of 222.55 on the 1-meter and 212.00 on the 3-meter. Harfmann placed second on 1-meter with a score of 207.5 and third on 3-meter with a score of 183.75.

Alma Lady Scots Buhl, Anderson, Smith, and Vicari finished the meet with an exciting win in the 200-yard freestyle relay – touching out the Belles in a time of 1:46.77.

Next the Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Team travel to Ft. Pierce, Florida to train at the Indian River Community College. During this week-long intense training trip, the Scots will have a dual meet against Keene State College from New Hampshire. 
 

Posted: Tue, December 11th, 2007 at 2:05PM

 

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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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