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ALMA WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING DROPS MEET TO SAINT MARY'S

This past Saturday, the Alma College Women’s Swimming and Diving team held a dual meet against St. Mary’s College. The Lady Scots lost to the Belles by a final score of 167-104.

Standing out in the Scots line up was junior Sarah Anderson (Marshall, MI). Anderson finished first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 57.79 and finished second in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 26.94. In the 100-yard backstroke, sophomore Jordan Bryde (Mason, MI) finished second (1:06.04) and freshman Holly Oemke (Haslett, MI) finished third (1:10.13). Bryde got another top finish in the 200-yard backstroke, finishing second in a time of 2:23.25. In the 100-yard breaststroke, sophomore Shaina Buhl (Beverly Hills, MI) took second (1:16.48). Freshman Madison Behmlander (Aubrn, MI) took third in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:17.64) and second in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:45.76). Sophomore diver Brianna Harfmann (Midland, MI) turned in a strong performance. Harfmann took first place on both boards with a scor8 of 211.25 on the 1-meter and 224.20 on the 3-meter. On the ladies side, Hoehn, Vicari, Anderson and Behmlander finished the meet with an exciting win in the 200-yard freestyle relay – touching out the Belles in a time of 1:47.96.

Next on the schedule for the Scots is a home meet against Albion College. The meet will be on Saturday, November 15th at 1:00pm.
 

Posted: Tue, November 11th, 2008 at 8:58AM

 

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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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