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2009 MIAA SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS - SCOTS BREAK SEVEN SCHOOL RECORDS ON FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION

The 2009 MIAA Swimming and Diving Championships began Thursday and continue through Saturday at Notre Dame University, hosted by St. Mary's College. After day one, the Scots are in six place in men's team competition and seventh in women's team competition.

Day one saw the Alma swimmers and divers have seven school records broken - five for the men and two for the women.

The following are the records broken on Thursday.

Men:
100 backstroke - Spencer Johnson
50 Free - Spencer Johnson
200 Fly - Andrew Brunner
200 free relay - Andrew Brunner, Max Regan, Max Marsh, Spencer Johnson
400 medley relay - Johnson, Brunner, Marsh, Regan

Women:
100 backstroke - Jordan Bryde
400 medley relay - Bryde, Madison Behmlander, Jordan Newhouse, Sarah anderson

 There will be updates posted as the championships proceed, and please use the link below to see the results as they are happening.

2009 MIAA Championship results

Posted: Thu, February 19th, 2009 at 2:35PM

 

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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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