The Grinnell College men’s swimming and diving team finished its final meet at Obermiller Pool in perfect fashion – by winning its own invitational.
The Pioneers claimed the Grinnell College Invitational team title for the first time since 2005 on Saturday night by out-distancing runner-up Luther College 649-619. It was the final collegiate meet in the Pioneers’ pool, as next season they will move to the new natatorium, which is part of the second phase of the College's Athletic and Fitness Center project.
Grinnell had two men’s champs on Saturday, Thomas Lankiewicz ’12 (pictured) in the 400-yard individual medley (4 minutes, 29.38 seconds) and Nick Smith ’10 in one-meter diving (399.35).
Individual runners-up for the Pioneers were Beck Ringdahl-Mayland ’13 in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.44), Rick Bigler ’13 in the 200 backstroke (2:08.71), Ethan Drutchas ’13 in the 50 freestyle (22.71) and Mark Sullivan ’10 in one-meter diving (295.50). Other runners-up were the 200 medley relay team of Tommy Olson ’10, Cyrus Mistry ’11, Michael Schoelz ’12 and Marco Fulgoni ’12 (1:41.28) and 400 freestyle relay squad of Olson, Fulgoini, Drutchas and Lankiewicz (3:20.94).
Placing third were Ringdahl-Mayland in the 400 individual medley (4:32.12), Patrick Thomas ’10 in the 200 backstroke (2:10.90), Lankiewicz in the 1650 freestyle (17:56.86) and Colin Yarnell ’12 in one-meter diving (270.90).
Grinnell’s women took second place, tallying 460 points which was outdone only by the 575.5 put up by Luther College.
The Pioneer women had one double champ, that being Amy Hadow ’10. She captured first in the 100-yard butterfly (1:01.52) and was also part of the winning 200 medley relay team with Emily Summers ’10, Morgan Bober ’12 and Meghan McDoniel ’10 (1:54.70). Also finishing first was Kelly Bruce ’12 in three-meter diving (391.90).
Morgan Horton ’11 was the runner-up in the 100 butterfly (1:04.09) and also helped the 400 freestyle relay to second place along with Jacqueline Anderson ’11, McDoniel and Chloe Moryl ’10 (3:46.38).
Placing third were McDoniel in the 400 individual medley (4:54.41) and Anderson in the 50 freestyle (25.88).
Grinnell’s action is this coming Saturday at Carleton College.
Final Team Scores:
Women - Team Scores
Place School Points
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1 Luther College LUTH 575.5
2 Grinnell College GRIN 460
3 Knox KNOX 248
4 Macalester College MAC 236.5
5 Augustana College AUGIE 235.5
6 Coe College COE 136
7 Univ of Nebraska at Kearney UNK 133.5
8 Morningside College MC-IA 123
9 Iowa Central Community College ICCC 71
10 Simpson College Storm STORM 50
Men - Team Scores
Place School Points
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1 Grinnell College GRIN 649
2 Luther College LUTH 619
3 Augustana College AUGIE 241
4 Iowa Central Community College ICCC 193
5 Morningside College MC-IA 122
6 Coe College COE 104
7 Macalester College MAC 93
8 Knox KNOX 49
