Kelly Bruce’s ’12 (pictured) victory in one-meter diving sparked the Grinnell College women’s swimming and diving squad at its own invitational at Obermiller Pool on Friday.
Bruce won with a score of 384.05 as the Pioneers finished opening-day action with 230 team points to trail only Luther College, which had 300 in the 10-team event.
The Pioneers had numerous runners-up on the women’s side, including two relays. Emily Summers ’10, Lauren O’Hair ’12, Morgan Horton ’11 and Chloe Moryl ’10 were runners-up in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1 minute, 46.48 seconds, and Morgan Bober ’12, Meghan McDoniel ’10, Amy Hadow ’10 and Jacqueline Anderson ’11 were second in the 400 medley relay in 4:16.
Other runners-up were Bober in the 200 individual medley (2:18.04) and Emily Bajet ’12 in the 200 butterfly (2:28.41).
Finishing third was the 800 freestyle relay team of Bober, Martha Reilly ’12, McDoniel and Anderson. Their time was 8:23.75.
Nick Smith ’10 produced a win for Grinnell’s men on Friday, taking first in three-meter diving with a score of 367.90. The Pioneers were second in the team standings with 303 points, just 12 shy of leader Luther in the eight-team field.
The Pioneers recorded four runner-up finishes on the day, three in relays. Ethan Drutchas ’13, Michael Schoelz ’12, Tommy Olson ’10 and Marco Fulgoni ’12 all swam on the second-place 200 freestyle relay (1:30.14), Drutchas, Paul Gagne ’10, Glenn Clark ’10 and Thomas Lankiewicz ’12 were on the runner-up 800 freestyle relay (7:41.62) and Schoelz, Olson, Fulgoni and Cyrus Mistry ’11 were on the second-place 400 medley relay (3:48.03).
Mistry was also second in the 200 breaststroke (2:17.45), and Beck Ringdahl-Mayland ’13 was third (2:19.08). Ringdahl-Mayland was also third in the 200 individual medley (2:07.55), while other third-place finishers were Olson in the 100 backstroke (58.53) and Drutchas in the 100 freestyle (49.88).
The meet concludes on Saturday.
Team standings after Friday
Women - Team Scores
Place School Points
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1 Luther College LUTH 300
2 Grinnell College GRIN 230
3 Knox KNOX 130
4 Augustana College AUGIE 129
5 Macalester College MAC 120
6 Morningside College MC-IA 64
7 Coe College COE 62
8 Univ of Nebraska at Kearney UNK 61
9 Iowa Central Community College ICCC 40
10 Simpson College Storm STORM 35
Men - Team Scores
Place School Points
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1 Luther College LUTH 315
2 Grinnell College GRIN 303
3 Augustana College AUGIE 133
4 Iowa Central Community College ICCC 98
5 Morningside College MC-IA 69
6 Coe College COE 57
7 Macalester College MAC 41
8 Knox KNOX 20
