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GRINNELL, Iowa – The Lake Forest men and Grinnell women hold the top spots after the first day of the 2014 Midwest Conference Swimming and Diving Championships hosted by Grinnell College.
The Lake Forest men racked up 267 points to hold a 19 point lead over Grinnell while the Grinnell women accumulated 258 points and lead Lake Forest by 53 points.
Lake Forest won five events on the day while Grinnell was right behind with four victories. Carroll won a pair of events while Lawrence claimed a victory during the first day of action.
Two records were broken during the first day of competition as the Carroll 200-freestyle relay team broke swam a record time as did Michael Brus in the 200-indivudual medley. With his time in the 200-individual medley Brus made an NCAA “B” cut time as did Sam Freedberg (Lake Forest) in the 200-individual medley.
The winners on Friday night are as follows:
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
Men: Lake Forest (Drake Nickell, Garr Punnett, Travis Johnson, Zach Wenner) 1:25.19
Women: Carroll University (Val Julian, Whitley Kieley, Kristy Johnson, Morgan Stokes) 1:38.05*
500-Yard Freestyle
Men: Thomas Robinson, Grinnell (4:40.84)
Women: Taylor Winter, Lawrence (5:09.48)
200-Yard IM
Men: Michael Brus, Grinnell (1:50.91)*B
Women: Hayley Levin, Grinnell (2:08.88)
50-Yard Freestyle
Men: Travis Johnson, Lake Forest (21.41)
Women: Morgan Stokes, Carroll (24.13)
400-Yard Medley Relay
Men: Lake Forest (Garr Punnett, Kristopher Korth, Sam Freedberg, Zach Wenner) 3:25.17
Women: Lake Forest (Emily Bowens, Lauren Dalecky, Brooke Rowley, Alex Dunn) 3:57.66
Men 1-Meter Dive: Daniel Goldstein, Grinnell (492.60)
Women 3-Meter Dive: Christina Pekar, Lake Forest (505.45)
Notes: * - Conference Championship Record; A – NCAA “A” Cut; B – NCAA “B” cut
The swimming and diving championships will continue tomorrow at Russell K. Osgood Pool on the campus of Grinnell College. The preliminary events will kick off at 10 a.m. with the 200-yard medley relays. You can find all results and broadcast information at the swimming and diving championship page.