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Feb. 12, 2010
Detroit, Mich. - The Grand Valley State men's swimming & diving team made a strong push on day two at the 2010 GLIAC Swimming & Diving Championships in Detroit, Michigan. The Lakers scored 271 points and forged into a lead of 98 points (340-242) over defending GLIAC Champion Wayne State. Ashland is in third with 240 points, followed by Indianapolis (214) and Lewis (188). Friday's prelims will begin at 10:30 a.m., with the Friday finals set for 6:00 p.m.
Senior Evan Betts claimed his first-ever GLIAC title with an incredible finals score of 524.60 on the 1-meter diving board. Betts shattered his own previous school-record total that stood at 505.85. Patrick VanDommelen finished third with a score of 437.75, followed by Reece Bierhalter in fourth (436.40), Will Hill in sixth (397.20) and Kyle Gebraad in eighth (374.30). GVSU scored 76 points on the 1-meter board.
The Lakers scored 59 points in the 500 freestyle with four reaching the evening finals. David Hayhow touched third in a time of 3:36.64, while Jeff Pauza touched fourth (4:37.02) as both improved their NCAA qualifying marks. Joe Sayre hit the NCAA "B" mark (4:39.28) in the morning prelims and then finished seventh in the finals (4:42.15). Aaron Beebe, who already hit his "B" mark in the 500 free, finished eighth with a time of 4:42.29. Derek Mead, who finished 12th in a time of 4:41.77, hit the NCAA "B" qualifying mark in the morning prelims with a time of 4:41.35.
Pattermann touched second in the 200 IM with a time of 1:53.69, while Jon Bardsley finished eighth (1:56.22), Kurt VonEhr 10th (1:56.74) and Jimmy Donahue 12th (1:57.76). Both Bardsley and VonEhr improved their "B" marks with a times of 1:56.08 and 1:56.47, respectively, in the morning prelims. Matt Witkowski finished sixth in the 50 free (21.59) and Lantson Gordon touched 10th (21.88).
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The Lakers' 400 medley relay team of Raphael Santos, Hans Hill, Justin Pattermann and Matt Witkowski finished second in a time of 3:22.30, while the 200 free relay team of Jordan Schrotenboer, Matt Witkowski, Raphael Santos and Justin Pattermann finished fourth in a time of 1:24.90.
