Toni Musto named National Swimmer of the Week

Antonia Musto has been named the Counsilman-Hunzaker National Swimmer of the Week by Collegeswimming.com. Toni was a double winner in the Lewis-Hillsdale double dual and improved her "B" cut in the 200 breaststroke. Our congratulations to Toni!

Swimmers defeat Lewis and Hilldale

The women won a double dual meet against Hillsdale College and Lewis University and the men defeated Lewis on Saturday. Hillsdale does not field a men's team. Final scores on the Women's side were Grand Valley 205 - Lewis 32, Grand Valley 193 - Hillsdale 46. Hillsdale defeated Lewis 138-66. On the men's side the Lakers defeated the Flyers of Lewis 177-46.

Rachel Strom broke the school record for 3 meter diving with a score of 286.90. Congratulations to both teams!

Fundraising for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

My grandson Ethan. Ethan was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis shortly after birth. This is a genetic disease for which there is no cure, however, great strides have been made in treatment. Some very exciting medications are in the pipeline that show great promise. Because it is an "orphan disease", research for it gets no government funding and is all privately finanaced.

The team's fundraising project this year for the East-West Showdown is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

"B" Cuts and Pool Records in Loss to Milwaukee

GVSU lost its opener to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Oct 15th. The men fell 196.5-106.5 and the women 177.5-122.5. Despite the score, the Lakers notched 13 national "B" cuts and Rachel Strom and Karen Verbrugge both qualified for Nationals in diving. Kim Baughman tied the pool record in the 50 free and Rachel Strom broke both the school and pool record in the 1 meter diving.

Blue White meet

The Lakers started their season Saturday with the Annual Blue-White meet. A large number of alumni were present and Dewey Newsome who had been inducted into the Grand Valley Athletic Hall of Fame the night before was also in attendence.

A glitch in the scoring set up originally had the blue team winning but with the corrected and PROPER score calculated; White won the meet 273-269. Once again, a nail biter.

The Laters begin action this Friday night at 6 pm versus the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.