Individual Scholar All-Americans

The following Laker Student-Athletes have been named Scholar All-Americans by the College Swimming Coaches' Association. First team honorees were: Aaron Beebe, Aaren Marecki, Derek Mead, Justin Pattermann, Joe Sayre, Jordan Schrotenboer, Marissa Doepker, Erin Kinney, Antonia Musto, Karen Verbrugge, and Kelsey Vermeer.

Honorable Mention team members were: Robert Biskup, Leo Dumbovic, Patrick VanDommelen, Amy Akers, Kim Baughman, Erin Lynch, Caitlyn Madsen and Marissa Orr.

Scholar All-America

Congrations to both the men and women's swimming and diving who have both been named to the College Swimming Coaches' Association Scholar All-America team. To qualify, the entire team must average a 3.0. Laker women were 17th on the list with a team GPA of 3.21 and the men ranked 8th with a team GPA of 3.07. Great job Laker student-athletes.

Twenty-six Lakers Qualify for Nationals

Despite the new qualifying procedure and a cap on the total number of participants,twenty-six Laker men and women qualified for NCAA Division II Nationals. This is the second largest team ever taken by Grand Valley State to Nationals. Six divers qualified: Karen Verbrugge, Rachel Strom, Katie Vulpetti, Jennifer Root, Jasmine Ramahi and Patrick VanDommelen.

Qualifying women's swimmers were Erin Kinney, Katelyn Childers, Sarah Kosmak, Kelsey Vermeer, Lauren Dorsey, Marissa Doepker, Toni Musto and Carly Bush. On the men's side; Joe Sayre, Raphael Santos, Justin Pattermann, Eric Aakesson, Jordan Schrotenboer, Aaron Beebe, Derek Mead, Aaron Marken, Collin DeHaan, Michael Griffith, Aaren Marecki and Ben Scheurich.

Congratulations to all of the qualifiers!

Lakers Finish Second at GLIAC

Both the men's and women's teams finished second at the GLIAC Championship meet this past week. The Jenison High School pool saw some very fast swimming as the conference teams battled it out. Aaron Beebe, Carly Bush, Karen Verbrugge and Jordan Schrotenboer won individual events. One of the most competitive Division II conferences in the country, the meet saw a number of National qualifying times.

Jordan Schrotenboer and Carly Bush named National Swimmers of the Week by Collegeswimming.com

Jordan Schrotenboer and Carly Bush have both been named National Swimmer of the Week by Collegeswimming.com. In victories over Hope College and Indianapolis, Schrotenboer won three individual events and was a part of two winning relays. He swam the 200 back (1:51.88, NCAA “B” cut & pool record), the 200 free (1:41.91, NCAA “B” cut & pool record) against Indianapolis. Against Hope, he won the 100 back (51.27) and finished second in the 200 free (1:45.19).

Bush won three individual events and was a part of two victorious relay teams. She won the 200 fly (2:07.70, NCAA “B” cut) and 1000 free (10:44.81, NCAA “B” cut) versus Indianapolis. Bush also finished first in the 100 fly (58.70) and second in the 200 free (1:56.54) versus Hope College.

Great job Lakers!!

Records fall

The Lakers had a record setting weekend, breaking 5 pool records and 2 school records in the meets against Hope College and the University of Indianapolis. Karen Verbrugge set new school standards in both one meter and three meter diving. She scored 290.63 on the one meter board and 303.90 on three meter which was also a pool record.

Other pool records were The men's 200 Medely Relay of Raphael Santos, Erik Aakesson, Aaron Beebe and Michael Griffith. Santos broke the pool record in the 100 backstroke leading off the 400 Medley Relay on Saturday. Jordan Schrotenboer set two pool marks with wins in the 200 freestyle and 200 backstroke.

Congratulations Lakers on a great weekend!

WGVU Sports Report on swimming and diving

Copy and paste the link below to watch the latest WGVU Sports Report on swimming and diving. Coach Andy Boyce is interviewed along with Derek Mead and Caitlyn Madsen.


http://www.wgvu.org/gvsports/index.cfm?id=player&vid=GVSP618_5&pgmid=GVSP&epid=618&segid=5

Aaron Beebe named Counsilman-Hunziker National Swimmer of the Week and GLIAC Swimmer of the Week

Aaron Beebe has been selected the Counsilman-Hunziker National Swimmer of the Week by College Swimming Coaches of America for the second time this season. He was also named GLIAC Swimmer of the Week. Beebe led the Lakers over rival Wayne State with wins in the 1000 freestyle, 200 butterfly and a pool record performance in the 100 butterfly. Congratulations to Aaron!

Florida Training

We had a great Florida training trip. The weather was nice and the workouts were fantastic! We were at the Florida International pool most of the time but made a side trip to the great facility at Nova Southeastern one day. Swimmers and divers also managed some fun out of the trip at Fort Lauderdale, South Beach, Deep Sea fishing and a few even went to a Miami Heat game. Plus there was always the beach right out the back door of the hotel, the hot tub and the hotel pool. It was a great trip but it is great to be home.