"That Ripley kid has been a thorn in my ass all weekend."That's a direct quote from the Olivet coach after our 173-137 win over the Comets. Just as they'd make a move on our relay, there'd be Ripley dropping a 47.7 split. They'd build some momentum with wins the 1000 Free, 100 Back, 100 Fly then here comes Rip leading a 1-2 finish in the 200 free. They'd make a run at our 400 free relay before Nathan got the lead Bax (as in Andy Bax).
It was good to finally hit the water and race someone other than other Red Men. We hit it pretty hard on Thrusday night and Friday morning in practice, but I think the excitement last night was enough to overcome tired legs. We started out with a strong win in the 400 Medley Relay. Actually we had four really good medley relays and it looks like we'll have a lot of interchangable parts to work with this season. Wins kept coming in the 100 Breaststroke (Stephen), 200 Backstroke (Pellican coming from behind), 100 free (Rip), 200 Fly (Doug Schranck), and finally a 1:28.94 200 free relay.
Day two, however, was another story. The adrenaline was running a little lower and that made it tougher to focus, tougher to bounce back and tougher to have the body overcome what it didn't want to do. The word that kept coming to mind was resilience. That ability to come back, to overcome obstacles is the mark of a great team. We've always taken pride in our ability to get better - throughout a race, a meet, and throughout the season.
Overall though, it was still an outstanding day. Our 200 Medley set the pace early on. Olivet followed with a few wins of their own until Andy Bax captured the 50 free. One area where I did think we were pretty resilliant came in the 200 breaststroke. Stephen's leg was bothering him a bit so we pulled him. Adam Van Huis was also sick so we pulled him, thus leaving us with the "thinnest and least-tested breaststroke lineup in six years." All this on a day when we had one of Illinois' top breaststroker's up for a visit. Well, scratch that because our freshmen went 1-2. Ben Coder came through with an all-time top-25 time, and Mike Moravek somehow got his hand to the wall 0.06 before the Olivet guy.
I'll post more tomorrow - but for now - sleep time. Results are below:
Licensed to Carthage College HY-TEK's Meet Manager 10/25/2008 10:03 PM Olivet vs. Carthage - 10/24/2008 to 10/25/2008 Results Event 2 Men 400 Yard Medley Relay =============================================================================== School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Carthage College 'A' 3:36.71 1) Chris Varner 2) Stephen Schranck 3) Doug Schranck 4) Nathan Ripley 27.17 56.62 27.50 59.07 24.19 53.29 23.01 47.73 2 Olivet College 'A' 3:42.50 1) Kellen Beckwith 2) Zach McMunigal 3) Rafe Maxwell 4) Austin Munn 26.47 54.93 30.32 1:06.15 24.09 52.73 23.20 48.69 3 Carthage College 'B' 3:48.02 1) Kyle Winiecki 2) Adam Van Huis 3) Mitchell Jackson 4) Blake Bendix 27.13 55.90 30.58 1:06.55 25.32 55.40 23.19 50.17 4 Carthage College 'D' x3:48.42 1) Bob Pellican 2) Mike Moravek 3) Andy Bax 4) Dan Jones 27.46 56.03 30.03 1:04.71 25.84 55.45 23.88 52.23 5 Olivet College 'B' 3:51.03 1) Mike Mette 2) Matt Marquette 3) Mike Harden 4) Brad Voss 29.06 59.85 31.44 1:08.53 24.03 53.96 22.62 48.69 6 Carthage College 'C' x3:51.94 1) Eric Ross 2) Ben Coder 3) Clinton Scheirer 4) Isaac Rothenbaum 29.09 58.89 29.79 1:04.70 27.07 58.90 23.32 49.45 Event 4 Men 200 Yard IM =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Mike Conger Olivet 2:06.25 25.70 31.99 37.97 30.59 2 Tom Stowe Carthage 2:09.94 27.06 34.49 38.33 30.06 3 Zach Burgess Olivet 2:10.40 26.97 33.52 39.03 30.88 4 Patrick Alfes Carthage 2:10.91 27.81 32.32 41.00 29.78 5 Brian Johnson Olivet 2:10.95 26.70 32.01 42.16 30.08 6 Chris Steenrod Carthage 2:11.15 28.76 35.03 36.99 30.37 7 Ben Coder Carthage x2:18.21 29.49 37.97 38.80 31.95 8 Mitchell Jackson Carthage x2:18.92 27.75 35.51 43.57 32.09 Event 6 Men 500 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Steven Davis Olivet 4:47.92 26.42 28.22 28.39 28.54 28.81 29.16 29.57 29.59 29.60 29.62 2 Bryan Pelka Carthage 4:54.92 26.44 29.42 29.73 30.18 29.93 29.90 29.74 29.80 30.26 29.52 3 Adam Glover Carthage 5:01.87 27.13 29.67 30.12 30.61 30.72 30.77 31.25 30.97 31.11 29.52 4 Eric Ross Carthage 5:02.41 26.61 29.56 30.64 30.78 30.78 30.71 30.96 30.86 31.12 30.39 5 Marshall Bouwman Olivet 5:05.52 26.36 29.68 30.66 31.02 31.02 31.28 31.54 31.87 31.95 30.14 6 Alex Van Huis Carthage x5:06.22 27.72 29.72 30.79 31.20 31.10 31.52 31.94 30.95 31.10 30.18 7 Nick Dillon Olivet 5:13.18 27.17 29.91 30.81 31.43 31.69 31.69 32.27 32.46 32.81 32.94 8 Sam Jaffee Olivet x5:14.98 26.88 30.41 31.83 32.02 32.08 31.68 32.67 32.45 32.75 32.21 9 Alex Boyer Carthage x5:23.08 27.23 30.41 31.87 32.90 33.34 33.60 33.77 34.03 33.63 32.30 Event 8 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Stephen Schranck Carthage 1:00.93 28.88 32.05 2 Ben Coder Carthage 1:04.53 30.17 34.36 3 Zach McMunigal Olivet 1:05.71 30.96 34.75 4 Mike Moravek Carthage 1:05.90 31.03 34.87 5 Adam Van Huis Carthage x1:08.10 32.40 35.70 6 Chris Steenrod Carthage x1:09.19 32.89 36.30 7 Matt Marquette Olivet 1:10.25 33.08 37.17 Event 10 Men 200 Yard Backstroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Bob Pellican Carthage 2:01.29 28.83 30.50 31.20 30.76 2 Kellen Beckwith Olivet 2:01.92 29.05 31.08 31.64 30.15 3 Kyle Winiecki Carthage 2:01.95 28.14 30.28 31.54 31.99 4 Mike Conger Olivet 2:06.40 29.16 32.26 33.33 31.65 5 Patrick Alfes Carthage 2:06.50 30.87 32.47 32.21 30.95 6 Mike Mette Olivet 2:08.91 31.37 32.49 33.23 31.82 7 Eric Ross Carthage x2:10.76 31.16 33.07 33.77 32.76 8 Brian Johnson Olivet x2:10.94 31.12 32.91 33.90 33.01 9 Mitchell Jackson Carthage x2:14.24 31.89 33.44 34.59 34.32 Event 12 Men 100 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Nathan Ripley Carthage 48.64 24.07 24.57 2 Austin Munn Olivet 49.68 23.81 25.87 3 Mike Harden Olivet 49.73 23.67 26.06 4 Isaac Rothenbaum Carthage 50.05 24.20 25.85 5 Blake Bendix Carthage 50.15 24.26 25.89 6 Andy Bax Carthage x50.35 24.23 26.12 7 Brad Voss Olivet 50.41 24.33 26.08 8 Chris Varner Carthage x50.62 24.40 26.22 9 Marshall Bouwman Olivet x52.48 25.20 27.28 10 Jon Bachman Olivet x53.58 25.24 28.34 -- Buck Hoover Carthage X52.14 25.04 27.10 -- Krzysztof Kowal Carthage X52.15 24.82 27.33 -- Dan Jones Carthage X52.62 25.47 27.15 -- Alex Boyer Carthage X53.42 25.52 27.90 Event 14 Men 200 Yard Butterfly =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Doug Schranck Carthage 1:59.88 25.72 29.48 32.33 32.35 2 Rafe Maxwell Olivet 2:00.66 27.19 29.75 31.78 31.94 3 Steven Davis Olivet 2:04.02 28.19 32.10 32.39 31.34 4 Bryan Pelka Carthage 2:05.15 27.41 32.40 32.74 32.60 5 Tom Stowe Carthage 2:11.42 27.95 32.51 33.89 37.07 6 Alex Van Huis Carthage x2:12.62 29.14 33.86 34.50 35.12 7 Adam Glover Carthage x2:15.09 29.92 33.28 35.81 36.08 8 Zach Burgess Olivet 2:20.29 28.69 33.94 37.77 39.89 Event 16 Men 200 Yard Freestyle Relay =============================================================================== School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Carthage College 'A' 1:28.94 1) Kyle Winiecki 2) Blake Bendix 3) Nathan Ripley 4) Andy Bax 23.04 22.11 21.83 21.96 2 Olivet College 'A' 1:30.18 1) Austin Munn 2) Brad Voss 3) Mike Harden 4) Kellen Beckwith 23.21 22.14 22.68 22.15 3 Carthage College 'B' 1:31.64 1) Chris Varner 2) Buck Hoover 3) Isaac Rothenbaum 4) Bob Pellican 23.22 23.34 23.14 21.94 4 Olivet College 'B' 1:35.13 1) Zach McMunigal 2) Mike Mette 3) Jon Bachman 4) Brian Johnson 24.07 23.81 23.52 23.73 5 Carthage College 'C' x1:35.88 1) Alex Boyer 2) Dan Jones 3) Krzysztof Kowal 4) Clinton Scheirer 24.85 23.08 23.34 24.61 6 Olivet College 'C' x1:37.50 1) Nick Dillon 2) Sam Jaffee 3) Zach Burgess 4) Matt Marquette 24.51 24.02 23.88 25.09 Event 22 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay =============================================================================== School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Carthage College 'A' 1:39.80 1) Chris Varner 2) r:0.32 Stephen Schranck 3) r:0.32 Andy Bax 4) r:0.29 Nathan Ripley 65 26.61 27.36 24.12 21.71 2 Olivet College 'A' 1:40.68 1) Kellen Beckwith 2) r:0.36 Zach McMunigal 3) r:0.28 Rafe Maxwell 4) r:0.17 Brad Voss 67 25.27 29.89 23.74 21.78 3 Carthage College 'B' 1:44.53 1) Bob Pellican 2) r:+0.0 Adam Van Huis 3) r:+0.0 Mitchell Jackson 4) r:+0.0 Blake Bendix 4 Carthage College 'C' x1:46.30 1) Patrick Alfes 2) r:0.10 Mike Moravek 3) r:0.49 Clinton Scheirer 4) r:0.27 Isaac Rothenbaum 55 28.24 28.86 26.57 22.63 5 Carthage College 'D' x1:47.08 1) Eric Ross 2) r:0.35 Ben Coder 3) r:0.30 Tom Stowe 4) r:0.36 Krzysztof Kowal 68 28.72 29.25 25.87 23.24 6 Olivet College 'B' 1:47.97 1) Brian Johnson 2) r:+0.0 Matt Marquette 3) r:+0.0 Zach Burgess 4) r:+0.0 Jon Bachman Event 24 Men 1000 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Steven Davis Olivet 9:58.98 3 27.24 29.44 29.83 30.04 30.12 30.19 30.43 29.91 29.38 29.25 29.71 30.13 30.05 30.44 30.79 30.88 30.57 30.62 30.34 29.62 2 Bryan Pelka Carthage 10:03.18 6 26.72 29.55 30.17 30.32 30.10 30.06 30.39 30.13 29.95 30.34 30.42 30.77 30.45 30.46 30.43 30.77 30.70 30.90 30.66 29.89 3 Eric Ross Carthage 10:22.18 0 27.23 30.49 31.32 31.50 31.33 31.20 31.61 31.19 31.78 31.46 31.54 31.48 31.40 30.57 31.59 31.27 31.55 31.48 31.50 30.69 4 Adam Glover Carthage 10:23.98 8 27.60 30.06 31.01 31.15 31.16 31.14 31.41 31.31 31.50 31.81 31.20 31.77 31.67 31.65 31.80 31.91 31.69 31.96 31.61 30.57 5 Alex Van Huis Carthage x10:29.77 6 Mike Conger Olivet 10:34.54 7 Marshall Bouwman Olivet 10:38.22 8 Nick Dillon Olivet x10:45.09 9 Sam Jaffee Olivet x10:46.80 2 27.10 30.57 31.83 31.90 32.01 32.67 32.33 32.75 32.89 32.64 32.98 32.86 33.23 33.54 33.18 34.15 32.23 33.24 32.73 31.97 10 Alex Boyer Carthage x11:14.01 Event 26 Men 50 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Andy Bax Carthage 22.51 :+0.81 2 Mike Harden Olivet 22.70 :+0.81 3 Blake Bendix Carthage 22.80 4 Brad Voss Olivet 22.89 5 Isaac Rothenbaum Carthage 23.28 :+0.77 6 Buck Hoover Carthage x23.70 :+0.88 7 Dan Jones Carthage x23.77 :+0.74 8 Jon Bachman Olivet 23.86 -- Nathan Ripley Carthage X22.12 -- Krzysztof Kowal Carthage X24.67 Event 28 Men 100 Yard Backstroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Kellen Beckwith Olivet 54.77 7 26.75 28.02 2 Bob Pellican Carthage 56.23 3 27.58 28.65 3 Kyle Winiecki Carthage 56.91 2 27.98 28.93 4 Chris Varner Carthage 56.99 9 27.89 29.10 5 Austin Munn Olivet 58.71 0 28.24 30.47 6 Mike Conger Olivet 58.79 9 28.49 30.30 7 Patrick Alfes Carthage x58.96 7 28.90 30.06 8 Doug Schranck Carthage x59.06 1 28.75 30.31 9 Mike Mette Olivet x59.70 5 29.03 30.67 Event 30 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Ben Coder Carthage 2:22.36 1 31.27 35.82 37.39 37.88 2 Mike Moravek Carthage 2:26.40 7 32.37 37.68 38.44 37.91 3 Zach McMunigal Olivet 2:26.46 7 33.64 37.62 37.67 37.53 4 Chris Steenrod Carthage 2:28.28 0 33.81 37.11 38.21 39.15 5 Matt Marquette Olivet 2:38.85 4 34.49 41.42 41.55 41.39 Event 32 Men 100 Yard Butterfly =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Rafe Maxwell Olivet 53.60 7 25.45 28.15 2 Doug Schranck Carthage 53.66 6 25.04 28.62 3 Stephen Schranck Carthage 54.25 0 25.92 28.33 4 Brian Johnson Olivet 57.57 5 27.16 30.41 5 Andy Bax Carthage 57.73 4 27.20 30.53 6 Mitchell Jackson Carthage x58.05 3 27.22 30.83 7 Zach Burgess Olivet 58.43 3 27.29 31.14 8 Tom Stowe Carthage x58.99 4 26.97 32.02 9 Clinton Scheirer Carthage x59.37 3 27.80 31.57 Event 34 Men 200 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Nathan Ripley Carthage 1:49.28 8 25.82 28.76 28.02 26.68 2 Kyle Winiecki Carthage 1:51.26 2 26.24 28.74 28.72 27.56 3 Mike Conger Olivet 1:51.69 6 25.95 28.49 29.04 28.21 4 Marshall Bouwman Olivet 1:52.28 2 25.87 28.44 28.79 29.18 5 Mike Harden Olivet 1:53.95 1 26.06 28.72 29.08 30.09 6 Bob Pellican Carthage 1:54.58 1 25.75 28.81 29.96 30.06 7 Austin Munn Olivet x1:54.62 5 26.46 29.20 29.88 29.08 8 Krzysztof Kowal Carthage x1:57.39 5 27.06 29.61 30.85 29.87 9 Mike Mette Olivet x1:57.75 5 28.12 29.61 30.57 29.45 10 Alex Boyer Carthage x2:01.59 7 26.63 29.61 32.63 32.72 Event 36 Men 400 Yard IM =============================================================================== Name Year School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Steven Davis Olivet 4:27.09 7 28.50 31.27 35.21 35.14 39.20 39.67 29.68 28.42 2 Nick Dillon Olivet 4:45.83 3 28.01 32.61 37.69 36.70 41.51 42.63 34.35 32.33 3 Sam Jaffee Olivet 4:46.85 29.88 35.44 38.12 37.69 42.03 44.25 30.17 29.27 4 Zach Burgess Olivet x4:48.02 7 28.78 34.57 37.76 35.89 40.96 42.06 34.28 33.72 5 Zach McMunigal Olivet x4:50.64 9 30.22 35.43 39.01 37.78 39.28 40.74 34.26 33.92 -- Alex Van Huis Carthage X4:35.08 7 29.26 33.60 37.34 35.92 37.76 37.85 32.25 31.10 -- Adam Glover Carthage X4:40.69 0 28.75 34.22 37.71 37.00 40.64 40.39 31.67 30.31 -- Chris Steenrod Carthage XDQ 6 30.68 35.46 36.80 36.16 38.34 40.14 32.60 31.53 Event 38 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay =============================================================================== School Finals =============================================================================== 1 Olivet College 'A' 3:17.02 1) Kellen Beckwith 2) r:0.22 Brad Voss 3) r:0.21 Mike Harden 4) r:0.22 Austin Munn 76 24.33 50.55 22.91 48.74 23.10 49.58 22.77 48.15 2 Olivet College 'B' 3:29.13 1) Brian Johnson 2) r:+0.0 Mike Mette 3) r:+0.0 Jon Bachman 4) r:+0.0 Rafe Maxwell 24.96 52.13 25.01 53.00 25.41 54.00 23.89 50.00 -- Carthage College 'A' X3:16.82 1) Kyle Winiecki 2) r:0.20 Blake Bendix 3) r:0.27 Nathan Ripley 4) r:0.33 Andy Bax 73 24.02 50.21 23.53 49.26 23.43 48.30 23.51 49.05 -- Carthage College 'B' X3:20.28 1) Chris Varner 2) r:0.31 Isaac Rothenbaum 3) r:0.09 Buck Hoover 4) r:0.07 Bob Pellican 76 24.34 51.17 23.23 49.02 23.80 51.45 22.78 48.64 -- Carthage College 'C' X3:27.84 1) Doug Schranck 2) r:0.53 Eric Ross 3) r:0.25 Krzysztof Kowal 4) r:0.31 Dan Jones 73 23.97 50.04 24.76 53.38 24.31 51.95 24.92 52.47 -- Carthage College 'D' X3:30.24 1) Mitchell Jackson 2) r:0.31 Patrick Alfes 3) r:0.31 Bryan Pelka 4) r:0.26 Alex Boyer 84 25.34 52.46 25.70 53.98 23.78 50.91 24.96 52.89 Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 38 1. Carthage College 173 2. Olivet College 137