Valparaiso vs Rose-Hulman
- January 17, 2020
- Terre Haute, Indiana
- Results
Courtesy: Valpo Athletics
The Valpo men’s and women’s swimming teams traveled to Terre Haute, Ind. to take on Rose-Hulman Friday afternoon. Mikayla DePover (Rock Island, Ill./Rock Island) and Paige Wright (Surprise, Ariz./Paradise Honors) led the women, each winning three individual events to lead the Brown and Gold to a win over the Fightin’ Engineers.
How It Happened
- Valpo’s first win of the day came in the women’s 200 medley relay, with the team of Sophie Morelock (Milan, Mich./Milan), DePover, Erica Martins (Hartland, Wis./Lake County Lutheran), and Mariah Sturdivant (Chicago, Ill./George Westinghouse Prep) clocking a time of 1:53.45.
- Ella Frangopoulos (Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead) picked up the first individual event win for the women in the 1000 free, stopping the clock at 11:42.33.
- Morgan Markley (Bluffton, Ind./Norwell) picked up her first win of the day as she clocked a 2:00.45 in the 200 free.
- Wright followed with her first victory, touching the wall first in the 50 back with a time of 28.49 , beating the second-place competitor by over two seconds.
- DePover’s first individual win of the day came in the 50-breaststroke (31.44).
- Humphrey touched the wall first in the 100-yard butterfly to secure the win, recording a time of 1:07.15.
- Martins won the 50 free with a time of 26.03.
- DePover came in first in the 100 free (57.27), followed by a Wright victory in the next event in the 100 backstroke (1:01.43).
- The Brown and Gold secured wins as well in the 500 free by Markley (5:27.65) – her second individual win – and the 50 butterfly by DePover (27.62) – her third individual victory.
- Wright tallied the final individual victory for the women in the 200 IM, touching the wall at 2:18.76 for her third win.
- The team of Wright, Robinson, Sturdivant and Markley captured the final win for the women in the 200-yard free relay, recording a time of 1:44.47.
- Brendon Johnson (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North) secured the first individual win for the men in the 1000 free, posting a time of 10:13.84.
- Freshman Brian Daniels (Brookfield Wis./Brookfield East) picked up an individual victory for the men as well, winning the 500 free with a time of 4:51.25. Earlier in the day, Daniels finished second in the 200-free with a time of 1:50.37.
- Freshmen Gus Rytting (Houston, Texas/Lamar) earned two runner-up finishes on Friday, finishing in second place in the 50-breaststroke (28.58) and the 100-breaststroke (1:01.68).
- The Valpo women won the scoring 201-72, and the men fell by a score of 186-76.
Up Next
Valpo returns to the ARC for their Senior Meet as they host Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois in a tri-meet Saturday, Jan.18. Senior recognition will begin at 12:50 p.m., with the meet commencing at 1 p.m.
Courtesy: Rose-Hulman Athletics
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams combined for 15 event victories against Valparaiso University on Friday night at the Sports and Recreation Center Natatorium.
The men’s squad won 12 events to capture a 186-76 team victory over the Crusaders. Rose-Hulman won three women’s events in a 201-72 team loss to Valparaiso.
William Kemp led the individual performances with three event wins. Kemp won the 50-backstroke (25.52), 100-backstroke (55.02) and 200-individual medley (2:01.73) to help Rose-Hulman jump to an early lead in the meet.
Two-event winners included Jared Brown in the 50-freestyle (21.49) and the 50-butterfly (23.44), and Derick Miller in the 100-butterfly (52.11) and 100-breaststroke (1:00.80).
Men’s individual winners also included Brendan King in the 200-freestyle (1:48.16); Dutch Kipp in the 100-freestyle (48.57) and Ethan Park in the 50-breaststroke (28.39).
On the women’s side, the Fightin’ Engineers swept the two diving events and Elisa Weber won the 100-breaststroke in 1:13.22. Michelle Reese won 1-meter diving with 220.95 points, and Michaela Kivett scored added a victory in 3-meter diving (243.81).
Rose-Hulman also swept both men’s relay victories on the evening. Kemp, Miller, Brown and Kipp won the 200-medley relay in 1:38.38. The team of Kipp, King, Zach Tate and Brown earned a 200-freestyle win in 1:27.00.
Rose-Hulman returns to action on Friday January 24, hosting Franklin College in the Senior Night Meet at the Sports and Recreation Center.