KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Kalamazoo College men's swimming and diving hosted its first of two home events this season on Friday night (Nov. 11). The Hornets competed in two duals against Olivet and Calvin, splitting the two results. The team first defeated the Comets 185-48 before falling to the Knights 174-68.
Kalamazoo had 10 top-three finishes in the 13 events. Kalamazoo swept the top three spots in the 1-meter and 3-meter dives. In the diving events, Sam Ankley won the 1-meter with 258.90 points and took second in the 3-meter with 285.67 points.
Ben Pickrel was the lone swimmer to win an event, taking first in the 200 IM at 2:01.92. Pickrel also finished second in the 100 Back with a time of 54.28. Tim Karubas had two third-place finishes in the 50 and 100 Free races. He had times of 22.67 in the 50 and 50.29 in the 100.
The Hornets had two other second-place finishes, with Oliver Tye swimming a 22.37 in the 50 Free and Zach Butters finishing at 5:03.42 in the 500 Free. The remaining two third-place finishers were Fuzail Ahmed in the 100 Back at 57.08 and Justin Beckrow in the 500 Free at 5:09.12.
The Hornets' next event will be the three-day Calvin Invitational on Dec. 1-3 to finish up the 2022 portion of the schedule.