Lake Forest College Sports Information
February 1, 2003
Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID

Lake Forest Swimming and Diving Teams Fall to Calvin 
Both teams competitive, but nine wins not enough 
  

Dana Tate and Matt
Gaulding combined to win three diving events.
LAKE FOREST, IL - The Lake Forest College men's and women's swimming and diving teams each hosted Calvin College Saturday (February 1) in their first dual meets since November, and the results were quite similar. Both Forester teams held the lead near the meet's halfway point and trailed by five points or fewer after ten events. But a Calvin swimmer won the final three events of each meet to put the finishing touches on the Knights' victories. 

Five different Lake Forest women won an event in their 105-137 loss, including senior Erin Poynter (Fort Collins, CO/Ft. Collins) and sophomore Emily Woods (Signal Mountain, TN/Girls Prep), who each added two second-place finishes as they tied for the team high with 17 points. Poynter won the 200-meter individual medley in 2:35.55 and was second in the 400- (4:52.94) and 800-meter (9:58.08) freestyles. Woods was victorious in the 100-meter butterfly (1:08.86) and placed second in the 50 free (29.02) and the 100-meter backstroke (1:14.48).

A couple of first-year Forester swimmers claimed two more wins in the freestyle events. Genia Lindsey (Albuquerque, NM/Sandia), who scored 13 points, took the 800 free in 9:49.90 and was third in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:21.60). Liz Eberlein (Troy, MI/Marian) posted a winning time of 2:18.12 in the 200 free and followed that up with a fourth-place finish in the 100-meter butterfly (1:11.02). 

The women's fifth winner was senior Dana Tate (Appleton, WI/Appleton East). She tallied 194.55 points to narrowly defeat Calvin's Julie Erickson in the 1-meter diving competition.

In the men's 95-126 loss, the Foresters had three event winners who all put up double figures in points. Junior Matt Gaulding (San Rafael, CA/Army Navy Academy) led the team with 18 points, winning both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. Senior Brandon Johnson (Phoenix, AZ/Brophy) scored 16 points as he won the 800-meter freestyle (9:20.75) and finished second in the 400 free (4:31.85) and third in the 200-meter IM (2:25.00). Junior Brady Lowdermilk (Parker, CO/Regis) also went 1-2-3 in his three events and totaled 13 points. He was victorious in the 100-meter backstroke (1:05.41), helped the 400-meter medley relay team to a second-place finish (4:18.66) and claimed third in the 200 free (2:08.61). 

Both Lake Forest teams are now 2-2 in dual meets. On Saturday (February 8) they will have the opportunity to close out their dual meet season with a winning record with a home win over the Illinois Institute of Technology. The Foresters will celebrate Parents' Day, Alumni Day and Senior Day, honoring eight swimmers and one diver who will be competing in the Lake Forest pool for the last time. The meet begins at 11:00 a.m. 

Meet Results: Women / Men