1998-99 MIAA Women's Swimming/Diving Report

Dual Meet Standings:  Hope 6-0, Calvin 5-1, Kalamazoo 4-2, Albion 3-3, Alma 2-4, St. Mary's 1-5, Olivet 0-6

League Meet: 1. Hope 533, 2. Calvin 410, 3. Kalamazoo 385, 4. Alma 366, 5. Albion 248, 6. Saint Mary's 145, 7. Olivet 28

Seasonal Standings:  1. Hope, 2. Calvin, 3. Kalamazoo, 4. Alma, 5. Albion, 6. Saint Mary's, 7. Olivet

*The seasonal champion is determined on the basis of one-third in dual meets and two-thirds in the championship meet.

1998-99 Cumulative Results

1999 All-MIAA Women's Swimming/Diving Team


Most Valuable Swimmer

Betsy VandenBerg, Hope College (Sophomore from Beverly Hills)

All-MIAA Team
Claudia Cap, Kalamazoo** senior from Clarendon Hills, Ill. (Hinsdale Central)
Kara Davidson, Calvin*, junior from East Grand Rapids (East Grand Rapids)
Colleen Doyle, Hope*, junior from Rochester Hills (Marion)
Llena Durante, Hope***, junior from Chicago, Ill. (Whitney Young)
Michelle Fangmeier, Hope**, junior fom Inver Grove Heights Minn. (Simley)
Kari Jackson, Hope**, senior from Canton (Plymouth-Canton)
Liesje Konyndyk, Calvin*, sophomore from Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids Christian)
Erin Kloostra, Calvin*, senior from Grand Rapids (Grand Rapids Christian)
Kelly Raczniak, Kalamazoo***, junior from Portage (Portage Central)
Erica Smith, Calvin*, senior from Zeeland (Zeeland)
Laura Smith, Hope*, freshman from Dearborn (Dearborn)
Jenni Troyer, Alma*, sophomore from Marshall (Marshall)
Erinn VanAuken, Hope***, junior from Holland (West Ottawa)
Betsy VandenBerg, Hope**, sophomore from Beverly Hills (Southfield Christian)
Sarah VanderMeer, Alma**, sophomore from Grand Rapids (Northview)
Kristi VanWoerkom, Calvin****, senior from Grand Rapids (GR Christian)
Katie Waters, Albion***, junior from Troy (Troy)
Katie Zellen, Alma**, junior from Oakland (Romeo)

* denotes number of years All-MIAA

League Champions


One-meter Diving: Kari Jackson, Hope, 407.45
200-yard Freestyle Relay:  Hope (Llena Durante, Jenna Anderson, Elizabeth Vanderveen, Erinn VanAuken) 1:37.07
500-yard Freestyle :  Kristi Van Woekom, Calvin, 5:18.69
200-yard Individual Medley: Betsy VandenBerg, Hope, 2:12.66
50-yard Freestyle:  Erinn VanAuken, Hope, :24.21
400-yard Medley Relay:  Hope (Colleen Doyle, Betsy VandenBerg, Llena Durante, Elizabeth Vanderveen) 3:57.61
200-yard Medley Relay:  Hope (Colleen Doyle, Betsy VandenBerg, Llena Durante, Elizabeth Vanderveen) 1:50.45
400-yard Individual Medley: Sarah VanderMeer, Alma, 4:47.28
100-yard Butterfly:  Llena Durante, Hope, :58.58
200-yard Freestyle: Kristi VanWoerkom, Calvin, 1:55.02
100-yard Breaststroke: Betsy VandenBerg, Hope, 1:08.48
100-yard Backstroke: Katie Zellen, Alma, 1:01.15
Three-meter Diving: Kara Davidson, Calvin, 449.70
800-yard Freestyle Relay: Calvin (Erin Kloostra, Liesje Konyndyk, Kelly Mooij, Kristi VanWoerkom) 7:54.28
1,650-yard Freestyle: Liesje Konyndyk, Calvin, 18:08.53
200-yard Backstroke: Colleen Doyle, Hope, 2:13.66
100-yard Freestyle:  Erinn VanAuken, Hope, 52.35
200-yard Breaststroke:  Betsy VandenBerg, Hope, 2:22.93
200-yard Butterfly:  Llena Durante, Hope, 2:16.92
400-yard Freestyle Relay: Calvin (Erin Kloostra, Kaity Conrad, Erica Smith, Kristi VanWoerkom) 3:33.78

Bold winners were defending champions.