Pete He, Nolan Huey lead Men's Swimming & Diving at Calvin (Mich.) Invitational

By Tim Glon

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Junior Pete He (Mason) and sophomore Nolan Huey (Fort Collins, Colo./Fossil Ridge) each earned second place finishes to lead the Ohio Northern men's swimming & diving team at the Calvin (Mich.) Invitational Friday and Saturday at the Venema Aquatic Center.

He had a pair of second place finishes and added a fourth place finish for the Polar Bears.

He was second in the 50 free in :21.79, was second in the 200 fly in 2:00.40 and was fourth in the 100 fly in :52.91.

Huey was second in the 400 I.M. in 4:15.35 and was third in the 200 back in 1:57.05.

Freshman Ryan Mow (Macomb, Mich./Dakota) was third in the 500 free in 4:54.90.

Three other men posted fifth place finishes for Ohio Northern.

Senior Ian Simpson (Strongsville) was fifth in the 100 back in :54.73, junior Anthony Ferrell (Canton/Glen Oak) was fifth in the 200 breast in 2:18.15 and junior Braden Kuhn (Tiffin/Columbian) was fifth in the 1-meter diving with 368.60 points.

The Polar Bears finished fourth in the four-team meet with 674 points.

No. 22-ranked Carthage (Wis.) won the team title with 1019 points, Calvin (Mich.) was second with 995.5 points and Albion (Mich.) was third with 772.5 points.

"This meet has virtually given us more feedback to gauge the pulse of our team on than any other meet could provide at this time of the season," ONU head coach Peggy Ewald said. "This is our first real meet opportunity of the season, with a championship format, in a fabulous championship facility in a 24 hour period of time. I'm pleased to have all this data to build off of as we move into regular season dual meets."

"We have such a young team spreading seeds for future development. We may not be winning in points or numbers of athletes against these teams but we are winning in ways of foundational strength that will show later in the season. We have much work to do but it's fun watching the team learn to keep the expectation bar high."

Ohio Northern will return to action on Friday with a 6 pm meet at Wilmington in the 2017-18 Ohio Athletic Conference opener.