Ravens Break 13 School Records, Finish Fourth in HCAC Championships

The Anderson University men's swimming and diving team broke 13 school records during the three-day Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Championships, which concluded on Sunday in Terre Haute.

Anderson finished fourth in the HCAC standings with a team score of 251, which marks the highest score in program history at the conference meet. The Ravens put together four all-conference performances.

ALL-CONFERENCE PERFORMANCES

• Josh Ekberg – 100 Breaststroke – 57.98 (3rd – All-HCAC Honorable Mention)
• 200 Freestyle Relay A Team – 1:27.40 (3rd – All-HCAC Honorable Mention) – Josh Ekberg, Bryce Holt, Noah Scheffer, Evan Kropf
• 200 Medley Relay A Team – 1:34.56 (3rd – All-HCAC Honorable Mention) – Evan Kropf, Josh Ekberg, Noah Scheffer, Bryce Holt
• 400 Freestyle Relay A Team – 3:12.79 (3rd – All-HCAC Honorable Mention) – Noah Scheffer, Josh Ekberg, Kris Keller, Bryce Holt

SCHOOL RECORDS

• 100 Backstroke – Bryce Holt – 54.66
• 100 Breaststroke – Josh Ekberg – 57.98
• 50 Backstroke – Evan Kropf – 23.80
• 200 Individual Medley – Kris Keller – 2:01.06
• 100 Freestyle – Evan Kropf – 47.54
• 1,650 Freestyle – Cameron Stanley – 18:13.30
• 200 Backstroke – Bryce Holt – 1:59.57
• 50 Breaststroke – Josh Ekberg – 26.93
• 200 Breaststroke – Josh Ekberg – 2:10.07
• 1,000 Freestyle – Cameron Stanley – 10:58.88
• 200 Medley Relay – Evan Kropf, Josh Ekberg, Noah Scheffer, Bryce Holt – 1:34.56
• 200 Freestyle Relay – Josh Ekberg, Bryce Holt, Noah Scheffer, Evan Kropf – 1:27.40
• 400 Freestyle Relay – Noah Scheffer, Josh Ekberg, Kris Keller, Evan Kropf – 3:12.79

NOTABLE RELAY PERFORMANCES

• 200 Freestyle Relay A Team – 1:27.40 (3rd Place, School Record, All-Conference Honorable Mention) – Josh Ekberg, Bryce Holt, Noah Scheffer, Evan Kropf
• 200 Freestyle Relay B Team – 1:39.45 (9th Place) – Cameron Stanley, Matthew Hayward, Anthony Stultz, David Lange
• 400 Medley Relay A Team – 3:34.98 (4th Place, Season Best) – Bryce Holt, Josh Ekberg, Kris Keller, Evan Kropf
• 400 Medley Relay B Team – 3:54.30 (10th Place) – Cameron Stanley, David Lange, Noah Scheffer, Anthony Stultz
• 200 Medley Relay A Team – 1:34.56 (3rd Place, School Record, All-Conference Honorable Mention)
• 200 Medley Relay B Team – 1:46.80 (10th Place) – Kris Keller, David Lange, Cameron Stanley
• 800 Freestyle Relay A Team – 7:28.01 (4th Place) – Kris Keller, Cameron Stanley, Bryce Holt, Evan Kropf
• 400 Freestyle Relay A Team – 3:12.79 (3rd Place, School Record, All-Conference Honorable Mention) – Noah Scheffer, Josh Ekberg, Kris Keller, Evan Kropf
• 400 Freestyle Relay B Team – 3:29.97 (9th Place) – Cameron Stanley, David Lange, Anthony Stultz, Bryce Holt

NOTABLE INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES

Josh Ekberg (Mahomet, Ill./Mahomet-Seymour)

• 100 Breaststroke Finals – 57.98 – 3rd Place – School Record – All-Conference Honorable Mention
• 100 Breaststroke Prelims – 59.39 – 5th Place
• 200 Breaststroke Finals – 2:10.07 – 5th Place – School Record
• 200 Breaststroke Prelims – 2:11.79 – 5th Place
• 50 Breaststroke Split – 26.93 – School Record
• 50 Freestyle Split – 22.31 – Personal Record
• 50 Freestyle Finals – 22.37 – 11th Place
• 50 Freestyle Prelims – 22.10 – 11th Place

Kris Keller (Fishers, Ind./Northridge)

• 400 Individual Medley Finals – 4:24.36 – 5th Place
• 400 Individual Medley Prelims – 4:24.29 – 6th Place
• 200 Butterfly Finals – 2:07.12 – 8th Place – Season Best
• 200 Butterfly Prelims – 2:07.96 – 10th Place
• 200 Individual Medley Finals – 2:01.06 – 9th Place – School Record
• 200 Individual Medley Prelims – 2:02.18 – 8th Place
• 200 Freestyle Split – 1:50.81 – Personal Record
• 50 Backstroke Split – 26.22 – Personal Record

Bryce Holt (Osceola, Ind./Penn)

• 200 Backstroke Finals – 2:02.74 – 6th Place
• 200 Backstroke Prelims – 1:59.57 – 5th Place – School Record
• 100 Backstroke Finals – 54.66 – 6th Place – School Record
• 100 Backstroke Prelims – 54.71 – 6th Place
• 50 Backstroke Split – 26.34 – Personal Record

Evan Kropf (Fort Wayne, Ind./Concordia Lutheran)

• 50 Freestyle Finals – 21.76 – 6th Place
• 50 Freestyle Prelims – 21.58 – 5th Place
• 100 Freestyle Finals – 47.91 – 7th Place
• 100 Freestyle Prelims – 47.54 – 7th Place – School Record
• 50 Backstroke Split – 23.80 – School Record

Matthew Hayward (Fort Wayne, Ind./Concordia Lutheran)

• Matthew Hayward missed the prelims of the 1-meter diving event due to injury and was placed in the B flight of the finals. The freshman from Fort Wayne won the B flight of finals with a 453.30 points to secure seventh place. Despite finishing seventh place, Hayward posted the second-highest 1-meter diving score of the meet.

Noah Scheffer (Lambertville, Mich./Bedford)

• 100 Butterfly Finals – 52.51 – 7th Place
• 100 Butterfly Prelims – 52.68 – 7th Place
• 100 Freestyle Split – 48.13 – Personal Record

David Lange (Milaca, Minn./Princeton)

• 100 Breaststroke Finals – 1:01.76 – 9th Place
• 100 Breaststroke Prelims – 1:00.99 – 9th Place
• 400 Individual Medley Finals – 4:32.53 – 9th Place
• 400 Individual Medley Prelims – 4:31.80 – 10th Place
• 200 Breaststroke Prelims – 2:16.77 – 8th Place – Personal Record
• 50 Breaststroke Split – 28.43 – Personal Record

Cameron Stanley (Lizton, Ind./Tri-West)

• 1,650 Freestyle – 18:13.30 – 11th Place – School Record
• 1,000 Freestyle Split – 10:58.88 – School Record
• 500 Freestyle – 5:18.55 – Personal Record

Anthony Stultz (New Palestine, Ind./New Palestine)

• 200 Backstroke Finals – 2:25.66 – 11th Place
• 200 Backstroke Prelims – 2:25.33 – 10th Place
• 200 Freestyle Split – 2:13.08 – Personal Record
• 500 Freestyle – 5:52.17 – Season Best

HCAC STANDINGS

1. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (736)
2. Franklin College (732)
3. Transylvania University (300)
4. Anderson University (251)
5. Manchester University (12)