Gray, McKim help Storm swimmers place fifth at Grinnell

GRINNELL, Iowa - Led by big swims from Dylan Gray and Kyle McKim, the Simpson men's swimming and diving team placed fifth of six teams at the Grinnell Invitational over the weekend.

McKim had a solid weekend in the breaststroke, taking fourth in the 100 (1:02.74) and sixth in the 200 (2:20.71). Gray added a fourth-place finish for the Storm in the 50 freestyle, touching the wall in 22.79. 

The duo also teammed up on Simpson's best relay of the weekend, the 200 medley. Nathan Schneider and Cody Carlson joined them on the way to a seventh-place finish (1:44.77).

JJ Hansen placed fourth in both the 1- and 3-meter diving competitions, lowering his own school records in each event. He scored a 250.45 in the 1-meter and 242.15 in the 3-meter.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

50 freestyle

        4. Dylan Gray, 22.79; 11. Cody Carlson, 23.07; 23. Kyle McKim, 24.57; 25. Scott Wailes, 24.76; 29. Steven Best, 25.84

100 freestyle

        17. Cody Carlson, 51.88; 20. Dylan Gray, 54.56

200 freestyle

        11. Cody Carlson, 1:54.53; 28. Scott Wailes, 2:02.27

1650 freestyle

        17. Zack Lindeberg, 21:51.47

100 backstroke

        23. Michael Reuter, 1:05.12; 24. Cody Carlson, 1:08.52; 25. Scott Wailes, 1:10.64

200 backstroke

        22. Nathan Schneider, 2:15.67; 26. Michael Reuter, 2:23.05

100 breaststroke

        4. Kyle McKim, 1:02.74; 9. Dylan Gray, 1:04.88; 17. Steven Best, 1:10.65

200 breaststroke

        6. Kyle McKim, 2:20.71; 14. Dylan Gray, 2:26.14; 18. Nathan Schneider, 2:31.09

100 butterfly

        25. Michael Reuter, 1:00.56

200 butterfly

        19. Michael Reuter, 2:14.87

200 IM

        24. Kyle McKim, 2:12.53; 30. Nathan Schneider, 2:17.04

400 IM

        21. Nathan Schneider, 4:51.39

1-meter diving

        4. JJ Hansen, 250.45

3-meter diving

        4. JJ Hansen, 242.15

200 freestyle relay

        8. Carlson/Schneider/Wailes/Gray, 1:34.78; 16. McKim/Best/Van Brogen/Lindeberg, 1:41.82

400 freestyle relay

        12. Gray/Schneider/Wailes/Carlson, 3:30.91; 22. McKim/Lindeberg;Van Brogen/Reuter, 3:47.37

800 freestyle relay

        10. Schneider/Wailes/Van Brogen, Reuter, 8:26.25

200 medley relay

        7. Schneider/McKim/Gray/Carlson, 1:44.77; 22. Reuter/Best/Van Brogen/Wailes, 1:54.20

400 medley relay

        14. Reuter/McKim/Gray/Carlson, 4:01.78