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Harris A Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete For The Third Time
Mustangs Compete At NAIA National Championships
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Scott Anderson |
Maggie Meier |
Scott Anderson, a senior from Ottumwa, Iowa; and Maggie Meier, a senior from Omaha, Neb.; received the Male and Female Swimmer of the Year Awards at the Morningside College swimming team’s post-season awards banquet.
Anderson is the holder of five individual school records and is part of all five Morningside school-record holding relay teams. He holds Morningside individual records with times of 10:05.77 in the 1000-yard freestyle, 16:34.35 in the 1650-yard freestyle, 53.76 in the 100-yard backstroke, 1:56.63 in the 200-yard backstroke, and 2:04.52 in the 200-yard individual medley. His record setting performance in the 200-yard individual medley came at this season’s Mutual of Omaha Invitational. Anderson helped Morningside break school records in the 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle relays at this year’s NAIA Swimming & Diving National Championships.
Meier holds two Morningside individual school records and is part of school-record holding teams in the 200-yard medley and 400-yard medley relays. Her individual school records are times of 1:01.46 in the 100-yard backstroke and 2:13.02 in the 200-yard backstroke.
Other award winners were:
Most Improved – Karissa Gugat, a freshman from Sioux City; Sean Roberts, a freshman from Omaha, Neb.; and Dustin Potter, a freshman from Bedford, Iowa.
Hardest Worker – Kellie Harris, a senior from Omaha, Neb.; and Matt Kerr, a senior from Sigourney, Iowa.
Newcomer of the Year – Sydney Brisco, a freshman from Scottsbluff, Neb.; Taylor Chapman, a freshman from Lenexa, Kan.; and Kyle Eagen, a freshman from Omaha, Neb.
Mustang Award – Angela Bachmann, a senior from Omaha, Neb.; and Matt Kerr, a senior from Sigourney, Iowa.
 Kellie Harris, a senior from Omaha, Neb., has been named a 2009 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete in the sport of women’s swimming & diving.
Harris has a 3.69 cumulative grade point average (GPA) with a major in elementary education. She received Daktroncis-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors for the third time in her career.
Harris is the Morningside record holder in the women’s 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:19.20.
Student-athletes must be of at least junior academic status and have a minimum GPA of 3.50 in order to be eligible for Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.
Click here for the complete list of Daktronics-NAIA Women's Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athletes.
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Sydney Brisco |
Matt Kerr |
Morningside swimmers broke two school records during Saturday’s final day of action at the 2009 NAIA Swimming & Diving Championships in St. Peters, Mo.
The Mustangs’ top individual finish came from Sydney Brisco, a freshman from Scottsbluff, Neb., who placed 12th in the women’s 1650-yard freestyle with a school-record time of 18:38.97. Brisco broke the former Morningside standard of 18:47.06 set by Kellie Harris in 2007. Harris, a senior from Omaha, also topped her previous Morningside record with a time of 18:42.47 to place 15th.
Morningside also broke a school record in the men’s 400-yard freestyle relay, where the quartet of Matt Kerr, a senior from Sigourney, Iowa; Evan Mann, a junior from Lincoln, Neb.; Kyle Eagen, a freshman from Omaha, Neb.; and Scott Anderson, a senior from Ottumwa, Iowa; placed 11th with a time of 3:17.99 to break the former Morningside record of 3:18.77 set in 2007.
Morningside scored points in two relay events during Friday’s action.
Morningside placed 13th in the men’s 200-yard freestyle relay and in the men’s 400-yard medley relay.
The Mustangs set a school record in the 200-yard freestyle relay when Matt Kerr, a senior from Sigourney, Iowa; Kyle Eagen, a freshman from Omaha, Neb.; Scott Anderson, a senior from Ottumwa, Iowa; and Evan Mann, a junior from Lincoln, Neb., combined for a time of 1:30.35 to break the former school record of 1:30.78 set in 2007.
Morningside’s 400-yard medley relay team of Anderson, Kerr, Sean Roberts, a freshman from Omaha, and Mann had a 13th place time of 3:45.24.
Kerr broke a Morningside record in the prelims of the men’s 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:02.63 to break the former Morningside record of 1:03.62 by Michael Bryant in 2007.
Morningside College scored points in three relay events on Friday.
The Mustangs’ best finish came in the men’s 800-yard freestyle relay with a 10th place time of 7:28.10. The relay team was comprised of Scott Anderson, a senior from Ottumwa, Iowa; Kyle Eagen, a freshman from Omaha, Neb.; Evan Mann, a junior from Lincoln, Neb.; and Matt Kerr, a senior from Sigourney, Iowa.
Morningside placed 14th in the men’s 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:42.59 from the quartet off Anderson, Kerr, Sean Roberts, a freshman from Omaha; and Eagen.
The Mustangs placed 16th in the women’s 200-yard medley relay, where Maggie Meier, a senior from Omaha, Neb.; Kayla Shoup, a senior from Houston, Texas; Taylor Chapman, a freshman from Lenexa, Kan.; and Angela Bachmann, a senior from Omaha, combined for a time of 1:58.86.
Kerr competed in the men’s 50-yard freestyle and had a time of 21.82 to break the former Morningside school record of 21.95 by Joe Disalvo in 2007. Kerr did not advance past the prelims.
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