Complete Hamline Mini-Invitational results

Macalester competed with Hamline and St. Mary's at the Hamline Mini-Invitational and produced five first-place finishes on the day. The Scots also had five runner-up finishes.  The competition was scored as a dual meet.  Macalester defeated Hamline 87-23.  There was no team score between the Scots and St. Mary's since these two teams hook up in an MIAC dual meet later this month.  Mac and SMU each had five first-place finishes and Hamline had two.

Mitch Stepleton (Jr., Boulder, Colo. / Fairview) won the 1000-yard freestyle (11:27.76) and also added a close second-place swim in the 500 free (5:33.06). Nathan Young (So., Denver, Colo. / Littleton) provided the team a couple first-place efforts, taking the 200-yard individual medley (2:08.17) and 100 backstroke (54.64).

Jens Tamang (So., Portland, Ore. / Catlin Gabel) won the 1-meter diving competition (105.60) and teammate Aaron Hammer (Fy. Chevy Chase, Md. / Edmund Burke School) placed second on both the 1-meter board (98.30) and 3-meter board (111.75).

Macalester also placed first in the 200-yard medley relay (2:11.76). Relay team members were Jorge Banuelos (So., Ironwood, Calif. / Crossroads), Josh Tomashek (Fy., Las Vegas, Nev. / Valley), Bobbi Gass (Jr., Bellingham, Wash.) and Diego Melo (Fy. Bogota, Columbia / United World College).

Second-place Macalester finishes, in addition to those produced by Hammer and Stepleton, were earned by Young in the 100 butterfly (57.32) and Jeff Yamashita (So., Honolulu, Hi. / Iolani School) in the 100 freestyle (51.81).

On Friday night (Nov. 14), the Scots compete in the College of St. Catherine Mini-Invitational.