GVSU swim and dive find success at Calvin

The Grand Valley State men’s and women’s swimming and diving team broke three pool records Thursday at the Calvin Invitational. The women’s side opened the day with a pool record in the 800 freestyle relay race. Leonie Van Noort, Sam Postmus, Allison Wells and Lara Deibel recorded a time of 7:24.77, beating the previous set record by almost six seconds. The men’s 800 freestyle relay team of Gianni Ferrero, Tim Harris, Gabriel Souza and Gonzalo Rodriguez-Villasonte followed suit with its own record time of 6:37.55.

The women’s team swam away with the meet, recording 2,035 points, far outpacing the runner-up from Northern Michigan. The GVSU men earned a meet victory as well, notching 1,978 points to best Calvin College’s 1,372.5 points.

GVSU will be back in action at the Holiday Training event in Orlando, Florida from Dec. 31 to Jan. 5.

Corby, Carlson named All-Americans

The Ada, Michigan duo of Marti Corby and Clare Carlson were named to the NSCAA All-American First Team, after a press release from the national office announced the pair of juniors would join the 22 previous Laker All-Americans in program history.

Corby and Carlson, both juniors, played together at Forest Hills Central High School before transitioning to GVSU. Corby and Carlson were also named the GLIAC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, and Corby earned Midwest Region Play of the Year honors.

GVSU was the only school in the country with multiple First Team honorees

Spencer sidelined for rest of season

Following a 22-yard touchdown run in Grand Valley State’s 31-7 victory over Colorado State – Pueblo in the Super Region 4 finals, Laker senior running back Kirk Spencer crumpled to the ground in agony. Spencer broke his leg on the play and will not return to the field this season for GVSU.

Filling in for the Lakers will be true freshman running back Marty Carter, who has racked up 814 yards and seven touchdowns this season.