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200 Breaststroke | Brian Miller (Sr.) | 3rd | 2:04.32
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100 Butterfly | Brett Robbins (So.) | 3rd | :49.97
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400 Medley Relay | John Latham (Fr.), Brian Miller (Sr.),
Brett Robbins (So.), Aaron Portenga (Sr.) | 4th | 3:25.53
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100 Breaststroke | Brian Miller (Sr.) | 6th | :57.40
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100 Backstroke | Brett Robbins (So.) | 6th | :52.08
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200 Medley Relay | John Latham (Fr.), Chuck Kemeny (Jr.),
Brett Robbins (So.), Aaron Portenga (Sr.) | 6th | 1:34.83
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1-Meter Dive | Garth Miller | 7th | 375.85
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Honorable Mention All-America Performances
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200 Butterfly | Brett Robbins (So.) | 9th | 1:53.75
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200 Backstroke | John Latham (Fr.) | 10th | 1:53.80
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800 Freestyle Relay | Greg Raczniak (Sr.), John Latham (Fr.),
Aaron Portenga (Sr.), Brett Robbins (So.) | 10th | 6:57.83
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200 Freestyle Relay | Garret Olson (Fr.), John Latham (Fr.),
Greg Raczniak (Sr.), Aaron Portenga (Sr.) | 12th | 1:25.47
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400 Freestyle Relay | Garret Olson (Fr.), Brett Robbins (So.),
Greg Raczniak (Sr.), Aaron Portenga (Sr.) | 12th | 3:08.55
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50 Freestyle | Aaron Portenga (Sr.) | 13th | :21.24
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200 Individual Medley | John Latham (Fr.) | 15th | 1:55.97
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400 Individual Medley | Greg Raczniak (Sr.) | 16th | 4:12.56
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"Hornets finish sixth at 1996 NCAA Division III Championships"
Head coach Bob Kent's Kalamazoo College Men's Swimming and Diving team captured 6th place at the 1996 NCAA Division III Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, which were held at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga.
The Hornets recorded 182.0 points at the meet to finish behind first-place Kenyon (Ohio) College (572.5), second-place Denison (Ohio) University (360.0), third-place Union (N.Y.) College (293.0), fourth-place Johs Hopkins (Md.) University (291.0), and fifth-place U.C. San Diego (254.0). Kenyon has won 17 consecutive national championships. Kalamazoo's Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association rival, Hope College, finished eigth with 140.0 points. Kalamazoo also finished sixth at the NCAA Championships in both 1980 and 1993, with sixth place being the highest team finish the Hornets have ever recorded.
Individually, Kalamazoo sophomore Brett Robbins earned All-America honors in four events and honorable mention All-American recognition in three events. Robbins' top performance was a third-place finish in the 100 butterfly.
Senior Brian Miller also had a strong meet, earning All-America honors in three events, including a third-place finish in the 200 breaststroke.
Overall, five Kalamazoo College records were broken at the championships. Robbins set a new record in the 100 backstroke (:51.86); freshman John Latham established a new 200 backstroke record (1:53.80), Miller broke his own record in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:04.25; the 400 medley relay team of Latham, Miller, Robbins and senior Aaron Portenga established a new record of 3:25.53 and the team of freshman Garret Olson, Robbins, senior Greg Raczniak and Portenga finished the 400 freestyle relay in a record time of 3:08.55
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