By By ERIKA PICKLES / Niles Daily Star
NILES – The Bridgman Co-Op swimming and diving team finished fifth out of eight teams at the Kalamazoo Loy Norrix Invitational Saturday.
Portage Northern won the meet with 262 points, followed by Byron Center with 256, Wayland with 227, Loy Norrix with 215 and Bridgman with 168. Allegan and Thornapple-Kellogg-Hastings rounded out the field with 159 and 108 points respectively.
The Bridgman Co-Op team will travel to Sturgis for a Jan. 16 dual meet with the Trojans. The next home meet will be Thursday, Jan. 18 against Mattawan-Hackett at 6 p.m.
Top finishers for Bridgman were:
200 yard Medley Relay – Matt Bizoe, Ty Alexander, Alex Ottusch and Cory Schiller (fifth place, 1:56.67)
200 Free – Eric Nelson (fifth, 2:04.32
200 IM – Matt Bizoe (sixth, 2:31.12)
Diving – Cory Schiller (fourth, 301.30)
100 Fly – Alex Ottusch (third, 1:03.13)
100 Free – Eric Nelson (fourth, 54.44)
500 Free – Alex Ottusch (fourth, 5:55.54)
200 Free Relay – Ty Alexander, Phillip Beltz, Eric Nelson and Cory Schiller (third, 1:39.08)
100 Back – Matt Bizoe (sixth, 1:05.44)
400 Free Relay – ALex Ottusch, Sam McClain, Matt Bizoe and Eric Nelson (sixth, 3:52.10)