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Grinnell College Swimming and Diving

When Peter Brown '06 arrived at the University of Chicago to compete in the Midwest Invitational, he was only accompanied by Head Coach Erin Hurley and he only swam in one event. Brown was the only member of Grinnell's swimming and diving team participating in the meet, giving him one last chance to represent the Pioneers before the swimming post-season finally came to a close.

The Invitational was the last meet of the season for Brown, at least until he finds out if he has made Nationals.

Although Brown did not beat his conference time of 46.36 in the 100 freestyle, he still won the competition, which boosted his confidence.

"I feel a little more confident simply because I know I've done the best that I can do and that there is nothing more I can control," he said. "That was a large part of the reason why I went to the meet."

Now Brown, along with divers Dan Shryock '06 and Sarah Stayer '06 must wait until next Friday to find out if their provisional qualifying performances will allow them to advance to Nationals, which will be held March 16-18 at the University of Minnesota.

The three seniors are not as nervous about the upcoming news as might be expected.

"Of course I'd prefer to know now," said Brown, "but at this point there is no reason to stress since it's not going to change anything."

Brown, Shryock and Stayer will continue to practice until they find out if they will be competing. Even though the season is over for the rest of the team, teammates have come out to practice with the trio to provide support.

"The team and my teammates have been extremely helpful in getting me this far," said Brown.

-Abby Rapoport

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