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News from the Pool - February 2


Posted on 02/02/2025
News from the Pool - February 2
 
This week we hosted Clarkston.
 
RO 84
Clarkston 101
 
 
First Place Finishers:
 
Nolan Kaiser:  50 Free and 100 Fly
 
London Murray:  500 Free
 
400 Free Relay:  Ryan Kuhlman, London Murray, Nolan Kaiser, Gavin Cavell
 
 
 
 
Man of the Meet #1 (Clarkston):  Sophomore Bruno Rochon.  Bruno had great drops in the 200 Free (4.49) and the 100 Free (.6) on Thursday.
 
Man of the Meet #2 (Clarkston):  Freshman Joey Cioffi.  On Thursday, Joey had monster drops in both the 50 Back (3.19) and 500 Free (1:09.84).
 
On Saturday we traveled to Holland for the MISCA Meet.
 
Nolan Kaiser earned MHSAA state qualifying times in the 50 Free and 100 Free. 
 
Man of the Week #1:  Junior Johnny McKellar.  On Wednesday's training, he dropped a massive 2:57 in the Record Board Challenge.  On Thursday against Clarkston, he a nice drop in the 50 Free (1.14).
 
Man of the Week #2:  Senior Leo Webster.  First year on the team.  Super coachable and hard worker.  Had a big time drop on Thursday in the 100 Breast (3.45).
 
Next week we will host Ferndale and Harper Woods on Tuesday.
 
On Friday, Dylan Dowdell will compete at Oakland County Diving Championships in Lake Orion.
 
On Saturday, the swimmers will travel to Lake Orion and compete in the Oakland County Swimming Championships. 

News from the Pool January 26


Posted on 01/26/2025
News from the Pool
January 26
 
On Thursday we hosted Oxford for our Parent Night.
 
RO 74
Oxford 111
 
First Place Finishers:
 
Nolan Kaiser - 50 Free. Oakland County qualifying time / MISCA qualifying time
 
Dylan Dowdell - Diving
 
Nolan Kaiser - 100 Free. Oakland County qualifying time / MISCA qualifying time
 
200 Free Relay - Gavin Cavell, Aeriq Abu Azrine, London Murray, Nolan Kaiser
 
Nolan Till - 100 Breast
 
Man of the Meet #1 (Oxford) Senior Nolan Kaiser.  Nolan had three first place finishes (50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay).  His 50 and 100 Free times were Oakland County and MISCA meet qualifying times.
 
Man of the Meet #2 (Oxford). Senior Noah Ockenfels.  On Thursday Noah had drops in his 50 Free (1.01), 50 Breast (7.68) and his 100 Breast (6.76)!
 
 
 
On Friday we held a Quad Meet with Brother Rice, Dexter, and Fenton
 
RO 116      Fenton 67
RO 66       Brother Rice 117
RO 59       Dexter 127
 
First Place Finishers:
 
Medley Relay - Max Podmokly, Nolan Till, Nolan Kaiser, Gavin Cavell
 
200 Free - London Murray - Oakland County qualifying time
 
50 Free - Nolan Kaiser - Oakland County qualifying time / MISCA qualifying time
 
100 Free - Nolan Kaiser - Oakland County qualifying time / MISCA qualifying time
 
500 Free - London Murray - Oakland County qualifying time
 
200 Free Relay - Bruno Rochon, Ryan Kuhlman, Vaughn Selden, London Murray
 
400 Free Relay - Ryan Kuhlman, London Murray, Nolan Kaiser, Gavin Cavell
 
Man of the Meet #1 (Quad Meet) - Sophomore London Murray.  London had drops in the 200 Free (10.15) and the 500 Free (3.37).  Both of his times were Oakland County qualifying times.
 
Man of the Meet #2 (Quad Meet) - Sophomore Aidan Hall.  Aidan had two nice drops in the 50 Free (.8) and the 100 Free (1.65) at the Quad Meet on Friday.
 
On Saturday our divers competed in the Oxford Diving Invitational.
 
11 Dives
Dylan Dowdell - 15th
 
6 Dives
Dylan Zobl - 8th
Uriah Rogers - 12th
 
 
Man of the Week #1 - Junior Charlie Gilreath.  Charlie has been crushing it with his training.  On Thursday against Oxford he had a solid drop in the 200 Free (2.85)
 
Man of the Week #2 - Freshman Uriah Rogers.  Thursday - Uriah had a drop in his 50 Free (1.72).  Friday - He increased his best diving score by 5.20 points.  On Saturday he placed 12th at the Oxford Diving Invite.
 
Next week we will host Clarkston on Thursday.
 
On Saturday MISCA qualifiers will compete at the MISCA Meet in Holland.

News from the Pool JANUARY 18


Posted on 01/18/2025
Last Saturday we took a road trip to Grand Rapids.
 
The Grand Rapids Union coach was a former Dondero swimmer (Class of 1995).  We were joined by Utica Ford.  Their coach was a former Royal Oak swimmer (Class of 2005).
 
RO 95       Utica Ford 86
RO 129      Grand Rapids Union 32
 
First Place Finishers
 
200 Medley Relay - Johnny McKellar, Nolan Till, Nolan Kaiser, Gavin Cavell
 
200 Free - Nolan Kaiser
 
200 IM - Will Bofferding
 
50 Free - Nolan Till
 
Diving - Dylan Dowdell
 
100 Fly - Nolan Kaiser
 
100 Free - Gavin Cavell
 
500 Free - London Murray
 
200 Free Relay - Gavin Cavell, Will Bofferding, Nolan Kaiser, London Murray
 
100 Back - Johnny McKellar
 
100 Breast - Nolan Till
 
400 Free Relay - Will Bofferding, Ryan Kuhlman, London Murray, Aeriq Abu Azrine
 
Man of the Meet #1 (Utica Ford / Grand Rapids Union):  Junior Jacob Fowler.  Last Saturday Jacob had nice time drops in the 50 Free (.30) and the 100 Breast (.97) in Grand Rapids.
 
Man of the Meet #2 (Utica Ford / Grand Rapids Union):  Freshman Liam Lawson.  On Saturday, Liam had had time drops in both the 50 Free (.26) and the 100 Free (.13) when we visited the west side of the state.
 
 
 
On Thursday we traveled to Rochester Stoney Creek.  It was our annual PINK OUT meet.
 
RO 58 - Stoney Creek 128
 
First Place 
 
Dylan Dowdell - Diving
 
Man of the Meet #1 (Stoney Creek):  Senior Logan Ball.  Logan had nice time drops in the 50 Free (.30) and 100 Free (.38) on Thursday at Stoney Creek.
 
Man of the Meet #2 (Stoney Creek):  Senior Andres Jaime.  On Thursday at Stoney Creek Andres had drops in both the 100 Free (.76) and the 500 Free (.60).
 
 
 
Man of the Week #1:  Senior Max Podmokly.  Always looking to get faster!  In the last 6 days Max has dropped time in the 100 Free (2.51), 50 Back (.19), and the 100 Back (.66).
 
Man of the Week #2:  Freshman Sam Humphrey.  Has been working hard in the water!  On Thursday at Stoney Creek, he had an impressive drop in his 200 Free (3.2).
 
 
 
Next week we have two home meets.
 
Thursday, January 23rd we are hosting Oxford for our PARENT NIGHT
 
Friday, January 24th we are hosting a Quad meet with Brother Rice, Dexter, and Fenton.
 

News from the Pool January 12, 2025


Posted on 01/12/2025
News from the Pool
January 12, 2025
 
On Tuesday we hosted North Farmington.  
RO 101 - NF 73
 
First Place:
 
200 Medley Relay - Max Podmokly, Nolan Till, Charlie Gilreath, Jacob Fowler
 
200 Free - Nolan Kaiser
 
200 IM - Will Bofferding
 
50 Free - Gavin Cavell
 
Diving - Dylan Dowdell
 
100 Fly - Will Bofferding
 
100 Free - Nolan Kaiser
 
500 Free - London Murray
 
200 Free Relay - Nolan Kaiser, Will Bofferding, Emerson Murphy, London Murray
 
100 Breast - Nolan Till
 
400 Free Relay - Will Bofferding, Bruno Rochon, Nolan Kaiser, Gavin Cavell
 
Man of the Meet #1 (North Farmington):  Senior Donielle Bell.  Donielle had two huge time drops in the 50 Free (6.22) and 100 Free (10.79) on Tuesday against North Farmington.
 
Man of the Meet #2 (North Farmington):  Freshman Arthur Harris.  On Tuesday Arthur had drops in the 50 Back (2.89), 50 Free (4.62), and the 100 Free (14.05).
 
Man of the Meet #3 (North Farmington):  Freshman Will Bofferding.  Will had 4 first place finishes on Tuesday.  He was first in the 200 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay, and the 400 Free Relay. 
 
 
 
 
 
On Thursday we traveled to Bloomfield Hills
RO 50 - BH 133
 
First Place:
 
Diving - Dylan Dowdell
 
Nolan Kaiser picked up a MISCA qualifying time in the 100 Free and 100 Fly. He also got a qualifying time for the Oakland County Championships in the 100 Free.
 
Man of the Meet #1 (Bloomfield Hills):  Senior Nolan Till.  On Thursday, Nolan had a drop in the 50 Free (.47) and a monster drop in the 500 Free (42.42) 
 
Man of the Meet #2 (Bloomfield Hills):  Sophomore Vaughn Selden.  He has been stepping up in his training.  Had a nice drop in the 100 Free (4.97) on Thursday.
 
Man of the Meet #3 (Bloomfield Hills):  Freshman James Walker.  James has been on fire!  On Thursday he had drops in the 50 Free (.18) and 100 Free (9.64)
 
Man of the Week #1:  Junior Ben Pannecouck.  He has really turned it up in training.  This week he had bests in the 200 IM (14.35) and 100 Fly (4.2)
 
Man of the Week #2:  Sophomore Beckett Sipes.  Beckett is hitting his stride.  This week he has bests in the 100 Back (1.11), 50 Free (1.87), and 100 Free (10.71)
 
Man of the Week #3:  Freshman Sebastian Beljak.  Sebastian has been working hard and is always looking to get better.  This week he had 2 drops in the 100 Breast (3.14) 
 
 
 
Next week we will travel to Stoney Creek on Thursday for our annual PINK OUT meet.

Swim Team News....Dec 28


Posted on 12/28/2024

On December 17th, we hosted Avondale and Southfield A&T.  

 

It was also our annual Toys for Tots meet.  This year it was hosted by Senior Nolan Kaiser.  We were able to collect a lot of toys for boys and girls.

 

First Place Finishers:

200 Medley Relay - Johnny McKellar, Gavin Cavell, Nolan Kaiser, London Murray

200 Free - London Murray

200 IM - Sam Humphrey

50 Free - Nolan Kaiser

Diving - Dylan Dowdell

100 Fly - Will Bofferding

100 Free -Nolan Kaiser

500 - Andres Jaime

200 Free Relay - Nolan Kaiser, London Murray, Will Bofferding, Ryan Kuhlman

100 Back - Johnny McKellar

 

 

On December 19th, we traveled to Groves to take on the defending state champion.

Swan very well.  Dylan Dowdell captured 1st place in diving.

 

Man of the Meet #1 - (Avondale) Senior Nolan Kaiser. Two individual 1st place finishes. Drops in the 50 Free (.50) MISCA cut and 100 Free (.73). 

 

 

Man of the Meet #2- (Avondale) Freshman Henry Harrie. On Tuesday he had drops in the 50 Free (3.25) and a MONSTER drop in the 100 Free (9.26)!

 

 

Man of the Meet #1 (Southfield A&T) Sophomore Aaron Hildebrandt. Aaron had great time drops in the 50 Free (1.55) and 100 Free (7.05) on Tuesday!

 

 

 

Man of the Meet #2- (Southfield A&T) Freshman Emerson Murphy. On Tuesday he had drop in the 50 Free (.24)! He really has been attacking his training!

 

 

Man of the Meet #1 - (Groves) Junior Aeriq Abu Azrine. Two huge drops on Thursday in the 50 Free (2.68) and the 100 Breast (4.97)!

 

 

 

Man of the Meet #2 - (Groves) Freshman Cosmo Berent. Two great drops on Thursday in the 50 Free (.42) and the 100 Breast (2.19)!

 

 

 

Man of the Week #1 Junior Dylan Dowdell Dylan had three 1st place finishes this week in diving. His score this week put him into our Top 10 Club!

 

 

Man of the Week #2 Freshman Cervantes Franks 4 individual swims this week 4 individual best times TUES had 1.44 drop in 50 Free and 12.70 drop in 100 Free. On THUR he had another drop in the 50 Free (.89) and 100 Free (.79)

 

We hosted our annual Alumni Meet on DEC 27.  Always great to see Alumni come back to pool!

 

 

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