Swim & Dive News DEC 14

We traveled up to Oxford to take on this quality OAA Red team.

RO 81

Oxford 102

Great first meet!  Veterans were in great form and the rookies did a great job.

First Place Finishers:

50 Free:  John Cook

Diving:  Ben O'Neil

400 Free Relay:  John Cook, Colin Czarnik, Mason Solecki, Tim Stanley

Man of the Week #1: Sophomore Julio Jaime. Working hard at practice. Super coachable! He had two monster time drops at Oxford from his time trials times (-9.83) in 50 Free and (-18.73) in 100 Free.

Man of the Week #2: Sophomore Weston Schroeder. Training hard! Never misses a repeat! He had two time drops at Oxford from his time trials times (-1.12) in 50 Back and (-.63) in 50 Free.

Man of the Meet (Oxford) Junior Mason Solecki. Both of Mason's individual swims in the 100 Fly and 100 Back were MISCA and Oakland County Automatic times.

This week we will host Avondale on THUR for a 6pm meet at the ROMS pool.

Swim and Dive News FEB 15

Another busy week at the pool!

On Thursday we hosted division rival Troy and had our Senior Night.

RO 77

Troy 103

First Place Finishers:  

200 Free:  Tim Stanley

Diving:  Ben O'Neill

500 Free:  Tim Stanley

400 Free Relay:  Colin Czarnik, Tim Stanley, John Cook, Mason Solecki

On Saturday we traveled to Calvin College for the MISCA meet.

200 Medley Relay:  Mason Solecki, Tim Stanley, John Cook, and Luke Catchpole

200 Free:  Tim Stanley

100 Fly:  John Cook and Mason Solecki

200 Free Relay:  John Cook, Mason Solecki, Tim Stanley, and Luke Catchpole

Man of the Meet (Troy) #1:  Junior Noel King.  Noel  had an impressive drop in his 200 Free (2.94) and a drop in his 100 Free (.76).

Man of the Meet (Troy)#2:  Junior Jack Catchpole.  Jack has been a huge help at every home meet.  Always reliable.  Never takes a race off.

Men of the Week:  The Seniors.  Last dual meet for Luke, John, Jack, Kyle, and Nick.  Great boys that will become great men.

We are now entering the championship part of the season.  We are getting ready for taper.  Looking forward to seeing the boys rest and race.

OAA Championships will be FEB 26, 27, and 28.  All days start at 6pm at ROMS.

FEB 26- Swim Prelims

FEB 27- Dive Prelims

FEB 28- Championships

We had quite the busy week at the pool.

On Tuesday we hosted Stoney Creek from the OAA Red Division for our annual Pink Meet.

The boys did a great job decorating their pink caps for Tuesday.

RO 62

Stoney Creek 124

First Place Finishers:

Diving:  Ben O'Neill

100 Fly:  Mason Solecki

Hayden Forsythe's 199.55 diving scored put him into 5th place on our Top 10 List. 

Man of the Meet #1 (Stoney):  Freshman Chase Drouillard.  He went 4/4 on best times:  He had drops of 200 IM (1.43), 50 Breast (.10), 500 Free (58.59), and 100 Free (.67).  Great job Chase!

Man of the Meet #2 (Stoney): Sophomore Nathan Babbie.  He was not feeling well and still managed to have a nice 1.45 second drop in the 50 Free on Tuesday.

Oakland County Diving Championships were held on Friday at Waterford Mott.  Both Ben and Hayden qualified for the meet.

Oakland County Swimming Championships were held on Saturday at Waterford Mott.  Our qualifiers were:

200 Medley Relay:  Mason Solecki, Tim Stanley, John Cook, and Luke Catchpole

200 Free:  Tim Stanley

100 Fly:  John Cook and Mason Solecki

500 Free:  Tim Stanley

200 Free Relay:  John Cook, Colin Czarnik, Luke Catchpole, Tim Stanley

100 Back:  Mason Solecki

400 Free Relay:  John Cook, Colin Czarnik, Luke Catchpole, Mason Solecki

Man of the Week #1:  Senior Kyle Pyykkonen,  Had a nice 2.39 second drop in the 200 Free on Tuesday.  He is also doing a great helping us 'win the deck' every meet with cheering on his teammates.  

Man of the Week #2: Senior John Cook.  After Saturday's Oakland County Meet, John earned his way to his fourth state championships for his high school career.  Very impressive achievement!

Next week we will wrap up the dual meet portion of our season.  We will host division rival Troy on Thursday for our Senior Night.

On Saturday our qualifiers will swim at Calvin College in the MISCA (Michigan Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association) Meet. 

Swim and Dive News FEB 1

This week we went on the road to face division rival Troy Athens.

RO 116

Athens 70

First Place Finishers:

200 Medley Relay:  Mason Solecki, Tim Stanley, John Cook, Luke Catchpole

200 Free:  Tim Stanley

200 IM:  Matt Kaley

50 Free:  John Cook

Diving:  Ben O'Neill

100 Fly:  Mason Solecki

100 Free:  Luke Catchpole

500 Free: Colin Czarnik

100 Back:  Mason Solecki *

100 Breast:  Tim Stanley

400 Free Relay:  Mason Solecki, Tim Stanley, Peter Merten, Luke Catchpole

* Mason Solecki's 100 Fly was a New ROHS School Record and it also brokle a 38 year old pool record at Athens.

I would like to take a moment to thank Athens for being classy and recognizing Mason's accomplishment.

Man of the Meet (ATHENS) #1:  Sophomore Colin Czarnik.  Colin had a nice drop in his 200 Free (2.10) and he had an important first place finish in the 500 Free.

Man of the Meet (ATHENS) #2:  THE TEAM, THE TEAM, THE TEAM.  Win the pool.  Win the boards.  Win the deck.  Awesome performances from the whole squad.

Man of the Week #1:  Sophomore Noah Hewson.  He is starting to really hit his groove.  Nice drops in the 50 Back (.22) and the 100 Back (.86) on THUR.

Man of the Week #2:  Sophomore Kyle Strong.  Getting the job done in training.  Had a strong drop of 3.13 seconds in the 100 Free on THUR.

Next week will be busy.  On Tuesday we will host OAA Red Division team Stoney Creek for our annual PINK OUT THE POOL.  At this meet, the boys will wear pink caps with names to honor those that have battled cancer.

On Friday, Oakland County Diving Championships will start at 6pm at Waterford Mott.

On Saturday, Oakland County Swimming Championships will start at 12pm at Waterford Mott.

Swim & Dive News JAN 25

On Thursday, we had a home meet with Ferndale.

RO 83

Ferndale 50

First Place Finishers:

200 Medley Relay:  Mason Solecki, Tim Stanley, John Cook, Luke Catchpole

200 Free:  Kyle Gordon

200 IM:  Matt Kaley

50 Free:  Jack Merten

Fly:  Mason Socecki

100 Free:  Colin Czarnik

500 Free:  Peter Merten

200 Free Relay:  200 Medley Relay:  Mason Solecki, Tim Stanley, John Cook, Luke Catchpole

100 Back:  Ari Szarafinski

100 Breast:  Bailey Needham

400 Free Relay:  200 Medley Relay:  Mason Solecki, Tim Stanley, John Cook, Luke Catchpole

Mason Solecki's time in the 100 Fly was a MHSAA State Qualifying time.

Man of the Meet (FERN) #1:  Junior Kyle Gordon.  Kyle had a 1st place finish in the 200 Free with a drop of 10.47.  He followed that up with a .47 drop in the 100 Back.

Man of the Meet (FERN) #2:  Freshman Xander Ballew. He had a huge drop of 1:38 in the 500 Free.  He also had a nice 5.18 drop in the 50 Fly.

Man of the Week:  Sophomore Bailey Needham.  He has really kicked it up a notch with his training.  On THUR he had drop in the 200 IM (2.94) and a first place in the 100 Breast!  

Next Thursday we travel to division rival Troy Athens.

Swim and Dive News JAN 18

On Thursday, we hosted Southfield A & T and held our annual Parent Night.

RO 84

SFLD  A&T 74

First Place Finishers:

200 Medley Relay:  Matthew Kaley, Josh Brezenski, Colin Czarnik, Brady Curtin

200 Free:  Ari Szarafinski

200 IM:  John Cook

50 Free:  Mason Solecki

Diving:  Ben O'Neill

100 Free:  Aden Dowdell

500 Free:  Tim Stanley

200 Free Relay:  Jack Merten, Weston Schroeder, Ben O'Neill, John Cook

100 Back:  Ari Szarafinski

100 Breast:  Mason Solecki

400 Free Relay:  Tim Stanley, Colin Czarnik, Matt Kaley, Mason Solecki

In Diving, Hayden Forythe qualified for the Oakland County meet, and he qualified for the MHSAA Diving Regionals that will ne held in March.

In the 500 Free, Tim Stanley got a Oakland County qualifying time.

Man of the Meet #1 (SFLD):  Freshman Aden Dowdell.  He had a 5.75 dropin the 200 IM and a 2.77 drop in the 100 Free where he took 1st place.

Man of the Meet #2 (SFLD): Senior Jack Merten.  Jack had drops in both the 200 Free (2.31) and the 100 Free (1.26)!

Man of the Meet #3 (SFLD): Sophomore Brady Curtin.  Brady had a drop in the 50 Free (.83) and a MONSTER drop in the 500 Free (25.98)!

Man of the Week #1:  Sophomore Charles Matthews.  He is working hard and had drops in the 100 Free (.15) and 100 Breast (5.2) on Thursday.

Man of the Week #2: Sophomore Noah London.  Noah had a drop in the 50 Free (1.28) on Thursday.  His CLUTCH performance came with his stepping up to the challenge and nailing a get out swim at the end of WED practice!

We will host Ferndale on Thursday, January 23rd.

Back to racing!!!

We had quite the busy week at the pool.

On Tuesday we had a double dual meet with Hazel Park and Utica Ford.

RO 75 v Hazel Park 50

RO 110 v Utica Ford 75

First Place Finishers:

200 Medley Relay:  Mason Solecki, Bailey Needham, Matt Kaley, Luke Catchpole

200 Free:  Colin Czarnik

200 IM:  Matt Kaley

50 Free:  Luke Catchpole

Diving:  Ben O'Neill

100 Fly:  Mason Solecki

100 Free:  Luke Catchpole

500 Free:  Colin Czarnik

200 Free Relay:  Nathan Babbie, Ben O'Neill, Colin Czarnik, Luke Catchpole

100 Back:  Mason Solecki

100 Breast:  Tim Stanley

400 Free Relay:  Colin Czarnik, Weston Schroeder, Mason Solecki, Tim Stanley

In the 100 Back, Mason Solecki swam a state qualifying time and SET A NEW SCHOOL RECORD.

In Diving, Ben O'Neill qualified for State Diving Regionals on March 5th.

Man of the Meet #1 (HP):  Freshman Luca Ceccacci.  Luca had nice drops in the 50 Free (.41) and the 100 Free (9.92)!

Man of the Meet #2 (HP):  Freshman Trevor Smigelski.  Trevor had impressive drops in the 200 IM (8.65) and the 100 Breast (3.21).

Man of the Meet #1 (Ford):  Sophomore Matt Kaley.  Matt had quality drops in the 200 IM (4.09) and the 100 Fly (.56).

Man of the Meet #2 (Ford):  Freshman Aiden Davis.  Aiden had MONSTER drops in the 50 Free (4.01) and 100 Free (10.89).

Man of the Meet #3 (Ford):  Senior Luke Catchpole.  Luke had a drop in the 50 Free (.19), with a HUGE 1st place.  He also anchored the 200 Free Relay from behind and got us a 1st place finish.

On Thursday, we traveled to West Bloomfield to take on another OAA Division rival.

RO  121

WB 61

First Place Finishers:

200 Medley Relay:  Mason Solecki, Aden Dowdell, Matt Kaley, Peter Merten

200 Free:  Tim Stanley

200 IM:  Matt Kaley

50 Free:  John Cook

Diving:  Ben O'Neill

100 Fly:  Mason Solecki

100 Free:  John Cook

100 Back:  Mason Solecki

100 Breast:  Tim Stanley

In the 200 Free, Tim Stanley swam to a first place finish with an Oakland County qualifying time.

Man of the Meet #1 (WB):  Junior Tim Stanley.  Tim's 200 Free was a drop of 4.16, first place finish, and an Oakland County qualifying time!

Man of the Meet #2 (WB):  Freshman Josh Brezenski.  Josh had nice drops in the 200 IM (5.21) and the 500 Free (2.72).

Man of the Week #1:  Junior Aidan Duhl.  Aidan had nice drops in the 50 Free (.48), 100 Fly (2.8), and the 100 Free (4.13) this week.

Man of the Week #2:  Sophomore Ari Szarafinski.  Ari on TUES had drops in the 100 Back (.96) and the 200 IM (2.82).  On THUR drops in 100 Back (1.6) and 50 Free (1.6). 4/4 for individual swims!

Man of the Week #3:  Freshman Toby Buckheim.  Toby on TUES had drops in the 100 Free (4.07) and the 50 Free (1.55).  On THUR drops in 100 Back (4.04) and 50 Free (.6). 4/4 for individual swims!

Next Thursday, we will host Southfield A & T.  It will be our PARENT NIGHT.

Pretty sure this week was brought to us by the word amoxicillin.  A good number of kids were battling sickness this week. 

A pretty sick RO squad took on OAA rivals Avondale on Thursday at the ROMS pool.

RO 87

Avondale 57

First Place Finishers:

200 Medley Relay:  Ari Szarafinski, Weston Schroeder, Ben O'Neill, Jack Merten

200 Free:  Tim Stanley

200 IM:  Mason Solecki

50 Free:  John Cook  - Oakland County Time

Diving:  Ben O'Neill - Automatic Oakland County Qualification

100 Free:  John Cook

200 Free Relay:  Ben O'Neill, Luke Catchpole, Peter Merten, Josh Brezenski

100 Back:  Mason Solecki - State Qualifying Time

100 Breast:  Tim Stanley

400 Free Relay:  Luke Catchpole, John Cook, Aden Dowdell, Peter Merten

We are now getting ready to move into our holiday training.

We will return to action on the week on January 6th.

January 7th - We will host a double dual with Utica Ford and Hazel Park.

January 9th - We will travel to West Bloomfield for an OAA divisional meet.

Man of the Meet #1 (Avondale) - Sophomore Ben O'Neill.  Ben had 3 first place finishes on THUR (200 Medley Relay, 200 FR Relay, and diving).  His score of 190.10 secured him an automatic qualification to the Oakland County Championships.

Man of the Meet #2 (Avondale):  Senior Nick Wickerham.  Nick, who was sick this week, still had some great swims on THUR.  He had drops in the 50 Back (6.1), 50 Free (7.2), and 100 Back (4.5).

Man of the Week #1::  Sophomore Hayden Forsyth.  Working hard in the water and on the board.  He had a drop in the 50 Free (1.1) and added 11.35 points to his diving score.

Man of the Week #2:  Sophomore Jude Smalley.  Great attendance.  Great work ethic.  Jude had drops in the 50 Free (1.46) and a monster drop of (33.65) in the 500 Free.