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News from the Pool - FEB 13
Updated on 06/10/2022
On Tuesday we hosted Farmington.
RO 70
Farmington 114
Ben O'Neill had a first place in diving.
On Friday, we had two divers compete in MISCA Diving at Haslett HS:
Ben O’Neill and Hayden Forsythe
On Saturday, we had swimmers compete at the MISCA meet at Jenison HS:
200 Medley Relay: Ari Szarafinski, Chase Drouillard, Matt Kaley, Colin Czarnik
50 Free: Bailey Needham
100 Fly: Matt Kaley
200 Free Relay: Bailey Needham, Brady Curtin, Weston Schroeder, Colin Czarnik
400 Free Relay: Bailey Needham, Aden Dowdell, Matt Kaley, Colin Czarnik
Man of the Meet (Farmington): Coach Rich Hanson. Always great to see him on deck. Very deserving 30 Year Award from the MHSCA.
Man of the Week: Mr. Brian Gordon. Whatever we need. Whatever is best for kids. Works hard behind the scenes to make it happen.
Woman of the Week: Mrs. Pam Moore. The constant and the 'glue' that keeps RO Athletics going. She is amazing and makes ALL OF US BETTER.
Our next action will be OAA Championships on FEB 23, 24, 25 at Lake Orion. 5:30 start each day.
News from the Pool - FEB 5
Updated on 06/10/2022
On Tuesday we hosted Stoney Creek in our annual Swim Against Cancer Meet
105 Stoney Creek
81 Royal Oak
First Place Finishers:
50 Free: Peter Merten
Diving: Ben O’Neill
100 Back: Ari Szarafinski
400 FR Relay: Bailey Needham, Colin Czarnik, Matt Kaley, and Aden Dowdell
On Friday, we had three divers compete in Oakland County Diving Championships:
5thPlace Ben O’Neill
10thPlace Hayden Forsythe
25thPlace Blake Vier
On Saturday, we had swimmers compete in the Oakland County Swim Championships:
200 Medley Relay: Ari Szarafinski, Chase Drouillard, Matt Kaley, Brady Curtin
200 Free: Colin Czarnik
50 Free: Bailey Needham
100 Fly: Matt Kaley
100 Free: Bailey Needham
200 Free Relay: Bailey Needham, Aden Dowdell, Weston Schroeder, Colin Czarnik
100 Back: Ari Szarafinski
400 Free Relay: Bailey Needham, Aden Dowdell, Matt Kaley, Colin Czarnik
Man of the Week: Senior Julio Jaime. All Julio does is work hard. Super coachable. Julio had a monster drop in the 500 Free (30.45)
Men of the Meet (Stoney Creek): Jake Ryan and Alex Buckheim. They run a smooth and efficient meet. There is a reason why teams want to come to RO for meets.
Woman of the Meet (Stoney Creek): Colleen Rose. She does an amazing job running the computer and handling all entry issues from both teams.
Next week we will host Farmington on Tuesday. This will be our last dual meet for the season. We will take this opportunity to honor longtime coach Rich Hanson.
NEWS from the Pool JAN 29
Updated on 06/10/2022
It was quite the busy week this week!
On Tuesday, we traveled across Woodward to take on Berkley.
105 Royal Oak
81 Berkley
First Place Finishers:
200 Free - Colin Czarnik
200 IM - Matt Kaley
Diving - Ben O'Neill
100 Fly - Matt Kaley
500 Free - Colin Czarnik
200 Free Relay - Bailey Needham, Nathan Babbie, Brady Curtin, Colin Czarnik
100 Back - Ari Szarafinski
Man of the Meet (Berkley): The Team. Total team effort. Great performances in the water and on the boards.
On Thursday, we hosted Utica Ford for our Senior Night #2.
113 Royal Oak
70 Utica Ford
First Place Finishers:
200 Free - Colin Czarnik
50 Free - Bailey Needham
Diving - Ben O'Neill
100 Fly - Matt Kaley
100 Free - Bailey Needham
500 Free - Colin Czarnik
200 Free Relay - Peter Merten, Brady Curtin, Bailey Needham, Colin Czarnik
Ben O'Neill broke his own 6 Dive school record on Thursday against Utica Ford!
Men of the Meet (Ford): The Seniors. OAA, County, and State Medalists. 4 School Records. OAA Championship in 2020. 11 Academic All State. 12 Academic All Americans.
Man of the Week #1: Senior Peter Merten. His 50 Free (.22 drop) was a County time and he had a nice 2.23 drop in the 100 Free.
Man of the Week #2: Junior Aden Dowdell. This week he dropped .37 in the 50 Free and 1.49 in the 100 Free. Both 50 Free and 100 Free were County times.
Man of the Week #3: Freshman Jaxon McCaffrey. This week Jaxon had drops in his 50 Free (1.01), 100 Free (3.37), and 100 Back (8.36).
Next week we will host Stoney Creek on Tuesday for our traditional PINK OUT meet.
On Friday, our divers will compete in Oakland County Diving Championships at Lake Orion.
On Saturday, our swimmers will compete in Oakland County Swimming Championships at Lake Orion.
News from the Pool - JAN 22
Updated on 06/10/2022
On Thursday, we hosted Lake Orion
LO 135
RO 51
Our lone first place finisher was Senior Hayden Forsythe in Diving.
Man of the Meet #1 (LO) Senior Hayden Forsythe. He took 1st in diving and dropped 1.31 in the 100 Free. At Oxford Diving Invite he was 9th place.
Man of the Meet #2 (LO). Junior Xander Ballew. On THUR he had drops in the 50 Free (.31), the 100 Free (2.25), and 200 Free (14.32).
Man of the Meet #3 (LO): SOPH Owen Hayes. He went 3 for 3 best times. Owen had drops in the 50 Free - flat (.61), 50 FR - relay (1.7), and 500 FR (58.52)
Man of the Week #1: SR Blake Vier. 2nd in Diving against LO, 13th in diving at Oxford Invite, drop in 50 fly (.48). Total team player in 100 Fly on THUR.
Man of the Week #2: JR Trevor Smigelski. 3 for 3 on THUR. Added 23.20 points in diving. Drops in 50 BR (.65) and 100 BR (1.58). 14th at Oxford Diving Invite.
On Saturday, our divers traveled to Lake Orion to take place in the Oxford Diving Invitational.
The team of Ben O’ Neill, Hayden Forsythe, Blake Vier, Cortez Anthony, and Trevor Smigelski took first place.
The individual finishes were…
11 Dive Ben O’Neill 5thPlace
All American consideration
11 Dive Hayden Forsythe 9thPlace
11 Dive Blake Vier 13thPlace
6 Dive Cortez Anthony 11thPlace
6 Dive Trevor Smigelski 14thPlace
Next week we will travel to Berkley on Tuesday.
On Thursday, we will host Utica Ford. It will also be our Senior Night for returning athletes.
News from the Pool - JAN 15
Updated on 06/10/2022
On Thursday we traveled to Bloomfield Hills
RO 66
BH 126
First Place Finishers:
50 Free: Bailey Needham
Diving: Ben O’ Neill
Oakland County Cuts from Thursday:
50 Free: Bailey Needham, Nathan Babbie, and Colin Czarnik
Diving: Ben O’ Neill, Hayden Forsythe, and Blake Vier
100 Fly: Matt Kaley
Man of the Meet #1:(BH) Junior Chase Drouillard. Chase went ¾ on THUR. Chase had drops in the 100 BR (.33), 50 Free (1.39), and 100 Free (1.73).
Man of the Meet #2: (BH) Freshman Max Podmokly. Max had a monster drop of 16.85 seconds in his 200 Free on Thursday!
Men of the Meet #3:(BH). Coach Ryan and Coach Clark doing a great job of taking care of business when we went on the road.
Man of the Week #1: Senior Jude Smalley. Jude is making the most of his opportunities! Jude had a nice 2.11 second drop in the 100 Free at BH.
Man of the Week #2: Senior Daniel Leahy. Daniel has stepped up his training and posted a big drop in his 200 IM (10.14) at BH.
Next week will host Lake Orion on Thursday, January 20th. That night we will recognize our first year Seniors.
News from the Pool - JAN 8
Updated on 06/10/2022
This week at the pool....
It was great to get back to competing!
We hosted our friends from Oxford on Thursday.
Royal Oak 106
Oxford 80
First Place Finishes:
200 Free: Colin Czarnik
50 Free: Nathan Babbie
Diving: Ben O'Neill
100 Fly: Matt Kaley
100 Free: Bailey Needham
500 Free: Colin Czarnik
100 Breast: Chase Drouillard
400 Free Relay: Matt Kaley, Colin Czarnik, Weston Schroeder, Bailey Needham
Oakland County Qualifiers:
Matt Kaley: 200 IM and 100 Fly
Nathan Babbie: 50 Free
Brady Curtin: 50 Free
Peter Merten: 50 Free
Ben O'Neill: Diving
Hayden Forsythe: Diving
Bailey Needham: 100 Free
MISCA Meet Qualifiers
Ben O'Neill: Diving
Hayden Forsythe: Diving
Matt Kaley: 200 IM
MHSAA Diving Regionals
Ben O'Neill: Diving
Man of the Meet #1 (Oxford): Senior Brady Curtin. Brady had two key 2nd place finishes for us on THUR. 50 Free (2.4 drop) COUNTY CUT and 500 Free (19.35).
Man of the Meet #2 (Oxford): Freshman Andres Jaime. Andres had monster drops in the 200 Free (30.69) and the 100 Free (10.22)!
Man of the Meet #3 (Oxford): Freshman Nolan Kaiser. Nolan had great drops in the 200 Free (8.90) and the 100 Free (3.12)!
Man of the Week #1: Senior Nathan Babbie. Nathan had a monster 1st place in the 50 Free (.65 drop) COUNTY CUT. Had a big drop (5.08) in the 100 Fly.
Man of the Week #2: Senior Kyle Strong. Kyle had great performances in the 200 Free (2.03 drop) and 100 Fly (3.86 drop) against Oxford.
Man of the Week #3: Senior Ben Sneary. On THUR against Oxford, Ben had drops in the 50 Back (.58), 50 Free (1.79) and 100 Free (7.93).
Thank you to everyone that made the meet with Oxford a great experience for all the athletes, parents, and coaches.
Next Thursday we will travel to Bloomfield Hills HS for a 6pm meet.
News from the Pool - DEC 18
Updated on 06/10/2022
It was quite a busy week at the pool!
On Tuesday, we hosted North Farmington
RO 114
NF 60
First Place Finishers:
200 Medley Relay: Ari Szarafinski, Bailey Needham, Matt Kaley, Nathan Babbie
200 Free: Colin Czarnik
200 IM: Matt Kaley
50 Free: Nathan Babbie
Diving: Ben O'Neill
100 Fly: Matt Kaley
100 Free: Aden Dowdell
500 Free: Colin Czarnik
200 Free Relay: Aden Dowdell, Nathan Babbie, Peter Merten, Colin Czarnik
100 Back: Ari Szarafinski
100 Breast: Bailey Needham
400 Free Relay: Matt Kaley, Colin Czarnik, Weston Schroeder, Bailey Needham
Man of the Meet #1 (NF): Logan Ball. Logan had drops in the 50 Free (3.85) and the 100 Free (4.16). Getting better every meet!
Man of the Meet #2 (NF): Charlie Matthews. Charlie had drops in the 50 Free (1.31) and 100 Free (5.22). Making the most of his Senior season!
Man of the Meet #3 (NF): Nolan Till. Nolan had impressive drop in both the 50 Free (3.50) and the 100 Free (9.58) on TUES!
On Thursday, we hosted OAA White division rival West Bloomfield
RO 93
WB 92
First Place Finishers:
200 Medley Relay: Ari Szarafinski, Chase Drouillard, Matt Kaley, Peter Merten
Diving: Ben O'Neill
100 Back: Matt Kaley
100 Breast: Chase Drouillard
Great team win. Every touch out matters!
Man of the Meet #1 (WB): Luca Ceccacci. Luca had a HUGE touch out in the 200 free (5.72 drop) and followed that up with a 2.74 drop in the 500 Free!
Man of the Meet #2 (WB): Toby Buckheim. Toby had a HUGE 3rd place in the 500 Free (15.41 drop) and he had drop in the 50 Free (.59)!
Man of the Meet #3 (WB): Jack Schultz. Jack had a drop in the 100 Free (2.46) and a monster drop (12.03) in the 200 Free!
Man of the Week #1: Ben O'Neil. Ben had 2 1st place finishes in diving., Qualified for the MISCA meet, and had a HUGE 4th place in the 100 Fly on THUR!
Man of the Week #2: Bailey Needham. He had a HUGE 2nd place in the 100 Free (2.02 drop), that swim was an Oakland County cut, and 1.56 drop in 100 BR!
Man of the Week #3: Aiden Davis. 4 individual swims for the week = 4 bests. 50 Free (3.97), 200 Free (4.26), and 2x in 100 Free (5.10 total)!
We are now in our Holiday Training phase of the season. Our next meet will be Thursday January 6th when we host our friends from Oxford.
News from the Pool DEC 11
Updated on 06/10/2022
Good week from the pool.
We opened up the dual meet season this week and have a Toys for Tots meet that was ran by Colin Czarnik.
Royal Oak 118
Romeo 60
First Place Finishes:
200 Medley Relay: Ari Szarafinski, Bailey Needham, Matt Kaley, Peter Merten
200 Free: Colin Czarnik
200 IM: Matt Kaley
50 Free: Bailey Needham
Diving: Ben O'Neill
Fly: Matt Kaley
100 Free: Weston Schroeder
500 Free: Colin Czarnik
200 Free Relay: Peter Merten, Nathan Babbie, Colin Czarnik, Brady Curtin
100 Back: Ari Szarafinaki
400 Free Relay: Colin Czarnik, Matt Kaley, Ari Szarafinski, Bailey Needham
Matt Kaley's 200 IM and 100 Fly were Oakland County qualification times.
Man of the Meet #1 (Romeo): Senior Colin Czarnik 1st 200 FR, 1st 500 FR (32.34 drop), 1st 200 Free Relay, and 1st 400 Free Relay.
Man of the Meet #2 (Romeo): Senior Weston Schroeder. Strong 1st place finish in 100 FR (3.7 drop) and a 2.51 drop in the 50 Back.
Man of the Meet #3 (Romeo): Senior Sean Madsen. Sean had monster drops in the 50 Free (6.15) and the 100 Free (16.92). Keep it going!
Man of the Week #1: SOPH Cortez Anthony. Cortez had huge drops in the 50 Free (4.55) and the 100 Free (11.41). Big things coming for him.
Man of the Week #2: SR Matt Kaley. Matt was 1st in the 200 Medley Relay, 200 IM, 100 Fly, and 400 Free Relay. 200 IM & Fly were County cuts.
Man of the Week #3: Senior Harrison Fobare. Harrison had monster drops in the 50 Free (4.87) and 100 Free (16.17) on Thursday! Let's Go!