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Birmingham Schools Take Home First, Second at OAA Swimming and Diving Finals
Seaholm beats defending state champions Groves 509 points to 497 points.
The Oakland Activities Association (OAA) Red Division Championship came down to the wire Friday night, but it was the that took the crown at the boys swimming and diving championship.
Seaholm placed first at the divisional championship, held at Feb. 23-25, with 509 points, while across-town rival Groves finished second with 497 points.
Rounding out at the Red Division finals was Lake Orion, who placed third with 308 points, Clarkston High School, who came in fourth with 254.5 points, Troy High School at fifth with 211 points and Berkley High School, who came in sixth with 184.5 points.
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Seaholm placed well in the first four events with 201 points, finishing second in the 200-yard medley relay while senior Spencer Rogers won the 50 freestyle.
Seaholm coach Tom Wylie said Seaholm's swimmers weren't completely rested before Friday night's event, giving them a good idea how much they'll have to improve before state finals.
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"Today we had to learn in how we swam (and) apply that toward states,” Wyllie said. “It was a great win for us."
The defending state champions, Groves, put on an impressive show themselves, sweeping the relays and winning the medley relay, the 200-free relay and setting a new OAA record in the 400-free relay with a 3:10:72 finish. Groves senior Rob McGowan also set a new pool record with a time of 46.56 in the 100 free swim.
“We rose to the occasion today and we have come a long way since Thanksgiving and we did what we had to do,” Groves Coach Emerald Tide said. “For us this is our last meet before we get really excited for state meets. It is for us every year, and Seaholm being tough, we are going against some real good competition."
For Seaholm, it marks the second time they have beaten Groves this season, beating them and several other county teams at the Oakland County swim meet Feb. 5.
Groves and Seaholm now move on to the Division 2 state finals meet at Eastern Michigan University March 11-12.
Place Name(s) School Event Final Time 1 Zamler/Lindsay/Hammond/Vhl Groves 200-Yard Medley Relay1:39.66
2 Saeli/Wolkhammer/LaFave/Maniaci Seaholm 200-Yard Medley Relay1:40.03
1 Zach Diener Lake Orion 200-Yard Freestyle1:44.71
2 Scott Crosthwaite Groves 200-Yard Freestyle1:45.51
1:56.69
2 Noah Zamler Groves 200-Yard IM1:59.06
1 Spencer Rogers Seaholm 50-Yard Freestyle0:21.30
2 Rob McGowan Groves 50-Yard Freestyle0:21.37
1 Elliot Littman Berkley 1-Meter Diving468.10
304.50
1 Jeremy Raisky Berkley 100-Yard Butterfly0:51.14
2 Miles MacDonald Troy 100-Yard Butterfly0:54.06
1 Rob McGowan Groves 100-Yard Freestyle0:46.56
2 Spencer Rogers Seaholm 100-Yard Freestyle0:48.27
4:39.89
2 Patrick Sheppell Seaholm 500-Yard Freestyle4:43.85
1 McGowan/Curry/Crosthwaite/Hammond Groves 200-Yard Freestyle Relay1:27.55
2 Rogers/Wyllie/Maniaci/Howard Seaholm 200-Yard Freestyle Relay1:28.04
1 Noah Zamler Groves 100-Yard Backstroke0:54.35
0:55.17
1 Jacob Lindquist Lake Orion 100-Yard Breaststroke0:58.79
2 Matthew Wolkhamer Seaholm 100-Yard Breaststroke1:01.39
1 Crosthwaite/Curry/Zamler/McGowan Groves 400-Yard Freestyle Relay3:10.72
2 Spencer/Wyllie/Sheppell/Howard Seaholm 400-Yard Freestyle Relay3:16.40
