Pool Sharks: Area powerhouse teams to set barometer at Oakland County Swimming Championships

BY DAN STICKRADT

SENIOR EDITOR

dan.stickradt@northoaklandsports.com

 

WATERFORD — Birmingham Seaholm ended a 40-plus-year drought last February, winning its first Oakland County Boys Swimming and Diving Championship since the 1960s despite annually being a state powerhouse.

 

The Maples will again be expected one of the top teams at this year’s Oakland County Championships, although the Maples will be hard-pressed to repeat.

 

“It’s going to be a real challenge to defend our title,” admitted Seaholm coach Tom Wyllie. “I feel we are going to be right there. But (Birmingham) Groves and (Birmingham Brother Rice are both really good this year, plus the balance of all of the other good teams in the county will make it interesting.”

 

Over 35 schools will send representatives to the county met this season, which will be held at Waterford Mott High School. Diving competition will be held Friday at 6 p.m., while the finals are slated for 11 a.m. Saturday.

 

Seldom does the top five not include Seaholm, Groves and Brother Rice, as the meet often turns into the Birmingham Area Invitational  at the top tier.

 

Seaholm collected 332 points to lead the talent-laden field last year. Groves followed in second with 257.5 points and Novi was third at 173 points. Brother Rice (160), Clarkston (149), Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood (144), Lake Orion (143.5), South Lyon Unified (131), White Lake Lakeland (128) and Novi Detroit Catholic Central (87.5) in last year’s top 10.

 

Based on seeded times and efforts, Groves would score 308 points, followed by Seaholm 259 and Brother Rice 230.

 

“Groves is the favorite by close to 50 points and Brother Rice is only 29 points behind us. That’s just on paper and it never works out like that,” noted Wyllie. “There are some awfully good swimmers in Oakland County.  We’re going to have to have our best day in order to have a chance.

 

“This meet is a great barometer at this point of the season to see where everyone is at,” said Wyllie. “This is the first championship meet. The league meets are only a few weeks after that. And then the state meets. It’s coming up fast.”

 

In this week’s rankings, Brother Rice is third, Troy seventh and both Lake Orion and Catholic Central are tied for ninth in Division 1, while Farmington and Novi are listed as honorable mention.

 

Groves is the top-ranked team in Division 2, followed by Seaholm (third), North Farmington (10^th) and Bloomfield Hills Andover (honorable mention).

 

Additionally in Division 3, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook (fourth), Bloomfield Hills Lahser (sixth) and Birmingham Detroit Country Day (ninth) are also in the state’s top 10, giving the county 12 schools currently gaining votes in the rankings.

 

STATE RANKINGS:

 

Boys Swimming

(By the coaches association)

 

Division 1 — 1. Saline; 2. Rockford; 3. Birmingham Brother Rice; 4. Ann Arbor Pioneer; 5. Hudsonville; 6. Zeeland Unified; 7. Troy; 8. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Unified; 9. (tie) Lake Orion, Novi Detroit Catholic Central, Ann Arbor Skyline.

 

Honorable Mention — Saginaw Heritage, Northville, Livonia Stevenson, Farmington, Plymouth Canton, Novi, Ann Arbor Huron, Byron Center, Holland West Ottawa.

 

Division 2 — 1. Birmingham Seaholm; 2. Dexter; 3. Birmingham Groves; 4. Holland; 5. Grosse Pointe South; 6. Midland Dow; 7.Battle Creek Lakeview; 8. Jenison; 9. Okemos; 10. (tie) Grosse Pointe North, North Farmington.

 

Honorable Mention — Portage Northern, St. Johns, Bloomfield Hills Andover, Grand Rapids Northview, Portage Central.

 

Division 3 — 1. Grand Rapids Christian; 2. Hamilton; 3. East Grand Rapids; 4. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook; 5. St. Joseph; 6. Bloomfield Hills Lahser; 7. Plainwell; 8. Spring Lake; 9. Birmingham-Detroit Country Day; 10. Holland Christian.

 

Honorable Mention — Otsego, Bay City John Glenn, Grand Rapids Catholic Central, Chelsea, DeWitt, Flint Powers Catholic, Sturgis.

 

 

2012 GENESEE COUNTY BOYS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS: http://northoaklandsports.com/2012/01/24/genesee-county-boys-swimming-championships-results/

 

2011 OAKLAND COUNTY CHAMPIOSNHIPS RESULTS:  http://northoaklandsports.com/2011/02/05/oakland-county-boys-swimming-diving-champsionships-results/

 

 

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2011 OAKLAND COUNTY

BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

(Feb. 5 at Lake Orion)

TEAM SCORES — 1. Birmingham Seaholm, 332; 2. Birmingham Groves, 257.5; 3. Novi, 173; 4. Birmingham Brother Rice, 160; 5. Clarkston, 149; 6. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, 144; 7. Lake Orion,143.5; 8.South Lyon Unified, 131; 9. White Lake Lakeland, 128; 10. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 87.5; 11. Walled Lake Northern, 78; 12. (tie) North Farmington, 70.5; Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 70.5; 14. Farmington- Harrison Unified, 59; 15. Troy, 54; 16. Berkley, 49; 17. Rochester, 44; 18. Rochester Adams, 37; 19. (tie) Troy Athens, 25; Rochester Stoney Creek, 25; 21. (tie) Walled Lake Western, 23; Auburn Hills Avondale, 22; Madison Heights Lamphere, 22; 24. West Bloomfield, 17; 25. Milford, 15; 26. Bloomfield Hills Andover, 4.5; 27. (tie) Waterford United, 2; Birmingham Detroit Country Day, 2; 29. (tie) Royal Oak, 0; Walled Lake Central, 0; Ferndale, 0; Clawson, 0; Southfield Unified, 0; Hazel Park, 0; Madison Heights Bishop Foley, 0; Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, 0; Holly, 0; Ortonville Brandon, 0; Oxford, 0.

200 MEDLEY RELAY — 1. Birmingham Seaholm (Connor Saeli, Matthew Wolkhamer, Jim LaFave, Spencer Rogers) 1:39.81; 2. Bloomfield Hills Crabnrook Kingswood, 1:41.20; 3. Birmingham Groves, 1:41.71; 4. White Lake Lakeland, 1:41.99; 5. Clarkston, 1:42.00; 6. Novi, 1:42.25; 7.Lake Orion, 1:43.11; 8. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 1:43.42; 9. Troy, 1:43.83; 10. Walled Lake Northern, 1:45.03; 11. South Lyon Unified, 1:54.30; 12. Rochester Adams, 1:45.50; 13. Birmingham Brother Rice, 1:45.75; 14. Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 1:45.84; 15. Walled Lake Western, 1:46.21; 16. North Farmington, 1:46.74.

200 FREESTYLE — 1. Kenneth Stelpflug (Clarkston) 1:43.69; 2. Rob McGowan (Birmingham Groves) 1:45.05; 3. Joe Krause (Birmingham Brother Rice) 1:46.47; 4. Zach Diener (Lake Orion) 1:47.22; 5. Christian Calverley (Madison Heights Lamphere) 1:47.35; 6. Nick Wyllie (Birmingham Seaholm) 1:47.88; 7. Andrew Ao (Novi) 1:48.45; 8. Peter Palmer (Birmingham Brother Rice) 1:48.96; 9. (tie) Alec Girdler (Birmingham Seaholm) 1:49.40; Patrick Sheppell (Birmingham Seaholm) 1:49.40; 11. Evan Bischoff (South Lyon Unified) 1:49.81; 12. Travis Vincent (Novi) 1:50.50; 13. Drake Michalzuk (Birmingham Brother Rice) 1:51.11; 14. Jai Singh (Rochester) 1:51.60; 15. Steven Neill (Farmington-Harrison Unified) 1:51.64; 16. Danny Girdler (Birmingham Seaholm) 1:51.87.

200 IM — 1. JoonChung (Novi) 1:58.17; 2. Matthew Liu (Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood) 1:59.68;3. Joe Brinkman (Novi Detroit Catholic Central) 1:59.73; 4. Noah Zamler (Birmingham Groves) 2:00.64; 5. Darwin Hasu (Troy Athens) 2:02.40; 6. Jacob Carl (Rochester) 2:02.93; 7. Scott Crosthwaite (Birmingham Groves) 2:03.10; 8. Nick Leshok (North Farmington) 2:03.91; 9. Jack Howard (Birmingham Seaholm) 2:04.40; 10. Grant Borregard (Farmington-Harrison Unified) 2:05.24; 11. Alex Yu (Rochester Stoney Creek) 2:05.38; 12. Matthew Wolkhamer (Birmingham Seaholm) 2:06.41; 13. Sam Cusimano (Birmingham Groves) 2:07.06; 14. Jong Min Kim (Novi) 2:07.08; 15. Connor Saeli (Birmingham Seaholm) 2:07.34; 16. Zack Morgan (Waterford United) 2:07.46.

50 FREESTYLE  — 1. Spencer Rogers (Birmingham Seaholm) 21.90; 2. Tony Cipponeri (White Lake Lakeland) 22.24; 3. Petar Simic (Lake Orion) 22.29; 4. Cody Wolfrom (Bloomfield Hills Lahser) 22.70; 5. Steven Nelson (Clarkston 22.74; 6. Evan Darbyshire (Walled Lake Northern) 22.84; 8. Mike Shaben (Birmingham Seaholm) 22.87; 9. Robert Kamenec (Birmingham Brother Rice) 22.88; 10. (tie) Cameron Wasko (North Farmington) 23.03; John Hammond (Birmingham Groves) 23.03; 12. Andrew Garcia (Walled Lake Western) 23.12; 13. Daniel Hernandez (Birmingham Seaholm) 23.16; 14. Dan Szuba (Novi Detroit Catholic Central) 23.17; 15. Logan Dankovich (Birmingham Brother Rice) 23.18; 16. Patrick Nodland (Birmingham Brother Rice) 23.26.

1-METER DIVING — 1. Dan Gironza (Southn Lyon Unified) 414.70; 2. Elliot Littman (Berkley) 399.55; 3. Aaron Harris (Birmingham Groves) 378.50; 4. Scott Jessup (Milford) 374.10; 5. Brendan Oshea (South Lyon Unified) 349.40; 6. Alex Canadi (South Lyon Unified) 322.90; 7. Cameron Sawyer (South Lyon Unified) 315.25; 8. Derek Kim (Novi) 309.20; 9. Shameek (West Bloomfield) 302.55; 10. Tommy Fink (Birmingham Seaholm) 300.90; 11. Charlie Maurer (Lake Orion) 294.15; 12. (tie) Brad Horvath (Lake Orion) 293.00; Connor Yoe (Bloomfield Hills Andover) 293.00; 14. Joey Zendejas (Clarkston) 281.75; 15. Levi Oxner (South Lyon Unified) 281.75; 16. Jordan Masek (Waterford United) 265.20.

100 BUTTERFLY — 1. Justin Glanda (Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood) 51.52; 2. Jeremy Raisky (Berkley) 52.41; 3. Miles MacDonald (Troy) 53.96; 4. Cameron Wasko (North Farmington) 55.10; 5. Zachardy Rabideau (Clarkston) 55.38; 6. Jim LaFave (Birmingham Seaholm) 55.60; 7. John Hammond (Birmingham Groves) 55.63; 8. Josh Murrell (Birmingham Brother Rice) 55.68; 9. Andrew Acosta (Birmingham Brother Rice) 55.83; 10. Alex Chow (Walled Lake Northern) 56.11; 11. Sam Cusimano (Birmingham Groves) 56.18; 12. Nick Baldus (Novi Detroit Catholic Central) 56.42; 13. Jai Singh (Rochester) 56.62; 14. Brad Hassberger (Rochester Adams) 56.78; 15. Brad Larsen (Auburn Hills Avondale) 56.95; 16. Jake Wasko (North Farmington) 57.44.

100 FREESTYLE — 1. Justin Glanda (Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood) 47.10; 2. Rob McGowan (Birmingham Groves) 47.22; 3. Joe Krause (Birmingham Brother Rice) 48.54; 4. Tony Cipponeri (White Lake Lakeland) 49.37; 5.Ryan Johnson (White Lake Lakeland) 49.39; 6. Spencer Rogers (Birmingham Seaholm) 49.44; 7. Cody Wolfrom (Bloomfield Hills Lahser) 49.97; 8. Darwin Hsu (Troy Athens) 50.02; 9. Evan Bischoff (South Lyon Unified) 50.06; 10. Andrew Ao (Novi) 50.13; 11. Eric Gensheimer (Farmington-Harrison Unified) 50.19; 12. (tie) Alex Nault (Bloomfield Hills Lahser) 50.25; Joe Brinkman (Novi Detroit Catholic Central) 50.25; 14. Peter Palmer (Birmingham Brother Rice) 50.45; 15. Mike Shaben (Birminghamm Seaholm) 50.49; 16. Joe Morgan (Birmingham Brother Rice) 50.67.

500 FREESTYLE — 1. Kenneth Stelpflug (Clarkston) 4:46.19; 2. Patrick Sheppell (Birmingham Seaholm) 4:49.87; 3. Alec Girdler (Birmingham Seaholm) 4:50.55; 4. Steven Niell (Farmington-Harrison Unified) 4:50.85; 5. Scott Crosthwaite (Birmingham Groves) 4:52.27; 6. Jacob Carl (Rochester) 4:52.29; 7. Nick Wyllie (Birmingham Seaholm) 4:52.32; 8. Danny Girdler (Birmingham Seaholm) 5:00.26; 9. Kyle Inch (Clarkston) 5:00.45; 10. Luyi Pinter (Birmingham Seaholm) 5:00.96; 11. Christian Calverley (Madison Heights Lamphere) 5:01.05; 12. Drake Michalzuk (Birmingham Brother Rice) 5:03.03; 13. Zach Diener (Lake Orion) 5:03.08; 14. Travis Vincent (Novi) 5:03.43; 15. Colin Brinkman (Novi Detroit Catholic Central) 5:05.00; 16. Brien Moffitt (Rochester) 5:05.67.

200 FREESTYLE RELAY — 1. Birmingham Seaholm (Spencer Rogers, Mike Shaben, Nick Wyllie, Jack Howard) 1:29.43; 2. Birmingham Groves, 1:29.68; 3. Birmingham Brother Rice, 1:30.52; 4. Lake Orion, 1:31.37; 5. Clarkston, 1:31.55; 6. Novi, 1:32.27; 7. South Lyon Unified,  1:32.51; 8. Walled Lake Northern, 1:33.19; 9. Rochester Adams, 1:33.81; 10. Walled Lake Western, 1:34.19; 11. North Farmington, 1:35.38; 12. Farmington-Harrison Unified, 1:35.47; 13. West Bloomfield, 1:35.65; 14. Rochester, 1:36.35; 15. Rochester Stoney Creek, 1:36.97; 16. Birmingham Detroit Country Day, 1:37.29.

100 BACKSTROKE — 1. Noah Zamler (Birmingham Groves) 54.83; 2. Ryan Johnson (White Lake Lakeland) 56.25; 3. Brad Larsen (Auburn Hills Avondale) 56.27; 4. Jeremy Raisky (Berkley) 56.33; 5. Daniel Burton (Novi Detroit Catholic Central) 56.45; 6. Steven Nelson (Clarkston) 56.79; 7. Nathan Wagner (South Lyon Unified) 57.01; 8. Rohan Tangri (Troy) 57.12; 9. Jim LaFave (Birmingham Seaholm) 57.19; 10. Alex Hogan (Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood) 57.22; 11. Sean Ryan (Novi Detroit Catholic Central) 57.27; 12. Grant Borregard (Farmington Harrison Unified) 57.30; 13. Connor Saeli (Birmingham Seaholm) 57.63; 14. Tom Power (Birmingham Groves) 57.96; 15. Alex Yu (Rochester Stoney Creek) 58.29; 16. Donald DeSantis (Birmingham Groves) 58.80.

100 BREASTSTROKE — 1. Jacob Linquist (Lake Orion) 59.95; 2. Joon Chuang (Novi) 1:00.18; 3. Matthew Liu (Bloomfield Hills CVranbrook Kingswood) 1:01.83; 4. Joon Min Kim (Novi) 1:02.27; 5. Jack Howard (Birmingham Seaholm) 1:02.94; 6. Kyle Walsh (Rochester Stoney Creek) 1:03.29; 7. Matthew Wolkhamer (Birmingham Seaholm) 1:03.57; 8. Nick Leshok (North Farmington) 1:03.68; 9. David Patawaran (White Lake Lakeland) 1:04.19; 10. John Dunnuck (South Lyon Unified) 1:04.68; 11. Clark Lindsay (Birmingham) 1:04.71; 12. Ryan Newman (Novi Detroit Catholic Central) 1:04.79; 13. Thomas Nowinski (Auburn Hills Avondale) 1:04.88; 14. John Schihl (Bloomfield Hills Lahser) 1:04.97; 15. John Prentice (Birmingham Groves) 1:05.07; 16. Michael Lin (Troy) 1:05.18.

400 FREESTYLE RELAY — 1. Birmingham Groves (Scott Crosstwaite, Noah Zamler, Sam Cusimano, Rob McGowan) 3:16.01; 2. Birmingham Seaholm, 3:18.83; 3. Birmingham Brother Rice, 3:18.89; 4. Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood, 3:20.01; 5. Novi, 3:20.14; 6. White Lake Lakeland, 3:22.62; 7. Lake Orion, 3:23.17; 8. Walled Lake Northern, 3:23.45; 9. Bloomfield Hills Lahser, 3:26.91; 10. Farmington/Harrison Unified, 3:27.34; 11. North Farmington, 3:27.52; 12. Novi Detroit Catholic Central, 3:27.58; 13. Troy, 3:28.49; 14. Rochester Adams, 3:29.26; 15. Rochester, 3:31.62; 16. Madison Heights Lamphere, 3:34.64.

 

 

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