Pre-season "Setting the Bar" Each year the Early Bird tournament provides a chance to jump start the sesaon.  This year the participation in summer polo and off-season training were evident.  With two wins and two losses for the weekend Okemos finished 4th in a field of 15 teams. This was a clear warning to the top teams in the state that Okemos comes to play.  It is also a...

Okemos held Jenison scoreless in the second and fourth quarters and with only a single goal in both the first and third quarter while posting Okemos goals in all four quarters.  Hard work, discipline, and practice continue to yield success. With Pioneer and Rockford on the schedule ahead, this was a key victory.

Final Score Okemos 9 / Jenison 2

Okemos recod 4 Wins 2 Loses

Scores Attached

First home games were a great sucess.  With a JV 12 to 7 win and a Varsity 13 to 8 win The Water Polo Chiefs had a great night with two wins over the Birmingham Groves falcons.  Leading Goal Scores included Greg Kohler (JV) and Jacob Marsh (Varsity) each with 7 goals. 

Varsity Record = 5W / 2L

JV Record = 1W / 1L

BOX SCORES ATTACHED

Other JV goals came from Jacob Leski, Landon...

Wednesday 9/12/07 @ Okemos High School Vs. Grand Blanc.

Both JV & Varsity psoted wins. JV with a 11 to 6 Win and Varsity with a 17 to 6 Win.  Laeading scores included Jacob Marsh (V) with 7 goals and Greg Kohler (JV) with 6 golas.  Other goal scorers included for Varsity - Sam Marsh, EJ Kohler, Andrew Fandialan, Keenan Mullaney, and Cory Daza.  For JV - Jacob Leski, Landon Lefler,...

A 2 to 2 Tie at the half way point with Rockford after a long day Saturday sums up the excellent weekend the JV Boys had.  With great team defense, 6 goals by Greg Kohler, and great goal tending the JV boys brought home the "Runner Up" plaque.  With a field of 8 teams Rockford and Okemos were the only two undefeted teams and meet at a 7:00 PM final match.  Tied at 1 at the...

The Waverly Relay meet has kicked off girls high school swimming in the area for the last 29 years. There is always a great crowd and lots of excitement. The Okemos team won the meet with one of the largest margins of victory in recent years. The Chiefs were victorious in 6 of the 9 events. Leading the way and setting a new meet and Waverly pool record with a time of 1:42.63 in the 200 FR was the team...

Sixteen teams competed this last weekend at the all division CAAC invitational meet. Okemos defended their title and won the meet by a 90 point margin over 2nd place rival Holt. The girls won 8 of the 12 events including all three relays. All three relays now have achieved state cut qualifying times. Winners include:

200 MR 1:56.75 Roth, Batchelor, Marsh and Dudley
200 Free 1:56.47 Marsh--new state...

Unlike the 2006 meet when the outcome of the meet was in doubt until the final relay, the 2007 team took control of the meet early and never looked back. Final score Okemos 111 Portage Central 75. The lineup matched our top swimmers directly against their top swimmers and the girls won 10 of the 12 events, including all 3 relays.

Some of the highlights of the meet included Amelia Marsh's new pool record...

Okemos was able to give some more girls an opportunity to swim varsity in this 139 to 34 victory over Eastern. Seniors Amy Hall, Hannah Heisler, Melissa McDonald and Michelle Chang led the charge with two wins each. Two other seniors joined in the fun with Brooke Sauchak taking 2nd in the diving(behind sophomore Carolyn Wallace) and Millie Wibert picking up a 3rd in the 50 free. Way to go seniors!...

In order to be the best you have to swim the best. This is exactly what Okemos did when we scheduled a meet against 2 of the very best teams in the state. Birmingham Groves has won D2 States in each of the past 4 years. Holland was 2nd to Pioneer in D1 last year, and has now dropped down to D2 with the new division alignment. While Okemos was beaten by both of these powers, the girls held their own...

Coming off a second place finish last weekend the team faced a tough field.  With 1 win and 1 loos on friday and 2 tough losses on staurday the JV team finshed in 6th place.  Holding tough teams through three of four quaters goal for goal wasn't truly reflected in the final scores.  Back to back tournament weekends typically take there toll on young teams.  Combined with key playes...

The girls defeated last year's league meet runner-up Grand Ledge by a score of 126-60. The swimmers for the most part competed in their "off events", but still managed to post some impressive times. Amelia Marsh won the IM and fly, posting a state cut in the IM of 2:17.25. Lauren Dudley won the 100 free in 56.00, just missing the state cut by .11. She also managed to almost just miss...

There are one or two meets each year the girls will remember their entire lives. For Okemos the rivalry meet has always been Holt. Many of the girls from both teams are good friends from their club team training at CAST, but tonight it was strictly business as Okemos downed Holt 116-70. Okemos fans gave great support to the team, especially the water polo boys team(fresh off their own great win...

First Pioneer at home and then there was Rockford?

 

This weekend the Okemoa Varsity had their turn at the East Kentwood tournament.  Okemos defeated strong teams from Jenisen, Birmingham, Seaholm, and host team Ketwood.  Second trip this year for Okemos teams to a 7:00 PM final with Rockford.  The Okemos vs. Rockford Varsity contenst was very exciting and both teams played agressive...

Okemos wins 10 of 12 events in route to a road victory over East Kentwood. Kentwood has a beautiful new competition pool with a separate diving pool and warm down pool. The meet started out on a rough note with a loss to the EK Medley relay team, but the girls toughened up throughout the rest of the evening. Madison Batchelor, Amelia Marsh and Lauren Dudley each won two individual events and Carolyn...

Okemos 150 Everett 32. The girls had an abbreviated practice before taking on the Vikings. Many of the kids were able to compete in off events to register some additional times. Saskia Moyer, Michelle Chang, Hannah Heisler and Laura Kruger got things started right with a victory in the 200 MR. Lydia Roth dropped her 200 time down to 2:03.48 in winning the 200. Krystalle Double posted impressive...

The realignment of the divisions this year kept Okemos in D2, but brought down a large number of excellent former D1 teams into D2. The result is D2 is the power division and the cut off times to make the state meet are extremely tough. Before the year started it looked like we might end up somewhere between 15th and 20th in the state. However, based on our early season performance, Okemos is now...

Varsity record is now 11 Wins and 3 losses with a 17 to 7 victory over saline.  With 8 goals Jacob Marsh lead a long list of goal scores which included Dan Jimenez, Cory Daza, Keenan Mullaney, and Samuel Marsh. Goal tending continues to be outsatnding with another 9 Saves by Nick Henry.

 

Saline offically forfeited the JV game without a sufficent number of JV only players. Okemos JV did...

Varsity finshed in third place at the Rockford Tournament this weekend going undefeated on Staurday.  With a surprise loss to East Kentwood (7 to 13) on Friday night the Varsity team was eliminated from the championship round on Saturday.  Early kick-outs and agresive playing greatly impacted the starting line-up pool time.  East East Kentwood had a strong second quarter out...

Chief's JV is undeafted at Dexter Tournament, including first team shut out of the season with 1st career shut-out for Goalie Kyle Barrett against Grand Blanc.

 

Great team effort with 47 total goals from 10 players.

 

Greg Kohler = 14

Jacob Leski = 10

Cameron Casher = 7

Kyle Barrett = 7 (single game high against Huron)

Greg Mankowski = 2 (first goals for this season)

James Otis...

Okemos 120 Jackson 50. The girls won all the events, but our times were a little slow. Leading the way with 2 individual wins each were the sophomores--Lauren Dudley(200 and Breast), Lydia Roth(50 and 100) and Amelia Marsh(IM and Back). Amelia set a new Jackson pool record in the backstroke(1:04.0). The other individual wins were registered by freshmen Kylie Holden(500 free) and Madison Batchelor(100...

Sluggish start for the JV boys culminated into a 12 to 12 tie in the forth with seconds left in the game. A flurry of shots and pressure by Okemos late in the forth forces a ball under call against the Dexter Goalie (Hey Adam rember how that can happen) providing a 5 meter oportunity for Okemos with a single second left on the game clock. SCORE! and put a 13 to 12 Win in the books for Okemos...

Okemos placed 4th in a tough field of teams this last weekend. The teams that placed ahead of us--AA Pioneer, Jenison and EGR are all ranked top 5 in the state in their division. We need to compete against these strong teams from outside the area to challenge our team and make us better. The girls are exactly where they need to be at this time in the season. They are working hard in practice and...

Varsity traveled to the Gator invite this week and started off with a tough oponent "Rockford" for their Friday Night Game. The Chieftans held tough through three quarters keeping the state Champion Rockford team in check with the score at the end of 3 Rockford 6 and Okemos 4.  Rockford earned their reputation in the forth out scoreing the Chiefs 5 to 0 with A final score Rocford...

 

The final tournament for the JV sesaon is often considered the unoffical JV "State Final".  With 12 teams in attendance all the top teams (best programs) across the State are represented.  The 2007 field ran true with teams from Okemos, Rockford, Zeeland, Ann Arbor Huron, Ann Arbor Pioneer "A", Ann Arbor...

The Holt / East Lansing team has sevral outsatnding players, including individuals who competed in the CAST middle school Water Polo program and have been part of the Junior Olympic teams representing Mid-Michigan in the past.  This was a great night and many of the Okemos team memebers assisted / joined the Holt / East Lansing team during competition.  Qucik change of caps and position and...

As is usual the JV game is first and despite a slugish start and being down 4 to 1 at the end of the 1st quarter the Okemos JV boys ralley back out scoreing Huron 4 to 1 in the second ending with a 5 to 5 tie at the half. Okemos added 4 goals to only 1 by Huron over the remaining 3rd and 4th quarters to win 9 to 6.  Goals came from Greg Kohler with 4, Jacob Leski with 2, Greg Mankoski...

Okemos 74 Sexton 20. This one was not much of a contest in the historic Lansing Sexton 4 lane pool. The top swim of the meet was Amy Hall's 100 fly win in 1:16.21, which matched her 16th place time at the leagues last year. The other Chieftain wins were spread around. Krystalle Double won the 200 free. Andrea Dantus cleaned up in the 200IM. Laura Kruger took home the gold in the 100 free. Sally...

Chieftains 131 Trojans 55. At this point in the season you don't necessarily expect fast swims due to the continued heavy training, but surprisingly we got some tonight. The meet started out on a good note with a 1-2 finish in the medley relay. Backstrokers Saskia Moyer (34.58) and Christina Bolema(35.28) both had nice lead-off legs. Lydia Roth is finally starting to put it together. She swam...

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JV 7 to 7 tie (Record 17 W, 1 T, 6 L)

Varsity 18 to 6 Win (Record (20 W, 6 L)

Comentary and Box Scores attached

JV 10 to 4 win over Seaholm marks record seting JV sesaon of 18 W / 6 L sneaking by the 2004 JV season record of 17 W /6 L (the JV team of this year's varsity seniors).

 

Varsity 10 to 6 win over Seaholm yields Varsity 2007 sesaon record of 21 W / 6 L which is best Varsity sesaon record ever.  The Varsity team also finished their seson as the second seed team heading into Districts and...

Chiefs 112 Waverly/LCC 71 This turned out to be a much better meet than expected. There were many good races throughout. Amelia Marsh led the way with 4 wins. She posted solid times in the 200(1:56) and 100(54) and split well on the winning free relays. After dodging the event all year, Lauren Dudley was given the "opportunity" to swim the 500 and came through with an excellent time...

Okemos Third @ Districts - The team's regular sesaon record earned them a second seed entering Districts and thus a Bye for Friday night and their first game on Saturday Against Ann Arbor Huron.  Huron 6 - Okemos 3 advanced Huron to the Finals facing Ann Arbor Pioneer and droped Okemos to the third / forth place round against Dexter. Okemos 13 - Dexter 5 yielded a third place finish for Okemos....

Chiefs 143 Owosso 37. Okemos capped off their second straight undefeated dual meet season by knocking off Owosso. Final dual meet record for 2007 12 wins 0 losses. Way to go ladies!
It was senior night for a large and strong senior class. Congratulations to Michelle Chang, Amy Hall, Hannah Heisler, Kat Kelley, Melissa McDonald, Rachael Restum, Brooke Sauchak, Brianna Seaks, and Millie Wibert....

There will be an information meeting on Tuesday Oct. 30 at 6:30 pm in the Kinawa cafeteria for all parents and students interested in joining the Okemos Middle School team. The team is open to all 6th through 8th graders. If you have a younger sibling in this age group or know a neighbor in middle school, this is an excellent way to prepare for high school swimming and have a lot of fun. Many of...

The CAAC Swimming League Title is determined by equally weighting the dual meet portion of the season and the league meet finishes. Continuing the streak since the inception of the CAAC League, Okemos went undefeated again with a perfect 6-0 dual meet mark. Holt took second with a 5-1 record and Grand Ledge took third with a 4-2 dual meet mark. At the league meet this last weekend Grand Ledge pulled...

At the beginning of the year, the girls set out to win the CAAC again and to finish in the top 15 at the D2 State meet. The realignment from 3 to 2 divisions loaded almost all the top teams with the exception of Pioneer into D2. The cut times reflected this change making the D2 meet the most difficult to qualify for. We still managed to qualify a large group of 9 girls to swim and dive at the 2007...

Captains for the 2008 Okemos Girls High School Swimming and Diving team are senior Krystalle Double and juniors Lauren Dudley, Amelia Marsh and Lydia Roth. Krystalle scored in the consolation finals of both the 200 and 500 free at the 2007 league meet. Lauren placed 2nd in the 200IM and 3rd in the 100 Breast at the 2007 league meet, was All-State in both free relays and was named to the Lansing State...

Our home base has been repaired, so we will now return this Sat. from 8:00-10:15am, 8/30/08. Practice at Haslett tonight still.

The 2008 Chieftain Girls Swimming and Diving team is receiving some early statewide recognition with the #6 ranking in the pre-season rankings. The rankings are based upon 2007 performance, returning swimmers and divers, summer performances and incoming freshmen.
The D2 list is as follows: 1. Mercy, 2. Holland, 3. Seaholm, 4. Forest Hills Central, 5. Groves, 6. Okemos, 7. Jenison, 8. Dexter 9....

Last Wednesday evening, Okemos won their 7th consecutive Waverly Relay Meet. The 50 point margin of victory was the largest in recent memory and perhaps the largest in the history of the meet. It was evident from the stands that the girls' hard work over the summer with CAST puts them much further ahead of last year's team at the same point of the season.

In the 12 team field which included all...

The dual meet portion of the Okemos season got off to a fast start with a strong showing against the Portage Central Mustangs. Okemos won all of the events other than the 200IM.
Double individual event winners were Kylie Holden, Amelia Marsh and Lauren Dudley. Single event winners were Madison Batchelor and Carolyn Wallace. Carolyn posted a nice early season score of 233.70 in the diving and...

Okemos swam to another impressive non-conference victory tonight over the Falcons of East Kentwood raising their dual meet record to 2-0. The 2007 team was honored before the meet with the raising of the League Championship banner. The enthusiasm carried over to the meet where the girls won all 12 events, set 2 pool records and achieved 5 new individual state cuts.

Amelia Marsh wins "swimmer...

Coach Patrick was able to change up his line up tonight to allow many different swimmers to compete in the scoring heat of the meet.  Event winners included:

 

200 Medley Relay--Alex Basford, Chloe White, Allie Gerras and Nicole Baron

 

200 Free-Maria Aultz

50 Free-Krystalle Double

Diving--Carolyn Wallace

100 Free Amber Nolan

500 Free Maria Aultz

200 Free Relay--Kylie Holden,...

In what many predicted would be a close Okemos victory instead turned into a blow out.  The Grand Ledge coaches have done an outstanding job the past few years turning a once dormant program into a competitive team year in and year out.  There is no doubt the Grand Ledge girls will have another great taper and swim "lights out" at the League Meet, but tonight it was all Okemos and...

The Chieftain team had little trouble tonight in handing Holt a 73 point defeat.  The Okemos girls won all 3 relays, went 1-2-3 in the 100 free, and 1-2 in the 50, 100 fly, 100 back and 400 Free Relay.  The crowd was large and loud(thank-you high school boys) and the times were quick.  The many winners for Okemos were:

 

200 Medley--Lydia Roth, Lauren Dudley, Kylie Holden, Amelia...

The Okemos girls ran out of gas today in their 3rd big meet in the last 5 days.  The final result of the meet was not a complete surprise since Holland carries a #2 state ranking, Groves carries a #5 ranking and Okemos carries a #8 ranking.  The task was made even more difficult this year when the tri-meet scoring changed from the previous 2 years to include the top 3 swimmers from each team...

The Chiefs travelled to Harry Hill to take on the Everett Vikings in a CAAC Blue conference match-up.  Coach Patrick shuffled the line up to see how some of the newer swimmers would fare swimming in the top heat and they came through with flying colors.  1st place finishers were:

 

200 Medley--Alex Basford, Chloe White, Allie Gerras and Erica Frankfort

200 Free-Senior Amber Nolan

Most of the girls got a chance to swim some off events in this unique invitational meet.  Several of the top teams in the state competed so there were plenty of great races.  #1 in D1 Pioneer won the meet followed closely by #1 in D3 EGR and #6 in D2 Jenison.  The Okemos team is training hard and the times are right where they should be at this point in the year.

We have 5 swimmers...

It was Senior Night at the Okemos cement pond.  This meet also pitted Okemos Head Coach Patrick Saucedo against his alma mater Jackson and his wise mentor Coach Pat Briggs.  Jackson coach Briggs runs a classy program and always seems to get the most out of his pool of talent.  A year from now Jackson will likely be the #2 team in the CAAC.  Coach Saucedo showed he learned his lessons...

Ten members of the team travelled to Ypsilanti to compete at the Eastern Michigan University pool in the yearly coach's invitational meet.  This meet is open to all 3 Divisions and has qualifying standards in order to compete.   Athletes included Senior Casie Walker, Juniors Lydia Roth, Carolyn Wallace, Lauren Dudley, Mariya Smith and Amelia Marsh and Sophomores Kylie Holden, Christine...

The girls kept their dual meet streak alive with a victory over the Trojans.  Some of the Chieftain parents appeared conflicted having attended ELHS, but the kids were glad they made the move to Okemos.  Event winners were:

 

200 Medley--1:58.27  Lauren Dudley, Madison Batchelor, Laura Kruger, Amelia Marsh

200 Free--2:02.88 Kylie Holden

50 Free--:25.90 Lauren Dudley

Diving--233.6...

Waverly LCC put up a good fight, winning 2 of the first 3 events and surprising our medley relay team before eventually falling the the Chieftains.  The husband and wife Hill combination have put together a team which placed second only to our Okemos in the Waverly Relays and has gone on to win all their dual meets in their CAAC Division.   Unlike some of the other local competition, it...

Former Okemos Head coach and current CAST and Holt assistant coach Rick Edwards will be admitted to Sparrow Hospital tommorow for a battery of tests.  Rick was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year and has undergone extensive treatment including the removal of his pancreas.  Rick was making excellent progress in his recovery, but has recently been set back with jaundice, loss...

In our final dual meet of the season the OHS Chieftains defeated the OHS Trojans.  The coaching braintrust used this meet as a final tune-up for the league meet and a last chance to see how the girls could swim before the start of the taper.

 

Okemos event winners were:

200 Medley:  Alex Basford, Chloe White, Allie Gerras and Erica Frankfort

200 Free: Mariya Smith

50 Free: Krystalle...

Former Okemos girls high school coach and current Capital Area Swim Team(CAST) coach Rick Edwards died today after battling pancreatic cancer since April.  There is no one in the mid-Michigan area who did more for the sports of swimming and diving and water polo than Rick did over the past 38 years.  He coached over 75 high school All-Americans during his career.  More recently he coached...

Ok, so I'm not a poet but the Okemos girls put on a show this weekend to claim their 8th straight Leage Championship and their 26th League Championship in the last 33 years.  The Chieftains won 8 of the 12 events including all 3 relays in convincing fashion.

 

200 Medley Relay--What happens when you put the fastest backstroke split, breaststroke split, butterfly split and 2nd fastest...

At the beginning of the year the Okemos Chieftain girls swimming and diving team set some goals to win the Waverly Relays, go undefeated in dual meets, win the CAAC League meet and finish in the top 10 at the State Meet.  The last goal was fairly ambitious since the majority of the very best teams in the state compete in a loaded D2 field.  The girls really started preparing for the season...

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This Thursday, Dec 18 @ 6:00
Come by and see your OHS Boys Chiefs take on Brighton in the 08-09 Season home opener.

The boys looked strong in the first meet of the season. Winter break training begins Monday, work hard and get into shape guys!

Coaches Mike Wagner and Patrick Saucedo are pleased  to announce the captains for the 2009 Girls Swimming and Diving Season.  Senior diver Carolyn Wallace is joined by fellow seniors and returning captains from 2008--Lydia Roth, Amelia Marsh and Lauren Dudley.  "These four have been leaders since they started high school as freshmen.  They lead by example.  This is a special...

For the 8th straight year the Okemos Chieftain girls walked away with the championship.  Coaches, swimmers and parents always enjoy this traditional start to the season.  It gives everyone a chance to see where their team stands relative to the local competition in an exciting relay format.  On their way to victory, Okemos won 6 of the 9 events.

 

The girls had a goal to break...

The Okemos girls swim team, fans and parents bid an emotional goodbye prior to the start of the meet to Senior water polo captain Adam Nevells who died in a tragic car accident the week before.  Adam was well liked by all who crossed his path and his memory will live on forever.

 

It was very difficult for the girls to come back and swim fast after the moment of silence for Adam but...

The Chiefs won the meet over the Falcons in businesslike fashion winning every swimming event, taking 2nd in 7 of the 9 individual events and taking 3rd in 9 of the 12 total events.  This is the most depth I have ever seen on an Okemos team and several of the girls were sick and did not even make the trip. 

 

Event winners were:

200 medley relay--Lydia Roth,...

It was a tough week of practice this week with the flu bug making the rounds but the Chieftains swam a solid meet in defeating a Waverly LC team that always competes hard.

 

The top Okemos relays all swam exhibition this evening but are setting themselves up for some exciting relay racing later in the year.  Okemos winners for the evening were:

 

200 Medley Relay--Mariya Smith, Monique...

Billed as the D2 regular season meet of the year, the meet lived up to expectations as none of the three teams gave an inch.  As expected, Holland's strength at the top proved to be the difference as the Dutch won 7 of the 12 events but  perhaps their final margin of victory was much closer than expected.  The nailbiting battle was to see who would come out on top between Groves...

The Chiefs won every event on their way to a CAAC Blue Division dual meet victory.  First place finishers were:

 

200 Medley--Lydia Roth, Madison Batchelor, Kylie Holden and Laura Kruger

200 free--Amelia Marsh

200 IM--Monique Pentecost

50 free--Madison Batchelor

Diving--Carolyn Wallace

100 fly--Amelia Marsh

100 free--Kylie Holden

500 free--Lydia Roth

200 free relay--Kelly Schwaner,...

As of Tuesday 10/6/2009, I have taken it upon my self to name Mariya Smith as an additional captain to the 2009 swim team.

Mariya has demonstrated excellence in leadership over the last month, epically during the last few swim meets.

-Coach Saucedo

The Okemos team traveled to East Grand Rapids to compete in the always fast Pioneer Invite.  Unfortunately Amelia and Lauren were off on recruiting visits so the lineup had to be juggled, and the team finished behind EGR, AA Pioneer, Jenison and Battle Creek.  The format puts 4 heats of each event together and each bracket is scored separately and then combined at the end to determine the...

It was a difficult yet rewarding night night for Okemos head coach Patrick Saucedo.  His Okemos High School girls squared off against many of the club girls he coached at Spartan Swim Club.  In short he was able to enjoy good swims regardless of which team they came from.  The atmosphere was light at the pool as many of the girls on both teams are friends through club swimming during...

In the toughest division in swimming, the Chieftains are drawing mid-season recognition for the type of year they are having.  Okemos is current sitting in a two-way tie for 5th with Midland Dow and behind Mercy(1), Holland(2), Seaholm(3), and Groves(4).  The top 4 teams at state take home trophies so that is certainly one of the goals this team is shooting for.  Yes it is exciting to...

Okemos led from start to finish in this CAAC Blue matchup.  The younger girls were given a chance to shine and the older girls were able to swim some off events and exhibition races.

 

Event winners were:

 

200 Medley--Madison Batchelor, Monique Pentecost, Laura Kruger and Mariya Smith

200 free--Kylie Holden

200 IM--Lydia Roth

Diving--Carolyn Wallace

Butterfly--Sally Yan

100...

The Chieftain swimmers were off for a week from competition but swam well after a full week of morning practices.   Okemos winners were:

 

200 Medley--Mariya Smith, Chloe White, Andrea Dantus and Laura Kruger

200 Free--Emily Laub

200 IM--Nicki Baron

Diving--Carolyn Wallace

100 Fly--Andrea Dantus

500 Free--Emily Laub

200 Free Relay--Kelly Schwaner, Andrea Dantus, Emily Laub and...

In a battle between the top team in the CAAC Blue against the top team in the CAAC Red, the Chieftains came away with the clear cut victory.  These two teams had not met in a few years so it was good to resume the series.

 

Okemos winners were:

 

200 Medley--Lydia Roth, Madison Batchelor, Lauren Dudley and Amelia Marsh--just off pool record time!

200 Free--Kylie Holden

50 Free--Lauren...

 Both teams came into the meet with undefeated conference and overall dual meet records but only one could make the claim when the night was over.  Half of the CAAC title is determined by dual meet records and the other half is determined by final finish in the League Championship meet.  Okemos assured itself of the dual meet title with a hard fought victory over the Vikings.  Jackson...

Unfortunately there was no official at the Sexton pool so the meet resulted in a forfeit victory for Okemos.  The good news was that both teams agreed to swim the meet anyway just to give the girls a chance to see what they could do.  Since there are no official results I can't post winners but Okemos did have some excellent swims by Kenzie Krumm in the backstroke, Nicki Baron in the fly,...

On Senior Night at the Okemos pool, it was only fitting that the seniors led the way.  In all likelihood this year's group of seniors will go down as the single best class ever to pass through the tradition rich program.  After the honorary ceremonies the girls went to work on trying to erase a couple long standing pool relay records.  The 200 medley team of Lauren Dudley, Madison...

The Okemos team added another chapter to their rich swimming tradition Saturday with a dominant victory in the CAAC League Meet Championship.  Okemos scored 35 of their 36 entries into the meet en route to what is believed to be a record 580 total points and a 235 point victory over their next closest rival Jackson.  The coaches and swimmers take pride in the difficult workout program...

The fastest team in Okemos history capped off the season in fine style by capturing 2 state titles, setting a state record, placing all 3 relay teams in the top 8 and demolishing 3 varsity team records.  While the 1980 team won a Class B State Title, the competition in the lower division was not comparable to the powerhouse teams now competiting in the current toughest division--D2.  The...