Boys Swim & Dive

It was late March. Dressed in his black silk swimsuit adorned with an orange letter “J,” James Dingman stood 18 inches above the waterline, perched on a spring-less board.  In 60 seconds it would be over.

Holland Christian senior Styler Cook-Weeks capped an outstanding career at Saturday’s Lower Peninsula Division 3 Finals at Saginaw Valley State University. The Maroons senior claimed two more individual and two relay titles to help them to their first MHSAA team ...

After finishing second in the state twice during his coaching career, Holland Christian’s Todd Smeenge had the unmistakable look of a champion following Saturday’s Lower Peninsula Division 3 swimming & diving championships at Saginaw Valley State Univers...

The groundwork was laid Friday. But the celebration was years in the making. At the conclusion of the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Boys Swimming & Diving Finals at Eastern Michigan University, Ann Arbor Skyline coach Mo-Jo Isaac performed a near-perfect back fl...

If ever a championship gave the winning team more feelings of relief than exuberance, such was the case for the Dexter boys swimming & diving team Saturday after winning its third straight Lower Peninsula Division 2 Finals. Dexter was a favorite going into the meet...

A handful or reigning champions have dominated Lower Peninsula boys swimming & diving these last few seasons – but that could end this weekend. Two of three are not considered the favorites entering this weekend’s Finals, and it’s not hard to see ...

Thursday night was an emotional one for the Portage Central boys swimming & diving team, and not only because it was Senior Night. The Mustangs’ 114-69 win against St. Joseph was the last meet in the 44-year-old pool located at the middle school.

For the past two years, the Houghton boys swimming & diving team has watched Marquette come out ahead of the Gremlins for the Upper Peninsula Finals championship. On Saturday, the Gremlins finally finished on top, but it came down to the wire.

This edition of “Clip of the Week” sponsored by Great Clips shows a close 200 freestyle relay finish for winners Milan and Yosue Gonzalez against Riverview in boys swimming & diving.

Holland West Ottawa's Derek Maas won the 100-yard backstroke, took second in the 200 individual medley and swam on winning 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays Saturday as his team – then ranked No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – defeated No. 1 Ann Arbor S...

PerNovi's Camden Murphy is an accomplished champion and one of the nation’s top swimmers in his age group.  This winter, he decided for the first time to compete as part of Novi High School's team, and finished a dominating run March 11 with Lower Peninsula ...

There is more than one way to win an MHSAA Finals swimming & diving championship, and the Dexter boys proved it Saturday afternoon at the Michael H. Jones Natatorium on the campus of Eastern Michigan University. The Dreadnaughts won the opening race – the 20...

The Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood boys swimming & diving team made it four straight championships at Saturday’s MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 3 Finals, but this title took every point the Cranes could muster. Cranbrook Kingswood finished first at the...

High expectations.  Attending a prestigious school such as Birmingham Brother Rice, where academics and athletics success stories are the norm and somewhat expected, Andrew Biskup understands the pressures that came with the tradition-rich territory.

Only one Lower Peninsula boys swimming & diving program has won at least four straight MHSAA Finals championships over the last two decades. Birmingham Brother Rice in Division 1 and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood in Division 3 have the opportunity this weeke...

Chelsea standout senior Joey Mangner will next weekend cap a career that’s seen him win two MHSAA championships – with an opportunity to at least double that total in his final meet.  Mangner swam the fastest 50-yard freestyle time in Michigan this win...

Dynasties come to an end eventually, no matter what the sport. But Marquette’s reign continued for another year Saturday at the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Boys Swimming & Diving Finals.

Saline's Dakota Hurbis is finishing a high school career that will rank among the most prolific in Michigan high school diving history, and over the last year he’s been on a particular tear.  Hurbis earned the Michigan Army National Guard “Performance ...

The MHSAA's history with boys swimming & diving goes to the start of the association, in 1925, and in 1972 one of our first girls sports also found its home in the pool. Just more than four decades later, one of the best-known Michigan high school standouts &ndash...

Grosse Pointe South's Jacob Montague already was going to graduate as one of the fastest swimmers in MHSAA history. But Saturday, he finished his final high school meet by setting Lower Peninsula Division 2 Finals records in two events for the second straight season, ...