Boys Swim & Dive

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, ...

Located in talent-rich and depth-laden Oakland County, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood often has to depart the county’s borders to claim championships in boys swimming and diving. Found lurking in the shadows of Division 1 and Division 2 state powerhouses ...

Mike McHugh was floating on his back in the Saginaw Valley State University pool Saturday afternoon, water soaking his clothes and a smile covering his face. The Dexter coach, who had spent the previous four hours wearing out his shoes walking the pool’s deck,...

On paper, it appeared the Birmingham Brother Rice boys swimming and diving team had an easy road to winning the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Swimming and Diving Finals at the Holland Aquatic Center. But winning the title, Brother’s Rice’s third consecut...

Birmingham Brother Rice, Birmingham Seaholm and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood all are seeking their third straight Lower Peninsula boys swimming and diving championships this weekend. But only two are favored to add another title – and both favorites are f...

Overwhelming favorites to begin the day, the Marquette Redmen might have surpassed even their own lofty expectations Saturday at the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Swimming and Diving Finals in their home pool. Marquette dominated to the point that they rendered the day a comp...

The Spring Lake boys swimming and diving team has taken a turn toward the elite over the last two seasons, rising from average to one of the best on the west side of Michigan and in its division statewide. And Lakers over the last two seasons have matched their athleti...

Nehemiah Mork has set his share of records, but for a year he had his eye on another he just missed breaking as a junior. Mork set or was part of four meet records at the Tri-Cities Swimming & Diving Championships at Saginaw Valley State University on Saturday, ea...

Dexter senior Rob Zofchak entered this season poised for a strong finish to his high school career coming off his first MHSAA championship and a Lower Peninsula Division 2 Finals record in the 100-yard backstroke last winter.  He’s on pace to equal that succ...

It certainly was not by design, but it seemed like the Birmingham Brother Rice swimmers did not want to take the top step on the winning podium without a teammate by their side. Brother Rice led from start to finish Saturday in the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Swim...

This season’s Lower Peninsula Swimming and Diving Finals were completed at three sites Saturday. Click below for a highlight from each MHSAA Final, with links for watching the meets in full.