The Redwings traveled to Holt Thursday (diving prelims), Friday (swim prelims) and Saturday (swim/dive finals) for the CAAC Blue Championship meet.  There were too many new best swims to count, congratulations Redwings!

If you are new to swimming/diving, athletes swim/dive prelims to qualify for the finals (top 8), b finals (top 16) or c finals (top 24).  A swimmer or diver must qualify for the finals to finish in the top 8.

FULL RESULTS

Full Scoreboard
Schedule/Standings

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Redwing Finalists:

5th place Medley! Shane, Koy, Max, Preston. 1:46.84

200 Free – Preston Longoria 8th Prelims 1:57.77 Finals 1:58.32

200 Free – Max Leasher 10th 1:58.57 prelims 1:55.66 Finals
Brayden Hirschman 11th 2:01.10 prelims 1:58.37 finals

200 IM – Koy Grams 6th 2:13.77 prelims 2:12.79 finals

50 Freestyle – Shane Van Abel 5th 23.09 prelims 22.90 finals D-3 State Cut

Diving – Parker Beebee 8th 245.40

100 Butterfly – Max Leasher 12th 1:02.78 prelims 1:01.74 finals

100 Freestyle – Shane Van Abel 3rd 51.47 prelims 50.97 finals

100 Freestyle – Ethan Gibson 15th 55.19 prelims 55.17 finals

500 Freestyle – Preston Longoria 8th 5:18.04 prelims 5:22.73 finals

500 Freestyle – Brayden Hirschman 11th 5:20.39 prelims 5:21.37 finals

200 Free Relay 6th Koy Grams, Max Leasher, Brayden Hirschman, Shane Van Abel. 1:38.56 prelims 1:38.22 finals

400 Freestyle Relay 6th – Brayden Hirschman, Ethan Gibson, Graham Harger, Preston Longoria 3:41.17 prelims 3:42.25 finals

Final notes:

Koy Grams finished 2nd in the 100 breastroke with a new PR and a State Cut qualifying time, but was disqualified for a rolling start.  Koy will qualify for states on Tuesday at the second shave last chance meet at Grand Ledge.

Shane Van Able had our performance of the meet with a new PR and state qualifying time in the 50 freestyle (22.90) as well as a 3rd place finish in the 100 free that was just off the state qualifying time.  Shane will qualify in the 100 on Tuesday at the second shave meet.

The Medley relay posted a time that was 4 tenths of a second off a state qualifying time.  Shane, Max, Koy and Preston will qualify for states on Tuesday at the second shave meet.

Several swimmers were just outside the top 16.  Make sure to view the full results for all the preliminary and finals times.  Congratulations to James Davis, Josh Fromson, Charlie Boak  and Graham Harger for their top 24 performances.

Sebastian Luce had a great prelim meet posting new PR’s and in the 200 IM (2:20.12) and 100 Backstroke(1:02.03).  He qualified for the b finals in both events but was unable to compete on Saturday.

Parker Beebee finished a strong 8th in his first season of diving and will compete in Thursday’s Regionals at SJHS.

Shane Van Abel holds up his 3rd place medal for the 100 freestyle at Saturday’s CAAC Blue Conference Finals.

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