Two local teams flexed their muscles on Saturday at the Division 2 Swimming and Diving State Finals at the Holland Aquatic Center as both Skyline and Dexter had impressive performances in the pool against the elite D-2 teams in the state.
The Skyline Eagles landed in fourth place with 164 points, just eight behind third-place Northview and 12 ahead of Grosse Pointe South.
The Dexter Dreadnaughts had 37 points and finished 18th out of 36 teams that scored points.
Farmington Hills Mercy scored 326 points to run (splash) away with the state title. Birmingham Seaholm scored 198 points to finish second.
Skyline Coach Maureen Murrett was thrilled with how her Eagles managed the challenging waters of a state finals.
In the medley relay, Dexter’s team of Kayce McAllister, Delaney Parker, Harper Brown and Grace McClellan finished 13th with a time of 1:51.85. The Skyline team of Britta Coultas, Sophia Nielsen, Julianna Peoples and Anika Vaitkevicius took 16th in 1:52.61.
Skyline’s Adrienne Schadler made a big splash at her first state finals – a very big splash. The amazing freshman finished first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:49.88, edging Berkley’s Kelley Hassett (1:50.46).
In the 200 IM, Skyline junior Sofia Torres was 14th in 2:15.08.
Skyline senior Allie Deininger was seventh in the 50 free in 24.43 while teammate senior Shannen Lee was 10th in 24.57.
Skyline sophomore Teagan McCallian was eighth with 329.30 points in diving and Dexter senior Bella Larson was 14th with 318 points.
In the 100 butterfly, Skyline freshman Julianna Peoples was 15th in 1:01.54.
Deininger swam in her final individual race for the Eagles and capped off an amazing career with a fourth-place finish in the 100 free with a time of 53.27.
Speaking of amazing, Schadler jumped back in the pool and finished second in the 500 free with a time of 4:58.61, a touch behind winner Hassett (4:53.872) and well ahead of third-place finisher Jaime Forbes (5:07.12).
Skyline had a strong showing in the 200 free relay. The Eagles team of Deininger, Lee, Torres and Schadler touched second overall with a time of 1:38.52, just behind winner Farmington Hills Mercy (1:37.21) and a fingernail ahead of Berkley (1:38.6). The Dexter team of McAllister, Emma Bishop, Parker and Brown was 11th in 1:41.49.
In the backstroke, Lee placed ninth for Skyline in 58.11. McAllister, only a freshman, was 16th for Dexter in 1:01.53.
Brown, a junior, swam to a seventh-place finish in the breaststroke with a time of 1:06.38.
In the 400 free relay, the Skyline team of Deininger, Lee, Torres and Schadler finished third in 3:35.83.
