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Eagles Dominate KLAA Lakes Conference

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:36:53 -0500

The Hartland Boys Swimming and Diving team capped a p KLAA West Division Championship by winning the KLAA Lakes Conference Championship on Saturday at Waterford Kettering High School. The team scored 948.5 points in route to the win. Brighton finished 2nd with 644, WL Central in 3rd with 565, then Grand Blanc 518, Howell 427.5, WL Northern 362, Lakeland 361, Milford 311.5, Pinckney 288.5, WL Western 199, and Waterford 187. The Eagles won 5 of 12 events including sweeping the relays. The 400 Free Relay (Matt Polkowski, Trey Conner, James Strandbergh, Jacob Scherba), 200 Free Relay (Scott Pelland, Condra, Scherba, Polkowski), 200 Medley Relay (Condra, Strandbergh, Conner, Pelland) all came out victorious in very close races. Trey Conner won the 100 Fly in a school record 52.90 and James Strandbergh got his 2nd State cut by winning the 200 IM. Bryan Condra broke a school record with his Prelim time in the 100 back with a 55.91.
In this meet, the top 24 swimmers or divers score points for their team. The Eagles had all 40 individual entires score in the top 24 with 35 of the 40 being in the top 16. Scorers for the Eagles included the following:

200 Free - Polkowski (3rd), Derek Ballou (8th), , Michael Terrio (10th), Ryan Egeland (13th) Nick Zayan (14th), Sean Virden (17th)
200 IM - Strandbergh (1st), Condra (3rd), Conner (7th), Zach Vitta (11th), Donald Gusfa (20th)
50 Free - Scherba (2nd), Pelland (6th), Erich Leazer (15th), James Hansen (18th)
Diving - Mitchell McCann (6th), Jonas Zebari (7th), Chris Cencer (16th)
100 Fly - Conner (1st), Polkowski (2nd), Nick Breece (8th)
100 Free - Scherba (5th), Charlie Locker (10th), Leazer (12th), Pelland (13th),
500 Free - Ballou (4th), Terrio (5th), Egeland (8th), Gusfa (12th), Sven Stroven (14th), Virden (15th), Zayan (16th)
100 Back - Condra (3rd), Vitta (9th), Gramer (11th), Locker (13th), Breece (16th)
100 Breast - Strandbergh (2nd), Stroven (6th), Hansen (19th)

The team won in what is the most dominating performance in Lakes Conference history. The Eagles won by 304.5 points over West Division rival Brighton. From start to finish the Eagles were out with a vengeance swim after swim, dive after dive. It was one of the most enjoyable and exciting competitions we have ever been a part of as a team. Congratulations to the team on a phenomenal season!

The team will be back in action next on Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10 as they compete to at Eastern Michigan University in the Michigan State Swimming and Diving Championships. Prelims are slated to begin at 12:00 PM on Friday with Finals following on Saturday at 12:00 PM. Come out and support your KLAA Lakes and West Division Champions at the 2012 State Meet!

Eagles win KLAA West Division title with win on Saturday

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:02:44 -0500

The Hartland Boys Swimming and Diving team capped a perfect dual meet record by winning the KLAA West Division Meet on Saturday at Parker Middle School. The team scored 675 points in route to the win. Brighton finished 2nd with 530, then Grand Blanc 374, Howell 276, Milford 219, Pinckney 175. The Eagles won 7 of 12 events including two more state qualifying times in the 400 Free Relay (Matt Polkowski, Trey Conner, James Strandbergh, Jacob Scherba) and Matt Polkowski in the 100 Fly. The Eagles were led by double event winners Matt Polkowski(200 Free and 100 Fly) and James Strandbergh (200 IM and 100 Breast). Other event winners included Derek Ballou in the 500 Free, Bryan Condra in the 100 back, and the 200 Medley relay consisting of Condra, Strandbergh, Conner, and Scott Pelland.

In this meet, the top 16 swimmers score points for their team. Scorers for the Eagles included the following:

200 Free - Polkowski (1st), Ballou (4th), Ryan Egeland (6th), Michael Terrio (7th), Nick Zayan (9th)
200 IM - Strandbergh (1st), Condra (2nd), Conner (4th), Zach Vitta (7th), Donald Gusfa (15th)
50 Free - Scherba (3rd), Pelland (4th), Erich Leazer (10th), James Hansen (15th)
Diving - Jonas Zebari (5th), Mitchell McCann (6th), Chris Cencer (12th)
100 Fly - Polkowski (1st), Conner (2nd)
100 Free - Scherba (2nd), Leazer (8th), Pelland (9th), Charlie Locker (11th)
500 Free - Ballou (1st), Terrio (2nd), Egeland (3rd), Sven Stroven (5th), Zayan (7th), Gusfa (9th
100 Back - Condra (1st), Vitta (3rd), Locker (6th), Gramer (7th), Breece (8th)
100 Breast - Strandbergh (1st), Stroven (3rd), Hansen (13th)

Other notable swims came out of our two shaved and tapered guys David Terrio and Josh Freshour. Terrio swam to a 22nd place finish in the 200 free with a lifetime best 2:08.04. He also placed 24th in the 100 free with a 57.04. Josh Freshour swam a lifetime best 27.08 to finished tied for 36th place in the 50 free. He also swam to a 37th place finish int he 100 free with a 1:01.23. Four great swims by our guys who capped a terrific season!

The team will be back in action next Friday as they attempt to defend their KLAA Lakes Conference Championship at Waterford Kettering. Prelims are slated to begin at 12:00 PM on Friday with Finals following on Saturday at 12:00 PM. Come out and support your KLAA West Division champions in their quest for a KLAA Lakes Conference Championship!

Eagles win KLAA West Division Dual Meet title with win over Highlanders

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:08:14 -0500

The Hartland Boys Swim and Dive team finished the dual meet season by winning their 5th West division meet of the season with a 137-49 win over Howell. The Eagles won 11 out of 12 events to secure the win. Leading the way was the double event winners James Strandbergh (200 IM and 100 Breast) and Matt Polkowski (200 Free and 100 Free). All Event winners tonight included:

200 Medley Relay - Condra, Strandbergh, Conner, Pelland
200 Free - Matt Polkowski
200 IM - James Strandbergh
50 Free - Jacob Scherba
100 Fly - Trey Conner
100 Free - Matt Polkowski
500 Free - Derek Ballou
200 Free Relay - Scherba, Polkowski, Conner, Pelland
100 Back - Bryan Condra
100 Breast - James Strandbergh
400 Free Relay - Polkowski, Scherba, Locker, Condra

There were several breakout swims including Nick Breece’s barrier breaking swim in the 100 Fly with a lifetime best 59.98. David Terrio swam a season best 56.98 in the 100 free. The 500 guys all swam season bests with Derek Ballou (5:08), Ryan Egeland (5:10), Michael Terrio (5:10), and Donald Gusfa (5:24). In the 100 back, Bryan Condra broke through with a 57.20 swim just off the state cut. Overall another great meet and another great win. The Eagles will be back in action when they try to defend their KLAA West Division title next Friday back at Parker Middle School. Diving will begin at 6:00 PM on Friday with swimming slated to start at 12:00 PM on Saturday. Come support your Eagles in their quest for three consecutive KLAA West Division meet titles.

Eagles get 200 Free Relay cut in route to win over Milford

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 22:04:37 -0500

The Hartland Boys Swim and Dive team win their 4th West division meet of the season with a 136-50 win over Milford. The Eagles took 1-2-3 in 5 events and won 11 out of 12 events to secure the win. Leading the way was the 200 Free Relay of Jacob Scherba, Bryan Condra, Trey Conner, and Scott Pelland with a state qualifying time in the 200 Freestyle Relay with a time of 1:32.11. Event winners tonight included:

200 Medley Relay - Condra, Vitta, Breece, Scherba
200 Free - James Strandbergh
200 IM - Derek Ballou
50 Free - Jacob Scherba
100 Fly - Matt Polkowski
100 Free - Charlie Locker
500 Free - Sven Stroven
200 Free Relay - Scherba, Condra, Conner, Pelland
100 Back - James Strandbergh
100 Breast - Sven Stroven
400 Free Relay - Polkowski, Scherba, Conner, Condra

The meet gave the team a chance to swim some events that they don’t normally get to swim and opened up some interesting ideas going forward for the rest of the season! The Eagles will be back in action next Thursday as they travel to arch rival Howell for the final dual meet of the season. The meet is slated to start at 6:00 PM.

Underclassmen place 6th at the Clash

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:04:43 -0500

Despite only having 10 individuals at the meet, the underclassmen were able to take 6th place with 254 points at the Howell Clash of the Underclassmen today. In spite of being outnumbered by almost every team by nearly double the number of swimmers/divers, the Eagles were able to compete very well. Ann Arbor Skyline won the meet running away with 550 points with North Farmington taking runner-up honors with 313 points. Brighton finished 3rd with 309, South Lyon in 4th with 294, and Howell at 285.

The Eagles were led by sophomore Jacob Scherba who had a pair of runner up finishes in the 50 and 100 freestyles slightly bettering his season best times. Derek Ballou was next best with two 4th place finishes in the 200 and 500 freestyles. Nick Zayan secured 7th place finishes in both the 200 and 100 freestyles while James Hansen finished 7th in the 50 and 9th in the 100 breast. Josh Freshour had two lifetime bests placing 21st in the 50 and 16th in the 100 free earning a medal in the latter. Sean Virden medaled in two events placing 10th and 9th in the 200 and 500 freestyles respectively. Lone freshman swimmer David Terrio scored in both the 200 Free (12th) and 100 Free (14th). Divers Mitchell McCann, Jonas Zebari, and Chris Cencer all came up big placing 4th, 7th, and 9th respectively.

Our three relays finished with an 8th place in the 200 Medley (Ballou, Hansen, Terrio, Freshour), 4th in the 200 Free (Scherba, Zayan, Virden, Hansen), and 3rd in the 400 Free (Zayan, Virden, Ballou, Scherba). Despite being severally out numbered, the Eagles were able to be in the hunt for a majority of the meet until swims and bodies began to grow thin. Regardless, the Eagles have a bright future with many great swims!

The Hartland Boys Swim and Dive team will be back in action next Thursday as they travel to Milford for a Division meet. The meet is scheduled to begin at 6:00 PM at Milford High School.