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The Aqua-Knights won their 44th NW District Championship by winning or taking 2nd place in every event. Multiple District and Team Records and NISCA (National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association) All-American times were set.
The Little Giant Invite, held at Fremont High School in early January, was the first hint that this would be an outstanding season for the Knights. With seven of their varsity swimmers away at another meet, the Aqua-Knight surprised everyone by winning the meet, with first place scores in Diving (Dylan Szegedi-Oregon) with a new meet and pool record, 200 free (Matt Zimmerman-Maumee) and the 400 free relay (Zimmerman, Matt Marshall-W. Toledo, Connor Trimble-Maumee, Nick Carmony-Perrysburg). All of the swimmers, including freshmen swimmers John Booth – Sylvania, Matt Gustafson - Waterville, freshman diver Matthew Evola- Sylvania, and JV swimmers Jack Meyers – Ottawa Hills, Tom Quattromani – W. Toledo, Zach Trimble – Maumee, and David Cerelli – Ida, Mi., contributed to the win with fast times and great scores. On the same day, the seven other Aqua-Knights took 2nd place at the Ned Reeb Invitational, winning the 200 free (Rowan Williams-Ottawa Hills) and the 400 Free Relay (Williams, Dan DiSalle-Perrysburg, Mike DiSalle-S. Toledo, Dan Miller-Lambertville, MI) with a time of 3:12.40, the fastest time in the state so far in the season. Later in the same month, the Aqua-Knights defeated Michigan state champions Ann Arbor Pioneer, and won most events at the JV State Championships in Canton.
Here is a re-cap of their performances:
50 Free: Dan DiSalle (Perrysburg), 1st place
21.18 District Record, NISCA All-American Time
Connor Trimble (Maumee), 6th place
Matt Marshall (W. Toledo), 8th place
Jordan Skie (Sylvania), 12th place
100 Free: Dan DiSalle, 2nd place
46.33 NISCA All-American Time
Dan Miller (Lambertville, Mi), 4th place
Matt Marshall, 8th place
Jordan Skie, 14th place
200 Free: Rowan Williams, 1st place
1:40.86 NISCA All-American Time
Dan Miller, 2nd place
1:41.68 NISCA All-American Time
Mike DiSalle, 3rd place
1:41.81 NISCA All-American Time
Connor Aossey (Waterville), 10th place
500 Free: Matt Zimmerman, 2nd place
4:46.29 NISCA All-American Time
Billy Maginnis (Sylvania), 4th place
Connor Aossey (Waterville), 9th place
Justin Carter (Ottawa Hills), 21st place
100 Back: Rowan Williams, 1st place
51.61 District Record, NISCA All-American Time
Nick Carmony, 3rd place
Jake Hunter (Gibsonburg), 4th place
Matt Zimmerman, 5th place
100 Breast: Phil Barone (Perrysburg), 1st place
57.13 District Record, Varsity School Record, NISCA All-American Time
DJ MacDonald (Waterville), 4th place
59.08 NISCA All-American Time
Connor Trimble, 7th place
Billy Maginnis, 8th place
100 Butterfly: Mike DiSalle, 2nd place
51.72 NISCA All-American Time
Nick Carmony, 4th place
Jake Hunter, 5th place
Kyle Crawford (W. Toledo), 8th place
200 Individual Medley:
Phil Barone, 2nd place
DJ MacDonald, 3rd place
Kyle Crawford, 5th place
Justin Carter, 14th place
200 Medley Relay: 1st place (Williams, MacDonald, Carmony, D. DiSalle)
1:34.35 District Record NISCA All-American Time
(2nd fastest time in school history)
200 Free Relay: 1st place (Miller, M. DiSalle, Trimble, MacDonald)
400 Free Relay: 1st place (Williams, Miller, M. DiSalle, D. DiSalle)
3:08.19 District Record NISCA All-American Time
Diving: Dylan Szegedi, 1st place
Matt McKee (W. Toledo), 6th place
Christopher Evola, 10th place
Jake Booth (Sylania), 11th place
At the Ohio State Championships, the Aqua-Knights came in 2nd place, by 10 points, to Cincinnati St Xavier. Here are the results:
50 Free: Dan DiSalle, 7th place
100 Free: Dan DiSalle, 4th place
200 Free: Rowan Williams, 4th place
Mike DiSalle, 5th place
Dan Miller, 11th place
500 Free: Matt Zimmerman, 17th place
100 Back: Rowan Williams, 6th place
Nick Carmony, 21st place
100 Breast: Phil Barone, 2nd place
DJ MacDonald, 11th place
100 Fly: Mike DiSalle, 15th place
200 Individual Medley: DJ MacDonald, 13th place
200 Medley Relay: 1st place
200 Free Relay: 6th place
1:26.88 NISCA All-American time
400 Free Relay: 1st place
3.06.09 NISCA All-American time
Diving: Dylan Szegedi, 11th place
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