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Grosse Pointe South Boys Swim Team Defeats North

A meet Tuesday ended in South outscoring their rivals at Grosse Pointe North High School.

By Michael O'Connor, North Boys Swimming & Diving Coach

The Boys Swimming and Diving Team dropped a 114-72 decision to Tuesday night.

Justin Rakowicz was a double winner for North taking the 100 yard freestyle in D2 state qualifying time and the 500 yard freestyle.

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North had three single winners:

  • Christian Mellos taking the 200 yard individual medley in D2 state qualifying time
  • Matthew Leone taking the 100 yard backstroke
  • James McNelis winning the 1 meter diving

Mellos second place time in the 100 yard breastroke was also a D2 state qualifying time.

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Season best performances were recorded in the following events:

  • 50 yard freestyle: Graham Eger, Anthony Cafagna, Chris Ghanem
  • 100 yard freestyle: Justin Rakowicz, Stuart Haigh
  • 100 yard backstroke: Matthew Leone, Ryhs Williams
  • 100 yard butterfly Evan Williams
  • 200 yard individual medley: Michael Reith
  • 1 meter diving: James McNelis and Graham Eger

North is now 4-5 (0-4 MAC Red) in dual meet competition.

The complete results of the meet are attached as a pdf file along with the photo.

Want to share your team's good news with Patch? Email editor Sara Martin at sara.martin@patch.com.

CORRECTION: The headline of this article was corrected on Feb. 1 at 11:43 a.m.


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