December 11, 2025

Grand Blanc @ Lapeer

Grand Blanc = 141
Lapeer = 35 

Our Boys Varsity Swim & Dive Team had their first meet of the season this past Thursday against one of the SVL’s powerhouse teams – Grand Blanc.  Grand Blanc brought fierce competition to our pool with 19 athletes (two divers).  Our team had 14 athletes (no divers currently), consisting of seven returning athletes (Ashton Carpenter, Chase Desormeau, Scotty Porter, Matthew Sells, Micah Stern, Nicholas Uryga-Williams and Gavin Wandrie) and 7 new athletes (Gabe Chapa, Hunter Edmonds, Collin Hughes, Noah Jernberg, Paul Narceda, Jackson Toland and Aaron Wheatley).

Our team knew this was going to be a tough first meet of the season; however, they went into it with a positive attitude, pushing themselves hard to try and hit the touchpad at the finish first.  I was pleased to see the progress they are already making, which can be seen below, along with the complete results.  I am looking forward to a great season with them! 

Individual Events Summary:

·       Individual Event Entries = 28

·       New PB achieved = 14 out of 28 = 50% improvement

·       New SB achieved = 4 out of 28 = 14% improvement

·       Overall Individual Event Improvement = 18 out of 28 = 64% improvement

Relay Event Summary:

·       Relay Event Entries = 7 (28 splits)

·       New PB Relay Split achieved = 15 out of 28 = 53.5% improvement

·       New SB Relay Split achieved = 3 out of 28 = 10.7% improvement

·       Overall Relay Split Improvement = 18 out of 28 = 64% improvement

·       Relay Team Improvement = 4 out of 7 = 57% improvement

Top Finishers in Individual Events:

·       200 Freestyle – Matthew Sells – 4th

·       200 IM – Gavin Wandrie – 4th

·       50 Freestyle – Nick Uryga-Williams – 4th

·       100 Butterfly – Gavin Wandrie – 3rd

·       100 Freestyle – Nick Uryga-Williams – 4th

·       500 Freestyle – Jackson Toland – 3rd

·       100 Backstroke - Chase Desormeau – 4th

·       100 Breaststroke – Jackson Toland – 3rd

Leading the way with Points for our team:

·       Jackson Toland – 7.5 points

·       Gavin Wandrie – 6.5 points

·       Matthew Sells – 4.5 points

·       Nick Uryga-Williams – 4.5 points

·       Chase Desormeau – 4.0 points

·       Micah Stern – 3.0 points

·       Ashton Carpenter – 2.0 points

·       Scotty Porter – 1.5 points

·       Noah Jernberg – 1.0 point

·       Gabe Chapa - .5 point

Complete Results by Event:

PB – New Personal Best Time Achieved

SB – New Season’s Best Time Achieved

DQ – Disqualification (Time doesn’t count)

x - Exhibition

(-) – Amount of time dropped

Event #1:  200 yard Medley Relay –

3rd – (A Team) – 2:15.28 – 2 points

·       50 Back – Chase Desormeau – 39.07

·       50 Breast – Jackson Toland – 35.02* PB (-.06)

·       50 Fly – Gavin Wandrie – 28.77* PB (-.46)

·       50 Free – Nick Uryga-Williams – 32.42

5th – (B Team) – 2:35.07* SB (-10.08)

·       50 Back – Ashton Carpenter – 41.21* PB (-.87)

·       50 Breast – Scotty Porter – 47.93* PB (-.64)

·       50 Fly – Micah Stern – 31.74* PB (-3.06)

·       50 Free – Hunter Edmonds – 34.19* PB (-7.04)

Event #2:  200 yard Freestyle –

4th – Matthew Sells – 2:26.39* PB (-4.60) – 2 points

5th – Ashton Carpenter – 3:49.84 – 1 point

DQ – Hunter Edmonds – 3:37.64* (DQ = walking or springing from bottom)

Event #3:  200 yard Individual Medley –

4th – Gavin Wandrie – 3:01.87* SB (-.35) – 2 points

5th – Micah Stern – 3:28.13 – 1 point

Event #4:  50 yard Freestyle –

4th – Nick Uryga-Williams – 32.14 – 2 points

5th – Noah Jernberg – 43.94* PB (-4.41) – 1 point

6th – Gabe Chapa – 46.07* PB (-3.77)

x – Collin Hughes – 51.99* PB (-2.34)

x – Aaron Wheatley – 53.26* PB (-.94)

x – Paul Narceda – 57.82* PB (-.70)

Event #5:  1 meter Diving (6 Dives) –

We did not have anyone in this event.

Event #6:  100 yard Butterfly –

3rd – Gavin Wandrie – 1:10.37* SB (-1.63) – 3 points

5th – Micah Stern – 1:38.38 – 1 point

Event #7:  100 yard Freestyle –

4th – Nick Uryga-Williams – 1:19.31* PB (-8.70) – 2 points

5th – Scotty Porter – 1:23.10* SB (-16.46) – 1 point

6th – Hunter Edmonds – 1:30.70* PB (-9.22)

x – Noah Jernberg – 1:45.42* PB (-6.17)

x – Paul Narceda – 2:27.60* PB (-10.11)

Event #8:  500 yard Freestyle –

3rd – Jackson Toland – 6:36.95 – 3 points

5th – Chase Desormeau – 7:48.78* SB (-29.10) – 1 point

Event #9:  200 yard Freestyle Relay –

2nd – (A Team) – 1:52.59* SB (-.24) – 4 points

·       50 Free – Matthew Sells – 27.59* PB (-2.47)

·       50 Free – Jackson Toland – 29.09

·       50 Free – Micah Sterns – 29.76* PB (-.63)

·       50 Free – Gavin Wandrie – 26.15* SB (-1.09)

5th – (B Team) – 2:39.31

·       50 Free – Gabe Chapa – 44.68* PB (-5.16)

·       50 Free – Ashton Carpenter – 42.71

·       50 Free – Hunter Edmonds – 38.03* PB (-3.20)

·       50 Free – Nick Uryga-Williams – 33.77

6th – (C Team) – 3.31.11* SB (-4.29)

·       50 Free – Noah Jernberg – split was not recorded

·       50 Free – Paul Narceda – split was not recorded

·       50 Free – Collin Hughes – 57.42

·       50 Free – Aaron Wheatley – 48.41* PB (-8.79)

Event #10:  100 yard Backstroke –

4th – Chase Desormeau – 1:36.10 – 2 points

5th – Ashton Carpenter – 1:40.04 – 1 point

6th – Gabe Chapa – 1:58.28* PB (1st time swimming)

x – Collin Hughes – 2:20.05* PB (1st time swimming)

Event #11:  100 yard Breaststroke –

3rd – Jackson Toland – 1:21.33* PB (-2.06) – 3 points

5th – Matthew Sells – 1:24.96 – 1 point

6th – Scotty Porter – 1:53.32

x – Aaron Wheatley – 2:47.89* PB (1st time swimming)

Event #12:  400 yard Freestyle Relay –

3rd – (A Team) – 5:57.66 – 2 points

·       100 Free – Matthew Sells – 1:09.88* PB (-5.85)

·       100 Free – Gabe Chapa – 1:57.90

·       100 Free – Scotty Porter – 1:34.40* SB (-5.16)

·       100 Free – Chase Desormeau – 1:15.79* SB (-3.47)

5th – (B Team) – 8:46.99* SB (-16.61)

·       100 Free – Aaron Wheatley – 2:10.29* PB (-2.26)

·       100 Free – Paul Narceda – 2:36.02* PB (-1.70)

·       100 Free – Collin Hughes – 2:22.43

·       100 Free – Noah Jernberg – 1:38.26 PB (-13.33)

January 15-17, 2026

Greater Genesee County Swimming & Diving Championship

1 – Grand Blanc                467

2 – Fenton                         265

3 – Owosso                       234

4 – Holly                            201.50

5 – Kearsley                      191

5 – Swartz Creek               191

7 – Powers Catholic           179

8 – Davison                       175

9 – Corunna                       157.50

10 – Lapeer                      67

11 – Brandon                     56 

The Genesee County Championship was a three-day event with the Diving Prelims and Semis on Thursday, Individual Swimming Event Prelims on Friday and the Swimming and Diving Finals on Saturday. 

The top 16 finishers from Prelims swam and dove in the Finals, earning points for their teams.  The top 8 finishers were also awarded medals.  The three relay events were swum as Finals.  Each team was allowed one relay entry per relay event.  In the 200 Freestyle Relay event, teams were also allowed to have one exhibition relay. 

The Prelims were very exciting, with most of our team achieving at least one new PB!  Our team had three athletes finish Prelims in the top 16:  Matthew Sells (200 Free), Micah Stern (50 Free) and Gavin Wandrie (100 Fly).  Jackson Toland was the 1st Alternate (100 Breast); however, did not get to swim it in the Finals. 

Please see all details below for our results: 

Individual Events Summary:

Prelims –

·       Individual Event Entries = 30

·       New PB achieved = 18 out of 30 = 60% improvement

·       New SB achieved = 1 out of 30 = 3% improvement

·       Overall Individual Event Improvement (Prelims) = 19 out of 30 = 63% improvement

Finals –

·       Individual Event Qualifiers = 3

·       New PB achieved = 2 out of 3 = 67% improvement

·       New SB achieved = 0 out of 3 = 0% improvement

·       Overall Individual Event Improvement (Finals) = 2 out of 3 = 67% improvement 

Grand Total Individuals Event Improvement = 21 out of 33 = 64% improvement

Relay Event Summary:

·       Relay Event Entries = 4 (16 splits)

·       New PB Relay Split achieved = 8 out of 16 = 50% improvement

·       New SB Relay Split achieved = 0 out of 16 = 0% improvement

·       Overall Relay Split Improvement = 8 out of 16 = 50% improvement

·       Relay Team Improvement = 3 out of 4 = 75% improvement 

Top Finishers in Individual Events:

·       200 Freestyle – Matthew Sells – 16th (Prelims), 16th (Finals)

·       200 IM – No Entries in this event

·       50 Freestyle – Micah Stern – 16th (Prelims), 12th (Finals)

·       1 Meter Diving (11 Dives) – No Entries in this event

·       100 Butterfly – Gavin Wandrie – 15th (Prelims), 14th (Finals) 

·       100 Freestyle – Micah Stern – 21st (Prelims)

·       500 Freestyle – No Entries in this event

·       100 Backstroke – Chase Desormeau – 23rd (Prelims)

·       100 Breaststroke – Jackson Toland – 17th (Prelims – 1st Alternate) 

Leading the way with Points for our team:

·       Gavin Wandrie – 17.5 points

·       Micah Stern – 15.0 points

·       Jackson Toland – 14.5 points

·       Matthew Sells – 11.0 points

·       Chase Desormeau – 4.5 points

·       Dominic Rodriguez – 4.5 points 

PRELIMS RESULTS (1-16-2026)

PB – New Personal Best Time Achieved

SB – New Season’s Best Time Achieved

DQ – Disqualification (Time doesn’t count)

x – Exhibition

(-) – Amount of time dropped 

Event #1:  200 yard Medley Relay –

Swam only in Finals. 

Event #2:  200 yard Freestyle –

16th – Matthew Sells – 2:19.86* PB (-.33) – QUALIFIED FOR FINALS

33rd – Hunter Edmonds – 2:55.81 

Event #3:  200 yard Individual Medley –

We did not have anyone entered in this event. 

Event #4:  50 yard Freestyle –

16th – Micah Stern – 26.85* PB (-1.16) – QUALIFIED FOR FINALS

24th – Dominic Rodriguez – 29.51

26th – Nick Uryga-Williams – 29.70

49th – Landon Brown – 35.16* PB (-3.25)

51st – Paul Narceda – 38.01* PB (-.94)

53rd – Noah Jernberg – 39.29* PB (-4.05)

55th – Michael Moore – 40.66

56th – Aaron Wheatley – 42.35

57th – Collin Hughes – 48.48* PB (-1.45) 

Event #5:  1 meter Diving (11 Dives) –

We did not have anyone entered in this event. 

Event #6:  100 yard Butterfly –

15th – Gavin Wandrie – 1:10.53 – QUALIFIED FOR FINALS 

Event #7:  100 yard Freestyle –

21st – Micah Stern – 1:02.70* PB (-7.30)

26th – Chase Desormeau – 1:05.68* PB (-1.96)

36th – Dominic Rodriguez – 1:08.63* PB (-1.03)

40th – Nick Uryga-Williams – 1:10.89* PB (-4.22)

52nd – Hunter Edmonds – 1:16.86* PB (-8.05)

54th – Scotty Porter – 1:18.60

57th – Landon Brown – 1:25.01* PB (-6.16)

58th – Ashton Carpenter – 1:25.17* PB (-2.96)

60th – Michael Moore – 1:27.22* PB (-27.17)

61st – Paul Narceda – 1:27.72* PB (-6.55)

63rd – Noah Jernberg – 1:30.45* PB (-8.09)

Event #8:  500 yard Freestyle –

We did not have anyone entered in this event. 

Event #9:  200 yard Freestyle Relay –

Swam only in Finals. 

Event #10:  100 yard Backstroke –

23rd – Chase Desormeau – 1:23.13* PB (-3.00)

28th – Ashton Carpenter – 1:30.93* SB (-2.03)

DQ – Collin Hughes – 1:59.27 – (DQ = Not on back off wall) 

Event #11:  100 yard Breaststroke –

17th – Jackson Toland – 1:21.07 – (FINALS – 1ST ALTERNATE)

24th – Matthew Sells – 1:23.26

38th – Scotty Porter – 1:38.73* PB (-1.74)

DQ – Aaron Wheatley – 2:14.61 – (DQ = Alternating kick) 

Event #12:  400 yard Freestyle Relay –

Swam only in Finals. 

FINALS RESULTS (1-17-2026) 

Event #1:  200 yard Medley Relay –

9th – (A Team) – 2:13.73 – 18 points

·       50 Back – Chase Desormeau – 38.60

·       50 Breast – Jackson Toland – 36.53

·       50 Fly – Gavin Wandrie – 29.56

·       50 Free – Dominic Rodriguez – 29.04 

Event #2:  200 yard Freestyle –

16th – Matthew Sells – 2:19.08* PB (-1.11) 

Event #4:  50 yard Freestyle –

12th – Micah Stern – 26.29* PB (-1.72) – 5 points 

Event #6:  100 yard Butterfly –

14th – Gavin Wandrie – 1:10.88 – 3 points 

Event #9:  200 yard Freestyle Relay –

9th – (A Team) – 1:45.43* SB (-4.57) – 18 points

·       50 Free – Micah Stern – 26.19* PB (-.66)

·       50 Free – Jackson Toland – 27.35* PB (-.87)

·       50 Free – Matthew Sells – 26.57* PB (-.40)

·       50 Free – Gavin Wandrie – 25.32* PB (-.56)

x – (B Team) – 2:22.51* SB (-8.16)

·       50 Free – Ashton Carpenter – 38.58

·       50 Free – Paul Narceda – 35.17* PB (-2.84)

·       50 Free – Landon Brown – accurate split not recorded

·       50 Free – Hunter Edmonds – accurate split not recorded 

Event #12:  400 yard Freestyle Relay –

8th – (A Team) – 4:06.15* SB (-24.15) – 22 points

·       100 Free – Micah Stern – 1:02.92

·       100 Free – Jackson Toland – 1:04.37* PB (-.19)

·       100 Free – Matthew Sells – 1:01.39* PB (-.96)

·       100 Free – Gavin Wandrie – 57.47* PB (-4.33) 

Go Lightning!

Coach Wagner 

Featured Image:  (Photos by Linda Wagner)

Left Column –

·       (Top) – 200 Medley Relay Team (Chase Desormeau, Jackson Toland, Gavin Wandrie, Dominic Rodriguez

·       (Middle) – 200 Freestyle Relay (Exhibition - B Team) – Ashton Carpenter, Paul Narceda, Landon Brown, Hunter Edmonds

·       (Bottom) – Gavin Wandrie blasts off as Matthew Sells finishes his leg of the 200 Freestyle Relay

Middle Column –

·       (Top) – Micah Stern excited about his 12th place finish in the 50 Freestyle event

·       (Bottom) – Matthew Sells finished 16th in the 200 Freestyle event

Right Column –

·       (Top) – Gavin Wandrie swimming 100 Butterfly in Finals and finished 14th

·       (Middle) – 400 Freestyle Relay (A Team) – Gavin Wandrie, Jackson Toland, Matthew Sells, Micah Stern – Won Medals finishing in 8th place

·       (Bottom) – Team photo from Finals: 

o   (Front Row) – Chase Desormeau, Gavin Wandrie

o   (Middle Row) – Jackson Toland, Noah Jernberg, Micah Stern, Aaron Wheatley

o   (Back Row) – Domonic Rodriguez, Ashton Carpenter, Scotty Porter, Matthew Sells, Nick Uryga-Williams, Landon Brown, Michael Moore, Paul Narceda