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)