By: Drew Ellis dellis@medianewsgroup.com
Photo Caption: The Farmington Hills Mercy swim team captured the 2020 Oakland County championship on Saturday. The Marlins swam at one of eight satellite events this year in order for the meet to be conducted. Mercy competed at Groves High School. (KEN SWART - MediaNews Group)
Farmington Hills Mercy won itself another Oakland County title in girls swimming and diving on Saturday, but did it in a different style.
The Marlins narrowly defeated Cranbrook-Kingswood for the title, 285-266, in an event that was scattered across Oakland County.
Eight different sites hosted four teams and times were tabulated together in order to determine event and team winners.
The new format was done this year to limit the number of athletes at a single site in order to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Relays were a strong part of Mercy’s success on Saturday, as the Marlins took home the county title in two of the three relay events.
The team of Sydney Derkevorkian, Amylia Higgins, Katie Hermann and Greta Gidley won the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:35.65. Gidley joined Madeline Basa, Emma May and Samantha Diaz to win the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:47.71.
Gidley also went on to win the county title in the 50 freestyle with a time of 23.95. Diver Clara McCliment won the title for the Marlins as well with a score of 382.70.
Cranbrook’s team of Charlotte Trunsky, Hale Oal, Gwen Woodbury and Charlotte DeSantos won the 200 freestyle relay in a time of 1:37.96.
Woodbury went on to win two individual titles for the Cranes as well. She won the 200 freestyle in a time of 1:50.57, and won the 100 freestyle in 51.29.
Cranbrook’s Justine Murdock also took home two event titles. She won the 200 individual medley in 2:08.19, and won the 100 backstroke in 56.76.
Farmington’s Madeline Greaves won the county title in the 100 butterfly with a time of 56.33. She also went on to win the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:04.74.
Novi’s Jimin Son won the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:06.42.
Team Results
1. Farmington Hills Mercy 285, 2. Cranbrook-Kingswood 266, 3. Birmingham Seaholm 210, 4. Novi 193, 5. Birmingham Marian 173, 6. Rochester Adams 145, 7. Farmington 144, 8. Lake Orion 129, 9. Birmingham Groves 109, 10. Milford 86, 11. West Bloomfield 84, 12. Oxford 81, 13. South Lyon 71, 14. Notre Dame Prep 62, 15. Bloomfield Hills 57, 16. Stoney Creek 47, 17. Royal Oak 46, 18. Walled Lake Western 37, 19. North Farmington 31, 20. Clarkston 20, 21. Troy 15, 22. South Lyon East 11, 23. Walled Lake Northern 7, 23. Lakeland 7, 25. Madison Heights Bishop Foley 5, 26. Detroit Country Day 4.
200 MEDLEY RELAY: 1. Mercy 1:47.71, 2. Cranbrook 1:48.84, 3. Seaholm 1:50.46, 4. West Bloomfield 1:50.71, 5. Notre Dame Prep 1:52.59, 6. Farmington 1:52.65, 7. Marian 1:53.50, 8. South Lyon 1:54.21.
200 FREESTYLE: 1. Gwen Woodbury (Cranbrook) 1:50.57, 2. Jimin Son (Novi) 1:54.40, 3. Jenna Fistler (Oxford) 1:55.20, 4. Paiton VanDyke (Marian) 1:55.56, 5. Ella Glaspie (Milford) 1:55.90, 6. Brooke Thompson (Bloomfield Hills) 1:56.37, 7. Cotter Welch (Mercy) 1:56.57, 8. Casey Sanders (North Farmington) 1:56.71
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY: 1. Justin Murdock (Cranbrook) 2:08.19, 2. Kate Stanley (Seaholm) 2:10.07, 3. Mattie Smith (West Bloomfield) 2:10.77, 4. Karen Austin (Groves) 2:12.32, 5. Olivia Goodman (Adams) 2:12.56, 6. Paige Potter (Lake Orion) 2:13.12, 7. Megan Clifford (Seaholm) 2:13.36, 8. Kelley Hassett (Seaholm) 2:13.46.
50 FREESTYLE: 1. Greta Gidley (Mercy) 23.95, 2. Samantha Diaz (Mercy) 24.00, 3. Julia Waechter (Marian) 24.04, 4. Kotoko Blair (Novi) 24.20, 5. Julia Katulski (Novi) 24.55, 6. Rylie Kennedy (Milford) 24.67, 7. Charlotte Trunsky (Cranbrook) 24.80, 8. Samantha Clifford (Seaholm) 24.83.
1M DIVING: 1. Clara McCliment (Mercy) 382.70, 2. Amelia Knotts (Oxford) 369.95, 3. Alexis Lumaj (WL Western) 336.90, 4. Anna Lang (South Lyon) 329.95, 5. Sarah Kerbrat (Novi) 324.55, 6. Julia Hunt (Clarkston) 307.05, 7. Sarah Weissman (Cranbrook) 302.50, 8. Quinlan Toupin (Farmington) 301.75.
100 BUTTERFLY: 1. Madeline Greaves (Farmington) 56.33, 2. Rhian Russell (Adams) 58.35, 3. Samantha Diaz (Mercy) 58.40, 4. Emma May (Mercy) 58.58, 5. Kate Stanley (Seaholm) 59.04, 6. Megan Clifford (Seaholm) 59.65, 7. Serena Hao (Cranbrook) 1:00.11, 8. Emme D’Errico (Farmington) 1:00.22.
100 FREESTYLE: 1. Gwen Woodbury (Cranbrook) 51.29, 2. Greta Gidley (Mercy) 52.05, 3. Julia Waechter (Marian) 52.20, 4. Kotoko Blair (Novi) 52.46, 5. Brooke Thompson (Bloomfield Hills) 52.99, 6. Alina Stanczak (ND Prep) 52.23, 7. Madison Helmick (Groves) 53.84, 8. Jenna Fistler (Oxford) 53.92.
500 FREESTYLE: 1. Jimin Son (Novi) 5:06.42, 2. Karen Austin (Groves) 5:09.29, 3. Cotter Welch (Mercy) 5:11.92, 4. Ella Sieber (Lake Orion) 5:12.24, 5. Ella Glaspie (Milford) 5:12.63, 6. Paiton VanDyke (Mercy) 5:14.92, 7. Casey Sanders (North Farmington) 5:15.26, 8. Samantha Clifford (Seaholm) 5:15.71.
200 FREESTYLE RELAY: 1. Cranbrook 1:37.96, 2. Novi 1:39.06, 3. Marian 1:40.83, 4. Rochester Adams 1:40.94, 5. Seaholm 1:41.57, 6. South Lyon 1:42.56, 7. Milford 1:42.70, 8. West Bloomfield 1:42.85.
100 BACKSTROKE: 1. Justin Murdock (Cranbrook) 56.76, 2. Alina Stanczak (Notre Dame Prep) 58.74, 3. Madeline Basa (Mercy) 58.95, 4. Lauren Valentine (Lake Orion) 1:00.19, 5. Paige Potter (Lake Orion) 1:00.20, 6. Julijana Jelic (Cranbrook) 1:00.21, 7. Rhian Russell (Adams) 1:00.61, 8. Julia Walser (Stoney Creek) 1:00.79.
100 BREASTROKE: 1. Madeline Greaves (Farmington) 1:04.74, 2. Emma May (Mercy) 1:05.76, 3. Mattie Smith (West Bloomfield) 1:06.13, 4. Rucha Deshpande (Troy) 1:07.56, 5. Rachel Bello (Marian) 1:07.88, 6. Grace Charnstrom (Oxford) 1:08.34, 7. Serena Hao (Cranbrook) 1:08.78, 8. Lauren Louwers (Seaholm) 1:08.80.
400 FREESTYLE RELAY: 1. Mercy 3:35.65, 2. Cranbrook 3:36.65, 3. Seaholm 3:38.93, 4. Novi 3:38.98, 5. Marian 3:39.55, 6. Lake Orion 3:41.32, 7. Farmington 3:41.93, 8. Groves 3:44.05.