Clarkston High School senior Dan Reed gave the Wolves’ boys swimming fans one more sterling performance before riding into the sunset.
At the Oakland Activities Association Division I meet Feb. 19-21 in Lake Orion, Reed made the all-league team, set three individual school records and was part of the 200 yard freestyle relay team and 200 yard medley relay team which set two more school records.
The Wolves finished fifth overall at the meet with a total of 253 points. West Bloomfield took first place with a total of 344 points, followed by Birmingham Seaholm with 333 points and Lake Orion with 291.5 points.
Clarkston coach Kenwyn Chock noted the team’s finish indicates the program, which just concluded its fourth year, still has room for improvement. “It just shows we have a good dual meet team, but when it came to the championship meet, we didn’t do very well,” she said.
Reed’s three individual school records were in the 200 yard individual medley (2:08.9, good for fifth place overall), 50 yard freestyle and 100 yard freestyle (50.27, second). In addition, the 200 yard freestyle relay team of Reed, senior Derek LaHousse, junior Nick Riegel and senior Louis Seaman set a new school record (1:34.34, third) and the 200 yard medley relay team of senior Troy Quantz, senior Jeff Driscoll, Derek LaHousse and Reed also set a school mark.
Other Clarkston swimmers placing in the top ten in their events at the meet were junior Greyson LaHousse (fifth in diving with 270.15 points), junior Bobby Johnson (sixth, diving, 269.7), Nick Riegel (fifth, 100 yard butterfly, 59.14), Derek LaHousse (sixth, 100 yard butterfly, 59.25), senior Troy Quantz (fourth, 100 yard backstroke, 1:00.06); senior Nick Curdy (sixth, 100 yard breaststroke, 1:06.98) and the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Nick Riegel, freshman Ryan Kurrle, Quantz and Seaman (seventh, 3:38.29).
Chock hopes next year will be the year the Wolves qualify a swimmer for the state meet. The Wolves can expect to see several new faces on the team when the 2003-04 season hits.
“We’re definitely reloading,” she said. “We lost six seniors, but we’re definitely looking for some good freshmen. I’m hoping we can get a swimmer to states next year.”