The football team isn’t the only 7-0 team at Clarkston High School. The Wolves girls swimming team kept their undefeated streak alive on Oct. 4 with a 112-73 victory over Farmington Hills Harrison.
Wolves Coach Kenwyn Chock said the meet was the teams? biggest of the season and heavily contested, regardless of the final score.
‘It was the best meet I’ve seen in several years, it was close,? she said.
‘The score doesn’t show how close it was, it was exciting every event’it was good for us to win something like this.?
Times were only fractions of a second different in several events, including the 500-yard freestyle, which junior Kaitlyn Hassett won with a time of 5:25.38. Harrison had two runners up, Erin Grubbs finished at 5:25.43 and Rennie Jones finished at 5:25.54.
Hassett was also victorious in the 200-yard freestyle finishing at 2:04.12, more than four seconds better than the runner-up.
Junior Alyssa Vela also took two events, the 50-yard freestyle (25.28) and 100-yard freestyle (54.33). Sophomore Christine Seiple took the 100-yard butterfly (1:03.46) and the 100-yard backstroke (1:04.40).
Chock was impressed with the way her team performed versus Harrison and developed team chemistry this season. ‘It was the best I’ve ever seen them swim, they really came together,? she said.
Chock said the Wolves were fortunate to win meets early in the season at a time when it can be difficult because teams need to figure out which events their swimmers should be in. That early success has helped put the team where they are now.
Clarkston faces Lake Orion at home on Oct. 12, followed by a match in Rochester on Oct. 19 prior to league and state playoffs.
The Wolves will see more stiff competition from the two remaining opponents because they are strong teams, Chock said.