Clarkston swimmers compete in OAA White League meet

ROYAL OAK — The Clarkston Boys Swim and Dive team finished in fifth place at the OAA White League Meet at Royal Oak High School, Feb. 26-28.
Clarkston finished with three swimmers and one diver claiming All-League in six events with Blake Davidson in the 100-yard butterfly; Braedan Covintree in the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle; Ben Guzal in 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard IM; and Jonathan George, 1-meter diving
For individual events, in the 50-yard freestyle, Edward Zarzycki finished in 15th place in the time of 24.84; Davidson, 16th, 24.87; 100-yard butterfly, Davidson, sixth, 57.39; Zarzycki, ninth, 59.04; Diego Cordoba-Ortega, 14th, 1:04.90; Ryan Kornas, 15th, 1:04.93; 100-yard freestyle, Covintree, fourth, 49.00; 100-yard backstroke, Guzal, third, 55.75; Connor Quinlan, 12th, 1:03.45; 100-yard breaststroke, Weston Miller, 15th, 1:11.49; 200-yard freestyle, Covintree, second, 1:46.62; Jack Smith, 11th, 1:57.27; 200-yard IM, Guzal, fifth, 2:06.90; and 500-yard freestyle, Smith, 12th, 5:21.77.
The team of Guzal, Miller, Davidson and Covintree finished in fourth place in the 200-yard medley relay in the time of 1:43.60. The team of Guzal, Davidson, Smith and Covintree finished in fourth place in the 200-yard freestyle relay, 1:33.29. The team of Zarzycki, Quinlan, Smith and David Ryan finished in sixth place in the 400-yard freestyle relay, 3:40.65.

From Jeff Musson, assistant coach, Braeden Covintree, Blake Davidson, Ben Guzal, Jack Smith and Haley Grisdale, head coach. Covintree, Davidson, Guzal and Smith will compete in the state championship this Friday and Saturday in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Photo provided by Kelly Smith

George finished in third place in the 1-meter diving event with 279.70 points in 11 dives.
Stoney Creek finished in first place with 447 points; Bloomfield Hills, second, 396; Groves, third, 385.5; Oxford, fourth, 269; Clarkston, fifth, 215.5; and Royal Oak, sixth, 215.
The Wolves compete in the MHSAA Division 1 Boys Swim and Dive State Championship at the Holland Aquatic Center this Friday and Saturday.
Covintree qualified to compete in the in the 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard freestyle events.
Guzal qualified to compete in the 100-yard backstroke.
Covintree and Guzal will join Davidson and Smith to compete in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
George qualified to compete in the 1-meter diving event after taking ninth place with 268.20 points at the MHSAA Division 1 Dive Region 2 competition at Oxford High School, March 6.

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