Tag Archives: swimming

Holland girls swim team earns second in the state once again

The Holland girls swim team finished second in the state once again this season. They finished the meet by earning second in the 400 freestyle. The team of Courtney Bartholomew, Holly Morren, Haley Thompson and Klare Northuis swam a 3:30.45. Read the full story with The Grand Rapids Press: “Holland [...]

Kelly Barnes headed to state for swimming

Reeths-Puffer’s Kelly Barnes has qualified for state in the breaststroke with a time of 1:11.76. She will be competing in the Division 1 state finals on Nov. 19-20. She also swims in the 200 medley relay and the 200 freestyle relay. Read the full story with The Muskegon Chronicle: “Muskegon/Reeths-Puffer [...]

Tiffany Ray helps Jenison top East Kentwood in girls swimming

Jenison’s Tiffany Ray won all three races she swam in on Thursday night, leading the Wildcats to a 184-124 OK Red Conference victory over East Kentwood. Read the full story with The Grand Rapids Press: “Tiffany Ray helps power Jenison girls swimming…”

West Catholic tops Catholic Central in swimming and diving

The West Catholic girls swimming and diving team beat Catholic Central for the first time since the mid 1990′s. The final score for the rescheduled dual meet was 95-91. West Catholic’s Emily Price won the 200-meter and 500 freestyle, while Erica Wysocki topped the diving field. Jorgie Watson and Kristine Craven [...]

Freshman Samantha Postmus Qualified for State Championships in Swimming

14-year-old Samantha Postmus, a freshman on the Wayland swimming and diving team, will be swimming for a state championship this season as she already has qualified for the Division 3 state finals. Postmus already has two of Wayland’s school records. The first was the 200-yard freestyle where she swam 2:04.99. The second was [...]

Abby VanHarn takes on double duty

Grand Rapids Christian’s Freshman Abby VanHarn is a member of both theh diving team and the swimming team. She spends half of each practice working on improving her swimming speed. The rest of the time she spends improving her diving technique. Read the full story with The Grand Rapids Press: [...]

Taylor Folkertsma helps Forest Hills Central defeat Grand Rapids Christian

Forest Hills Central girls swim team defeated Grand Rapids Christian 98-88 at Tuesday’s dual meet. Taylor Folkertsma took home four first place finishes: 200- and the 100-yard freestyle, along with anchoring the 200 and 400 freestyle teams. Read the full story with The Grand Rapids Press: “Taylor Folkertsma helps lead Forest [...]

Michaela Rookus Brings Versatility to Hudsonville Swim Team

Hudsonville junior, Michaela Rookus is captain on the girls swimming and diving team. Last year she earned Division 2 all-state honors in three different areas, 200-yard medley relay, 200 individual medley and 400 freestyle relay. Rookus is not like most swimmers, she is versatile and can swim any event you ask [...]

Courtney Bartholomew Ties Swimming Record

Courtney Bartholomew tied the state record in the 100-yard backstroke Tuesday night at Holland Aquatic Center. She won the event with a time of 54.05 seconds. Bartholomew help Holland beat West Ottawa, 119-66. Dutch victory against West Ottawa. Read the full story with The Grand Rapids Press: “Courtney Bartholomew’s record-tying…”

WMA takes attendance: Tigers suffer second straight

A look around the wide world of high school sports and the web that covers it.  Well, not the whole world, mostly just the distance between Lake Michigan and somewhere-in-the-vicinity-of-Lansing, give or take about 50-miles.  In an order wholly indecipherable to the naked eye.  So look closely: Feb. 11 high [...]