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Bulldog swim and dive continues strong showings; state meet qualifying times

Chelsea Bulldogs logo(Chelsea Update would like to thank Dave Jolly for the information in this story.)

Chelsea got off to a solid start to competitive swim and dive season with great performances at MEGA Quad meet.

The Bulldogs traveled to Skyline High School last weekend to take on Skyline the No. 4 ranked team in D2, Groves, the No. 8 ranked in D2 and Heartland High School, the No. 10 ranked team in D1.

Chelsea beat Hartland 114 to 69 and Groves 109 to 77. The Bulldogs fell to Skyline 108 to 78.

The Bulldogs got the meet off to great start with both the A and B 200yd medley relays qualifying for this year’s state meet.

  • Kurt Jolly, Philipi Lopes, Sam Almhiemid and Joey Mangner stopped the clock at 1:41.95 taking 3rd place and Jacob Hartman, Zach Lee, Lee Argir and Max Lonnemo were close behind at 5th with a time of 1:46.24
  • In the 200yd freestyle, Aunic Goodin was 6th overall with a time of 1:54.53.
  • Philipi Lopes was the top placer in the 200yd IM taking 4th place at 2:07.09. Jacob Hartman was 7th at 2:11.47.
  • In the 50yd freestyle, Joey Mangner and Max Lonnemo were the top placers for the Bulldogs. Mangner took 2nd place with a time of 22.72 and Lonnemo was 3rd with a time of 23.21.
  • Jake Burris broke his second pool record of the young season as he won the 1-meter diving competition with a score of 282.10pts. Joe Smith was 2nd with a score of 267.85pts. And Jordan Smith took 3rd for the sweep as he scored 228.80pts.
  • Sam Almhiemid was quite impressive winning the 100 butterfly going away. His time of 52.97 is the fastest in the state thus far in the season. Max Lonnemo was on top of his game as he qualified for states with a 56.69 clocking to take 5th place.
  • Philipi Lopes took 3rd place honors in the 500yd freestyle with a time of 5:04.24. His time qualified him for states.
  • Chelsea 200yd freestyle relay swam a state qualification time as Joey Mangner, Carter Engler, Zach Lee, and Max Lonnemo cruised to a 1:33.27 to take 2nd place.
  • Last year, Chelsea had the best group of backstrokers in the state and that trend continued as Sam Almhiemid and Kurt Jolly both qualified for states. Almhiemid placed 3rd with a time of 55.46 and Jolly was was 5th at 57.46. Jacob Hartman also hit the state qualification mark taking 6th overall at 58.46. Collin Babycz was much improved from last season going 1:00.65 to take 10th.
  • Chelsea finished the evening with a double state qualification of the 400yd freestyle relays.  Chelsea’s A relay of Aunis Goodin, Jacob Hartman, Sam Almhiemid and Philipi Lopes swam a 3:28.95 and the B relay of Carter Engler, Lee Argir, Dylan Ousley and Kurt Jolly clocked a 3:32.51.

Chelsea now will have two weeks to train and prepare for the Mid-Season Classic in Holland, Mich. where the Top 10 teams in Division 3 will gather.

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