Lady Wolves have dived into the season with winning their first two meets against Hartland, 125-61, and Grand Blanc, 120-66.
“We did well,” said Kenwyn Chock, head coach for Clarkston Girls Swim and Dive team. “I didn’t know what to expect because we have such a young team. The first two meets showed me they were in shape and they trained during the off season. It was nice.”
The girls won their first home meet against Grand Blanc on Aug. 26.
For the relay teams: the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Hughes, Kelsey Gilbert, Megan Stelpflug and Emma Barnes took first place with the time of 3:48.65. The team of Ceren Ege, Natasha Oldford, Claire Thon and Hannah Benson finished second place, 4:04.57.
The Lady Wolves also took first in the 200-yard medley relay with the team of CJ Hughes, Delaney Brown, Ege and Thon in 1:55.76. Shannon Seguin, Julia Nellis, Kathryn Rogowski and Ashley Locher finished in second, 1:55.94.
The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Gilbert, Barners, Stelpflug and Thon finished in second at 1:44.31.
For individual distance events; 100-yard breaststroke, first place, Thon, 1:13.32; third place, Nellis, 1:17.57; 100-yard backstroke, first place, Ege, 1:03.14; second place, Seguin, 1:06.01; 100-yard freestyle, second place, Hughes, 55.87; 100-yard butterfly, second place, Rogowski, 1:03.05; 200-yard freestyle, first place, Stelpflug, 1:59.40; second place, Gilbert, 2:00.09; 200-yard IM, first place, Ege, 2:18.05; second place, Hannah Benson, 2:21.23; and 500-yard freestyle, first place, Gilbert, 5:14.26; second place, Stelpflug, 5:24.99; and third place, Kiley Ferer, 5:53.17.
Clarkston sprinters in the 50-yard freestyle took the first two places with Hughes in first place at 25.14 and Barnes, 25.41.
Diver Nicole Hurst finished in second place with a total scored of 229.40 and Rebecca Didion, third place, 200.45.
“Our diving is very strong this year which is helping us,” Chock added.
The Lady Wolves beat Hartland, 125-61 on Aug. 28.
The girls took first place in the 400-yard freestyle relay with Hughes, Gilbert, Stelpflug and Barnes in 3:52.78; and first in the 200-yard freestyle relay with Gilbert, Nellis, Stelpflug and Rogowski, 1:44.45.
Leading in individual distance events: 100-yard breaststroke, first place, Thon, 1:13.61; 100-yard backstroke, first place, Stelpflug, 1:04.09; 100-yard butterfly, first place, Rogowski, 1:03.10; 100-yard freestyle, second place, Hughes, 54.86; 200-yard IM, first place, Ege, 2:20.61; and 500-yard freestyle, first place, Barnes, 5:27.21.
Sprinter Hughes led in the 50-yard freestyle finishing in first place at 25.51.
Hurst led the girls, taking third place for the Wolves, with final score of 205.80
The Lady Wolves lost to Seaholm in their first OAA Red league meet last Thursday, 107-77.
“Reality set in and we swam against Seaholm. We lost. They were solid,” said Chock.
She added she was pleased with all of the meets the girls have swam in.
“It is a tough transition when you are off all summer and then you are coming back to school and training in the morning,” Chock said. “They are still adjusting.”
Leaders in the relay teams were Hughes, Gilbert, Stelpflug and Barnes for first place in the 400-yard freestyle event in the time of 3:51.54. Ege, Brown, Thon and Hughes finished second place in the 200-yard medley relay, 1:55.58. Thon, Barnes, Gilbert and Stelpflug also finished in second place in the 200-yard freestyle relay, 1:44.29.
Leading in individual events: Ege in first place in 100-yard backstroke, 1:02.53, and 200-yard IM, 2:12.10; Hughes in second place in 100-yard freestyle, 57.12; Gilbert in second place in the 500-yard freestyle, 5:14.40; Thon in third place in 100-yard breaststroke, 1:14.95; Rogowski in third place in 100-yard butterfly, 1:02.31; Stelpflug in third place in 200-yard freestyle, 2:00.39.
Hughes led the sprinters in the 50-yard freestyle event taking first place in 25.51 and Barnes finished in second place, 25.70.
Didion finished in first place for 1-meter diving, scoring a total of 224.85 points. Hurst finished second with 220.80 and Makayla Tuomi finished in third place with 174.45.
The girls head to Farmington Harrison on Thursday for their league meet, 6 p.m.
“It will be competitive,” said Chock.