ROCHESTER, Mich - The Oakland Men's and Women's Swim and Dive team is competing on the road this upcoming weekend October 29-30 at the Atlantic 10 Challenge at Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
Most recently the women's team competed in the Toledo women's classic following the Michigan dual meet at home. The Atlantic Challenge will be the 5th meet for the Golden Grizzlies and the first quad meet of the fall season.
On the rise with first-place wins this season are swimmers Susan LaGrand, Taylor Bailey, Mia Englender, Jordyn Shipps, Ronja Riihinen, and Julia Cook for the women's team. Alongside the women, Christian Bart, Jonas Cantrell, Dane Herrick, Marko Khotynetskyi, Andrew Bernsdorf, Harry Nicholson, James Hart, Christopher Palvadore, and Sam McKenzie have made impressive first-place finishes in their respective events.
Both the Golden Grizzlies men's and women's swimming and diving teams received the top number of first-place votes in the #HLSD poll for the 2022-2023 season receiving 36 votes each.
SCOUTING REPORT
The Atlantic Challenge will consist of four to five teams from the Atlantic 10 conference including; Duquesne, Cleveland State, George Mason, and St. Bonaventure.
Session 1 Saturday Start at 11 AM
200 Free Relay
500 Free
200 IM
50 Free
400 Medley Relay
1 Meter Diving
Session 2 Saturday Start at 6PM
200 Medley Relay
400 IM
100 Butterfly
200 Free
100 Breaststroke
100 Backstroke
3 Meter Diving
Session 3: Sunday Start at 9AM
1650 Free
200 Backstroke
100 Freestyle
200 Breaststroke
200 Butterfly
400 Free Relay
Relay Diving