The boys District Championship Meets took place Wednesday (D1) and Thursday (D2) nights following the girls meets. American Flyers Diving had seven divers in the D1 meet and 3 divers in the D2 meet. If it hadn't been made clear following the D1 girls meet, AFD finalized the their statement of supremacy over the northeast Ohio competition.
The audience at Cleveland State's Robert F. Busbey Natatorium was able to watch Solon's Mike Kreft repeat as the Northeast District Champion. Mike's performance was a near replica of his sectional victory, maintaining a a top three position throughout the preliminary round and then slowly but decisively separating himself from the field. Mike finished with a score of 498.85, less then 1 point shy of his sectional score of 499.20. Mike will be diving in his third consecutive state meet, coming of a runner-up performance last season. Mike will be favored to win the Ohio State title as he enters the meet with the highest qualifying score.
Another AFD standout performance was turned in by sophomore Steve Schillero of Garfield Heights. Steve finished 8th last year at the district meet with a score of 394.55. Steve's notable improvement since last season earned him a score 450.60 this year and placed him 4th overall. Steve finished this years district meet ahead of 4 divers who placed ahead of him at least years state meet where he finished 8th. He will be looking for a top 3 finish at states this year as he carries the 4th highest district score into the meet.
Two other Solon divers, and Daniel Jacobson Micah Rembrant, also advanced out of the district meet. Daniel and Micah finished 6th and 7th respectively with scores of 445.50 and 442.35. This is the second consecutive year that Solon will have three boys competing at the state meet. Both Micah and Daniel were state finalist in 2009, finishing 5th and 9th. Both will be diving in their final meet for Solon High School and will be greatly missed. Daniel will be continuing his diving career at Case Western Reserve University while Micah will finish his high school career in Massachusetts.
Also diving in the D1 meet was Eric Steiger of Hudson, Sean Whittaker of Nordonia and Doug Karn of Solon. Eric will continue to train with AFD as narrows down his choices of where he will dive in college. Sean will be back as a senior for Nordonia next season and will look to advance to his first state meet. Doug will also be working with AFD during the USA Diving season and will fill in nicely in the spots the Daniel and Micah are leaving.
The D2 American Flyers had a tough task infront of them on Thursday night. Alex Lohiser of Gilmour Academy and Hunter Flagg and Chris Riley of Aurora were all vying for three of the five available qualifying spots to the D2 State Meet. With only the top five advancing the three boys dove consistent and eased their way into the final round and all three qualified out.
Alex, in only his first year competing at the high school level finished 2nd overall with a score of 380.05. He will be seeded 2nd overall at his first state meet and will look to improve upon his personal best score while maintaining his level of consistency and competitiveness.
Chris and Hunter finished in 3rd and 4th place, scoring 321.65 and 320.60. Both will be competing in their first state meet as well. Hunter finished 7th at districts last year with a score of 261.45 and Chris was 10th at 245.80. Both divers have made obvious improvements and will be challenging for top five finishes at this years state meet.
Overall, AFD will have 7 boys diving at the Ohio State Championship Meet this season. Four divers are making repeat trips while three will be there for the first time. Complete district meet results are available online,
http://swimmeet.com/cgi-bin/browse?nedistrict10;final;boys1;;sponsors/speedo.ad
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
2010 Girls District Wrap-up
American Flyers Diving continued to dominate the northeast Ohio diving competition at the 2010 District Championship Meet at Cleveland State University this week. AFD had 6 girls competing between Division 1 & Division 2, and advanced 2 of those 6 divers to their respective State Championship Meet.
The competition kicked off Wednesday afternoon with the D1 girls meet. Solon freshman Sivan Mills had plenty of carry-over momentum coming off her Sectional Championship victory last week. Sivan's consitancy kept her averaging just over 39 points per dive, and a final score of 430.90. Sivan was the District Runner-up and goes into her first state meet seeded 6th overall but will look to improve on her personal high score of 445 and compete for the state title.
Also qualifying to her first state meet was Nordonia senior Bre Horrigan. Bre finished 6th at the district meet after a strong final round moved her up from the 7th spot at the end of the semi-finals. Bre happens to be the first Nordonia female athlete to qualify to a State Championship in 2 sports, after competing in the gymnastics state meets in 2007 & 2008. She carries the highest DD list into the state meet with the 17th overall seed.
Also diving in the D1 girls meet was Solon junior Taylor Epstein, Hudson Sophmore Taryn McLaughlin and Shaker Heights senior Hannah Fink. Taylor dove very well and set her new personal best score of 358 points and finished 13th. Hannah also dove well advanced to the finals at districts for the first time. Taryn, diving in her first district meet, made the final round and finished in 10th place with a score of 369, just 1 spot out of advancing to the state meet.
Both Taryn and Taylor will continue training with AFD throughout the USA Diving season, and Hannah will continue diving next season in college.
Sydney Liber of Chagrin Falls competed in Thursdays D2 girls district meet. Sydney finished her first year of high school diving after much improvement and will work with the AFD team during the USA Diving season as well.
Congratulations again to all AFD district qualifiers. Full results will soon be available online,
http://swimmeet.com/meets/nedistrict10/
The competition kicked off Wednesday afternoon with the D1 girls meet. Solon freshman Sivan Mills had plenty of carry-over momentum coming off her Sectional Championship victory last week. Sivan's consitancy kept her averaging just over 39 points per dive, and a final score of 430.90. Sivan was the District Runner-up and goes into her first state meet seeded 6th overall but will look to improve on her personal high score of 445 and compete for the state title.
Also qualifying to her first state meet was Nordonia senior Bre Horrigan. Bre finished 6th at the district meet after a strong final round moved her up from the 7th spot at the end of the semi-finals. Bre happens to be the first Nordonia female athlete to qualify to a State Championship in 2 sports, after competing in the gymnastics state meets in 2007 & 2008. She carries the highest DD list into the state meet with the 17th overall seed.
Also diving in the D1 girls meet was Solon junior Taylor Epstein, Hudson Sophmore Taryn McLaughlin and Shaker Heights senior Hannah Fink. Taylor dove very well and set her new personal best score of 358 points and finished 13th. Hannah also dove well advanced to the finals at districts for the first time. Taryn, diving in her first district meet, made the final round and finished in 10th place with a score of 369, just 1 spot out of advancing to the state meet.
Both Taryn and Taylor will continue training with AFD throughout the USA Diving season, and Hannah will continue diving next season in college.
Sydney Liber of Chagrin Falls competed in Thursdays D2 girls district meet. Sydney finished her first year of high school diving after much improvement and will work with the AFD team during the USA Diving season as well.
Congratulations again to all AFD district qualifiers. Full results will soon be available online,
http://swimmeet.com/meets/nedistrict10/
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Division 2 Districts
American Flyers Diving will have 4 divers competing in Thursdays Division 2 District Championship Meet at Cleveland State University. The top five divers in both the boys and girls meets will advance onto next weeks State Championship Meet at C.T. Branin Natatorium.
On the boys side, sophomore Alex Lohiser of Gilmour Academy enters his first district meet with top 3 potential. Alex is finishing his first season of high school diving and will be training with AFD throughout the USA Diving season.
From Aurora is sophomore Chris Riley and junior Hunter Flagg. Chris is making his second trip to the district meet after finishing 10th last year at CSU. Hunter also qualified to districts last year and finished in 7th place. Both Chris and Hunter have made significant improvement this season and will both be looking to finish in the top five and move on to the state meet.
As for the girls, AFD has one diver, Sydney Liber, a freshman from Chagrin Falls. Sydney has made notable improvement in her first high school season and will also be training with AFD during the USA Diving season.
A full list of division 2 entries is available online,
http://swimmeet.com/meets/nedistrict10/
On the boys side, sophomore Alex Lohiser of Gilmour Academy enters his first district meet with top 3 potential. Alex is finishing his first season of high school diving and will be training with AFD throughout the USA Diving season.
From Aurora is sophomore Chris Riley and junior Hunter Flagg. Chris is making his second trip to the district meet after finishing 10th last year at CSU. Hunter also qualified to districts last year and finished in 7th place. Both Chris and Hunter have made significant improvement this season and will both be looking to finish in the top five and move on to the state meet.
As for the girls, AFD has one diver, Sydney Liber, a freshman from Chagrin Falls. Sydney has made notable improvement in her first high school season and will also be training with AFD during the USA Diving season.
A full list of division 2 entries is available online,
http://swimmeet.com/meets/nedistrict10/
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Boys Sectional Wrap-up
Following the girls sectional meets on Wednesday were both boys sectional meets on Thursday. AFD had boys competing from 4 different high schools and maintained a dominant presence, advancing 7 divers to the Division 1 District Championships at Cleveland State University.
Picking up right where the Solon girls team left off the Solon boys team, lead by junior Mike Kreft, captured 4 of the top 8 spots at the Solon sectional. Mike finished with a 1st place score of 499.20 making this his third consecutive sectional title. Mike has advanced to the state meet each of the last two years finishing in 2nd place last season. This year he will look to defend his title as the Northeast District Champion.
Placing right behind Mike at the sectional meet was another Solon junior Micah Rembrant. Micah had a strong final round moving from 3rd place at the end of the semi-finals to finish 2nd with a score of 460.65. Micah is seeded 3rd overall at next weeks district meet.
Solon senior Daniel Jacobson remained consistent as he recorded his second highest score score of the season, 448.35, good enough for 4th place. Daniel was runner-up at the Ned Reeb Invitational in Columbus, Ohio and will be making his third trip to the district meet.
Rounding out the Solon qualifiers was Doug Karn. Doug has made significant improvement as the season has progressed, raising his high score to 392.80. Doug's score finished him in 8th place and qualifies him to his second district meet.
In addition to the four Solon divers who advanced to districts, Steve Shillero of Garfield Heights also advanced to the district meet. He finished with a score of 433.65 placing him in 6th place and will carry the 7th seed into this years district meet. Steve was also a state meet finalist last season as a freshman.
Eric Steiger of Hudson was the highest AFD to qualify out of the Akron Sectional. Eric finished 7th with a score of 347.10 and will be moving on to his second district meet. Eric has scored as high as 469.15 this season at the Northeast Ohio Conference Championship Meet. He will be looking to advance to his 1st state meet this year.
Also advancing to his second district meet from Nordonia was junior Sean Whittaker. Sean finished 11th at the Akron Sectional and has scored as high as 346.65 this season. Sean was 20th last year at CSU and will look to improve that place as well as move on to the state meet for the 1st time.
Finishing their high school seasons were Nordonia divers Cameron Williams, David Williams and Scott Danner. Scott advanced to the semi-final round of the sectional meet and nearly missed a district qualifying score, finishing out his first year of diving.
Full results of both sectional meets are available online,
http://www.nedab.org/09swimpsychesheets.htm
Picking up right where the Solon girls team left off the Solon boys team, lead by junior Mike Kreft, captured 4 of the top 8 spots at the Solon sectional. Mike finished with a 1st place score of 499.20 making this his third consecutive sectional title. Mike has advanced to the state meet each of the last two years finishing in 2nd place last season. This year he will look to defend his title as the Northeast District Champion.
Placing right behind Mike at the sectional meet was another Solon junior Micah Rembrant. Micah had a strong final round moving from 3rd place at the end of the semi-finals to finish 2nd with a score of 460.65. Micah is seeded 3rd overall at next weeks district meet.
Solon senior Daniel Jacobson remained consistent as he recorded his second highest score score of the season, 448.35, good enough for 4th place. Daniel was runner-up at the Ned Reeb Invitational in Columbus, Ohio and will be making his third trip to the district meet.
Rounding out the Solon qualifiers was Doug Karn. Doug has made significant improvement as the season has progressed, raising his high score to 392.80. Doug's score finished him in 8th place and qualifies him to his second district meet.
In addition to the four Solon divers who advanced to districts, Steve Shillero of Garfield Heights also advanced to the district meet. He finished with a score of 433.65 placing him in 6th place and will carry the 7th seed into this years district meet. Steve was also a state meet finalist last season as a freshman.
Eric Steiger of Hudson was the highest AFD to qualify out of the Akron Sectional. Eric finished 7th with a score of 347.10 and will be moving on to his second district meet. Eric has scored as high as 469.15 this season at the Northeast Ohio Conference Championship Meet. He will be looking to advance to his 1st state meet this year.
Also advancing to his second district meet from Nordonia was junior Sean Whittaker. Sean finished 11th at the Akron Sectional and has scored as high as 346.65 this season. Sean was 20th last year at CSU and will look to improve that place as well as move on to the state meet for the 1st time.
Finishing their high school seasons were Nordonia divers Cameron Williams, David Williams and Scott Danner. Scott advanced to the semi-final round of the sectional meet and nearly missed a district qualifying score, finishing out his first year of diving.
Full results of both sectional meets are available online,
http://www.nedab.org/09swimpsychesheets.htm
Girls Sectional Wrap-up
American Flyers Diving started off the high school post-season this week with Division 1 Sectional Meets at Solon High School & the University of Akron. AFD had divers competing from 6 different high schools and advanced 5 divers to next weeks District Championships and Cleveland State University.
On Wednesday at the Solon Girls Sectional, Sivan Mills of Solon started the post-season off right, coming from behind on her last dive to take over 1st place by less then 2 points. Maintaining 2nd place for most of the meet, Sivan needed just over 52 points on her final dive, inward double, to captures 1st place. A great dive earned Sivan 54 points and the 1st Sectional Championship of her high school career. Her score of 430.00 is good enough for the 2nd overall seed at districts.
Finishing 6th was Taylor Epstein, also of Solon. Taylor set her personal best with a final score of 351.50. She will be diving at the district meet for the second consecutive year after finishing 13th last season at CSU.
Hannah Fink of Shaker Heights also advanced to districts with a score of 309.25. Hannah will be diving in her first district meet with hopes of setting a new Shaker Heights school record for an 11 dive meet.
Also diving at the sectional meet were Tatyana Lavrinenko and Izzy Knazek, both from Solon. Both Izzy & Tatyana dove well but didn't qualify to the district meet this year.
Down at the University of Akron on Wednesday, AFD had 9 divers competing at the Akron Sectional Meet. Qualifiers from the Akron section will meet qualifiers from the Solon section at the CSU District Championships.
Setting a personal best score by over 100 points was Taryn McLaughlin of Hudson. Taryn finished with a score of 397.75, bettering her previous record of 296.30 set at the NOC championship meet just 5 weeks earlier. Taryn earned 2nd place overall at the sectional meet and will be advancing to her first district competition this year, with the 5th highest overall sectional score.
Also advancing to districts was Bre Horrigan of Nordonia. Bre was behind her personal best of 408.9, finishing with a score of 360.00, but will still be seeded 11th overall at the district meet. Bre has thie highest DD list of any diver in the district meet and is looking to advance to her 1st state meet.
Ashleigh Weddington and Sophia Cooper of Twinsburg both advanced to the second round off the competition and finished 25th and 30th respectively. Both will be looking for top 10 spots next year, and will be training with AFD during the USA diving season.
Also finishing up their high school seasons at Akron were Nicole Clough of Nordonia, Kayla Sasala and Lauren Podogil of Aurora, Kelly Doran and Elizabeth Burby of Twinsburg.
Full results of both sectional meets are available online, http://www.nedab.org/09swimpsychesheets.htm
On Wednesday at the Solon Girls Sectional, Sivan Mills of Solon started the post-season off right, coming from behind on her last dive to take over 1st place by less then 2 points. Maintaining 2nd place for most of the meet, Sivan needed just over 52 points on her final dive, inward double, to captures 1st place. A great dive earned Sivan 54 points and the 1st Sectional Championship of her high school career. Her score of 430.00 is good enough for the 2nd overall seed at districts.
Finishing 6th was Taylor Epstein, also of Solon. Taylor set her personal best with a final score of 351.50. She will be diving at the district meet for the second consecutive year after finishing 13th last season at CSU.
Hannah Fink of Shaker Heights also advanced to districts with a score of 309.25. Hannah will be diving in her first district meet with hopes of setting a new Shaker Heights school record for an 11 dive meet.
Also diving at the sectional meet were Tatyana Lavrinenko and Izzy Knazek, both from Solon. Both Izzy & Tatyana dove well but didn't qualify to the district meet this year.
Down at the University of Akron on Wednesday, AFD had 9 divers competing at the Akron Sectional Meet. Qualifiers from the Akron section will meet qualifiers from the Solon section at the CSU District Championships.
Setting a personal best score by over 100 points was Taryn McLaughlin of Hudson. Taryn finished with a score of 397.75, bettering her previous record of 296.30 set at the NOC championship meet just 5 weeks earlier. Taryn earned 2nd place overall at the sectional meet and will be advancing to her first district competition this year, with the 5th highest overall sectional score.
Also advancing to districts was Bre Horrigan of Nordonia. Bre was behind her personal best of 408.9, finishing with a score of 360.00, but will still be seeded 11th overall at the district meet. Bre has thie highest DD list of any diver in the district meet and is looking to advance to her 1st state meet.
Ashleigh Weddington and Sophia Cooper of Twinsburg both advanced to the second round off the competition and finished 25th and 30th respectively. Both will be looking for top 10 spots next year, and will be training with AFD during the USA diving season.
Also finishing up their high school seasons at Akron were Nicole Clough of Nordonia, Kayla Sasala and Lauren Podogil of Aurora, Kelly Doran and Elizabeth Burby of Twinsburg.
Full results of both sectional meets are available online, http://www.nedab.org/09swimpsychesheets.htm
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Ohio Top 20 Rankings - Boys
American Flyers Diving owns 6 of the top 20 scores in Ohio this season...
1 - Daniel Jacobson - Solon - 343.90
2 - Michael Kreft - Solon - 331.45
3 - Micah Rembrandt - Solon - 326.65
9 - Doug Karn - Solon - 279.25
10 - Eric Steiger - Hudson - 277.13
20 - Sean Tyrrell - Nordonia - 245.78
Three other divers have scores that rank them in the top 20 of the Northeast District...
Alex Lohiser - Gilmour - 237.90
Steve Schillero - Garfield Heights - 237.25
Chris Riley - Aurora - 235.87
Congratulations to these boys who have all reached personal best scores during this dual meat season! Good luck at Sectionals, Districts & STATES!!!
1 - Daniel Jacobson - Solon - 343.90
2 - Michael Kreft - Solon - 331.45
3 - Micah Rembrandt - Solon - 326.65
9 - Doug Karn - Solon - 279.25
10 - Eric Steiger - Hudson - 277.13
20 - Sean Tyrrell - Nordonia - 245.78
Three other divers have scores that rank them in the top 20 of the Northeast District...
Alex Lohiser - Gilmour - 237.90
Steve Schillero - Garfield Heights - 237.25
Chris Riley - Aurora - 235.87
Congratulations to these boys who have all reached personal best scores during this dual meat season! Good luck at Sectionals, Districts & STATES!!!
Ohio Top 20 Rankings - Girls
American Flyers Diving owns 3 of the top 20 scores in Ohio this season...
5 - Sivan Mills - Solon - 275.30
14 - Bre Horrigan - Nordonia - 236.10
16 - Taryn McLaughlin - Hudson - 229.60
Two other divers have scores that rank them in the top 20 of the Northeast District...
Taylor Epstein - Solon - 222.45
Hannah Fink - Shaker Heights - 213.50
Congratulations to these girls who have all reached personal best scores during this dual meat season! Good luck at Sectionals, Districts & STATES!!!
5 - Sivan Mills - Solon - 275.30
14 - Bre Horrigan - Nordonia - 236.10
16 - Taryn McLaughlin - Hudson - 229.60
Two other divers have scores that rank them in the top 20 of the Northeast District...
Taylor Epstein - Solon - 222.45
Hannah Fink - Shaker Heights - 213.50
Congratulations to these girls who have all reached personal best scores during this dual meat season! Good luck at Sectionals, Districts & STATES!!!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
New Blog!!!
Hey, new blog all about American Flyers Diving...
We will use this site as well as our new facebook page to update meet results, post articles about diving and get the AFD name out to more people!
More to come soon...
We will use this site as well as our new facebook page to update meet results, post articles about diving and get the AFD name out to more people!
More to come soon...
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