Swimming: Dreadnaughts race past Milan, Chelsea to improve to 8-0 on the season

The Dexter boys’ swimming and diving team continues to swim along in the win column – at this point, a loss would be unfamiliar waters.

The Dreadnaughts added two more victories to the grand total with two more wins on Saturday at Milan High School. Dexter defeated the host Big Reds 112.5.-67.5 and also knocked off rival Chelsea 128-55. The Dreadnaughts have dominated the Bulldogs in recent years in swimming but it doesn’t make the victory any less sweet – it is Dexter-Chelsea after all.

Dexter improved to 8-0 on the season including 4-0 in the SEC White. The Dreadnaughts swim at Lincoln at 6 p.m. on Thursday and then face a strong Skyline team at noon on Saturday in Ann Arbor.

The results for the Milan-Chelsea quad are not important so we will skip going through the meet – JUST KIDDING.

The Dreadnaughts opened strong with a victory in the medley relay. The team of Stuart Bovich, Adam Hauser, Matthew Resende and Zach Norris touched first in a D-2 state-cut time of 1 minute, 42.98 seconds. The team of Lucas Greatorex, Jack Potsos, Otto Krueger and Tristan Lorincz was fourth in 1:56.88.

Dexter took three of the top five spots in the 200 free with Clayton Kinnard first (D-2 state-cut time of 1:43.56), Dylan O’Connor third (1:57.54) and Grady Wheeler fifth (2:04.70).

Hauser won the 200 IM in 2:03.63 while Krueger was fourth (2:28.11) and Potsos was fifth (2:30.72).

Norris raced to a D-2 state-cut time of 21.89 seconds to win the 50 free. Leo Varitek was third (23.02) and Resende fifth (23.70) for the Dreadnaughts.

Dexter dominated the 100 butterfly with Resende taking second (58.61), Bovich in third (59.39) and O’Connor touching fourth (59.71).

Kinnard returned to the winner’s circle with his first-place time of 47.41 (D-2 state cut) in the 100 free. Varitek was right behind his teammate in second with a D-2 state-cut time of 49.18. Greatorex was fifth (53.00) and Lorincz sixth (58.63) for Dexter.

The Dreadnaughts took three of the top four spots, including one-two, in the 500 free. Hauser won the race in 5:03.05 with Joe Sharon second (5:33.64) and Wheeler fourth (5:49.25). Travis Fitch was seventh for Dexter in 5:58.32.

The team of Kinnard, Varitek, Norris and Resende won the 200 free relay with a D-2 state-cut time of 1:28.91. The team of Sharon, Wheeler, O’Connor and Fitch was fourth in 1:47.01.

Bovich took second in the backstroke in 57.41. Greatorex was fourth (1:02.54), Adam Bergen took fifth (1:04.32) and Krueger was sixth (1:07.67).

In the breaststroke, Potsos was second in 1:16.59 and Lorincz was fourth in 1:18.99.

The Dexter team of Kinnard, Varitek, Hauser and Bovich went 3:25.60 to win the 400 free relay. The group of O’Connor, Sharon, Greatorex and Lorincz was fifth in 3:52.93.

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