The Owosso Trojans traveled to Brandon for the Flint Metro Swimming and Diving Conference Finals on Friday and Saturday.  Friday was preliminaries where the top 16 swimmers in each event advance to the finals on Saturday.  The Trojans had many amazing swims on Friday where the girls dropped time and moved up in the placing.  Several girls made huge moves just a few of the outstanding swims were Mya LaMay in both the 50 free and 100 free, Cali Spalding dropped 30 seconds in the 500 free and Madisyn Ketchum dropped 7 seconds in the breaststroke and went from being placed outside the top 20 to placing 8^th!  Amanda Brainerd turned in two spectacular swims.  In the 50 free she turned in a state qualifying time and in the breaststroke she again qualified for States but also broke the Owosso school record. 

The team came back on Saturday looking to swim even faster and they did.  In the first event the relay team of Lily Usher, Amanda Brainerd, Macy Irelan and Mya LaMay all had great splits placing second and earning a state qualifying time.  In the 200 free Kate Grinnell had lifetime best swim by 4 seconds and made a state qualifying time.  Britney Aurora-Eraza placed 5^th and Mira Sivulka placed 12^th in the 200 free.  In the IM Macy Ireland smashed her own school record by two seconds and placed 2^nd.  In the 50 free the Trojans had 3 girls in the top 8. Amanda Brained got her hand on the wall just ahead of Sana Saab of Fenton to win the event, Mya LaMay placed 3^rd and Liz McCroan 8^th.  Macy Irelan placed 2^nd in the fly, Lily Usher placed 9^th and Mira Sivulka was 13^th.  In the 100 free Mya LaMay touched 4^th while Liz McCroan was 9^th.  Owosso had 5 girls in the top 13 for the 500.  Kate Grinnell lead the way taking 2^nd, Britney Aurora-Erazo was 3^rd, Sophie Voss was 6^th and Cali Spalding was 7^th, Rebekah Starr was 13^th.  In the 200 free relay Liz McCroan, Mya LaMay, Britney Aurora-Erazo and Kate Grinnell took 2^nd.  In the backstroke Lily Usher placed 5^th, Birdie Tkaczyk was 7^th and Natalie Nolph was 15^th. The Trojans placed 5 swimmers in the top 16 in the breaststroke.  Amanda Brainerd lead start to finish and won the event while rebreaking her record from the night before. Sophie Voss was 5^th, Madisyn Ketchum was 8^th, McKinley Guru was 11^th and Rebekah Starr was 15^th.  In the final event the 400 free the team of Macy Irelan, Kate Grinnell, Amanda Brainerd and Britney Aurora-Erazo placed 2^nd and broke the school school record. 

While the Trojans were not able to beat Fenton who have won the conference title for at least the last 15 straight years, they swam amazing.  Every girl had at least one lifetime best time with most girls have 2 lifetime best swims.  Owosso scored 400 points which is the most points they have scored at the conference meet since joining the Flint Metro Conference 5 years ago. I can’t put into words how proud I am of this team.  The girls train all year for this meet and the executed their swims wonderfully. The improvements the swimmers have made from our first practice on August 9^th till now have been fun to watch.  

Final results: Fenton 588, Owosso 400, Swartz Creek 262, Holly 242, Brandon 198, Corunna 180, Kearsley 119