For the fourth consecutive year, Ann Arbor’s Club Wolverine captured first place at the State Long Course Swimming Championships, which were held July 30-Aug. 2 at Eastern Michigan University’s Jones Pool in Ypsilanti.

Long course swimming events are those held in 50 meter pools (Olympic-size).

Club Wolverine, the Age Group program consisting of swimmers ages eight through 21, racked up 3,720 points en route to out-swimming the 57-team field. The Oakland Live Y’Ers placed second (2,954 points), followed by the Novi Sturgeons in third (1,556.50).

A slew of CW's youth swimmers set state and national records. Claiming No. 1 times in the nation were Adam Whitener, Jay Jin, Joshua Ehrman and David Boland who orchestrated first place finishes in the 13-14 year old boys 800-meter free relay (8 minute, 14.72 seconds) and the 400 medley relay (4:08.85). The quartet continued their dominance, breaking a state record in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:44.90, a mere six-tenths of a second behind the existing national record.

Boland and Whitener kept the pace in individual competition. Boland broke a 14 year old state record in the 100 butterfly (58.88 seconds) and Whitener broke a 22 year old state record in the 100 free (53.40).

Other state record-setters included the boys 11-12 400 free relay (Matthew Orringer, Max Cornblath, Daniel Schorin, Kyp Papageorgiou) with a 4:18.02 time and the girls 13-14 400 medley relay (Maddy Frost, Hanna Martin, Avery Evenson, Shannon Cowley) with a 4:39.56 finish.

Club Wolverine concludes the season with the Zone meet in North Dakota, Aug. 7-9, and the USA Swimming Junior Nationals in Seattle, Aug. 10-14.

For full individual and team results of the State Long Course meet click here.