We traveled to Riverview Tuesday for our final regular season meet of the year. We took on Riverview and Flat Rock. We split the contests as we fell to Riverview, but cruised by Flat Rock. Milan 71 Riverview 111 Milan 133 Flat Rock 26 We swam and dove very well on the night. We took 3 wins as Tadas Zukovskis won the 100 Butterfly, Alec Markham won the 500 free, and the 400 Free Relay of Markham, Zukovskis, Jameson McShane and Dylan Nichols claimed wins for the Big Reds. The Medley Relay of Markham, Zukovskis, McShane and Nichols took 3rd, the B Relay of Ryan Johnson, Caleb Furlong, Hank Bobicz and Koleton Tolfree took 5th, and the C relay of Owen Stripp, Cory Tumusiime, Reed Neuvirth, and Landon Brice claimed 6th. Cameron Garcia had a lifetime best 200 free to take 3rd, while Ian Satterley did the same to take 5th. Cedric Tumusiime and Joe Bilyk had nice 200’s as well. Bobicz claimed 3rd in the 200 IM and dropped 5 seconds. In the 50 Free event, Stevie Garcia, Ethan Rice, Dylan Penzien, and Reed Neuvirth all had nice times. In the scoring heats, Landon Brice took 8th, Stripp was 6th, Zukovskis was 3rd and Markham was runner up. Luke Keel shined on the diving board and took 5th to score for Milan, While Jonathon Ringbloom was 4th and Caleb Furlong dove very well and came home with a 2nd place finish. Zukovskis ruled the 100 Fly, and teammate McShane was 4th. Stevie Garcia, Penzien and Cory Tumusiime all had nice 100 Free swims, with Cory’s being a lifetime best. Tolfree had a season best to take 6th, Cameron Garcia was 4th and Nichols was 3rd. In the 500, Markham ruled from start to finish to make his first ever State Cut, cruising to the win by over 19 seconds. Satterley had a great swim to claim 4th, Cedric Tumusiime was 6th and Joe Bilyk was 10th. The 200 Free Relay of Cameron Garcia, Furlong, McShane and Nichols took 3rd, while the B relay of Bobicz, Brice, Satterley and Tolfree took 6th. Our C relay was composed of Neuvirth, Penzien, Rice and Stevie Garcia, and they took 8th. In the 100 BackOwen Stripp was the top Big Red as he took 3rd, Johnson was 4th and Rice took 5th to score for Milan. The 100 Breast saw Cameron Garcia cruise to 3rd, Furlong was 4th, Cory Tumusiime was 5th and Bobicz 6th. The 400 Free A relay of Nichols, Zukovskis, Markham and McShane won and were just barely off the State Cut. The B relay of Tolfree, Cedric Tumusiime, Johnson and Satterley took 5th. Our C relay of Neuvirth, Brice, Penzien and Stripp took 6th and the D relay of Bilyk, Rice, Cory Tumusiime, and Stevie Garcia was 8th. We will keep training and get ready for the SMISL Championships in a few weeks. We have improved dramatically over the course of the season and will be looking to add more state cuts, and put up all best performances at what will be the final meet for most of the boys on March 7th. As a staff we are very proud of the hard work and drive we have shown since we started December 1st. The season is a grind and the boys have put in lots of quality work. We are approaching the end of the year with lots of excitement about what we can do to finish the season and have built a foundation for what will be a tremendous 26-27 season. ~Coach Heikka Photo Credit: Stephen Cook