Highlight Reel: LP Swim & Diving Finals
March 14, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA Communications Director
This season’s Lower Peninsula Swimming and Diving Finals were completed at three sites Saturday.
Below are a highlight from each MHSAA Final, with links for watching the meets in full.
CLOSE FINISH IN THE 100 FLY – The closest finish of the Division 1 L.P. Boys Swimming & Diving Finals was in the 100-yard butterfly, where Lake Orion’s Devon Nowicki out-touched Gust Kouvaris of Birmingham Brother Rice to win in 48.92 seconds. Watch the entire LP Division 1 meet and order DVDs by Clicking Here.
MORK MAKES HIS MARK – Midland Dow's Nehemiah Mork claimed the 50-yard freestyle at the MHSAA Division 2 L.P. Boys Swimming & Diving Finals, edging Nick Ross of Birmingham Seaholm with a winning time of 20.8 seconds. Watch the entire LP Division 2 meet and order DVDs by Clicking Here.
TIGHTEST FINISH OF THE DAY – The 50-yard freestyle was the tightest race of the Division 3 L.P. Boys Swimming & Diving Finals, as Joey Mangner of Chelsea turned in 21.27 seconds to nip Nathan Hein of East Grand Rapids. Watch the entire LP Division 3 meet and order DVDs by Clicking Here.
PHOTO: Grand Rapids Catholic Central’s Joey Puglessi swims to the LPD3 championship in the backstroke. (Click to see more at HighSchoolSportsScene.com.)
Be the Referee: Swimming Touchpads
By
Paige Winne
MHSAA Marketing & Social Media Coordinator
February 14, 2023
Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.
Below is this week's segment – Swimming Touchpads - Listen
We are in the pool today, nearing the end of our 100-yard freestyle race. To finish a race and record a time, a swimmer can either touch the touchpad or the finish end – i.e., the wall around the touchpad.
If the touchpad is contacted and a time recorded – great! That’s all the officials need.
But what happens if I hit the touchpad and the time doesn’t stop? Or if I touch the wall just above the touchpad? In these instances, the officials go to a backup timer. And the backup time for that swimmer will be used as the race time.
The backup timer operates for all races, but is only used in the event of a touchpad malfunction or a swimmer hitting the finish end. A majority of the time, it’s not even needed. But it’s good to have for instances like these.
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