From High School to Olympic Swimming
July 11, 2012
Fans of U.S. Swimming already have plenty of reasons to cheer for Missy Franklin later this month at the Summer Olympics -- she's only 17, but qualified to compete in a U.S. women's all-time best seven events.
But fans of high school sports and what they provide athletes at all levels of ability can also support her for how she's chosen to compete when she's not racing against the best in the world.
Franklin, who lives in Colorado, has continued to swim for her high school team despite the financial rewards she could've earned by taking the elite swimmer's usual path of going pro.
A ton has been written about Franklin lately, for obvious reasons. Below is a link to a New York Times story from February that focused on her continued dedication to her high school team.
Before the Olympic Trials, There’s This Big High School Meet (New York Times)
Today in the MHSAA: 6/7/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
June 7, 2024
1. BOYS LACROSSE Hartland ended Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice’s season short of the MHSAA Finals for the first time with an 11-10 Division 1 Semifinal victory – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. GIRLS SOCCER Unranked Grand Haven downed No. 5 Portage Central 1-0 in Division 1 to claim its first Regional title in this sport – Grand Haven Tribune
3. GIRLS SOCCER Top-ranked Spring Lake held on for a 3-2 Division 2 Regional Final win over No. 3 Midland – Muskegon Chronicle
4. GIRLS SOCCER No. 6 Rochester Adams scored the game’s lone goal in clinching a Division 1 Regional title against No. 3 Troy – Oakland Press
5. GIRLS SOCCER Unranked Jackson Lumen Christi shut out No. 2 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic in Division 4 to clinch its first Regional title since 2003 – WILX
6. GIRLS SOCCER No. 12 Detroit Country Day advanced in Division 3 with a shootout win over No. 2 Flint Powers Catholic – WJRT
7. GIRLS SOCCER No. 11 Hartland claimed a Division 1 Regional title with a 2-1 win over Bloomfield Hills – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
8. GIRLS SOCCER No. 5 Grosse Ile repeated as a Division 3 Regional champion with a 2-1 win over Ovid-Elsie – Southgate News-Herald
9. BASEBALL No. 6 Macomb Dakota got past No. 10 Sterling Heights Stevenson 6-4 to advance in Division 1 – Macomb Daily
10. BASEBALL No. 17 DeWitt edged No. 9 Williamston 10-9 in a Division 2 Regional rematch from the Capital Diamond Classic final three days earlier decided by the same score – WILX