The Powers Catholic Boys Swim and Dive team wrapped up an incredible season this past weekend as they competed in the Division 3 State Meet at Oakland University. The team of Will Gross, Liam Seifert, Nate Fisher, Ethan Ratynski, and Baylor Cicalo would go on to take 16th overall as a team! Individually there were a number season best times and impressive performances that helped the Chargers beat out 24 other schools in team score. 

Will Gross:

• 10th Place (100 Fly)

• 4th Place (100 Backstroke)

Liam Seifert:

• 5th Place (200 Freestyle) 

• 4th Place (500 Freestyle)

Nate Fisher:

• 28th Place (100 Fly) 

Baylor Cicalo:

• 10th Place (Diving) 

The Chargers also brought the 200 Freestyle Relay team of Will Gross, Nate Fisher, Ethan Ratynski, and Liam Seifert who would have an unforgettable swim in which they would drop nearly 2.5 seconds and move up 8 spots from seeding! The relay would take 16th overall in the meet. 

Also a huge congratulations to Will Gross and Liam Seifert for earning All State honors in their individual events and to Liam Seifert for breaking a 24 year old school record in the 500 Freestyle.

Congratulations on a great season Chargers!

Here are the results for the Men's SVL meet, they had a great showing! 

Baylor Cicalo won dive

Will Gross won 100 Fly and 100 Back

Liam Siefert won 200 Free and 500 Free

Those 3 boys had a total of 5 First Places which was more than any other team at the meet.

Liam Siefert broke the PCHS record in the 500 Free with a new record time of 4:43.53

Will Gross won Swimmer of the Meet--an award based on most individual points and national rankings

200Free Relay team of Ethan Ratynski, Will Gross, Nate Fisher and Liam Siefert placed 4th and got a state cut

400 Free Relay team of Max Piper, Nate Fisher, Liam Siefert and William Gross placed 4th

The team finished 4th in the league

Nate Fisher got 8th place in the 200 Free, 7th in the 500 Free. 

Great job, Coach Chase & his team!

The Powers Catholic Boys Swim and Dive team started their season off on a hot note as they
faced off against Grand Blanc in a head to head contest that saw a number of best times to start
the year. Powers junior Will Gross would go on to set the pool record in the 100 Backstroke at a
53.05 which was also his personal best time and Powers junior Baylor Cicalo put on a strong
showing in the diving portion of the meet and would win the event for the Chargers in his first
competition. Other notable performances came from Sophomore Liam Seifert as he would win
both the 100 Fly and 500 Freestyle. The Chargers would go on to lose the meet but set the tone
with a number of outstanding individual performances.
In Powers second competition they would take on the team of Swartz Creek / Flushing in a
tough matchup that saw more best times! Junior Nate Fisher would get the meet started with a
best time and winning time in the 200 Freestyle of 1:56.24. Will Gross would also go on to break
his second pool record of the season in the 100 Backstroke with another incredible swim. The
Chargers would fall short in a very close meet by 7 points but not because of lack of effort.
The following two meets the team would hit the road and take on Bay City Central, Midland,
Saginaw Heritage, and Carman-Ainsworth. In these two meets Powers would continue to make
improvements and would take a combined 10 first place finishes and a number of second place
finishes on their way to a couple of close losses to Midland and Saginaw. These meets would
be highlighted by Powers Sophomore Max Piper as he swam 3 lifetime best times over the
course of these meets.
On a team that lost 60% of its numbers to graduation last year there was a lot of uncertainty
surrounding this season but all those worries have been cast aside as an infusion of young
talent paired with our outstanding returning swimmers have set up Powers to be a very
competitive team. The Chargers look to prove this in the Genesee County Meet being held at
Fenton High School this coming weekend. This meet is always extremely competitive and the
Chargers will look to defend their 3rd place finish from the previous season! Please wish the
boys luck and Go Chargers!