Ann Arbor Pioneer Girls Three-Peat, Siroky Sets 100 Breast Record At MHSAA D1 Champs

2022 Girls MHSAA Division I Championships

• November 18-19, 2022
• Oakland University Aquatic Center, Rochester, Mich.
• SCY (25 yards)
• Defending champions: Ann Arbor Pioneers (2x)
• Full Results (PDF)

The Ann Arbor Pioneer girls won their third straight Michigan high school state championship title on Saturday, putting up 322 points to finish 104 clear of runner-up Northville.

The Pioneers won six of 12 events on the program, claiming their 19th MHSAA title in school history.

“I like that a lot,” head coach Stefanie Kerska said of the decisive victory. “People think close ones are great, but not for the coaches. We worked really hard to establish a lead, and these girls earned it.”

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Leading the charge for Ann Arbor was junior Stella Chapman, who won a pair of individual titles and also contributed to two winning relay teams.

Chapman, a Wisconsin commit, first won a repeat title in the 200 IM, clocking a personal best of 2:01.38 in the prelims before easily topping the field with a 2:01.91 in the final. Her previous best of 2:01.98 was set en route to winning last year’s title.

Later in the meet in the 100 back, Chapman set a new Division I record with a 53.69 best time in the heats before winning the final in 54.07. Her previous best was 54.82, set in November 2020.

In the first event of the meet, Chapman (25.57), sophomore Ursula Ott (29.36), senior Sophia Guo (24.95) and freshman Kate Van Ryn (23.31) won the 200 medley relay in a time of 1:43.19, topping Livonia Stevenson (1:43.61).

Livonia Stevenson had a blistering 26.95 breast split from senior McKenzie Siroky, and also had the top freestyle leg in the field from junior Allie Allen (22.89).

Chapman finished off her flawless showing in the meet-ending 400 free relay, splitting 50.76 swimming second to combine with teammates Lucy Mehraban (50.62), Van Ryn (52.57) and Guo (50.95) as the Pioneers won by nearly two and a half seconds in 3:24.90.

Siroky, a multi-sport athlete who will play NCAA Division I ice hockey next year, reset her own MHSAA record in the 100 breast, clocking 1:00.07 in the prelims to break the 1:00.48 standard she established last year. She then won a repeat title in the final in a time of 1:00.27.

In addition to Chapman, Mehraban and Guo also picked up individual wins for Ann Arbor, doing so in the sprint freestyle events.

In the 100 free, Guo (49.89) won a close battle over Mehraban (49.93) as they both broke 50 seconds for the first time.

In the 50 free, Mehraban set another best time to touch first in 23.07, with Livonia Stevenson’s Siroky third in 23.52.

Another standout from the competition was West Bloomfield freshman Elizabeth Eichbrecht, who won two individual titles in the 200 free (1:48.42) and 500 free (4:52.71). Eichbrecht improved on her previous best times set earlier this season (1:48.87/4:54.65).

OTHER WINNERS

• Saline senior Alice English won the 1-meter diving event with a final score of 419.90, moving up one spot after finishing second last year.
• 2021 runner-up Emily Roden also moved to the top step of the podium in the 100 fly, as the Northville senior and Mizzou commit clocked 54.05 to set a new personal best time.
• In the 200 free relay, Rosalee Springer (23.76), Olivia Schafer (23.85), Grace Ackerman (23.59) and Claudia Busse (23.37) led Grand Haven to victory in a time of 1:34.57, edging out Ann Arbor (1:34.81), who had notable splits from Mehraban (23.07) on the lead-off and Van Ryn (23.49) on the anchor.

TEAM SCORES – TOP 5

1. Ann Arbor Pioneers, 322
2. Northville, 218
3. Saline, 174
4. Grand Haven / Farmington Hills Mercy, 167
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