The first sentence of semi-retired McCallie head swim coach Stan Corcoran’s email said it all: “This is the best year we’ve ever had.”
Considering it was the Blue Tornado’s third straight state title before Corcoran stepped aside from day-to-day workouts in favor of new head coach Zane Hamilton, how could it not be?
Especially when the team had 11 individual swims and three relay swims earn All-American status. Only the top 100 swims in the whole country are deemed All-American, and McCallie had more top 10 finishes than ever before.
McCallie also learned that the swimming and diving program ranked No. 7 overall in the final National Dual Meet Rankings among all boys programs.
The complete list of honorees is as follows:
200 Medley Relay - 7th in country - 1:29.36 - Collin Holgerson, Caden Wells, Grant Goins and Benton Grutter
200 Freestyle - 47th in country - 1:39.49 - Marvin Johnson
200 Individual Medley - 7th in country - 1:46.13 - Collin Holgerson (State & School Record)
50 Freestyle - 3rd in country - 19.59 - Marvin Johnson; 60th in country - 20.41 - Benton Grutter
100 Butterfly - 86th in country - 48.81 - Collin Holgerson; 98th in country - 48.93 - Marvin Johnson
100 Freestyle - 3rd in the country - 43.34 - Marvin Johnson; 64th in the country - 44.76 - Benton Grutter
200 Freestyle Relay - 2nd in the country - 1:20.57 - Benton Grutter, Alex Johnson, Collin Holgerson, Marvin Johnson
100 Backstroke - 31st in the country - 48.21 - Collin Holgerson
100 Breaststroke - 2nd in the country - 52.94 - Collin Holgerson; 85th in the country - 55.56 - Caden Wells
400 Freestyle Relay - 17th in the country - 3:01.84 - Ben Flasch, Ocean Gorecki, Caden Wells, Marvin Johnson
As Corcoran wrote at the close of his email: “Crazy good showing!”