Girls swimming & diving had their best finish in school history at the state finals. They scored 81 points which is an all time high for NDP. 3 school records were set, including Mullen in the 500 Free (5:27.42), the 400 Free relay and the 200 Free relay of Stephanie Rutila, McInerney, Mullen and Chesley (1:42.11). Mullen finished 12th in the 500 Free and 16th in the 200 Free to earn Second Team All State honors in both events. Hoff finished 16th in the 500 Free to earn Second Team All State honors.
Notre Dame Prep scored 81 points to finished 12th at the MHSAA Division III meet. Marin McInerney finished 7th in the 100-yard Backstroke and 9th in the 200-Free to lead the Irish. McInerney was also part of two relays teams that finished in the top ten. The 200-Free relay of McInerney, Stephanie Rutila, Kaleigh Mullen and MacKenzie Chesley finished 10th overall while the 400-Free relay of McInerney, Chesley, Mullen and Payton Hoff finished 5th overall. MHSAA D-III Results (November 22, 2010)
Notre Dame Prep will be competing in the MHSAA Division III Swim Championships at the Holland Aquatic Center November 19-20. The Irish are sending several swimmers to the finals including Marin McInerney (10th 200-Free, 8th 100-back stroke), Kaleigh Mullen (11th 500-Free), Stephanie Rutila (10th 50-Free) and MacKeznie Chesley (12th 100-Butterfly). The Irish 200 and 400 free style relay teams are ranked 2nd and 5th respectively. Also qualifying for the state finals are Payton Hoff, Emily Kaye, Ava Healy, Alyssa Varsanik, Jane Smith, Megan Neiheisel, and Stephanie Fierens. (November 18, 2010)
Notre Dame Prep finished third at the CHSL Championship Meet (November 13, 2010)
Cranbrook 125, Notre Dame Prep 61 - At Rochester, Marin McInerney won the 200 free and Mackenzie Chesley won the 100 breast to lead the Irish.The team’s dual meet record finished at 6-4 (3-3 in the Catholic League). Meet Scoring. (October 20, 2010)
PONTIAC NOTRE DAME PREP 131, MADISON HEIGHTS BISHOP FOLEY 45
200 MEDLEY RELAY — NDP (Smith, Healy, Rutila, Neihesiel) 2:04.94; 200 FREESTYLE — McInerney (NDP) 2:02.94; 200 IM — Smith (NDP) 2:31.33; 50 FREESTYLE — Rutila (NDP) 27.56; DIVING — Hogan (NDP) 132.60; 100 FLY — Emily Kaye (NDP) 1:13.26; 100 FREESTYLE — Hoffa (NDP) 1:00.53 500 FREESTYLE — Varsanik (NDP) 5:40.22; 200 FREESTYLE RELAY — NDP (Mulcahy, Chow-Wah, Mullen, Varsanik) 2:01.18; 100 BACKSTROKE — Brozek (BF) 1;14.91; 100 BREASTSTOKE — Tatum (NDP) 1:19.00; 400 FREESTYLE RELAY — NDP (Chow-Wah, Wilson, Guest, Utykanski) 5:13.88 (October 5, 2010)
Oakland County Results (October 3, 2010)
BIRMINGHAM MARIAN 113, PONTIAC NOTRE DAME PREP 79
200 MEDLEY RELAY— Marian (Hayley Johnson, Clair Schelske, Jaynie Pulte, Clare Nienstedt) 1:52:48; 200 FREESTYLE— Isabell Bishop (M) 2:05:30; 200 IM— Jaynie Pulte (M) 2:14:94; 50 FREESTYLE— Molly Schaefer (M) 25:43; DIVING— Emma Gaboury (M) 2:48:03; 100 FLY— Hayley Johnson (M)1:01:61; 100 FREESTYLE— Clair Schelske (M) 55:57; 500 FREESTYLE— Payton Hoff (N) 5:45:56; 200 FREESTYLE RELAY— Marian (Clare Nienstedt, Molly Schaefer, Madison Taylor, Jaynie Pulte) 1:40:67; 100 BACKSTROKE— Marin Mcinery (N) 1:04:24; 100 BREASTSTROKE— Jane Smith (N) 1:17:46; 400 FREESTYLE RELAY— Marian (Molly Schaefer, Madison Taylor, Clair Schelske, Hayley Johnson) 3:42:18
RECORDS — Birmingham Marian 4-0; Notre Dame Prep 3-2 (September 28, 2010)
Irish win the Romeo Relays (September 24, 2010)
PONTIAC NOTRE DAME PREP 122, WARREN REGINA 64
200 MEDLEY RELAY — ND Prep (Neiheisel, Smith, Rutila, Japinga) 2:07.98; 200 FREESTYLE — Kaliegh Mullen (NDP) 2:07.33; 200 IM — Mackenzie Chesley (NDP) 2:23.33; 50 FREESTYLE — Marin McInerney (NDP) 26.13; DIVING — Nicole Hogan (NDP) 147.60; 100 BUTTERFLY — Emily Kaye (NDP) 1:11.37; 100 FREESTYLE — Mullen (NDP) 59.60; 500 FREESTYLE — Alyssa Varsanik (NDP) 5:51.45; 200 FREESTYLE RELAY — ND Prep (Neiheisel, Japinga, Smith, Rutila)1:53.33; 100 BACKSTROKE — Neiheisel (NDP) 1:10.14; 100 BREASTSTROKE — Chesley (NDP) 1:14.96; 400 FREESTYLE RELAY — ND Prep (Kaye, Rutila, Mulcahy, Chesley) 4:18.53. (September 22, 2010)
Notre Dame Prep 115, Holly 71 - At Pontiac, the Holly Bronco's placed first in 7 of the 12 events but the depth of the Notre Dame team in sweeping top 3 in 3 events and placing 2nd and 3rd in 5 events and winning 5 events paved the way for Pontiac Notre Dame's victory. (September 10, 2010)
Notre Dame Prep finished second at the Howell Kenzie Classic. The Irish scored 180 points to finish behind Howell, who scored 235. Click here for results. (August 28, 2010)
Notre Dame Prep scored 28 points to finish 18th at the MHSAA Division III State Finals. The 200 medley relay team (Marin McInerney, Jessica Murrell, MacKenzie Chesley, Kaleigh Mullen) swam 1:58.13 to finish 11th. The 400 free relay team (Payton Hoff, Mullen, McInerney, Chesley) finished 12th at 3:49.12; The 200 free relay team (Hoff, Mullen, McInerney, Chesley) placed 15th at 1:44.71 while Mullen finished 15th in the 500 free with a time of 5:30.19. (November 23, 2009) Complete Results
Nicole Hogan finished a solid diving season with a 15th place finish at the MHSAA Regional Meet at Bloomfield HIlls Andover High School. (November 17, 2009)
Notre Dame Prep (264 points) finished third at the CHSL Meet at the Livonia Aquatic Center. The Irish had 14 different team members score points led by Mackenzie Chesley (5th – 200 I/M, 6th – 100fly), Marin McInerney (7th – 100fr, 8th – 100 back), Alyssa Varsanik (6th – 500fr), Payton Hoff (8th – 200fr). Click here for CHSL Results (November 14, 2009)
Notre Dame Prep finished 21st at the Oakland County Meet (October 3, 2009)
Notre Dame Prep 136, Madison Heights Bishop Foley 43 - At Rochester High School, 200 MEDLEY RELAY — Notre Dame Prep (Fierens, Conway, Kaye, Wood) 2:25.74; 200 FREESTYLE — Cara Stewart (NDP) 2:40.28; 200 IM — MacKenzie Chesley (NDP) 2:30.87; 50 FREESTYLE — Rachel Mead (BF) 30.42; DIVING — Nicole Hogan (NDP) 113.15; 100 BUTTERFLY — Samantha Rushton (BF) 1:12.80; 100 FREESTYLE — Kaleigh Mullen (NDP) 1:00.45; 500 FREESTYLE — Alyssa Varsani (NDP) 5:46.91; 200 FREESTYLE RELAY — Notre Dame Prep (Hoff, Stewart, Hoxsie, Fierens) 2:04.67; 100 BACKSTROKE — Lauren Wilson (NDP) 1:18.56; 100 BREASTSTROKE — Audrey Tatum (NDP) 1:25.98; 400 FREESTYLE RELAY — Notre Dame Prep (Mullen, Bott, Stewart, Wood) 4:47.88. (September 30, 2009)
Notre Dame Prep 96, Oxford 89 -- At Oxford, Stephanie Fierons won the 100 backstroke and the 200 IM to lead the Irish. Kaleigh Mullen won the 500 Freestyle and was a part of the winning 200 medley relay team. (September 15, 2009)
Notre Dame Prep won the Royal Oak Relays for the third consecutive year. The Irish won 7 of 12 events while amassing 144 points. Alyssa Varsanik, Kaleigh Mullen, Marin McInerney and Payton Hoff were on three winning relay teams. (September 12, 2009)
Berkley 112, Notre Dame Prep 62 - At Berkley, Nicole Hogan won the diving meet as the Irish fall to 1-1 on the season. (September 8, 2009)
Notre Dame Prep 117, Avondale 68
200 MEDLEY RELAY — ND Prep (Fierens, Murrell, Chesley, Mullen) 2:07.78; 200 FREESTYLE — Kaleigh Mullen (ND) 2:14.06; 200 IM — MacKenzie Chesley (ND) 2:24.72; 50 FREESTYLE — Marin McInerney (ND) 27.56; 1-METER DIVING — Ashley Moskal (AHA) 1:42.65; 100 FLY — Pam Johnson (AHA) 1:09.82; 100 FREESTYLE — Kaleigh Mullen (ND) 1:02.69; 500 FREESTYLE — Alyssa Varsanik (ND) 5:56.93; 200 FREESTYLE RELAY — ND Prep (Murrell, Tatum, Stewart, Barr) 2:01.38; 100 BACKSTROKE — Marin McInerney (ND) 1:05.41; 100 BREASTSTROKE — Haley O’Hora (AHA) 1:18.51; 400 FREESTYLE RELAY — ND Prep (Chesley, McInerney, Varsanik, Hoff) 4:07.22. RECORDS — ND Prep 1-0; Avondale 1-1 (September 2, 2009)
NDP finished in second place at the Howell Kenzie Klassic Invitational. Click here for article in the Livingston Daily. The 400 freestyle relay team of MacKenzie Chesley, Kaleigh Mullen, Alyssa Varsanik and Marin McInerny placed second with a time of 4:04.3 and the 200 medley relay team of McInerny, Jessica Murrell, Chesley and Mullen placed third with a time of 2:03.27. Click here for full results (August 29, 2009)
2008 NDP Girls Swimming & Diving
Congratulations to girls swim/dive coach Mike Weaver and his wife who are proud new parents of Andrew Nathan Weaver, born on 12/5/08!
MHSAA Division III Finals Results
Lauren Rao Qualifies for MHSAA Diving Finals (November 18, 2008)
Marian 122, Notre Dame Prep 58 - at Rochester, Jaclyn Wilson (1:13.99) won the 100-breastroke to lead the Irish. (Oakland Press, October 9, 2008)
Oakland County Swimming Results (October 3, 2008)
Farmington Hills Mercy 102, Notre Dame Prep 72 - Ava Healy led the Irish winning the 100-Breaststroke in 1:29.60. (Oakland Press, October 1, 2008)
Notre Dame Prep 112, Avondale 74 - At Auburn Hills, Kaleigh Mullin (1:01.65) won the 100-freestyle while Alyssa Varsanik (5:59.01) captured the 500-freestyle to lead the Irish (1-0). (Oakland Press, September 8, 2008)
Notre Dame Prep topped the field at the Royal Oak Relays winning the invitational for the second straight year. (September 6, 2008)
Irish 3rd at Kenzie Classic @ Howell Parker High School (August 23, 2008)
2007 Swimming & Diving
Kristin Howdyshell has been named Honorable Mention on the All-County Swim Team. (Oakland Press, December 27, 2007)
The Irish fell to Mercy 74-20 on September 25, 2007. Results
NDP rolled past Avondale 110-76 on September 11, 2007. Box Score (Oakland Press, September 12, 2007)
NDP defeated Ortonville-Brandon 115-68 on September 6, 2007. Jackie Adams won the 50-Free and Mackenzie Chesley won the 200 IM.
The Irish opened the season on Saturday August 25 in the Kenzie Classic at Howell High School. Kristin Howdyshell earned two state cuts in the 200 IM (2:20.57) and the 100 Fly (1:03.31).
Mike Weaver has been named the new girls swim coach, taking over for Ken Roeske. Weaver, who graduated from Michigan State University, has six years of high school coaching experience in the Haslett and Avondale school districts. (August 10, 2007).
