Club Wolverine Swimming

Zones Recap🏊‍♂️:

CW and Team Michigan had a great weekend in Evansville! Team Michigan took home the team title for the first time since 2005🏆

Check out CW’s top 3 finishes from the weekend:

Theo Hovord: top 3 in high point 🏆, 🥇in the 50 BK, 🥈 in the 50 FL and a new team record (33.42). 🥈in the 100 BK, setting a new STATE Record (1:14.61) 🚨

Junia Chang: 🥇 in the 200 BR and 🥈 in the 100 BR!!

Max Lee: 🥇 in the 100 BR. 🥈 in the 50 & 200 BR🐸

Emma Ng: 🥇 in the 200 FL🦋

Charlie Dunbar: 🥇 in the 400 & 800 FR. 🥈 in the 1500. 🥉in the 200 FR🔥

MAGS 13-14 Recap🏊‍♂️:

Our 13-14 swimmers were on 🔥 at MAGS!

Charlie Dunbar - High point winner, 🥇 in the 200, 400, and 1500 FR. Charlie’s 1500 sets a new team record in a time of 16:46.98😳

Finn Kelly - 🥇 swims in the 100, 200 FL and 200 IM💪🏼

Emma Ng - 🥇 in the 200 FL with a big PB!

Poppy LaCrosse - 🥇 in the 400 FR, and swam to her first Futures cut in the 50 FL‼️

The girls went 4/4 on relay wins!
200 FR: Gretchen Myers, Alivia Strickler, Meghan Hovord, and Poppy LaCrosse
200 & 400 Medley: Gretchen Myers, Emma Ng, Poppy LaCrosse, Meghan Hovord
400 FR: Gretchen Myers, Piper Heavner, Meghan Hovord, Poppy LaCrosse

The boys relays secured 3 big relay wins!
200 Med: Charlie Dunbar, Matthew Doerschug, Finn Kelly, and Allan Zhekebatyrov
400 Med: Ethan Deng, Matthew Doerschug, Finn Kelly, Charlie Dunbar
400 FR: Finn Kelly, Charlie Dunbar, Xi-Xi Zhao, and Allan Zhekebatyrov

MAGS 11-12 Recap🏊‍♂️:

It was a great showing at MAGS from our 11-12 crew, winning 4 individual races and the girls winning all 4 relays🔥

Junia Chang - swept the 50, 100, and 200 BR🥇
Max Lee - a huge PB and 🥇 in the 200 BR

200 Medley - Team record and 🥇 (Nola Molter, Junia Chang, Hallie Zakrajsek, and Hailey Milliman)

200 FR and 400 Medley- 🥇 from the team of Nola Molter, Junia Chang, Hallie Zakrajsek, and Hailey Milliman

400 FR - 🥇 from the team of Nola Molter, Junia Chang, Claire Loewit, and Hailey Milliman

MAGS 10&U Recap🏊‍♂️:

It was a huge weekend for Theo Hovord as he claimed the high point award scoring 117 point for CW🔥

Theo won 5 of his 6 individual races which included the 50, 100 BK / 100, 200, and 400 FR!

Theo’s 50 BK swim set a new STATE Record with a time of 34.25😳

Congrats Theo!

🚨 Team Record Alert🚨

This past weekend at the TYR Futures Championship, Tallulah Beg secured 🥇 in the 400 IM, setting a new CW record in a time of 4:53.70! Additionally, she followed up that swim with a 🥈 in the 200 BR.

Let’s go Tallulah!

🚨Winter Junior cut alert 🚨

On day 1 of Futures, Elijah Almeida secured his first Winter Juniors cut in the 100 BR and placed 20th overall!🐸🔥

Congrats Elijah!

Namesnik recap🔥🏊‍♂️

CW leveled up big time with some huge swims from the following athletes:

Henry Baumhover: Secured his first Summer Juniors cut in the 50 BR🙏

Lulu Flynn: Swam to her first Summer Juniors cut in the 100 BR! Additionally, her first 50 split of 32.79, landed her first 18&U US Nationals cut and set a new CW team record for 15-16yo🚨

Cam Kline: Claimed his first Winter Juniors cut in the 200 FR 💪🏼

Justin Okopny: Also swam to his first Winter Juniors cut in the 200 FR, additionally setting the CW team record for the 15-16yo📈

Let’s go CW🎉

CW Coach Spotlight - Coach Joel🏊‍♂️😎

Coach Joel has been with CW since 2022 and currently serves as our Blue 1 lead coach!

His involvement in swimming extends far beyond the pool deck. Joel is also a USA Swimming National-Level Official, with experience officiating club, high school, collegiate, and national-level meets.

Joel’s extensive officiating background brings valuable insight to our program, helping our younger athletes better understand competition and feel more prepared and confident at meet!

This weekend, CW competes to honor the life and legacy of Eric Namesnik.

Namesnik was a 2x Olympic Silver medalist, whose impact on swimming extended far beyond the pool. As a coach, mentor, and visionary, he believed in creating opportunities for athletes at all levels.

Namesnik played a vital role in shaping the vision that would become today’s Club Wolverine: a program where athletes of all ages and abilities could develop, compete, and thrive throughout their swimming journey.

As we compete at the 2026 Eric Namesnik Memorial Invite, we celebrate a leader whose passion helped build the foundation for our team.

Go CW!