From High School to Olympic Swimming
July 11, 2012
Fans of U.S. Swimming already have plenty of reasons to cheer for Missy Franklin later this month at the Summer Olympics -- she's only 17, but qualified to compete in a U.S. women's all-time best seven events.
But fans of high school sports and what they provide athletes at all levels of ability can also support her for how she's chosen to compete when she's not racing against the best in the world.
Franklin, who lives in Colorado, has continued to swim for her high school team despite the financial rewards she could've earned by taking the elite swimmer's usual path of going pro.
A ton has been written about Franklin lately, for obvious reasons. Below is a link to a New York Times story from February that focused on her continued dedication to her high school team.
Before the Olympic Trials, There’s This Big High School Meet (New York Times)
Today in the MHSAA: 11/3/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 3, 2022
1. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Richland Gull Lake will play for the Division 2 title thanks to a 2-0 Semifinal win over No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Battle Creek Enquirer
2. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 Rockford earned a trip to the Division 1 Final with a 3-0 win over No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central – WOOD TV
3. BOYS SOCCER Jackson Craft scored both goals to send No. 8 Rochester Adams to the Division 1 Final with a 2-0 win over No. 10 Salem – Detroit News
4. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Ann Arbor Greenhills continued to keep its playoff opponents scoreless with a 1-0 Division 4 Semifinal win over No. 6 Plymouth Christian Academy – Ann Arbor News
5. BOYS SOCCER No. 14 Grosse Ile will return to the Division 3 Final after a 1-0 win over No. 2 Detroit Country Day – Southgate News-Herald
6. BOYS SOCCER No. 6 Holland Christian will play for the Division 3 championship after a 4-1 Semifinal win over No. 9 Elk Rapids – Holland Sentinel
7. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood score with just under 11 minutes to play to get past No. 10 Riverview 1-0 in a Division 2 Semifinal – Oakland Press
8. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Muskegon Western Michigan Christian got past also-unranked Leland 3-1 in a Division 4 Semifinal – Grand Haven Tribune
9. VOLLEYBALL Morgan Deming went over 1,000 career kills with 52 in a Division 2 District Semifinal win over Kingsley – Petoskey News-Review
10. VOLLEYBALL Unranked Saginaw Swan Valley came back from two sets down to defeat honorable mention Essexville Garber in five in Division 2 – Bay City Times