Adrian swim and dive brings home two medals from D3 state meet

HOLLAND – Members of the Adrian Maples swim and dive team traveled to the beautiful confines of the Holland Aquatic Center for the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Division 3 Swimming and Dive state finals.

The Maples came away with a great deal of success, including a pair of podium finishes enroute to a 15th place team finish.

Leading the way for Adrian was senior Ella Salenbien who brought home the bronze medal in the 100-yard freestyle. Salenbien finished in third place in the preliminary with a 52.48 and cut her finals time by nearly a second, taking third place with a time of 51.68 seconds. Not only did Salenbien earn the bronze medal she did so in a new Adrian High School record time with her 51.68 seconds, etching her name in the Maples record books.

Salenbien also claimed the bronze medal in the 50-yard freestyle, making her trip to Holland a pretty good one.

Also earning a spot on the podium for Adrian was senior diving ace Reese Beauleaux who battled her way through the competition to earn fifth place overall at the state level. Beauleaux found herself in a bit of a hole coming out of the preliminary round with a 233.65. Beauleaux did not blink and put up a big championship round, scoring 113.15 points to finish in fifth place with a final score of 346.80.

Adrian’s final competitors were the 200-freestyle relay team of Allison Marks, Abby Meyer, Emma Pino, and Salenbien which finished in 13th place overall.

Tecumseh swim and dive finishes off season at Division 3 state meet

The Tecumseh Indians capped off their spectacular 2025 season this past weekend with a trip to the beautiful Holland Aquatic Center for the Division 3 State Swim and Dive finals.

While no Tecumseh swimmer or diver was able to advance out of their respective preliminaries, they did finish their season on a strong note.

Senior Kellie Fahey had two personal best relay splits in the prelims, first setting a new mark on her 50-yard breaststroke leg of the 200 yard medley relay with a time of 34.46 seconds and then again in her 50 yard freestyle leg as the third leg of the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 25.91.

Junior Madison Betz had a personal best relay split in her 50 freestyle as the anchor leg of the 200-yard freestyle relay team.

After three consecutive weekends of championship meets these athletes swam and dove well, but unfortunately, they did not make it to finals in any of their events,” Tecumseh coach Betsy Olberg said. “Congratulations to these athletes on a great season and making it so far!”

This article originally appeared on The Daily Telegram: Adrian and Tecumseh compete at Division 3 State Championship meet