State Meet NEWS:

Congratulations to the Mill Creek Swim and Dive Team for their outstanding performance this weekend at the 2017 GHSA State Swimming and Diving Championship Meet. The boys' team finished SECOND and the girls' team finished 21st. This was the highest finish at state for any Mill Creek team!!!!!


There were an incredible number of school records set during the meet.  Ambria D'Alonzo set a new Gwinnett County and School record in the 11-dive event with an All-American Consideration score of 512.60.  




Jake Magahey set a School record in the 200 free with an Automatic All-American time of 1:38.85.  Chris Pierce set new School records in the 200 IM with an All-American Consideration time of 1:51.02 and in the 100 Back with an All-American Consideration time of 50.32.  Samuele Bodon set a new School record in the 100 fly with a time of 51.52. The boys' 200 medley relay team of Chris Pierce, Collins Sainovich, Samuele Bodon, Brian Smith set a new School record with an All-American Consideration time of 1:35.40.  The boys' 400 free relay team of Jake Magahey, Samuele Bodon, Brian Smith, Chris Pierce set a new School record with an All-American Consideration time of 3:06.84

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Finishing FIRST were the boys' 400 free relay team of Jake Magahey (lifetime best time of 46.77), Samuele Bodon (split a blistering 47.12), Brian Smith (split an amazing 46.88), Chris Pierce (split an incredible 46.07) setting a new School record with an All-American Consideration time of 3:06.84.  The boys' won the event by almost a full 2 seconds and dropped almost a full 3 seconds off their previous record that was set at the County Meet!!!!  They went into the finals seeded 4th!  The boys' finish allowed the team to leap over Lambert for a SECOND place overall finish!



SECOND place finishes were achieved by Ambria D'Alonzo in the 11-dive event with an All-American Consideration score of 512.60, and Jake Magahey with and Automatic All-American time of 4:26.87 in one of the most exciting events in finals!! 

Chris Pierce finished THIRD in the 100 Back with an All-American Consideration time of 50.32.



Top Ten Finishes were achieved by:  Jake Magahey placed 4th in the 200 free with an Automatic All-American time of 1:38.85; Chris Pierce placed 4th in the 200 IM with an All-American Consideration time of 1:51.02; Chris Pierce (23.64), Collins Sainovich (27.43), Samuele Bodon (22.79), Brian Smith (21.54) placed 5th in the 200 Medley Relay set with an All-American Consideration time of 1:35.40.

Placing 11th-20th were:  Samuele Bodon placed 11th in the 100 fly with a time of 51.52, and placed 18th in the 100 Back; Collins Sainovich placed 12th in the 200 IM with an amazing 1:55.50, and placed 15th in the 100 Breast with a time of 1:00.73; Isabelle Andrews placed 11th in the 100 fly from lane 10 with an outstanding time of 57.71; Abigail Tashlein, Bailey Williams, Isabelle Andrews, Sarah Bevil moved up 2 places from their seed and placed 16th in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:52.12; Brian Smith placed 17th in the 100 Free with a lifetime best time of 47.95; Hunter Misuraca placed 17th in the 11-dive event with a season best 347.35; Nicholas Kalenik placed 18th in the 500 free with a personal best time of 4:45.61; Collins Sainovich, Parker Myers, Nicholas Kalenik, Jake Magahey placed 18th in the 200 Free Relay with a season's best 1:29.89 (Collins Sainovich led off the relay with his personal best time of 22.39!); Isabelle Andrews, Laine Lioi, Bailey Williams, Abigail Tashlein placed 18th in the 400 Free Relay with a season best 3:42.12; and Abigail Tashlein placed 20th in the 100 Back with a time of 1:00.84 (Abigail swam a blistering 59.80 in prelims to break a minute for the first time in a high school meet!).

Other swimmers performing well were:  Sarah Bevil (50 free, 200 Free Relay); Gianna Brooks (200 Free Relay); Nicholas Kalenik (200 Free); Kevin Khadem (100 Breast - personal best time 1:04.05); Laine Lioi (50 Free,200 Free Relay, 100 Free - personal best time of 57.29); Ana Lorton (100 Back); Shay Magahey (100 Breast); Parker Myers (50 Free, 100 Free - personal best time of 51:00); Owen Pendley (200 IM, 100 Back); Sebastian Rodriguez (100 Fly, 100 Breast); Brian Smith (200 free - personal best time of 1:46.22); Abigail Tashlein (200 IM); Jackson Ward (100 Fly, 100 Back - personal best time of 56.71); Caroline Weinhart (100 fly, 200 Free Relay); and Bailey Williams (200 Free, 100 Breast).

Congratulations to the entire team for their outstanding SPIRIT and SPORTSMANSHIP!!!!!  The team represented the school and community extremely well with their passionate effort and school spirit!   

A special thanks Carrie Magahey for putting together an outstanding food table for the swimmers, and to all the parents and students that cheered loudly for the team!

Thanks to everyone for an outstanding season!  A special thanks to our outstanding Assistant Coaches:  Brittany Baggett, Carly Cantrell, Laurel Christopher, my amazing wife Heidi Creed, and Kali Shimmin. 

Thanks to our outstanding Administration led by Principal Jason Lane and the Athletic Department led by Gary Long for their tremendous support!  A special thanks to Laura Dunnigan for all of her administrative support in the Athletic Department!  Also thanks to our wonderfully supportive bus diver, Mr. Robert Johnson, for being patient with us as we celebrated after finals at The Varsity!!!

The team banquet will be Tuesday, 28 Feb. 2017.  We look forward to seeing everyone there!!!

Way to go HAWKS!!!!!!!!  It's great to be a Mill Creek Hawk!!!

County Meet NEWS:

Congratulations to the Mill Creek Swim and Dive Team for their outstanding performance this weekend at the Gwinnett County Swimming and Diving Championship Meet. The boys' team finished 4th and the girls' team finished 5th. 
There were an incredible number of school records set during the meet.  Ambria D'Alonzo set a new County and School record in the 11-dive event with an All-American Consideration score of 476.90.  Jake Magahey set new County Meet and School records in the 200 free with an All-American Consideration time of 1:39.47 and in the 500 free with an Automatic All-American Time of 4:26.62.  Chris Pierce set a new School record with a time of 1:53.18.  Samuele Bodon set a new School record in the 100 fly with a time of 52.26. The boys' medley relay team of Chris Pierce, Kevin Khadem, Samuele Bodon, Brian Smith set a new School record with a time of 1:36.54.  The boys' 400 free relay team of Jake Magahey, Samuele Bodon, Brian Smith, Chris Pierce set a new School record with a time of 3:09.58.

First place finishes were achieved by Ambria D'Alonzo (diving), Jake Magahey (200 free, 500 free), and Chris Pierce (100 back).  

The relays swam extremely well:  Chris Pierce, Kevin Khadem, Samuele Bodon, Brian Smith (medley relay-2nd); Jake Magahey, Samuele Bodon, Brian Smith, Chris Pierce (400 free relay-2nd); Abigail Tashlein, Bailey Williams, Isabelle Andrews, Sarah Bevil (medley relay-3rd); Isabelle Andrews, Caroline Weinhart, Bailey Williams, Abigail Tashlein (400 free relay-4th); Collins Sainovich, Parker Myers, Nicholas Kalenik, Jake Magahey (200 free relay-7th); Gianna Brooks, Sarah Bevil, Laine Lioi, Caroline Weinhart (200 free relay-10th).

The following swimmers and divers placed 1st-10th in the meet:  Ambria D'Alonzo (diving-1st), Jake Magahey (200 free-1st, 500 free-1st), Chris Pierce (100 back-1st, 200 IM-3rd), Samuele Bodon (100 fly-3rd, 100 back-4th); Isabelle Andrews (100 fly-3rd, 100 back-7th); Abigail Tashlein (200 IM-5th, 100 back-5th); Brian Smith (100 free-5th, 50 free-8th); Bailey Williams (100 breast-5th, 200 free-10th); Hunter Misuraca (diving-5th); Collins Sainovich (200 IM-6th);  Nicholas Kalenik (500free-8th); and Jackson Ward (100 fly-10th). 


The following swimmers and divers placed 11th-20th in the meet:  Nicholas Kalenik (200 free-11th); Sebastian Rodriguez (100 fly-11th); Owen Pendley (200 IM-13th, 100 back-15th); Collins Sainovich (100 breast-13th); Caroline Weinhart (100 fly-13th, 200 free-16th); Parker Myers (100 free-13th); Shay Magahey (100 breast-14th, 200 free-19th); Sarah Bevil (100 breast-18th);  Kayleigh Kozarich (diving-18th); Maddie Polk (500 free-19th); Ana Lorton (100 back-20th); Kevin Khadem (100 breast-20th); and Jacob Battle (500 free-20th).

The following swimmers and divers placed 21st-30th in the meet:  Parker Myers (50 free-21st); Emily King (diving-21st); Katherine Guynes (200 IM-22nd, 100 back-23rd); Sebastian Rodriguez (100 breast-22nd); Sarah Bevil (50 free-22nd); Jackson Ward (200 IM-23rd); Ana Lorton (200 IM-25th); Lilly Modly (500 free-25th); James Kim (200 free-27th); Laine Lioi (100 free-27th, 50 free-29th);   Maddie Polk (100 breast-28th); Jacob Battle (200 free-28th); Ethan Santiago (100 back-28th); and Chase Childs (100 breast-29th). 

The following swimmers achieved new state qualifying standards: Sarah Bevil (50 free); Kevin Khadem (100 breast); Ana Lorton (100 back); Shay Magahey (100 breast); and Parker Myers (50 free, 100 free).

The following swimmers would have scored in the meet but were unable to swim in finals due to team qualifying limits:  Aidan Delliponti(100 back); Claire Grant (100 back); Sam Lowry (100 back) and Lilly Modly (100 back). 

The following swimmers also competed and had an outstanding meet:  Gianna Brooks, Aidan Delliponti, Jade Diego, Emily Donnelly, Claire Grant, Jacob Hurd, Alex Lane, Katie Leibecht, Sam Lowry, Claire McKittrick, Andrew Moore, Elizabeth Newlin, Logan Paugh, J.C. Petty, Cameron Sorel, Tito Tomei, Connor Ward, and Sydney Welch!

Congratulations to the entire team for their outstanding spirit and sportsmanship!!!!!  The team represented the school and community extremely well with their passionate effort and school spirit!  

A special thanks to all of the parents that pitched in and put together an outstanding food table for the swimmers, volunteered to work the meet, and cheered loudly for the team!

The next swim meet will be the GHSA 6A-7A State Swimming and Diving Championships at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center February 2-4, 2017. 



Norcross Summary 
Congratulations to the Mill Creek Swim and Dive Team for their outstanding performance last night versus Norcross. The girls team came up short 186 to 129.  The boys team won 165 to 132.  

First place finishes were achieved by Chris Pierce (200 free, 100 breast); Bailey Williams (200 free, 100 breast); Hunter Misuraca (diving); Ambria D'Alonzo (diving); 
Isabelle Andrews (100 fly, 100 back); Brian Smith (100 free); Owen Pendley (500 free); Ana Lorton, Bailey Williams, Isabelle Andrews, Sarah Bevil (200 Medley Relay); and Sam Bodon, Collins Sainovich, Owen Pendley, Chris Pierce (400 Free Relay).

The following swimmers achieved state qualifying standards: Chris Pierce (200 free, 100 breast); Brian Smith (200 free, 100 free, 50 free); Bailey Williams (200 free, 100 breast); Sam Bodon (200 IM, 100 free, 50 free); Owen Pendley (200 IM, 500 free); Jake Magahey (50 free, 100 breast); Collins Sainovich (50 free, 100 free); Ambria D'Alonzo (diving); Jackson Ward (100 fly, 100 back); and Isabelle Andrews (100 fly, 100 back). 

The following swimmers achieved county qualifying standards:  Sebastian Rodriguez (200 free, 500 free); Kat Guynes (200 free, 100 breast); James Kim (200 IM, 100 fly); Connor Ward (200 IM, 100 breast); Shay Magahey (200 IM, 100 breast); Ana Lorton (200 IM, 100 back); Katie Leibrecht (200 IM, 100 fly); Parker Myers (50 free, 100 free); Jacob Hurd (50 free, 100 free); Aidan Delliponti (50 free, 100 free); Jacob Battle (100 free, 100 breast); Logan Paugh (50 free, 100 breast); Sam Lowry (50 free, 100 back); Tito Tomei (50 free, 100 breast); Sarah Bevil (50 free, 100 breast); Jade Diego (50 free, 100 free); Gianna Brooks (50 free, 100 free); Laine Lioi (50 free, 100 free); Claire Grant (50 free, 100 free); Hunter Misuraca 
(diving); Kayleigh Kozarich (diving); J.C. Petty (100 fly); Kevin Khadem (100 fly, 100 breast); Andrew Moore (100 fly); Alex Lane (100 free); Maddie Polk (500 free); Cameron Sorel (100 back); Lilly Modly (100 back); Claire McKittrick (100 back); Elizabeth Newlin (100 back); and Chase Childs (100 breast). 

The following swimmers have earned distinction by qualifying for state in all 8 swimming events and thereby earning the Iron Hawk Award:  Chris Pierce (4th time), Brian Smith (2nd time), Collins Sainovich (1st time), Abigail Tashlein (1st time) and Jake Magahey (1st time)!


The following swimmers have earned distinction by qualifying for at least county in all 8 swimming events and thereby earning the Silver Hawk Award: Isabelle Andrews, Jacob Battle, Sam Bodon, Lydia Evans, Katherine Guynes, Nicholas Kalenik, James Kim, Shay Magahey, Logan Paugh, Owen Pendley, J. C. Petty, Sebastian Rodriguez, Jackson Ward, and Bailey Williams!  

The following divers have earned distinction by qualifying for State in both the 6-dive and 11-dive format earning the Soaring Hawk Award :  Ambria D'Alonzo and Hunter Misuraca!  

Congratulations to the entire team for their outstanding spirit and sportsmanship!!!!!  Congratulations also to the Norcross team for their outstanding swimming, diving, spirit and sportsmanship!

We would like to thank our amazing seniors for their outstanding commitment and leadership!  We will greatly miss this outstanding group of excellent swimmers, divers, and students!  Our graduating seniors are: Sam Bodon, Roshni Chandy, Andrew Covey, Ambria D'Alonzo, Jade Diego, Jacob Hurd, Kevin Khadem, James Kim, Ana Lorton, Shay Magahey, J.C. Petty, Christopher Pierce, Brian Smith, Tito Tomei, Kenan Tricic, and Connor Ward.  A special thanks also to their parents for their wonderful support of their student/athlete!!!!

A special thanks to our outstanding principal, Mr. Jason Lane, for supporting our program!  We greatly appreciate his attendance and for helping to recognize our seniors!

We had many other swimmers and divers that had an outstanding season.  We greatly appreciate their outstanding dedication and determination.  Congratulations to the following swimmers and divers for their commitment:  Gabriela Basauri, Tori Basic, Roshni Chandy, Andrew Covey, Gabriella Delliponti, Emily Donnelly, Matthew Fields, Shelby Hayes, Jackson Jones, Emily King, Abigail Lane, Cole Linaweaver, Carleigh McCall, KelseyMoore, Harrison Murdoch, Zachary Nguyen, Joseph Paxton, Lauren Pierce, Michaela Polk, Victor Sandberg, Matthew Streeter, Mackenzie Sumrell, Kenan Tricic, Samantha Ulbrich, Aurora Veres, Alyssa Vispi, and Zachary Wells.


News for February 2017:

Tuesday, 2/28: Swim and Dive Banquet catered by Longhorn in the Mill Creek Commons at 6:30pm.

Wednesday, 3/15: Gwinnett Celebration Swim and Dive Banquet hosted by Archer High School at 7:00pm.  Invitations will be sent out.  Refreshments served afterwards!






2016-2017 Seniors above 
and team below