November 6–8, 2025 — Brighton High School
Final Team Finish: 4th Place (587 points)

The Canton Girls Swim & Dive Team delivered one of its strongest and deepest championship performances in recent years at the 2025 KLAA Conference Championships. With 38 prelim entries, two divers, and finals qualifiers in nearly every event, the Cobras demonstrated big-time time drops across all three days of competition.

From major breakthroughs by underclassmen to veteran leadership from upperclassmen, Canton saw significant improvements from preliminary seeds to final results. Below is a full, event-by-event breakdown including each athlete’s best time of the meet and comparison to their seeded mark.

200 MEDLEY RELAY

A Relay

Prelim: 1:58.69 → Finals: 1:53.17
This group (Pham, Huey, Murillo, Kennedy) sliced over five seconds from prelims and presenting a D1 State Qualifying Time.
A massive improvement highlighted by Mina Kennedy’s 24.96 anchor.

B Relay

Prelim: 2:11.52 → Finals: 2:05.70
Ellinger, Yonker, Gregory, and Zhang cut nearly six seconds off their prelim time, demonstrating excellent relay growth.

C Relay

Seed: 2:35.25 → Prelim: 2:38.30
Edwards, Pradeep, Flynn, and Michener were slightly above seed but gained valuable experience at the conference level.

200 FREESTYLE

Canton put five swimmers into finals with significant time drops across the lineup.

Hannah Gurgel (12) - Captain

Seed: 1:55.00 → Best: 1:53.47 (–1.53)
Gurgel won prelims and finished 1st overall, improving over a second and reasserting herself as one of the conference’s top middle-distance swimmers and qualifying for D1 State Meet.

Ella Strutton (10)

Seed: 2:11.88 → Best: 2:08.40 (–3.48)
A huge prelim drop earned her a place in the B final, finishing 14th overall.

Liv Lecluyse (10)

Seed: 2:14.20 → Best: 2:12.06 (–2.14)
Strong, controlled racing landed her 16th overall with a strong finals swim.

Kate Stevens (9)

Seed: 2:16.73 → Best: 2:11.00 (–5.73)
One of the largest drops in the entire meet by any Canton swimmer; she moved up from a mid-pack seed into the C final and placed 17th.

Amya Bosanko (12)

Seed: 2:23.96 → Best: 2:16.70 (–7.26)
A massive improvement — over seven seconds — and a strong finals finish at 21st.

Sydney Bennett (11)

Seeded 2:28.33; unfortunately DQ’d in prelims, but produced a swim that would have dropped several seconds.

200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

Canton advanced four swimmers to finals — all improving from seed.

Amelia Pan (10)

Seed: 2:12.32 → Best: 2:09.26 (–3.06)
Pan earned 4th overall, showing strong front-half speed and excellent closing free and accomplishing a D1 State Qualifying time.

Mina Kennedy (11)

Seed: 2:14.60 → Best: 2:13.53 (–1.07)
Matched her prelims time exactly in finals, maintaining 7th place in the A final and producing another state qualifying time.

Jasmine Pham (12)

Seed: 2:19.11 → Best: 2:17.41 (–1.70)
Beat her seed comfortably and secured 11th overall with her first ever individual D1 state qualifying time.

Audrey Huey (9)

Seed: 2:19.41 → Best: 2:19.08 (–0.33)
Small drop from seed to prelims and 14th place overall — strong freshman conference debut.

50 FREESTYLE

Abi McAskin (10)

Seed: 25.36 → Best: 25.47 (+0.11)
Slightly above seed, but still fast enough for 5th overall in the A final — showing excellent reaction time and tempo.

Erin Yonker (12)

Seed: 28.81 → Best: 28.60 (–0.21)
Improved from seed during prelims and raced well in a very crowded sprint field.

DIVING

Kiera Shisler (12)

Seed: 243.45 → Finals: 218.25
Finished 21st overall after a challenging final round but contributed crucial team points.

Elisa Quinn (12)

Seed: 195.80 → Finals: 195.30 (–0.50)
Consistent around her seed performance.

100 BUTTERFLY

Hannah Gurgel (12) - Captain

Seed: 58.24 → Best: 57.04 (–1.20)
Finished 2nd in the conference with her best time of the year — breakout closing speed and producing another D1 state qualifying time.

Ximena Murillo (12) - Captain

Seed: 1:02.09 → Best: 1:01.45 (–0.64)
Strong improvement from seed to finals; finished 8th in the A final.

Caitlin Gregory (11)

Seed: 1:14.08 → Best: 1:10.24 (–3.84)
Huge prelim drop earned her 24th and a lane in the C final.

Praanjal Pradeep (10)

Seed: 1:18.37 → Best: 1:15.98 (–2.39)
Solid time drop at her first event of the day.

Sydney Bennett (11)

Seed: 1:20.71 → Best: 1:21.41 (+0.70)
Very close to seed time, showing consistent form.

100 FREESTYLE

Amelia Pan (10)

Seed: 54.61 → Best: 52.95 (–1.66)
A huge performance — Pan won the event, dropping well over a second from seed to finals and acquiring another D1 State Qualifying time.

Abi McAskin (10)

Seed: 55.47 → Best: 55.55 (+0.08)
Nearly even with seed time; finished 8th in the conference.

Isabel Ellinger (11)

Seed: 1:03.71 → Best: 1:01.44 (–2.27)
Strong prelim drop and a finals swim of 1:01.55 for 23rd.

500 FREESTYLE

Canton had one of its deepest performances of the entire meet here, with massive drops.

Mina Kennedy (11)

Seed: 5:16.59 → Best: 5:15.21 (–1.38)
Earned 3rd place and held pace extremely well.

Ella Strutton (10)

Seed: 5:55.83 → Best: 5:49.59 (–6.24)
Huge improvement — moved up into the C final and scored 6 points.

Liv Lecluyse (10)

Seed: 6:09.61 → Best: 5:59.40 (–10.21)
One of the biggest drops of the entire meet — over 10 seconds.

Amya Bosanko (12)

Seed: 6:08.43 → Best: 5:56.96 (–11.47)
Another massive improvement, nearly 12 seconds.

Perisu Okuyucu (10)

Seed: 6:13.75 → Best: 6:07.08 (–6.67)
Strong middle-distance development.

Kate Stevens (9)

Seed: 6:23.35 → Best: 6:12.09 (–11.26)
Huge drop and a breakthrough swim.

Michelle Zhang (10)

Seed: 6:41.65 → Best: 6:16.60 (–25.05)
One of the largest drops from any Canton swimmer — over 25 seconds.

Peyton Szopko (11)

Seed: 7:05.04 → Best: 6:32.12 (–32.92)
Enormous improvement — the single biggest drop in the program this weekend.

Emma Flynn (12) - Captain

Seed: 6:54.67 → Best: 6:45.49 (–9.18)
Steady pacing and a strong finish.

200 FREESTYLE RELAY

A Relay

Prelim: 1:49.04 → Finals: 1:39.58
A stunning ten-second improvement to earn 3rd in the conference and D1 State Qualifying Time.
(McAskin, Huey, Pan, Gurgel)

B Relay

Prelim: 1:57.52 → Finals: DQ
The group was on pace for a substantial drop before the DQ.

100 BACKSTROKE

Jasmine Pham (12)

Seed: 1:03.86 → Best: 1:02.79 (–1.07)
A strong swim placing her at an impressive 3rd overall.

Ximena Murillo (12) - Captain

Seed: 1:06.80 → Best: 1:03.44 (–3.36)
Big improvement from seed and 5th in the A final.

Perisu Okuyucu (10)

Seed: 1:12.58 → Best: 1:10.15 (–2.43)
Finished 19th with a big prelim drop.

Isabel Ellinger (11)

Seed: 1:11.70 → Best: 1:10.76 (–0.94)
Steady performance, finishing 20th.

Caitlin Gregory (11)

Seed: 1:14.69 → Best: 1:13.54 (–1.15)
Dropped over a second and improved from seed position.

100 BREASTSTROKE

Audrey Huey (9)

Seed: 1:10.40 → Best: 1:09.74 (–0.66)
Finished 9th overall — impressive for a freshman as she splashed down a D1 State Qualifying Time.

Erin Yonker (12)

Seed: 1:16.92 → Best: 1:14.18 (–2.74)
Strong improvement and 17th place.

Michelle Zhang (10)

Seed: 1:20.14 → Best: 1:18.47 (–1.67)
Big drop and excellent texture on her stroke.

Praanjal Pradeep (10)

Seed: 1:26.31 → Best: 1:26.29 (–0.02)
Out-touches her seed time.

400 FREESTYLE RELAY

A Relay

Prelim: 4:00.14 → Finals: 3:33.72
A massive 26-second drop anchored by Pan’s 52.04 and Gurgel’s 52.22 lead-off.
This relay won the conference title and delivered Canton’s most dominant performance of the meet and an impressive 11th D1 State Qualifying Time by Canton Team.

B Relay

Prelim: 4:16.81 → Finals: 4:01.86
A fifteen-second drop from prelims — incredible improvement for Perisu, Liv, Ella, and Jasmine.

Canton's Major Highlights

17 swimmers dropped 3+ seconds from seed

8 swimmers dropped 10+ seconds

Peyton Szopko’s 32.92-second drop in the 500 was the largest on the team

Gurgel (200 free) & Pan (100 free) and the 400 free relay won conference championships

Gurgel (200 free, 100 fly), Kennedy (500), Pan (200 IM, 100 free) each earned All KLAA honors for placing top 5 in combined meet results of East & West Conference results.

Depth events like the 500 free were among Canton’s strongest of the night demonstrating the Cobra's training commitment.

KLAA West Meet SUMMARY:

Canton finished 4th overall (587 points) in one of the deepest KLAA meets in recent memory.
 

1. Northville (919.5) won 3 events (50 Free, 1 meter diving, 100 breaststroke) - 60% best times
2. Brighton (745.5) won 4 events (Medley, 200 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay) - 94% best times
3. Novi (742) won 1 event (100 backstroke) - 90% best times
4. Canton (587) won 3 events (200 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle, 400 Freestyle Relay) - 85% best times
5. Plymouth (440) - 81% best times
6. Stevenson (375) won 1 event (500 Free) - 75% best times
7. Hartland (349) - 48% best times
8. Salem (341) - 85% best times