Oakland Press -- When Farmington Hills Mercy swim coach Shannon Dunworth tells his team to go “all in,” it has nothing to do with poker chips.

   After his team won the Division 2 state championship at Oakland University Saturday, Dunworth did

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Farmington Hills Mercy poses with their MHSAA Division 2 championship trophy at Oakland University on Saturday.

a back flip into the pool, fully clothed, and yelled for his entire team to follow him into the water.

   Mercy edged Holland by four points — 282 to 278 — and the state team championship came down to the last relay of the day; the 400 freestyle.

  

  “We knew if we finished fourth in that relay we would tie for the championship with Holland,” Dunworth said.

   Mercy finished second in the 400 freestyle and even though Holland took first place in the event...

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East Grand Rapids celebrates thier MHSAA Division 3 championship at Eastern Michigan University on Saturday.

   Grand Rapids Press -- Early last week, East Grand Rapids swimming coach Butch Briggs distributed to each of the Pioneers an itinerary of this weekend's Division 3 state meet at Eastern Michigan University. The final item on that itinerary read: "Saturday, 3:11 p.m., State Championship."

 

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   Briggs' prediction came true Saturday afternoon, although he missed it by 11 minutes. East Grand Rapids won the Division 3 state championship at 3:22 p.m., collecting the program's 16th title and first since 2001 with 416 points. Cranbrook Kingswood finished a distant second, with 234 points.

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   AnnArbor.com --Saline High School coach Todd Brunty plunged into the water and his swimmers, the culprits of his soaked state, followed him like dominoes.

 

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   It was a celebratory scene painted by the Hornets’ swimming and diving team, which captured the school’s first Division 1 girls championship, outscoring all 36 of the other teams represented Saturday at the Holland Aquatic Center.

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