Meet the 2024 All-Greater Rochester Boys Swimming and Diving Team
The All-Greater Rochester Boys Swimming and Diving Team was selected by coaches with input from Democrat and Chronicle and Daily Messenger Post sportswriters.
Swimmer of the Year
Year: Senior
Parents: Renee and Adam Stetzer
Events: 200 IM, 100 freestyle, plus a little bit of everything.
Key accomplishments: Continuing the team's 22-year sectionals winning streak and first-ever sectionals sweep.
Future plans: Study business and swim at Binghamton University.
Year: Junior
Parents: Laura and Dan Braun
Event: Medley
Key accomplishment: 1:55.47 in the 200 IM.
Future plans: After high school, I want to get into the European open wheel racing scene and hopefully reach F1.
Year: Sophomore
Parents: Colleen and William Conner
Key accomplishments: Getting three school records and two state cuts in the same meet.
Future plans: I plan to swim over the summer and lift to get ready for next session.
Year: Senior
Parents: Joy and Jianlin Fan
Events: Butterfly, backstroke
Key accomplishments: Academic All-American, National Honor Society.
Future plans: Attend Swarthmore College, swim for the team and major in political science.
Year: Senior
Parents: Susan and Erik Fix
Key accomplishments: Five sectional titles in one night.
Future plans: Attend a four-year college and study exercise science.
Year: Sophomore
Parents: Debby and Mark Frenzel
Events: 50 free and 100 butterfly.
Key accomplishments: 52.89 in the 100 fly
Future plans: I don't have any college plans yet, but as of right now I would like to swim in college.
Year: Senior
Parents: Beth and Jeff Golembiewski
Event: Freestyle
Key accomplishments: Set 15 individual and team records this season; Received the Swimmer of the Meet award at the Section V Class A Championships.
Future plans: Swim for the Holy Cross men's swimming and diving team in the fall as part of the Class of 2028.
Year: Sophomore
Parents: Andrea and Scott Hinds
Key accomplishment: Swam the 100 breaststroke in 58.93
Future plans: Undecided.
Year: Senior
Parents: Christine and Andrew Keane
Events: Breastroke/IM
Key accomplishment: Team records in 100 breast, 200 IM and making it to state finals.
Future plans: Study engineering at a four-year college.
Year: Sophomore
Parents: Carolyn Lewis
Key accomplishment: Swimming 21.81 in the 50 freestyle at states.
Future plans: I plan to compete in more national USA Swimming competitions across the United States and improve my performances with my Rush-Henrietta varsity team, Section V and states in the coming years.
Year: Junior
Parents: Kelly and Christopher Ligozio
Key accomplishments: Class A diving sectional champion 2024.
Future plans: Would like to continue to refine my skills and technique and compete in diving at college.
Year: Sophomore
Parents: Theresa and Jeff McCormack
Key accomplishments: Two-time sectional individual winner (200 freestyle and 100 freestyle) and two-time sectional relay winner (200 medley relay and 400 free relay).
Future plans: Compete in high school swimming for the next two years.
Year: Freshman
Parents: John Miller
Events: Butterfly, backstroke
Key accomplishments: Placed eighth in the state for the 100 butterfly as a freshman and won Section V Class B Swimmer of the Meet.
Future plans: To attend college and continue my swimming career.
Year: Sophomore
Parents: Sarah and George Newsome
Key accomplishments: Qualified for three Speedo sectional cuts.
Future plans: College, swimming and engineering.
Year: Senior
Parents: Nicole and Jon Parkhurst
Key accomplishments: I swam two All-American consideration times in the 50 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke. My medley relay team also won at sectionals this year.
Future plans: I plan on attending college to study biology and swim on their swim team.
Year: Senior
Parents: Karin and Dale Rehkopf
Event: Freestyle
Key accomplishments: I am the 2024 Section V Class A Champion in the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay; A part of the 200 freestyle relay that set a new Section V record, placed 2nd at the NYSPHSAA Championship and got an automatic All-American cut time; Part of our 400 freestyle relay, which set a new Section V record, placed 3rd at the NYSPHSAA Championship with an All-American Consideration cut time; Contributed to Pittsford winning every swimming event during the 2024 Class A sectionals.
Future plans: Attend Bentley University this fall, continue my swimming career with the Falcons and major in Business Economics.
Year: Senior
Parents: Samantha Schafer and Jeffery Southall
Key accomplishment: 21.89 in the 50 freestyle.
Future plans: Navy.
Year: Sophomore
Parents: Kim and Geoff Thompson
Key accomplishment: Qualifying for states in the 200 freestyle and showing significant improvements in other events.
Future plans: I plan on attending college and continuing my swimming career.
Coach of the year
Profession: Physical education teacher at Penfield High School
Varsity coaching experience: Penfield (2000-06), Pittsford assistant. (2007-2013), Pittsford head coach (2014-Present)
Family: Andrea (wife); Elizabeth and Ethan (children)
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: AGR: All-Greater Rochester Boys Swimming and Diving 2024 Team
