Swimming & Diving
Varsity and Junior Varsity
- Varsity Swimming & Diving
Schedule / Results
Opponent | Date | Time | Location | Details | Result |
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DiSalle Holiday Turkey Meet
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TBD
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Student Rec Center - Bowling Green State University | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | |
DiSalle Holiday Turkey Meet
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TBD
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Student Rec Center - Bowling Green State University | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | |
Ned Reeb Memorial High School Swimming Invitational
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TBD
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The Ohio State University | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | |
vs.
Bexley St. Charles Preparatory Cardinals
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TBD
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Bexley St. Charles Preparatory Cardinals | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | |
St. Charles Showdown
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TBD
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Bexley St. Charles Preparatory Cardinals | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | |
Northwest Ohio Classic (Diving)
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TBD
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Student Rec Center - Bowling Green State University | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | |
Northwest Ohio Classic
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TBD
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Student Rec Center - Bowling Green State University | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | |
vs.
Cleveland Saint Ignatius Wildcats
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TBD
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St. Francis de Sales School | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | |
vs.
Detroit Catholic Central Shamrocks (MI)
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TBD
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Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | ||
Oak Harbor Subway Rocket Invitational
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TBD
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Oak Harbor High School | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | |
Toledo Invite
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TBD
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St. Francis de Sales School | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | |
W.R. Timken Jr. Junior Varsity Swimming Championships
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TBD
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C.T. Branin Natatorium - McKinley Senior High School | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | |
OHSAA Sectional Tournament
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TBD
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Fremont Ross High School | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | |
OHSAA District Meet
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TBD
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Student Rec Center - Bowling Green State University | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | |
OHSAA State Prelims
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TBD
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C.T. Branin Natatorium - McKinley Senior High School | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving | |
OHSAA State Finals
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TBD
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C.T. Branin Natatorium - McKinley Senior High School | Details about Varsity Swimming & Diving |
Roster
Name | Grade |
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Yusuf Al-Akhras | 11 |
Wyatt Bargy | 10 |
Nicholas Boyer | 11 |
Maximus Buff | 11 |
Espen Campbell | 12 |
Carlo Carrubba | 12 |
Jacob Cheatwood | 12 |
Matthew Colon | 9 |
Alexander Davis | 9 |
Tobias Dietrich | 11 |
Matthew DiSalle | 12 |
Landon Harman | 11 |
Gavin Hickman | 12 |
Charlie Howe | 12 |
Grady Kling | 9 |
Oliver Lazenby | 11 |
Peyton Majerski | 12 |
Cole Peters | 10 |
Benjamin Quisno | 10 |
Andrew Rippke | 12 |
Brady Sanchez | 11 |
Ian Sanchez | 10 |
Jonah Semancik | 11 |
Coaching Staff
Head Coach - SFS Swimming & Diving
Brent Ransom attended the University of Toledo where he studied communications and swam for the Rocket swim team. While swimming for Toledo, he began swimming summers for the Greater Toledo Swim Club and eventually started coaching and managing the 13-18 age group. He took a coaching position with the Cincinnati Marlins from 2002 to 2009 and then accepted the position of assistant swim coach at Xavier University. Ransom hopes to "not only to see wonderful things done inside of the pool, but also prepare them for the years to come outside of the pool."
History
AQUA KNIGHTS
A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE
The Swimming & Diving and Water Polo teams – known as the Aqua Knights – are the most decorated athletic programs in St. Francis de Sales School history.
The first Aqua Knight, Chet “The Jet” Jastremski ‘59, graduated in the first four-year class at St. Francis, well before SFS built a pool. He later smashed two world records in breaststroke as an Indiana University sophomore. In January 1962, Sports Illustrated named him the “World’s Best Swimmer.” In 1964, at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, he won a bronze medal in the 200 meter breaststroke representing the U.S.
Bolstered by Jastremski’s success and inspired by President John F. Kennedy’s physical fitness initiative, Rev. George Shugrue, O.S.F.S., principal, sought to establish a formal swimming program at SFS. He called it “Operation Splash,” and the first varsity swimming team kicked off in January 1965 with impressive success.
Nearly 60 swimmers tried out for that first team, and four were selected to represent the Knights at the National Catholic Swim Championship at Villanova University. They competed against more than 500 swimmers from 41 schools and finished third. They returned to Northwest Ohio and won the district championship – the first of 42 consecutive district titles, a national record streak that continued until 2007.
After just three years with a team, the Aqua Knights won the 1967 state championship, beating defending Akron Firestone 171-149. The team repeated with another state title in 1968. That year, St. Francis announced it would soon build its own swimming pool, replacing the need for team practices at The Toledo Club and the YWCA.
In 1969, St. Francis manned its first Water Polo team. Success came early, with St. Francis beating Michigan state champs Ann Arbor Pioneer 14-9 and securing a double overtime victory over Lima. The team placed second in state. The program brought home its first state title in 1973, opening the floodgates for success.
Swimming State Championship Titles
1967, 1968, 1996, 1998
Swimming State Runners-Up
1973, 1974, 1979, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2010, 2014
Water Polo State Championship Titles
1973, 1974, 1975, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2023
Water Polo State Runners-Up
1969, 1979, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2021, 2022