Freshman Claire Gostlin shatters Hartland college swim file

HARTLAND — The Hartland ladies swimming and diving file board hasn’t wanted an replace in eight years, with the entire high performances in class historical past happening between 2010 and 2017.

It took freshman Claire Gostlin just one meet to take down the primary of what may very well be many college data throughout her highschool profession.

Gostlin received the 200-yard particular person medley in a meet towards Holly with a time of two minutes, 10.88 seconds. That shattered the college file of two:13.95 set by Kirsten Stroven in 2012.

And it wasn’t even her quickest time ever within the occasion. While in eighth grade final February, she swam 2:09.78 within the Michigan Open.

So, earlier than even reaching highschool Gostlin was probably the greatest swimmers in Hartland historical past.

The final school-record efficiency at Hartland was Maddie Mince’s 100 butterfly time of 56.75 in prelims on the 2017 state Division 1 meet.

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That butterfly file is the one Gostlin believes is the following most achievable for her within the close to future. She swam 59.82 in that occasion towards Holly to qualify for the state meet.

“It feels like they’re still kind of far,” mentioned Gostlin, who’s the primary Livingston Daily Athlete of the Week of the 2025-26 college yr. “I know I got the (200 IM) record. I would like to go faster than that. It would be great breaking all the records. I still have four more years.”

Hartland coach Allison Pouliot wasn’t stunned to see Gostlin break a faculty file in her first alternative. The Eagles’ first meet was a relay-only occasion in Fenton, so the twin towards Holly was the primary probability to swim open occasions.

“Claire trains year-round,” Pouliot mentioned. “She is very dedicated to her training. I already knew where her times were coming into the season. I knew she had her eyes on that record and was wanting to take it down. She took down quite a few records in middle school. I was expecting that from her.”

Gostlin has two sisters on the Hartland workforce, senior Kate and twin sister Chloe. Her sisters are divers and gymnasts, two talent units that didn’t make their technique to Claire.

“I’m not very flexible,” mentioned Claire, who has been swimming competitively since she was 7 years outdated. “I would not be doing diving. I would also be very scared to do that. I was in gymnastics when I was really young. After a year, I quit because I couldn’t do the splits.”

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