Micah Davis named Minnesota’s greatest highschool swimmer

Micah Davis began swimming classes at 3 years outdated and swam in his first aggressive meet at age 5. His first state championship got here at age 9.

“I kind of realized that I had something in this sport that I didn’t have in others,” Davis stated.

He performed baseball, too, however recognizing his power within the pool, he determined to focus his aggressive juices solely on swimming. It’s labored out nicely for the eight-time boys highschool state champion and 2026 Strib Varsity All-Minnesota Boys Swimmer of the Year.

Davis, a senior on the St. Cloud Crush boys swimming and diving staff — a cooperative composed of athletes from St. Cloud space colleges Apollo, Cathedral, Rocori, St. Cloud Christian School and Tech — wrapped up his highschool profession by successful his seventh and eighth state titles at this 12 months’s state meet Feb. 28 on the Jean Ok. Freeman Aquatic Center.

Davis gained the 200-meter particular person medley in 1 minute, 46.22 seconds, a contact slower than the 1:46.14 Class 2A and state report set in 2025 by Jackson Kogler of Stillwater. Davis additionally gained the 100 butterfly (47.01 seconds) for the fourth 12 months in a row, simply lacking his personal state report of 46.94 he set as a sophomore.

Davis will compete collegiately for the University of Virginia. He has his sights set on the 2028 Summer Olympics, along with his greatest shot seemingly coming within the 100 butterfly.

Davis is specializing in dropping his time within the fly over the following two summers. While disenchanted he didn’t hit his aim of 45 seconds within the occasion at state this 12 months, he ended his highschool profession having gained the occasion 4 instances to go together with three 200 freestyle titles and the 200 IM this 12 months.

“When it comes to swimming internationally and things like that, that’s a huge goal of mine,” Davis stated of the Olympics. “That would mean the world to me.”