Detroit Martin Luther King Jr. earns PSL boys swimming championship

Detroit Martin Luther King Jr. edged two-time defending champion Detroit Cass Technical to earn the 2021 Detroit Public School League championship. With only seven swimmers competiting, King offset Cass Tech's superior depth by winning eight of the nine individual championships and two of the three relay events. King's Allen Lilliard was named swimmer of the meet, winning the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle, as well as being part of King's winning 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle relay teams.  King's Gary Peterson was named PSL boys coach of the year.

TEAM SCORES

1. Detroit Martin Luther King Jr., 188

2. Detroit Cass Technical, 185

3. Detroit Western International, 108

4. Detroit Renaissance, 3

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS

200-yard medley relay: Detroit Cass Technical  1:51.29

200-yard freestyle: Landon Rocquemore, Detroit Martin Luther King Jr. 2:10.73

200-yard individual medley: Malik Carvalho, Detroit Martin Luther King Jr., 2:06.55

50-yard freestyle: Allen Lilliard, Detroit Martin Luther King Jr., 25.60

100-yard butterfly: Landon Robbins, Detroit Martin Luther King Jr., 57.48

100-yard freestyle: Allen Lilliard, Detroit Martin Luther King Jr., 57.26

500-yard freestyle: Joshua Peoples, Detroit Martin Luther King Jr., 6:10.00

200-yard freestyle relay: Detroit Martin Luther King Jr., 1:43.33

100-yard backstroke: Andy Gutierrez, Detroit Cass Technical, 59.71

100-yard breaststroke: Malik Carvalho, Detroit Martin Luther King Jr., 1:05.06

400-yard freestyle relay: Martin Luther King Jr.

* Editor's note: One-meter diving is not part of the PSL championship.