SEASON | TEAM HIGHLIGHTS |
1978-79 | Parkview initiated the sport with over 40 swimmers. Meets were arranged with other private schools and schools
outside of the county. Practices were held at the YWCA in Decatur three days a week in a pool with no lane ropes. The boys
team finished 5th in the state, with Bill Steel setting a record in the 500 Freestyle. |
1979-80 | Parkview boys placed 3rd in the state. |
1980-81 | Mountain
Park Pool opened as the first heated pool in Gwinnett. It was also the first indoor/outdoor 50-meter facility in the state
of Georgia. |
1981-82 | Parkview’s medley relay team became the first Gwinnett team
to win a state team event. |
1982-83 | Parkview’s Scott Hogg set the state record in 50 Freestyle
and 100 Butterfly. |
1992-93 | Parkview boys win the county championship. |
1993-94 | Parkview boys placed 3rd in the state. |
1994-95 | Parkview
boys went undefeated won their first state championship. Parkview girls placed 2nd in the county. Rick Creed was named as
the Boys’ State Coach of the Year. |
1995-96 | Parkview boys won county and placed 3rd in the state. Parkview
girls were 2nd in the county and 5th in the state. Rick Creed was named Gwinnett County Coach of the Year. |
1996-97 | Parkview High School Swim and Dive Booster Club formed. Parkview boys won county and placed 2nd in the state.
Parkview girls placed 1st in the county and won their first state championship. |
1997-98 | Parkview boys placed 1st in the county and won the state championship. The free relay team of Matt Reed, Stephen
Baker, Eric Shanteau, and Jack Gayle set a new state record. Parkview girls placed 1st in the county and won the state championship.
Katie Permenter was named Female Swimmer of the Year. Rick Creed was named Girls’ State Coach of the Year. |
1998-99 | Parkview boys placed 4th in the state. Parkview girls placed 5th in the state. |
1999-2000 | Georgia began AAAA and a combined A/AA/AAA state meet. Parkview began a JV swim program. Parkview boys placed
1st in the county and won the state championship. State records were set by Eric Shanteau in the 200 IM, Mike Kaufman in the
500 Free, and the 400 Free Relay team with Jeff Craig, Eric Shanteau, Landon Odom, and Mike Kaufman. Parkview girls placed
2nd in the county and 4th in the state. Ashley Daly set a state record in 200 IM. Rick Creed was named AAAA Boys’ Coach
of the Year. |
2000-01 | Parkview boys placed 1st in county and won the state championship.
Eric Shanteau set a set record in 200 IM. Eric Shanteau, Jeremy Oversier, John Millen, and Mike Kaufman set a record in the
400 Free Relay. Parkview girls placed 3rd in the state. Rick Creed was named Boys’ Coach of the Year. |
2001-02 | Parkview boys placed 1st in the county and won the state championship. State records were set by Eric Shanteau
in the 200 IM, Mike Kaufman in the 500 Free, the 200 Medley Relay of David McManic, Eric Shanteau, Mike Kaufman, and John
Millen, and the 400 Free Relay with swimmers Eric Shanteau, John Millen, Michael Miller, and Mike Kaufman. Rick Creed was
named Boys’ Coach of the Year. |
2002-03 | Parkview boys won their 11th straight county championship. They
won their 4th straight state championship. John Millen set a state record in 500 Freestyle. Parkview girls placed 2nd in the
state. Rick Creed was named Boys’ Coach of the Year. |
2003-04 | Parkview
boys placed 4th in the state. |
2004-05 | Parkview boys placed 3rd in the state. |
2005-06 | Parkview boys placed 1st in the county and won the state championship. Parkview girls placed 2nd in the county
and placed 8th in the state. Jack Gayle is named Boys’ Coach of the Year. |
2006-07 | Parkview boys won the state championship. Parkview girls placed 2nd in the state. |
2007-08 | Parkview boys placed first in the county championship and 2nd in the state championship. Andrew Ruffing was
the state champion in the 100 backstroke, as was the boy’s 200 medley relay team of Andrew Ruffing, Steven Jones, Jason
Rogers and Collin Burchins. Parkview girls placed 6th in the sate. |
2008-09 | Parkview Swim and Dive Association, Inc. was formed. |
2009-10 | Parkview
boys won the County Championship and the girls placed third, all while Coach Gayle's wife was delivering a baby girl (no,
he was not at the meet). At State the boys finished sixth and the girls finished in seventeenth place. Ricky Lehner was State
Champion in 100 breaststroke, Sean Piner finnished second in Diving and Geoffrey Carter placed third in 100 breaststroke.
Thirty six Parkview swimmers and divers had state qualifying times. |
2010-11 | Parkview
boys won the County Championship and finished second at State. Parkview girls won third at County and doubled their 2010 score
at State to finish in eighth place. Ricky Lehner set a new State record of 55.88 seconds in the 100 breaststroke and Sean
Piner finished second in diving.
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2011-12 | What
will it be?
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