Cann could be king.

No question D'voreaux Cann can swim, but he could break, not one, but two (counting the 200 yard freestyle relay) All City meet records in the prestigious summer-ender to the Seattle Summer Swim League season happening this Aug. 3 at the Lakeridge Pool in Renton.

Cann just swam in Thursday's Southern Championships meet that pits all the Seattle Summer Swim League teams stretching from Kent to West Seattle to Federal Way, and the times tell he -- and his relay team -- could get records indeed.

"Yeah, I am going to go for it on Tuesday," said Cann, who was a top-three state placer this past season at the 4A state high school meet in the King County Weyerhaueser Aquatic Center in February.

Twin Lakes finished in seventh place overall, out of eight teams, but Cann won his two races swam no problem, the 100 individual medley (56.62) and the 50 butterfly (23.85), setting a pool record in the latter stroke. And, let's not make light of this sport being all about team, as well as individual performances, with teammates Tanner Brotherton, Connor Hassur and Noah Johnson, all on the winning Southern Championship meet swim relay champ, a meet that precedes All City with the top six times combined from the top six swimmers of the Southern and Northern Division meets that happened simulataneously in North and South Seattle venues July 28.

That team will be going for it, too, having a mark done at Southerns of 1:29.81, with the All City best time 1:29.50.

And just how will Cann "go for it" at All City?

Didn't Cann go for it in the Southern Championships meet? Cann did not go for it even though he swam a blazing-fast 23.85 in the 50 fly and the All City SSSL all-time best mark swam by Tyler Harden of North Seattle's area swim club, Sheridan Beach, happened back in 2007 in 23.83.

"I am two-hundredths of a second off the record," said Cann, looking like he was licking his lips as he was talking about that one. Well, not really "licking," but...

No doubt Cann is going to go for it as he was looking like any other speedo wearing 15-&-over boy swimmer out there at Southerns. But, at All City, he will change into Superman, so to speak.

"I will wear my race suit next time," said Cann. "I wore my practice suit today. If I change suits, it should make a difference."

Many should marvel at Cann's feats which also could include a dramatic anchoring in the final event of the night at All City, the boys 15&over 200 free relay, event No. 72, going against a talented second place team in Normandy Park's 200 free relay team plus the Northerns champs surely will be right in there, too, as they usually are.

Lauren Madeja, who coaches along with her sister, Alexandra, and Kai Ory, said that her 15&over boys are the glue that holds this team together and the biggest percentage of swimmers that range from age 4, like littlest Violet Tucker, to the oldest, like Cann.

"They are great, our 15&over boys do a great job helping out our team," said Lauren Madeja. "They really get into it."

They will go for it to screaming cheers, but do they have it in them to drop 30/100ths of a second in the 200 free to set an All City record?

"If this kid wears his swim cap," said Cann, jokingly, slapping the top of Brotherton's blonde head.

Cann then took his hand and examined Brotherton's head, rubbing it a little, flicking it...

"Well, yeah, actually, he has a lot of hair," said Cann, laughing. Brotherton laughed, too.

Stepping back a bit, at the famed rivalry meet of Twin Lakes vs Marine Hills, it was a MH win but the 15&over boys were really hooping it up with songs and dance, not to mention chants, like "Penguins on the warpath, Penguins on the warpath, oooh, ahhh..." Saying that phrase faster and faster and using their hands as chompers, which is a play off the Decatur Gators students doing that cheer at their sports games and, that makes sense, since a lot of these 15&over boys are Gators.

Anyway, it should be fun for Cann and company at All City. There will be plenty of other great swims and swimmers like the 11-12 boys Marine Hills 200 medley and 200 free relay team of Thomas Miller, Micah Oh, Wilfred Meyer and Robert Hughes. These guys were double event relay winners, the only boys team of the Southern swim teams of Kent, Normandy Park, Olympic View, Arbor Heights, Lakeridge and Gregory Seahurst to do that honor.

What does it take to be so good?

"A lot of heart," said Oh. "Practices, got to push through. If mom and dad tell you that you are not going to practice, you have to convince them that you are going to practice."

So, do the dishes, vacuum, pull weeds out of the garden?

"Whatever it takes," said Hughes, who won the 11-12 50 breaststroke in 34.83 at Southerns.

"Our coaches have definitely helped us improve," said Miller, who one-upped Hughes in the win category, taking first in the 50 free (26.57) and the 50 backstroke (29.88).

"Got to listen to your coaches," added Oh. "I love our coaches."

Coaches would be Tommy Cunningham and Jordan Anderson, assistants, and head coach, Doug Djang, a first-year coach for the program.
Miller admitted he wasn't the fastest fish in the brook, so to speak, before something happened in his life.

"I was really slow when I was 9," said Miller.

No All City?

"No," said Miller. "Then at 10, 11, I got faster, a lot."

What happened?

"I did year-round," said Miller, speaking of swimming for King, which is coached by Sean Hutchison, who journeyed to Beijing, China for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. So that kind of coaching helped Miller loads. But something else happened, too.

"And I think I got some serious growth spurts," said Miller, laughing some, and let's not miss the fact Miller will not only be a candidate to win All City, having his 50 back 29.88 time less than a second off the All City record (29.06), but he, also, swimming against great year-round swimmers took first in the 50 free recently for that competing-time swimming club stuff.

"I won sectionals in the 50 free and that was going against five other states," said Miller.

So, yeah, Miller is a candidate to break an All City record, like Cann. And fast as Miller has improved who's to say he can't.
The relay times at Southerns for this foursome relay group of boys was 2:06.85 in the 200 medley and it was 1:55.88 in the 200 free relay.

"We are about five seconds off of the medley time," said Hughes, and, that All City best in the 200 medley, to note, is 2:01.60. So, that might not be broken this year, but this group stays together and convinces themselves to dedicate time to swimming, a lot of it, then the future may be quite good.

In the girls arena, 8-year-old Marine Hills swimmer, Breanna Ross, won the 25 back in 18.98 and 25 fly in 16.13. Twin Lakes' Isaac Sato was showing his stuff, too, getting two firsts for 9-10 boys, with a 100 yard IM swim win of 1:21.15 and a 25 fly of 15.49.

Another notable effort, as usual, came from 13-year-old Marine Hills swimmer Kenna Ramey, who stormed through the water to two first place finishes, winning the girls 13-14 50 fly in 27.19, beating out four 14-year-olds. And, in the 50 free, Ramey again was tops, taking it in 25.38 as Ramey is another with All City record-breaking potential, not just next year, having one more year swimming in this age group, but this year too. All City record is 24.88 in the 50 free, so, Ramey is right there.

Brianne Lindblad holds that record, a former Kennedy swimmer who didn't just participate at state but won many races while there, including being "Swimmer Of The Meet" her senior year, which is an award that goes to the top-scoring swimmer of their two individual races.

Who else made some things happen in the water?

How about the 8&under 100 medley relay team of Taylor Kabacy, Maki Bispham, Haley Jacobson and Ross, swimming to a time of 1:18.49, setting a pool record at the OV pool where Southerns was held July 28. That was good. All the swims were good for this Marine Hills team that took second place under Djang's new ruling order.

"My kids are absolutely amazing," said Djang. "I couldn't be prouder of them. It was a big change when I came in and the kids have adjusted really well."