N-O set to begin 40th swim season

The Niagara-Orleans League’s 40th season of swim competition will get underway at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday with Newfane at Medina, Albion at Roy-Hart and Akron at Barker.

The Roy-Hart boys have won the N-O championship the last eight years in a row going 79-0 during that stretch.

The Newfane girls have claimed the N-O crown the last five years in a row compiling a 50-0 record over that stretch.

Akron captured the inaugural N-O title during the 1975-76 season. In fact, the TigerSharks won the title six of the league’s first seven years.

The N-O was a co-ed swim league for the first 11 years (1975-76 to 1985-86 seasons) with the starting lineups being comprised predominately of boys.

The league began separate boys and girls team competition during the 1986-87 season with Roy-Hart winning the boys championship and Barker the girls title.

The Roy-Hart boys in fact took the title seven out of eight years from 1986-87 to 1993-94.

Akron followed up with five straight title seasons (1994-955 to 1998-99).

The Albion boys then put together a string of seven straight championships (1999-2000 to 2005-06) before Roy-Hart began its current run.

The Medina girls won three in a row from 1988-89 to 1990-91 sharing the crown with Akron in the third year.

The Barker girls likewise had a three year title run from 1999-2000 to 2001-02 sharing the crown with Albion the first year.

The Albion girls have had two big championship runs winning six straight from the 1994-95 to 1999-2000 seasons and five in a row from 2004-05 to 2008-09 before Newfane began its current reign.

N-O Team Champions by Year

Coed Years
1975-76: Akron
1976-77: Akron
1977-78: Akron
1978-79: Roy-Hart
1979-80: Akron
1980-81: Akron
1981-82: Akron
1982-83: Roy-Hart
1983-84: Akron
1984-85: Roy-Hart
1985-86: Roy-Hart and Starpoint co-champions

Boys                                   
1986-87: Roy-Hart                         
1987-88: Akron and Barker               
1988-89: Roy-Hart                      
1989-90: Roy-Hart                       
1990-91: Roy-Hart                        
1991-92: Roy-Hart and Akron            
1992-93: Roy-Hart                        
1994-95: Akron                        
1995-96: Akron                         
1996-97: Akron                          
1997-98: Akron                         
1998-99: Akron and Roy-Hart            
1999-2000: Albion                      
2000-01: Albion                          
2001-02: Albion                        
2002-03: Albion                         
2003-04: Albion                        
2004-05: Albion                        
2005-06: Albion                         
2006-07: Roy-Hart                       
2007-08: Roy-Hart                       
2008-09: Roy-Hart                        
2009-10: Roy-Hart                        
2010-11: Roy-Hart                   
2011-12: Roy-Hart                        
2012-13: Roy-Hart                      
2013-14: Roy-Hart                        

Girls
1986-87: Barker
1987-88: Barker
1988-89: Medina
1989-90: Medina
1990-91: Medina and Akron
1991-92: Akron
1992-93: Roy-Hart
1994-95: Albion
1995-96: Albion
1996-97: Albion
1997-98: Albion
1998-99: Albion
1999-2000: Albion and Barker
2000-01: Barker
2001-02: Barker
2002-03: Starpoint
2003-04: Starpoint
2004-05: Albion
2005-06: Albion
2006-07: Albion
2007-08: Albion
2008-09: Albion
2009-10: Newfane
2010-11: Newfane
2011-12: Newfane
2012-13: Newfane
2013-14: Newfane