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By Emily Messina, Swimming World College Intern
The Colorado High School Athletic Association wrapped up state championships swimming action today with the 3A and 4A meets.
3A
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Aspen’s team of Davy Brown, Kennidy Quist, Emily Driscoll, and Hannah Freeman, started off the meet strong winning the 200 medley relay (1:48.65). St. Mary’s Academy took second (1:49.00), while Glenwood Springs claimed third (1:52.18).
Brown was the champion in the 100 backstroke with a time of 57.37. She also finished the 200 IM in second place with a 2:07.56.
Quist went on to be a two time individual champion. She won the 50 free in a 23.50. La Junta’s Savannah Tice posted a 24.45, while Rylee Daniels of Eaton touched the wall in 24.55. Quist also won the 100 free finishing in 50.33. Again Tice followed her in (52.34), and Aly Gallagher of Colorado Academy rounded out the top three (53.47).
St. Mary’s Academy took first and third in the 200 freestyle when Alex Reddington stopped the clock in a 1:48.60, the only girl under the 1:50-mark. Teammate Lillianna Brooks went a 1:55.99 for third. D’Evelyn’s Abbey Selin swam a 1:52.18 to take second.
Brooks also notched a second place swim in the 100 backstroke going a 58.95. Megan Wilkins of Conifer followed her to the wall in a 59.14.
Later in the meet, Selin went on to take the 500 freestyle, controlling the race and winning by over 9 seconds (5:01.15). Lucille Matheson of Longmont finished with a 5:10.76. St. Mary’s Academy was there again, taking third when freshman Sydney Silver completed the race in 5:13.01.
The team was also dominant in the 400 freestyle relay topping the field by over five seconds in with a 3:41.79 (Brooks, Isa Faddick, Silver, Reddington). Aspen finished in a 3:46.81 good enough for second place, while D’Evelyn finished in a 3:47.39 for third.
Reddington received her second win of the night in the 100 butterfly going over three-seconds faster than the competition in a 54.09. Caitlin Cairns of St. Mary’s took second (57.40).
Lauren Fetzko was victorious in the 200 IM when she dropped over seven seconds from prelims to put up a 2:05.84. Matheson raced to take third in a 2:08.40. Fetzko also swam in the 100 butterfly where she placed third (57.61).
The 200 freestyle relay went to Pueblo County’s Anna Maurello, Amanda Blickensderfer, Julianna Krinsky, and Alexa Musso (1:41.06). D’Evelyn (1:42.46) and Manitou Springs (1:43.04) finished in second and third, respectively.
Blickensderfer’s 1:05.26 edged out Manitou Springs’ Emily Dolloff-Holt’s 1:05.89 to win the 100 breakstroke. Emily Moreland of La Junta capped out the top three in a 1:08.43.
In the 1-meter diving event, Pueblo Central’s Kaylee Eakman (441.30) was victorious when she scored over 50 points more than Retta Smith of St. Mary’s (389.50). Kent Denver’s Campbell Patteson, a freshman, finished with 372.60 points.
Aspen claimed their first ever 3A State title with 209 points. St. Mary’s Academy took second place with 187 points. Glenwood Springs came in third racking up 173 points.
4A
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Cheyenne Mountain took the first event of the night when the team of Harper Lehman, Sophia Bricker, Cat Wright, and Maggie Tibbitt finished the 200 medley relay with a 1:44.59 breaking the previous record of a 1:45.86 set in 2015. Valor Christian and Heritage swam in for second (1:45.03) and third (1:45.25), respectively.
The Cheyenne Mountain team went on to take the 200 freestyle relay in a 1:38.50 (Bricker, Mikaila Duncan, Maggie York, and Wright). Heritage swam a 1:39.43 and Rampart finished directly behind them in 1:39.46.
Lainee Jones of Pueblo South took the 200 freestyle in a 1:50.58. Tibbitt followed her for second (1:52.51) and Kate McDonald of Evergreen swam in for third (1:53.43).
Jones went on to take second in the 100 freestyle finishing in a 51.12. Kylie Andrews of Heritage won the event stopping the clock in a 50.59. Fort Collins’s Audrey Reimer took third (51.95).
Andrews notched a first place victory in the 100 backstroke; topping the field in a 55.67. Reimer claimed second with a 55.74, while Erin Lang of Loveland took third in a 57.11.
Lang also slid under the five-minute mark in the 500 free with a 4:59.26. McDonald claimed second place in a 5:04.11.
The 200 IM went to Windsor’s Morgan Friesen with a 2:06.55. Ella Kirschke of Valor Christian came in right behind her in a 2:06.92. Catriona Clarke of Rampart touched for third in a 2:09.30.
Friesen took her second gold of the night in the 100 breaskstroke in a 1:03.72. Air Academy’s Aleks Olesiak and Heritage’s Emma Spotts finished in a 1:03.99 and 1:04.28, respectively.
Madison Hoehn secured a second place finish for Valor Christian in the 100 butterfly when she went a 56.52. Teammate Abbey Owenby grabbed third in the 500 freestyle in a 5:07.11.
Izzi Mroz kept the ball rolling for Valor Christian when she won the 1-meter diving event scoring 484.65 points. Kyriana Chambo of Highlands Ranch took second with 450.80 points. Niwot’s Madison Barkow recorded 448.35 points, good enough for third place.
Lindsay Stenstrom of Valor Christian was the only girl under the 24-second mark going a 23.98. Wright finished with a 24.07, while Rampart’s Allana Clarke raced for a 24.39. Clarke also took third in the 100 fly with a 57.19.
Wright got gold on her second individual event of the night in the 100 butterfly. She broke her own 4A record of 55.49 by going a 55.45.
Valor Christian closed out the meet with a victory in the 400 freestyle relay when the team of Stenstrom, Kirschke, Hoehn, and Owenby touched first going 3:31.14. Heritage took second with a 3:33.47, while Evergreen swam in for third (3:33.47).
Cheyenne Mountain took home the class 4A state title. Valor Christian finished in second place.
The meet results can be found here.
