They are a happy bunch of boys, now!
ST. GEORGE - A pair of Region 9 swimming records were set Friday at Sand Hollow Aquatic Center as aquanauts from eight schools clashed and splashed, seeking region titles in both the boys and girls divisions. Surprisingly, at the end of eight events, the Snow Canyon girls have a slender lead in the scoring over Desert Hills, with Cedar third and Canyon View fourth. In the boys race for the big trophy, Desert Hills has a commanding lead over Cedar with Canyon View, Pine View and Dixie all within striking distance of second-place.
Desert Hills sophomore Amelia Draney smashed her own Region 9 record in the 200-yard freestyle for the second time in two weeks. She scorched the distance in 1:55.85, almost a half-second quicker than she clocked a week ago in a meet against Judge.
"I just wanted to go fast enough to qualify for regionals," she said, "And that did it."
Draney was chased home in the 200 by Hurricane's Kaylee LeBaron, who dropped 6.5 seconds off her previous best. Sydney Zwick of Snow Canyon was third ahead of Cedar's Jamie Slack and Snow Canyon's Haley Barnett, all of whom went faster than their seed times.
"Amelia's closing in on the state 3A record of 1:53.92," said her coach Dani Caldwell, "And she'll get it sooner than later."
Desert Hills senior Courtney Freed set the other record in the 200 individual medley. She zipped through the four-stroke race in 2:14.24 to obliterate a record that had been on the books for 20 years.
Freed dropped an amazing 7.2 seconds off her previous best with a time that will have college coaches taking notice. Leah Heger of Snow Canyon was second, follow by Desert Hills' Tessa Trimble, Alisa Wallace of Cedar and Alex Meyer of Pine View.
The two 200-yard medley relays got the meet off to a rip-snorting start.
In the girls medley relay the Snow Canyon team of Zwick, McKenzie Barber, Heger and McKensy Madsen upset the Desert Hills team of Draney, Freed, Trimble and Madison Wawryzniak.
Only two-tenths of a second separated the two teams at the finish, Warriorette Madsen touching out Thunderette Wawryzniak by a finger nail in a school record time of 1:56.01. Cedar was third with Hurricane fourth.
The boys medley relay finish was even closer. In fact it was a tie between the Pine View team of Zack Paddock, Mitchell Hutchings, Kyson Sullivan and Kyle Buck and the Desert Hills foursome. The Thunder quartet was composed of John McPhie, Tim Senholtz, Spencer Bleazard and Corry Clark. Final time for both teams was 1:47.71, with Dixie a close-up third.
The Cedar City area boys dominated the 50 free. The Brown boys, Riley and Mitchell (no relation) finished one-two in the sprint, Riley of Canyon View winning in 22.75, with Mitchell of Cedar second, ahead of Eric Armijo of Canyon View and Corry Clark of Desert Hills.
Other noteworthy performances included Pine View's Shayne Beckstrand's 25.97 win in the girls 50 free over Zoe Smith of Desert Hills and the Snow Canyon pair of McKensy Madsen and Mica Mangum; Mitchell Hutchings of Pine View winning the 200 free in 1:50.15 over Richard Edwards of Canyon View and Desert Hills' Josh McPhie; and Snow Canyon's Connor Newman's 2:08.95 triumph over a charging Ashby Johnson of Dixie and John McPhie of Desert Hills.
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