Ram Spirit Spreads To The Pool

In a typical athletic situation, rivals scream. They rip into each other’s supporters and yell until one eventually falls, the success or demise of a team’s spirit. However, the mentality of such malice could not be found in any corner of the BYU campus as 24 different schools came together to measure their skills in the 4A Swimming Championship.

The meet began with the Women’s 200 Yard Medley Relay and finished with the Men’s 400 Yard Freestyle Relay, but there was not a single moment that was not filled with the cheers of support from every attendee. No matter the placement of the swimmer, they had the support of the spectators.

Five 4A records were broken this year, bringing new challenges to the Ram swimmers, but despite the pressure, swimmers like Holden Knight placed 2nd in the 100 yard butterfly, while Arden Tesch took home 4th in the 500 meter freestyle. This sort of athletic excellence is no news to Highland though, at the Region 5 Championship the Women’s Team won 1st and the Men’s won 2nd.

In the final scoring, the Women’s Team achieved 7th place and the Men’s Team placed in 10th.

The final results:

Girls Results

Final team results: 1. Skyline (288.5 points); 2. Timpview (197); 3. Corner Canyon (191); 4. Wasatch (168); 5. Kearns (160); 6. Olympus (156); 7. Highland (145); 8. Judge Memorial (130)

Day two results

100-yard butterfly: 1. Bella White, Olympus, 57.78; 2. Bergen Braun, Bountiful, 58.96; 3. Nicole Strong, Olympus, 1:00.28; 4. Kate Smith, Box Elder, 1:01.64; 5. Amani Jammoul, Judge Memorial, 1:01.66; 6. Savannah Hansen, Corner Canyon, 1:01.75; 7. Kara Ngu, Highland, 1:02.45; 8. Shanon Dowling, Maple Mountain, 1:02.67

100-yard freestyle: 1. Rachel Oyler, Timpview, 51.69; 2. Aleah Griffin, Skyline, 53.76; 3. Claire Kieffer, Wasatch, 54.52; 4. Katya Hulse, East, 54.64; 5. Katy Mayer, East, 54.89; 6. Kali Barlow, Corner Canyon, 55.01; 7. Leah Gale, Orem, 55.10; 8. Amber Neuenschwander, Woods Cross, 55.34

500-yard freestyle: 1. Becca Goodson, Skyline, 5:15.77; 2. Akalia Bostock, Timpview, 5:16.43; 3. India Phillips, Highland, 5:24.45; 4. Arden Tesch, Highland, 5:27.22; 5. Ashley Pickford, Corner Canyon, 5:27.58; 6. Kate Hansen, Timpview, 5:33.97; 7. Abbi Morris, Springville, 5:34.32; 8. Katie Christofferson, Cyprus, 5:35.32

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Timpview (Akalia Bostock, Kate Hansen, Annie Jacob, Rachel Oyler), 1:38.87; 2. Olympus (Zarya Smith, Nicole Strong, Bella White, Emma Lofgran), 1:39.02; 3. Corner Canyon (Abbey Gates, Kali Barlow, London Jackson, Eliza Balfe), 1:41.40; 4. Skyline (Cosette Gray, Erika Kunko, Bailey Bills, Aleah Griffin), 1:42.14; 5. Wasatch (Claire Kieffer, Mia Johnson, Sydney Whitby, Storie O’Brien), 1:42.45; 6. Highland (Sarah Berg, Makayla Harris, Arden Tesch, India Phillips), 1:43.90; 7. Springville (Nicole Pope, Abbi Morris, Sarah Bush, Natalie Mertz), 1:44.61; 8. East (Katya Hulse, Margaret Mayer, Nele Kaufusi, Katy Mayer), 1:45.26

100-yard backstroke: 1. Makayla Cazier, Maple Mountain, 55.78; 2. Sarah Fillerup, Skyline, 58.59; 3. Rivers Johnson, Corner Canyon, 58.86; 4. Katya Hulse, East, 59.89; 5. Kate Hansen, Timpview, 1:01.61; 6. Kate Smith, Box Elder, 1:01.63; 6. Abby Bowler, Skyline, 1:01.63; 8. Kimerly Biesinger, Kearns, 1:02.39

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Lily Plaudis, Kearns, 1:04.02; 2. Madelyn Flower, Murray, 1:05.75; 3. Abbi Morris, Springville, 1:07.20; 4. Caroline Yannelli, Judge Memorial, 1:07.35; 5. Addie Richards, Orem, 1:08.16; 6. Megan Prince, Skyline, 1:08.96; 7. Maddy Moulton, Wasatch, 1:09.71; 8. Kate Miller, Corner Canyon, 1:09.85

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Timpview (Rachel Oyler, Kate Hansen, Annie Jacob, Akalia Bostock), 3:38.45; 2. Skyline (Cosette Gray, Sarah Fillerup, Becca Goodson, Aleah Griffin), 3:40.36; 3. Corner Canyon (Ashley Pickford, Savannah Hansen, Kate Miller, Aliza Smith), 3:45.48; 4. Wasatch (Claire Kieffer, Anna Durrans, Sydney Whitby, Maddy Moulton), 3:46.54; 5. Woods Cross (Amber Neuenschwander, Avery Hunsaker, Xana Rogers, Kalyn Avery), 3:46.72; 6. Highland (Anna Foulks, India Phillips, Arden Tesch, Makayla Harris), 3:48.62; 7. Judge Memorial, Amani Jammoul, Erin Morgan, Caroline Yannelli, Victoria Stevens), 3:48.95; 8. Springville (Abbi Morris, Sarah Bush, Nicole Pope, Natalie Mertz), 3:49.82

Boys Results

Final team results: 1. Skyline (349.5 points); 2. Timpview (225); 3. Springville (200); 4. Olympus (169); 5. Box Elder (165); 6. Wasatch (161); 7. Corner Canyon (120.5); 8. Provo (120)

Day two results

100-yard butterfly: 1. Jonah Black, Murray, 50.85; 2. Holden Knight, Highland, 53.55; 3. Calvin Giese, Wasatch, 53.85; 4. Alex Peek, Timpview, 54.69; 5. Alex Zini, Skyline, 54.85; 6. Jared Laws, Box Elder, 55.03; 7. Blake Goodsell, Olympus, 55.15; 8. Henry Springmeyer, Skyline, 55.29

100-yard freestyle: 1. Josh Skabelund, Timpview, 47.00; 2. Kaden Staker, Provo, 47.39; 3. Ian James, Wasatch, 47.42; 4. Gage Milligan, Murray, 48.43; 5. Erick Mosteller, Skyline, 48.47; 6. Brian Christofferson, Cyprus, 48.61; 7. Jake Ference, Olympus, 48.71; 8. Matt Lavey, Skyline, 48.80

500-yard freestyle: 1. Brigham Harrison, Timpview, 4:43.24; 2. Parker Gardner, Skyline, 4:49.15; 3. Addison Morris, Woods Cross, 4:52.77; 4. Cameron Green, Springville, 4:53.87; 5. Blake Goodsell, Olympus, 4:58.18; 6. Holden Knight, Highland, 4:59.50; 7. Zak Peterson, Highland, 4:59.59; 8. Alexander, Tward, Skyline, 4:59.76

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Timpview (Josh Skabelund, Alex Peek, Brayden Bonnett, Brigham Harrison), 1:27.58; 2. Springville (Cameron Green, Cougar Pope, Brock Hargett, Jacob Anderson), 1:29.24; 3. Skyline (Erick Mosteller, Max Trevino, Henry Springmeyer, Kade Colarusso), 1:29.41; 4. Provo (Kaden Staker, Benjamin Harrison, Gannon McGinn, Bennett Harvey), 1:29.57; 5. Wasatch (Ian James, Gabe Schultz, Cody Harris, Jaden Mickelson), 1:30.41; 6. Olympus (Jake Ference, Blake Goodsell, Aleks Wozniak, Talmage Corey), 1:30.53; 7. Cyprus (Brian Christofferson, Kyle Hammond, Brenen Ketchem, Tyler Richards), 1:31.00; 8. East (Nathan Van Buren, Cameron Wright, Alex Mayer, Zach Olson), 1:33.14

100-yard backstroke: 1. Talmage Corey, Olympus, 52.30; 2. Jonah Black, Murray, 52.92; 3. Jacob Anderson, Springville, 53.87; 4. Eli Cook, Skyline, 54.59; 5. Matt Lavey, Skyline, 55.68; 6. Alex Gilson, Corner Canyon, 55.87; 7. Calvin Giese, Wasatch, 56.02; 8. Connor Peterson, Highland, 56.71

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Eric Anderson, Box Elder, 1:00.48; 2. Nathan Van Buren, East, 1:00.61; 3. Isaac Miller, Skyline, 1:01.67; 4. Sage Helton, Kearns, 1:02.36; 5. Tyler Gardner, Skyline, 1:02.58; 6. Jaden Lerohl, Box Elder, 1:03.02; 7. Cougar Pope, Springville, 1:03.41; 8. Tanner Farrer, Box Elder, 1:03.52

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Timpview (Brigham Harrison, Jackson Hansen, Brayden Bonnett, Josh Skabelund), 3:11.21; 2. Skyline (Max Trevino, Alex Zini, Parker Gardner, Erick Mosteller), 3:17.20; 3. Olympus (Alex Cromar, Aleks Wozniak, Jake Ference, Talmage Corey), 3:17.49; 4. Wasatch (Ian James, Oliver James, Calvin Giese, Jaden Mickelson), 3:17.68; 5. Provo (Gannon McGinn, Benjamin Harrison, Bennett Harvey, Kaden Staker), 3:19.12; 6. Murray (Jonah Black, Lincoln Yospe, Soren Selph, Gage Milligan), 3:19.37; 7. Corner Canyon (Alex Gilson, Noah Afualo, Zach Bangerter, Tanner Manwaring), 3:21.04; 8. Springville (Cougar Pope, Kaden Jepperson, Michael Atwood, Spencer McQueen), 3:23.07