Boys Swimming & Diving: Cherry Creek, Monarch Win State Titles

THORNTON – The 4A and 5A Boys Swimming and Diving State Championships are in the book, following three days of marvelous performances at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center. Monarch (4A) and Cherry Creek (5A) have been crowned overall team champions for the state meet.
 

Meet Records

New All Classifications State Meet Records

• Diving: Carson Harrington (Senior, Evergreen) – 696.10
• 100 Backstroke: Gavin Keogh (Senior, Monarch) – 46.54

New 5A State Meet Records

• Diving: Carson Harrington (Senior, Evergreen) – 696.10

New 4A State Meet Records

• 100 Backstroke: Gavin Keogh (Senior, Monarch) – 46.54
• 200 Medley Relay: Monarch (Gavin Keogh, Tobin Howe, Isaac Skillern, Ethan DiFronzo) – 1:30.07

Team Champions

5A: Cherry Creek (14th overall, second straight)
4A: Monarch (1st ever)

Individual Champions

Three-Time Champions

• Diving (5A): Luke Ogren (Junior, Cherry Creek) – 622.85
  • Fourth-best score in state meet history, all classifications
• Diving (4A): Carson Harrington (Senior, Evergreen) – 696.10
  • New State Meet Record, all classifications
  • New 5A State Meet Record

Two-Time Champions

• 200 IM (5A): Brennan O’Neil (Senior, Fossil Ridge) – 1:49.60
• 100 Butterfly (4A): Duncan Salmen (Senior, Evergreen) – 48.65
• 500 Freestyle (4A): Barrett Kerrigan (Junior, Cheyenne Mountain) – 4:35.60

First-Time Champions

• 200 Freestyle (5A): Gherman Prudnikau (Senior, Grandview) – 1:38.19
  • Ninth-fastest time in state meet history, all classifications
• 200 Freestyle (4A): Gavin Keogh (Senior, Monarch) – 1:37.47
  • Sixth-fastest time in state meet history, all classifications
• 200 IM (4A): Micah Moore (Senior, Poudre) – 1:49.66
• 50 Freestyle (5A): Sam Lofstrom (Junior, Rocky Mountain) – 19.99
  • Third-fastest time in state meet history, all classifications
• 50 Freestyle (4A): Ethan DiFronzo (Senior, Monarch) – 20.50
• 100 Butterfly (5A): Oliver Schimberg (Senior, Grandview) – 47.52
  • Fifth-fastest time in state meet history, all classifications
• 100 Freestyle (5A): Jacob Smith (Senior, Douglas County) – 44.76
• 100 Freestyle (4A): Ethan DiFronzo (Senior, Monarch) – 45.29
• 500 Freestyle (5A): Gherman Prudnikau (Senior, Grandview) – 4:27.14
  • Third-fastest time in state meet history, all classifications
• 100 Backstroke (5A): Oliver Schimberg (Senior, Grandview) – 47.32
  • Third-fastest time in state meet history, all classifications
• 100 Backstroke (4A): Gavin Keogh (Senior, Monarch) – 46.54
  • New State Meet Record, all classifications
  • New 4A State Meet Record

  100 Breaststroke (5A): Tobin Uhl (Senior, Columbine) – 55.14

• 100 Breaststroke (4A): Hudson Newsom (Senior, Coronado) – 54.54
  • Fifth-fastest time in state meet history, all classifications

Relay Champions

200 Medley Relay

• 4A: Monarch (Gavin Keogh, Tobin Howe, Isaac Skillern, Ethan DiFronzo) – 1:30.07    
  • Fourth-fastest time in state meet history, all classifications
  • New 4A State Meet Record
• 5A: Cherry Creek (Camille Trinquesse, Talen Palmateer, Hayden Watkins, Connor Kelly) – 1:29.70
  • Third-fastest time in state meet history, all classifications

200 Free Relay

• 4A: Mullen (Thomas Bradac, Oliver Valdez, Noah Silver, Alex Aleinikovas) – 1:24.06
• 5A: Cherry Creek (Talen Palmateer, Hayden Watkins, Connor Kelly, Jamie Crawford) – 1:22.45
  • Third-fastest time in state meet history, all classifications

400 Free Relay

• 4A: Mullen (Joel Silver, Alex Aleinikovas, Noah Silver, Henry Montgomery) – 3:03.34
• 5A: Fairview (Wesley Schlachter, Anders Koschmann, Jack Garnett, Soren Koschmann) – 3:01.92
  • Sixth-fastest time in state meet history, all classifications

Event Recaps

5A Swimming: Cherry Creek Wins Back-to-Back State Championships
5A Diving: Luke Ogren Captures Third-Straight Diving State Title
4A Swimming: Monarch Wins First 4A Swimming State Championship
4A Diving: Evergreen’s Carson Harrington Breaks State Meet Record in Three-Peat

Results

• Results