THORNTON – Following six days of the CHSAA Girls Swimming and Diving State Championships at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center, three teams, 23 individuals and nine relay state champions have been crowned.
Over the course of the three classification meets, one overall meet record was broken and a total of four classificiation meet records fell.
Cherry Creek won its sixth straight and 32nd overall championship in 5A, while Broomfield in 4A and Kent Denver in 3A earned their first state titles in girls swimming and diving.
Individually, in 5A, Cherry Creek sophomore Kate McKinnon improved to 8 for 8 in state championship competition, winning two more individual events (200 freestyle and 100 freestyle) and two more relays (400 freestyle, 200 freestyle) to add to the four championships she won as a freshman (two relays, 100 freestyle and 50 freestyle). She halfway to becoming Colorado’s fourth swimmer with eight individual state titles.
Windsor’s Reagan Annable set the overall state meet record in winning the 4A diving title with a score of 588.20.
Also in 4A, Lewis-Palmer sophomore Grace Perry set a 4A state meet record while winning the 100 butterfly in 53.89 seconds.
In 3A, sophomore Elsa Anderson was part of two state meet classification records, individually in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.07) and in the 400 freestyle relay with teammates Camryn Williams, Hadley Carrington and Valerie Williams, who combined to finish in 3:32.19.
McKinnon and Perry (who also won the 200 freestyle) were among four to win two individual events: the others were 3A Kent Denver senior Lorelai Frauenfelder in the 200 individual medley and 100 freestyle and 3A Discovery Canyon sophomore Alaia Sloan in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke.
Monarch senior Audrey Shambo was the meet’s only three-time individual champion in a single event, once again capturing the 100 breaststroke in 4A.
McKinnon (100 freestyle), Frauenfelder (100 freestyle), Valor Christian sophomore Ellie Wiesen (200 IM) and St. Mary’s Academy senior Mia Williams (3A diving) won their respective events for a second consecutive year.
Meet Records
New Overall State Meet Records
- Diving (4A): Reagan Annable (Senior, Windsor) – 588.20
New 4A State Meet Records
- 100 Fly: Grace Perry (Sophomore, Lewis-Palmer) – 53.89
- Diving: Reagan Annable (Senior, Windsor) – 588.2
New 3A State Meet Records
- 100 Breast: Elsa Anderson (Sophomore, Kent Denver) – 1:04.07
- 400 Free Relay: Kent Denver (Camryn Williams (Jr.), Hadley Carrington (Sr.), Valerie Williams (Fr.), Elsa Anderson (So.)) – 3:32.19
Team Champions
5A: Cherry Creek (32nd overall, six consecutive)
4A: Broomfield (First girls swimming & diving state title)
3A: Kent Denver (First girls swimming & diving state title)
Individual Champions
Three-Time Champions
- 100 Breast (4A): Audrey Shambo (Senior, Monarch) – 1:03.92
Two-Time Champions
- 100 Free (5A): Kate McKinnon (Sophomore, Cherry Creek) – 49.15
- 100 Free (3A): Lorelai Frauenfelder (Senior, Holy Family) – 51.71
- 200 IM (5A): Ellie Wiesen (Sophomore, Valor Christian) – 2:02.32
- Diving (3A): Mia Williams (Senior, St. Mary’s Academy) – 426.00
First-Time Champions
- 50 Free (5A): Jenna Fernstrom (Junior, Cherry Creek) – 22.84
- 50 Free (4A): Natalie Bradac (Junior, Mullen) – 23.88
- 50 Free (3A): Hadley Carrington (Senior, Kent Denver) – 24.21
- 100 Back (5A): Sydney Wasylenky (Sophomore, Cherry Creek) – 55.62
- 100 Back (4A): Alexx Bergen (Junior, Ponderosa) – 57.07
- 100 Back (3A): Alaia Sloan (Sophomore, Discovery Canyon) – 56.98
- 100 Breast (5A): Sydney Fernstrom (Junior, Cherry Creek) – 1:02.51
- 100 Breast (3A): Elsa Anderson (Sophomore, Kent Denver) – 1:04.07
- Class 3A state meet record
- 100 Free (4A): Elsa Sung (Freshman, Golden) – 51.81
- 100 Fly (5A): Lexi Byrn (Junior, Fairview) – 54.26
- 100 Fly (4A): Grace Perry (Sophomore, Lewis-Palmer) – 53.89
- Class 4A state meet record
- 100 Fly (3A): Alaia Sloan (Sophomore, Discovery Canyon) – 57.12
- 200 Free (5A): Kate McKinnon (Sophomore, Cherry Creek) – 1:48.93
- 200 Free (4A): Grace Perry (Sophomore, Lewis-Palmer) – 1:48.18
- 200 Free (3A): Cody Monajjem (Senior, Wellington) – 1:53.04
- 200 IM (4A): Ellie Foulke (Senior, Broomfield) – 2:04.99
- 200 IM (3A): Lorelai Frauenfelder (Senior, Holy Family) – 2:03.76
- 500 Free (5A): Annabeth Town (Junior, ThunderRidge) – 4:54.68
- 500 Free (4A): Ridley Hagerman (Senior, Broomfield) – 4:53.09
- 500 Free (3A): Camryn Williams (Junior, Kent Denver) – 5:08.76
- Diving (4A): Reagan Annable (Senior, Windsor) – 588.20
- All-class state meet record
- Diving (5A): Layla Petz (Senior, Arvada West) – 477.35
Relay Champions
200 Medley Relay
- 5A: Cherry Creek (Sydney Wasylenky (So.), Sydney Fernstrom (Jr.), Jenna Fernstrom (Jr.), Clara Paterson (So.)) – 1:42.22
- 4A: Broomfield (Karlie Chandra (Jr.), Kamryn Wimmer (Jr.), Ridley Hagerman (Sr.), Avery Weihing (So.)) – 1:50.28
- 3A: Kent Denver (Reese Rosenberg (So.), Elsa Anderson (So.), Valerie Williams (Fr.), Hadley Carrington (Sr.)) – 1:46.99
200 Free Relay
- 5A: Cherry Creek (Clara Paterson (So.), Elizabeth Farley (Sr.), Campbell Walter (Fr.), Kate McKinnon (So.)) – 1:36.42
- 4A: Lewis-Palmer (Bryn Baker (Fr.), Abigail Wallace (Sr.), Riley Vick (So.), Grace Perry (So.)) – 1:38.93
- 3A: Kent Denver (Camryn Williams (Jr.), Reese Rosenberg (So.), Emily Lin (Sr.), Olivia Altman (Fr.)) – 1:40.95
400 Free Relay
- 5A: Cherry Creek (Madison Williams (Sr.), Jenna Fernstrom (Jr.), Sydney Wasylenky (So.), Kate McKinnon (So.)) – 3:24.30
- 4A: Broomfield (Ridley Hagerman (Sr.), Marbury Wherry (So.), Ellie Foulke (Sr.), Myra Wherry (Sr.)) – 3:32.11
- 3A: Kent Denver (Camryn Williams (Jr.), Hadley Carrington (Sr.), Valerie Williams (Fr.), Elsa Anderson (So.)) – 3:32.19
- Class 3A state meet record
Event Recaps:
5A Swimming: Cherry Creek Cruises to Yet Another State Championship
5A Diving: Petz Prevails as 5A Diving Champ, Adding to Gymnastics Titles
4A Swimming: Broomfield Claims First-Ever State Title
4A Diving: Windsor’s Reagan Annable Sets Meet Record With 4A State Title
3A Swimming: Kent Denver Sweeps Relays En Route to 3A State Championship
3A Diving: St Mary’s Academy’s Mia Williams Defends 3A Diving Title By Narrowest of Margins
Final Results
