Of Note

5A 100 breaststroke

Mike — Sat, 19 May 2012 01:03:56 +0000

Loveland’s Nick Hatanaka swam a 57.34 to take the top seed for Saturday’s finals — not a surprise. It was just behind the city record of 57.22 he posted last week, but secodn place was nearly a second behind him. … Continue reading →

5A 100 back

Mike — Sat, 19 May 2012 00:51:27 +0000

Daryl Turner of Cherry Creek broke his second state record in prelims, posting a 48.22 in the 100 backstroke. LHS’ Ryan Ball sits sixth, while Jake Thelen of Fossil Ridge moves up to eighth for a finals swim.

5A 200 free relay

Mike — Sat, 19 May 2012 00:41:21 +0000

Regis takes the top spot, but Loveland makes it 2-for-2 in relays making the championship finals sitting in sixth. Fossil Ridge just missed, finishing ninth.

5A 500 free

Mike — Sat, 19 May 2012 00:27:35 +0000

Ryan Ball of Loveland, with a 4:40.13, comes back fourth in the finals. Two other Indians — Cooper Bowen and Pat Jones — will swim in the conso finals after coming in 11th and 12th, respectively.

5A 100 free

Mike — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:49:19 +0000

It was a good run for Jay Schryver of Loveland. He set the 100 free record of 44.69 back in 1997, but now it belongs to Daryl Turner of Cherry Creek a 44.19. Ethan McNally will come back for a conso final swim after taking 11th.
Don’t feel too bad for Schryver, though. His 200 free record of 1:3742 set the same year still stands, and nobody appears close to it this year.

5A 100 fly

Mike — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:36:20 +0000

Jake Thelen of Fossil Ridge tied for 11th in the 100 fly, good enough to earn him a swim in Saturday’s consolation finals.

5A 200 IM

Mike — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:01:04 +0000

Loveland will send back Pat Jones and Nick Hatanaka into the championship finals in the 6th and 7th spots, while teammate Ethan McNally made it back in the consolation final in 12th. Fossil Ridge’s Alex Tooley posted a 1:54.98, good … Continue reading →

5A 200 medley relay

Mike — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:46:04 +0000

OK. Let’s try this again. Loveland broke the city record it set last week at 1:35.79, which is All-America consideration. Cherry Creek broke the state record at 1:32.86 to sit first, with Regis in second. Fossil Ridge came in seventh.

5A 200 freestyle

Mike — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:19:06 +0000

Loveland’s Cooper Bowen makes it back to championship finals in the seventh position. Unfortunately for the Indians, David Gauvin landed in the dreaded 17th position — first alternate.

Welcome to 5A state swimming

Mike — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:24:24 +0000

The teams are in the pool at EPIC warming up for today preliminary swims. Last year’s meet was extremely fast, and this one promises to follow suit.
Follow the local proceedings here as we go along.