Sandpoint Excessive College Sweeps 2024 Idaho 5A Championships

2024 Idaho Excessive College 5A Championships

• November 8-9, 2024
• Boise Metropolis Aquatic Middle — Boise, ID
• 25 Yards (SCY)
• Full Outcomes

Ladies’ Meet

Sandpoint received the 200 and 400 freestyle relays and relied on their depth within the particular person occasions to win the 2024 Ladies’ 5A Idaho Excessive College State Championship. The Sandpoint women’ depth helped them pull forward of Wooden River and Idaho Falls, which tied for second, and win the title with 192 factors.

Sandpoint claimed their first title of the meet within the 200 freestyle relay as Ryleigh Bamer (26.66), Halle Wyman (28.27), Mia Driggs (25.33) and Aca de Leeuw (26.02) swam 1:46.28 to win gold. They had been barely off their prelims time of 1:46.06 however nonetheless acquired forward of Cole Valley Christian’s 1:46.65 effort for second place.

They sealed their state title by successful the 400 freestyle relay by 2.81 seconds, once more forward of Cole Valley Christian. Bamer and de Leeuw once more helped Sandpoint to the state title, this time teaming with Bria Rocke and Reina Montecchi. Sandpoint additionally made the rostrum within the 200 medley relay, taking third.

Skyview’s Sadie Schaffer, Cole Valley Christian’s Julia Hill, and Idaho Falls’ Mahealani Grimes dominated the person occasion slate, every taking two wins. Schaffer highlighted the day by breaking the 5A file within the 100 freestyle with a lifetime greatest 52.81. She opened her particular person occasions by successful the 200 IM in one other lifetime greatest, 2:09.64.

After setting a 200 freestyle 5A file of 1:55.48 in prelims, Cole Valley Christian senior Hill received the occasion with a finals time of 1:56.80. She was the one swimmer within the discipline beneath the two-minute mark. Later, she received the five hundred freestyle in a 5:17.75 to finish her sweep of the center distance occasions.

In the meantime, Grimes took management of the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke. The junior hit lifetime bests in prelims and finals of each occasions, incomes her 100 fly gold in 1:00.52 and her 100 again gold in 59.15.

Different Occasion Winners:

• 200 medley relay: Idaho Falls Excessive College — 1:55.76
• 50 freestyle: Ryan Holcomb, Parma Excessive College — 24.96
• 100 breaststroke: Isabella Tognoni, Wooden River Excessive College — 1:06.71

Prime 5 Crew Scores:

1. Sandpoint Excessive College — 192
2. Wooden River Excessive College/Idaho Falls Excessive College — 144
3. —
4. Cole Valley Christian — 124
5. Skyline Excessive College — 105

Boys’ Meet

The championship-winning Sandpoint boys received their title in the identical method that the women’ workforce did, incomes two relay victories and counting on their depth to safe the state title. The Sandpoint boys scored 178 factors to earn the varsity’s sweep of the 5A titles, tallying 29 extra factors than the second-place Idaho Falls workforce.

The Sandpoint boys started their meet by claiming victory within the 200 medley relay as Maximilian Zublerbuhler, Jensen McCoy, Ikaika Leavitt, and Kale Wright got here from behind to beat Twin Falls by .64 seconds, touching in 1:43.98.

Three of the 4 boys from the successful 200 medley relay had been again up for Sandpoint within the 200 free relay. Leavitt (23.22), Lou Foust (23.71), McCoy (22.41), and Wright (21.85) improved on their prelims time by .87 seconds with a 1:31.19 to win the occasion. The quartet missed the 5A state file, established by Bishop Kelly final 12 months, by .11 seconds.

Although the Sandpoint boys missed that file, three 5A state data nonetheless fell. Freshman Rangi Grimes was accountable for two of them, sweeping the boys’ dash freestyle races. He first received the 50 freestyle in 21.65, hitting a private greatest along with breaking the 5A state file. He did the identical within the 100 freestyle, this time logging a 47.87 to win. He was behind Hillcrest senior Adam Allred on the midway mark however break up 24.51 on his again 50 to move Allred for the win.

Moscow Excessive College junior Noah Crossler swam a 5A state file of 51.64 within the 100 butterfly, successful his race by 3.28 seconds. He earned a second victory within the 100 backstroke, swimming 54.98.

Skyline’s Elias Sofa earned two particular person victories as effectively, clocking 1:45.76 to win the 200 free and 4:56.88 to win the five hundred free.

Different Occasion Winners:

• 100 breaststroke: Vaughn Geffors, Riverstone Worldwide — 1:02.23
• 400 free relay: Idaho Falls — 3:28.56