4A 2018 Utah State Championships
- Friday-Saturday, February 9-10th
- South Davis Recreation Center, Bountiful, UT
- Short course yards
- Results
TOP 10 TEAM SCORES
WOMEN
- Park City – 355
- Sky View – 257
- Desert Hills – 252.5
- Orem – 160
- Lehi – 143
- Cedar City – 135.5
- Snow Canyon – 126
- Ridgeline – 114
- Green Canyon/Dixie – 94
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MEN
- Desert Hills – 273
- Mountain Crest – 247
- Park City – 208
- Juan Diego Catholic – 176
- Cedar City – 165
- Lehi – 144
- Sky View – 132
- Tooele – 125
- Spanish Fork – 108
- Green Canyon – 97
Park City won the girls title by nearly 100 points, while the Desert Hills boys beat Mountain Crest for the title by 26 points. the Park City girls team won 8 of 11 events, while Desert Hills swept the boys relays.
Katie Hale won a pair of events, taking the 50 fre and 100 fly in back-to-back wins (although there is a break between the 50 free and 100 fly). She went 24.13 in the 50 free, winning by half a second over Leah Gale (24.62). In the 100 fly, Hale came right back to win with a 58.43, and she was the only swimmer to break 1 minute.
Elise Beller also picked up a pair of wins in the 200 IM and 500 free, and was a member of the winning 200 medley and 400 free relay. Beller went 2:09.16 and 5:13.18 to win the 200 IM and 500 respectively, winning by a combined 9 seconds. She was also the anchor (24.07) on the 200 medley relay team of Helena Djunic (27.27), Jessi Beyer (32.75), and Katie Hale (24.96), which went 1:49.05 to break the 4A record. Beller also teamed up with Katie Hale, Emma Strong-Conklin, and Helena Djunic to win the 400 free relay in 3:35.87.
Jake Walters took the boys 100 back with a 50.67, holding off Payton Plumb, who was charging on the final 50. Cade Black won the 50 free with a 21.54 in a tight race with fellow senior Dennis Djunic, who went 21.77.
EVENT WINNERS
WOMEN
- 200 medley relay: Park City (Djunic, Beyer, Hale, Beller) – 1:49.05 (4A record)
- 200 free: Helena Djunic (Park City) – 1:53.76
- 200 IM: Elise Beller (Park City) – 2:09.16
- 50 free: Katie Hale (Park City) – 24.13
- 100 fly: Katie Hale (Park City) – 58.43
- 100 free: Helena Djunic (Park City) – 52.50
- 500 free: Elise Beller (Park City) – 5:13.18
- 200 free relay: Desert Hills (Schimbeck, Romprey, McCoy, Ottenschot) – 1:42.21
- 100 back: Caitlin Romprey (Desert Hills) – 58.13
- 100 breast: Addison Richards (Orem) – 1:07.29
- 400 free relay: Park City (Hale, Strong-Conklin, Beller, Djunic) – 3:35.87
MEN
- 200 medley relay: Desert Hills (Plumb, Shakespear, Anderson, Larson) – 1:40.26
- 200 free: Ryan Bunn (Hurricane) – 1:43.62
- 200 IM: Payton Plumb (Desert Hills) – 1:56.32
- 50 free: Cade Black (Mountain Crest) – 21.54
- 100 fly: Nic Tronson (Lehi) – 51.77
- 100 free: Cade Black (Mountain Crest) – 47.40
- 500 free: Darwin Anderson (Sky View) – 4:44.81
- 200 free relay: Desert Hills (Anderson, Larson, Ashton, Wawrzyniak) – 1:28.00
- 100 back: Jake Walters (Sky View) – 50.67
- 100 breast: Garrett Dotson (Cedar City) – 59.80
- 400 free relay: Desert Hills (Larson, Ashton, Wawrzyniak, Plumb) – 3:14.59
