2025 Spring Speedo Sectionals – Boise
- March 13-16, 2025
- Boise, Idaho
- Idaho Central Aquatic Center
- SCY (25 yards)
- Meet Central
- Results on Meet Mobile: “2025 Spring Speedo Sectional – Boise, ID”
- Day 1 Prelims Results (PDF)
- Day 1 Finals Results (PDF)
The pool record books were rewritten on the opening day of the Boise Spring Sectionals at the Idaho Central Aquatic Center, with a full schedule of four individual events and two relays getting things underway on Thursday.
GIRLS’ RECAP
The Bellevue Club Swim Team girls were a force on the opening day of racing, winning three of the four individual events on the schedule.
Princeton commit Sophia Sunwoo had a standout swim in the girls’ 100 free, claiming victory in a time of 49.16 to knock a tenth off her lifetime best of 49.26 set over two years ago at the 2022 Winter Junior Championships – West. The swim ranks Sunwoo 20th this season among 17-year-old girls.
Placing 2nd in the event was Bend Swim Club’s Maddie Thornton, a 16-year-old Georgia commit who broke 50 seconds for the first time in 49.97.
In the 200 breast, Bellevue’s Alexa McDevitt topped the field by nearly five seconds in 2:12.68, narrowly missing her personal best of 2:12.60 set in December.
Bellevue’s third win in an individual came from 17-year-old Clare Watson in the 200 fly, as the Stanford commit clocked 1:58.36 to fall just shy of her season-best (1:58.19) set in December. Her lifetime best of 1:57.56 was set in March 2023.
In the 1000 free, King Aquatic Club’s Audrey Welfare dropped nearly five seconds off her best time in 10:18.90 to earn victory over 13-year-old Tessa Hurguy, who also set a big best time in 10:20.26.
Bend Swim Club dominated the girls’ relays, sweeping the 200 medley (1:44.00) and 200 free (1:35.35) with Thornton, Hadley Hayes, Emma Bronson and Adeline Bennett swimming on both relays.
Team Scores – Top 5
- Bend Swim Club, 368
- King Aquatic Club, 359
- Sawtooth Aquatic Club, 290.5
- Foothills Swim Team, 244
- Bellevue Club Swim Team, 175
BOYS’ RECAP
Coming off his impressive win in the 1500 free at the Pro Swim Series in Westmont last week, King Aquatic Club’s Aiden Hammer continued his strong run of form by winning the 1000 free on Thursday in Boise.
Hammer, 17, dominated the field, winning by more than 19 seconds in a time of 9:05.27, with his personal best of 8:55.18 having been set this past January.
Punahou Aquatics Institute’s Mason Francis, 18, won the 100 free in a time of 43.71, narrowly missing his personal best of 43.55 set last month en route to winning the OHSAA Division II state title.
Quinton Cynor, a 22-year-old swimming unattached, was the fastest swimmer in the heats of the 100 free in 44.06, but scratched the final to focus on the 200 fly. Cynor won the 200 fly final in 1:45.21, within a second of his personal best of 1:44.30 set en route to winning the 2023 WAC conference title while swimming at the University of Wyoming.
The other individual winner on Day 1 was Bend Swim Club’s Campbell McKean, who rocketed to a four-second victory in the 200 breast in a time of 1:53.76, just shy of his personal best time.
McKean, an 18-year-old Texas commit, set his personal best of 1:53.54 at Winter Juniors – West in December.
The runner-up in the 200 breast was Foothills Swim Team’s Tobin Uhl, 17, who set a PB of 1:57.87 in the prelims and then was just shy of that in the final (1:57.96).
The 200 medley relay, raced during the prelim session, was won by Chugiak Aquatics Club, with Wesley Mank (22.40), Elias Rumph (25.24), Blake Fazio (22.70) and Matthew Baker (21.20) combining for a time of 1:31.54 to edge out King Aquatic Club (1:31.73).
At the end of the evening session in the 200 free relay, Foothills Swim Team won a tight race with King Aquatic Club in 1:22.23, with their team comprised of Duncan Salmen (20.42), Bayden Todd (20.52), Carter Bradley (20.89) and Evan Curran (20.40). King touched in 1:22.63, with Hammer splitting 20.53 on the third leg and Andrew Coombs anchoring in 20.27.
Team Scores – Top 5
- King Aquatic Club, 399
- Foothills Swim Team, 369.5
- Bend Swim Club, 247
- StingRay Swim Team, 229
- Chugiak Aquatics Club, 180
