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Stephen Argabright of Mesa, Arizona has announced his commitment to swim and study at the University of Wyoming, starting in the fall of 2026. He trains year-round with Mesa Aquatics Club and attends Red Mountain High School.
Argabright made the announcement on SwimCloud, writing:
I am extremely grateful and excited to announce my verbal commitment to continue my academic and athletic career at the University of Wyoming!! I want to thank Coach Dave and Coach Reeder for helping me through the journey, as well as my family for their continued support, and for my coaches and teammates who have been there from the start. GO COWBOYS!!
The future Cowboy is a distance freestyle specialist who has been on a steady improvement trajectory throughout his high school career.
Argabright’s two target meets of the 2024-25 season were the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) Division I State Championships in November, where he represented his high school, and the Speedo Sectionals at the end of March, where he wrapped up his season with his club team.
At State, he picked up a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 200 and 500 free, logging personal bests of 1:43.15 and 4:36.28 in prelims before hitting the wall at 1:44.35 and 4:37.45 in finals. He also split 49.26 on the 400 free relay that hit the wall 13th.
Sectionals saw Argabright break through again in the longer 500 free, where he produced 4:34.15 in prelims and 4:35.79 in finals for 14th overall, both times under his best heading into the meet. He went on to dip under his lifetime best in the 1000 free, an event only offered at collegiate dual meets but not at championship settings, clocking 9:22.59 for 10th. He then demolished his best time in the mile with a 15:42.26 for 12th.
Argabright’s only other individual event at Sectionals was the 200 free, where he notched 1:43.21, coming just 0.06 shy of his lifetime best.
Top SCY Times:
- 200 Freestyle: 1:43.15
- 500 Freestyle: 4:34.15
- 1650 Freestyle: 15:42.26
The Wyoming men are led by head coach Dave Denniston, who has been at the helm of the program since 2017. The program finished fifth out of six teams at the 2025 Western Athletic Conference Championships.
Argabright is poised to make an immediate impact at the conference level, as his career best times in the 200 free and 500 free would have made the ‘C’ final in 2025. Additionally, his best in the mile, which is swum as a timed final, would have put him 15th.
According to the team’s 2024-25 depth chart, Argabright would have ranked third in the mile, sixth in the 500 free, and 11th in the 200 free. Senior Gavin Smith topped the charts in the 200 free with a 1:35.91, junior Caleb Ozenne was the team’s fastest 500 freestyler with his time of 4:23.59, and freshman Jakub Rynkiewicz was the team’s best miler at 15:28.41.
Argabright joins Marcel Jureko, Archer Sanchez, and Joey Sudermann in committing to Wyoming’s Class of 2030.
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In Stephen, Wyoming is getting a diamond in the rough, ,an oncoming distance swimmer set to train at 7,220 ft.
Always tall, he has recently extended to 6′ 10″.
Instead of a November/High School and Spring Juniors PB pattern he recently set two new PBs in a mid-season High School Invitational.
200 SCY Free: 3rd – 1:42.56 (:50.31) (prior PB 1:43.15)
500 SCY Free: 1st – 4:32.30 (prior PB 4:34.15).
He is also learning how to race. Many times over the recent years he would outswim a competitor by a significant margin early but lose a similar amount on turns and then be out sprinted at the end.
Progress is a process that doesn’t happen in one… Read more »
He’s improving; off events in the 14th Craig Cummins Invitational.
200 IM: never before under 2:00. Went 1:55.83
100 Breast: never before under 1:00.0; went :58.73.
Thank you mds!
Enjoy training at the new pool!
Go Pokes!