WYOMING 3A GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
- 25 yards
- October 28-29, 2016
- Class 3A (small schools)
- Full results (or on Meet Mobile under “2016 3A Girls State Swim & Dive”
The day after Campbell County won their 4th straight title in Wyoming’s bigger swimming classification, 4A, the girls from Lander Valley High School ran away with the 3A (smaller schools) crown in Gillette.
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— Lander Valley HS (@Fremont1_LVHS) October 29, 2016
This was Lander Valley’s first state title since 2011, lifted in part by freshman Olivia Fowler, who kicked off her high school career with a state title in her very first swim of the day – a 2:04.51 in the 200 free.
Depth was the name of the day for Lander – they won just 3 of the day’s 12 events, but with two finishers in the 6-swimmer A-final for every single individual swimming event of the day, they ran away with the team scoring tally.
The other individual victory for the champions came in the other long freestyle, where junior Maria Kulow swam 5:34.13 to win by 18 seconds.
Lander’s first relay win of the night came in the last event – the 400 free relay – where they swam a 3:48.40 to finish over a second-and-a-half ahead of Worland High.
In the team standings, after Lander Valley came Sublette County, Worland, and the 4th place Riverton High School team – who left a big impression on the meet even without the depth to contend for the team title.
Riverton won the other two relays on the day, doing so with 4 underclassmen to boot. First came the 200 medley relay, which swam a 1:56.11 for a narrow victory over Lander Valley; and later in the day came the 200 free relay, which swam 1:43.51, another tight race, this time beating Sublette County by two tenths.
Riverton also got wins in the 200 IM and 100 free both from junior Sonsoles Aguayo. She swam 2:11.61 in the former and 52.75 in the latter to go a perfect 4-for-4 in event titles.
Her teammate Kaylie Gopp won the 100 fly in 1:03.63, narrowly beating out Newcastle senior Rachel Henkle (1:03.95).
Other 3A Event Champions:
- Ellyse Russel, sophomore, Worland, 50 free – 24.78
- Shantelle Rule, senior, Sublette County, 1 meter diving – 383.75
- Mikenna Waggener, senior, Newcastle, 100 back – 1:02.67
- Miranda Williams, senior, Cody, 100 breast – 1:09.43
Final Team Standings
- Lander Valley High School – 321
- Sublette County Swim Team – 177
- Worland High School – 167
- Riverton High School – 160
- Douglas High School – 121
- Powell High School – 87
- Buffalo High School – 85
- Newcastle High School – 78
- Cody High School – 61
- Kemmerer High School – 42 (tie)
- Rawlins High School – 42 (tie)
- Lyman High School – 33
