Tennessee Signee McCoy, Denver Bound Jones Shine At Western Zone Senior Championships

2025 SC Western Zone Senior Championships

• April 2-5
• Saint George, UT
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results 

Both Jake McCoy and Gabe Jones are about to embark on college swimming careers, but they showed at the 2025 SC Western Zone Senior Championships that they still want to finish out their club seasons strong.

Signed with Tennessee and swimming for Cougar Aquatics, McCoy won five events, most notably producing personal best times to capture the 100 breaststroke (55.04) and 200 (1:58.63). McCoy eclipsed his previous best in the 100 breast by 48 one-hundredths. He also won the 200 backstroke (1:44.82), 200 individual medley (1:47.01) and 400 IM (3:48.45).

Jones, who is headed to the University of Denver and swims for Olympus Aquatics, won the 100 back (48.80) and 200 butterfly (1:47.12) in personal best times to go along with a victory in the 100 fly (48.49).

His time in the 100 back was 97 one-hundredths better than his previous best, while his time in the 200 fly was 69 one-hundredths better than his old personal best. Those times would have been good for second place in both events at this year’s Summit League meet, which Denver won. He also finished 2nd in the 200 IM (1:49.33) and 400 IM (4:31.78).

In the team competition, Olympus Aquatics swept the combined, girls’ and boys’ titles.

Besides McCoy and Jones, other individual standouts were:

• Rainie Moran, a member of the class of 2027 who swims for Olympus Aquatics, was the high point getter in the girls’ competition. She swam personal bests to win the 200 fly (2:03.32), the 200 IM (2:03.43) and finish second in the 100 breast (1:05.52). She also won the 500 free (5:04.58) and took second in the 200 fly (2:03.32).
• Fran Hunt (class of 2026) of Olympus Aquatics won the 100 breast (1:04.13) and 200 breast (personal best 2:18.02), and was second in the 100 fly (56.44).
• Summer Thresher, a BYU commit and class of 2026 swimmer, won the 100 back in a personal best time of 54.07 and the 200 breast in a time of 2:00.36. She also was third in the 100 fly in a personal best time (56.50) and swam a personal best time in the 100 free (52.08) during preliminaries.
• Chesney Bonner, a class of 2026 swimmer for Southern Utah Swimming Association, won the 200 free (1:51.77) and 1650 free (17:17.01) in personal best times during the girls’ competition. She also swam personal bests to finish second in the 200 IM (2:06.92) and third in the 400 IM (4:31.78).
• In the boys’ competition, Sebastian Wrona of Olympus Aquatics won the 50 free (20.63) and 100 free (45.30). He also took second in the 100 back (48.83), 100 fly (49.26) and 200 fly (1:49.39).

Combined Team Standings — Top 5

1. Olympus Aquatics, 2173
2. Boulder City Henderson Heatwave, 1496.5
3. Front Range Barracudas, 718
4. Utah Valley Aquatics, 619
5. Avon Swim Club, 608

Girls’ Team Standings — Top 5

1. Olympus Aquatics, 823.5
2. Boulder City Henderson Heatwave, 789
3. Front Range Barracudas, 718
4. Southern Utah Swimming Association, 422
5. Aspire Aquatics of Colorado, 343.5

Boys’ Team Standings — Top 5

1. Olympus Aquatics, 1109.5
2. Boulder City Henderson Heatwave, 531.5
3. Avon Swim Club, 315
4. Bozeman Barracudas Swim Club, 294
5. Park City Swimming, 254