{"id":101914,"date":"2018-01-14T15:59:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T22:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-high-school-girls-swimming-captures-crown-at-home-meet\/"},"modified":"2018-01-14T15:59:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T22:59:56","slug":"durango-high-school-girls-swimming-captures-crown-at-home-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-high-school-girls-swimming-captures-crown-at-home-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Durango High School girls swimming captures crown at home meet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Durango High School senior Kylie Behn competes in the 1-meter diving event during Montezuma-Cortez\u2019s meet Friday in Cortez. Behn has already qualified for the state meet next month in Thornton.<\/span>Emily Rice\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

In its lone home meet of the season, the Durango High School girls swimming team turned in a strong performance on senior day and won the meet against Montezuma-Cortez and Montrose.<\/p>\n

The Demons piled up 631 points, Montrose had 530 and Montezuma-Cortez finished with 109 points.<\/p>\n

Midway through the meet, the teams stopped action to honor the nine seniors on the DHS roster.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really amazing to see all the girls support us, and turns out they actually like us \u2013 that\u2019s always a good thing,\u201d senior captain Mira Joyner said. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s happy and sad to swim your last event in your home pool. I think this year is special for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of the 12 events held at the Fort Lewis College pool, the Demons won seven, with a spirited effort from a team competing at far less than 100 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now we\u2019re battling sickness. We\u2019ve had ladies throwing up in the locker room all week long,\u201d DHS head coach Thomas Joyner said. \u201cSurprisingly, we didn\u2019t have more not swim. Overall, I think everything went well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senior captain Jocelyn Earl echoed the pride coach Joyner had in the gutty performance from the Demons.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it shows a lot of commitment from these girls,\u201d she said. \u201cSome of them are quite new here and to see them sick and still go out and do the best they can, I love it. It\u2019s such a good feeling to see the team is just as committed as we (seniors) are.\u201d<\/p>\n

On senior day, the Demons got big performances from some underclassmen.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Saylor Stottlemyer won the 500-yard freestyle, and classmate Mina Willemin won the 200 individual medley. The two were also on the Demons\u2019 winning 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay teams. Fellow sophomore Acacia Cofman and Mira Joyner were on the medley relay team, and Joyner and Earl were the other members of the 400 freestyle relay.<\/p>\n

To go with the relay wins, Joyner won the 100 butterfly.<\/p>\n

DHS senior Sadie McAliney won the 100 breaststroke and junior Kylie Behn won the 1-meter diving event.<\/p>\n

Coach Joyner said the mix of seniors with different levels of experience has brought a new dynamic to the team with new swimmers learning from those with more experience and the veterans feeding off the enthusiasm of the rookies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really hard to say goodbye to all the seniors,\u201d coach Joyner said, \u201cbut it\u2019s kind of cool because we have ladies who are going to be seniors next year and they\u2019ll be just as unique and as special to the program as these ladies were. We\u2019re gonna miss them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Demons didn\u2019t have any new state qualifiers at the meet, and coach Joyner said one of the big focuses for the team moving through the rest of the regular season will be fine tuning the girls for the state meet Feb. 8-10 in Thornton.<\/p>\n

\u201cPretty much everyone who is going to qualify has already qualified. I don\u2019t know off the top of my head if anyone is on the bubble,\u201d coach Joyner said. \u201cI think right now it\u2019s more about fine tuning our race strategy and deciding who\u2019s going to swim what events because they can only swim two events as individuals at the state meet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Demons will next compete at the Delta High School meet Jan. 20 in Delta.<\/p>\n

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