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The Montezuma-Cortez swim team started the 2015-2016 season with consecutive double-dual meets against Durango and Fruita Monument.<\/p>\n
On Friday, the Panthers hosted the Demons and Wildcats in Cortez, and ended up with multiple top-five finishes.<\/p>\n
Junior Sam Bagge took second in the 500-yard freestyle (6:11.33) and third in the 200-yard individual medley (2:37.30); Shundiin Kauffman finished fourth in the 100-yard butterfly (1:24.59); and senior Kayla Hageman placed fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:28.51).<\/p>\n
Head coach Gayle Earley noted Hageman\u2019s performance in the 100-yard breaststroke.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe did phenomenal,\u201d Earley said. \u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily her stroke, but she did amazing. It was a perfect swim.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freshmen Jenna Barner and Nanabah Sam also had strong races, with Barner finishing second in the 50-yard freestyle (28.30) and Sam taking third in the 100-yard backstroke (1:19.49).<\/p>\n
On Saturday, the same three teams met up again, but changed the location and swam at Fort Lewis College in Durango.<\/p>\n
Earley said that the Panthers went into Saturday\u2019s meet with the goal of beating their times from Friday, and that almost all of the swimmers succeeded.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne that really stands out is Stevee Brenner,\u201d Earley said after the meet on Saturday. \u201cShe dropped two seconds on her 100-freestyle best time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd this is her first weekend competitively swimming,\u201d said assistant coach Meggie Curtis.<\/p>\n
Brenner is in her first year on the swim team, and on Saturday she finished the 100-yard freestyle in 1:32.70.<\/p>\n
Bagge was the Panthers\u2019 highest individual placer on Saturday, finishing second in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 26.67. She also swam on the two best finishing relay teams.<\/p>\n
The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Bagge, Sam, Kauffman and Barner placed second (1:57.78), and the 200-yard medley relay team consisting of the same swimmers finished third (2:19.65).<\/p>\n
The next M-CHS meet is a relay meet in Grand Junction on Saturday, Dec. 12.<\/p>\n
Saturday, Dec. 12
\n @ Grand Junction Relays, 9:30 a.m.
\n Fri-Saturday, dec. 18-19
\n @ Montrose Invite, TBA
\n Friday, jan. 15
\n @ Albuquerque, TBA
\n Friday, Jan. 22
\n @ Delta, 4 p.m.
\n Friday, Feb. 5
\n @ CMU for conference championship prelims, 4 p.m.
\n Saturday, Feb. 6
\n @ CMU for conference championship finals, 2:30 p.m.
\n Friday-Saturday, Feb. 12-13
\n State meet, TBA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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