Competing in the Western Slope Championships, which featured 20 teams and some of the top swimmers in Colorado, several local swimmers stood out.<\/p>\n
Among the most successful swimmers at the three-day meet, which took place in Grand Junction on July 13-15, was Mesa Verde Aquatics Club standout Erin Lawrence, who captured several individual championships in the girls\u2019 9-10 age division.<\/p>\n
Lawrence\u2019s victories came in the 50-meter backstroke (40.44), 50-meter butterfly (41.00), 100-meter backstroke (1:27.48), 100-meter freestyle (1:28.29), and 200-meter individual medley (3:11.53). She also placed second in the 50-meter freestyle (33.99) and the 200-meter freestyle (3:10.16).<\/p>\n
Joining Lawrence as a multi-event champion was 12-year-old Delta Suckla, who placed first in the 50-meter breaststroke (42.21) and the 100-meter breaststroke (1:30.90) while representing the Cortez Leopard Sharks in the girls\u2019 11-12 age division.<\/p>\n
Suckla also placed third in the 200-meter breaststroke (3:29.13), fifth in the 400-meter freestyle (6:24.83), and seventh in the 200-meter individual medley (3:15.67).<\/p>\n
Among the top male finishers at the meet was 14-year-old Cortez Leopard Sharks team member Cody Farias, who placed first in the 200-meter freestyle (2:22.97) and 200-meter breaststroke (3:07.42), second in the 100-meter backstroke (1:16.02) and 200-meter individual medley (2:44.78), and third in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:28.42), 100-meter freestyle (1:04.92), 50-meter freestyle (29.63) and 400-meter freestyle (5:11.62)<\/p>\n
MVAC up-and-comer Tyler Jackson placed third in the 200-meter backstroke (4:02.29). Teammate Dannika Goodall finished sixth in the 100-meter butterfly (2:14.29), and MVAC\u2019s Sawyer Muhonen placed seventh in the 100-meter breaststroke (2:15.14).<\/p>\n
Other top finishers representing the Cortez Leopard Sharks included Houston Hurst, who placed fifth in the 200-meter freestyle (3:06.56) and 50-meter breaststroke (50.06), sixth in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:53.25), and seventh in the 50-meter butterfly (48.22) and 100-meter freestyle (1:25.57).<\/p>\n
Tyler Cutrone finished fourth in the 100-meter backstroke (1:12.23) and seventh in the 200-meter backstroke (2:41.37).<\/p>\n
Tyler Cutrone\u2019s brother, Ryan Cutrone, finished sixth in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:22.33), seventh in the 100-meter backstroke (1:16.55), and seventh in the 400-meter freestyle (5:03.43).<\/p>\n
The Cortez Leopard Sharks finished 10th as a team with 551 points, and Mesa Verde Aquatics Club placed 11th in the team standings with 405 points.<\/p>\n
Aspen Swim Club took top honors in the 20-team meet with 3,154 points overall.<\/p>\n
With summer meets on the Western Slope now complete for the time being, qualifying swimmers will look ahead toward state championship meets in Denver and Western Zone meets in California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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