The Pagosa Springs High School Lady Pirates logged some “great swims” against Sargent and Salida last week at Adams State University.
The event took place on Tuesday, Dec. 17, and featured only the three teams.
“Overall this meet went well,” coach Heather Miller wrote in an email to The SUN, adding the team had some “really great swims.”
Miller highlights Chloe Gantt, who dropped more than 36 seconds in the 500-yard freestyle. She placed second in the event with a time of 6 minutes, 50.01 seconds.
She also highlights Asia Gorman, who dropped nearly 6.5 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly. Gorman swam a time of 1:36.61 to take fourth.
Miller also highlights Ruby Snell, who dropped nearly 15 seconds in the 200-yard individual medley and nearly 13 seconds in the 100-yard backstroke.
In the 200 individual medley, Snell swam a time of 3:49.63 to finish seventh. Fellow Lady Pirate Leah Blackman finished sixth with a time of 3:35.06.
In the 100 backstroke, Snell finished sixth overall with a time of 1:40.54. She was followed by Aubrey Gerdel in seventh with a time of 1:43.00 and Bella Gutierrez in eighth with a time of 2:07.09.
Due to an issue with the meet setup, several Lady Pirates swam events in an exhibition capacity, Miller explains.
Shantee Murphy swam the 100 backstroke as an exhibition and logged a time of 2:07.09.
In the 200-yard medley relay, the Lady Pirate team of Marlowe Hedgecock, Blackman, Gantt and Gorman took third with a time of 2:23.45.
Hedgecock finished fifth in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:50.98. Kaiya Lyons finished eighth with a time of 3:37.40.
Six Lady Pirates swam in the 50-yard freestyle. Gantt finished fourth with a time of 30.06 seconds. Gorman followed in sixth with a time of 31.35 seconds. Cram swam a time of 31.37 seconds to finish eighth. Gianna Shaeffer finished 10th with a time of 37.21 seconds.
Brooklyn Trujillo swam the event as an exhibition, logging a time of 42.95 seconds, and Murphy did the same, swimming a time of 44.89 seconds.
In the 100-yard freestyle, Hedgecock swam a time of 1:12.01 to finish sixth. Cram followed in seventh with a time of 1:13.23. Gemma Slingerland took ninth with a time of 1:25.03.
Lyons swam as an exhibition, finishing with a time of 1:31.54. Lucia Rivera swam a time of 1:38.20.
Three Lady Pirate teams swam in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
The team of Gorman, Cram, Hedgecock and Gantt finished third in 2:06.41. The team of Blackman, Shaeffer, Slingerland and Gerdel finished sixth in 2:26.73. The team of Snell, Gutierrez, Lyons and Trujillo finished eighth with a time of 2:37.67.
Blackman led the Lady Pirates in the 100-yard breaststroke, swimming a time of 1:32.95 to finish fifth. Shaeffer finished eighth with a time of 1:38.47. Slingerland followed in ninth with a time of 1:47.98.
Rivera swam the event as an exhibition, finishing with a time of 1:58.15.
In the 400-yard freestyle relay, the team of Gerdel, Rivera, Lyons and Murphy finished fifth with a time of 6:19.95.
The Lady Pirates finished third overall at the meet.
“Unfortunately we did have a few disqualifications for false starts on relays and a couple turn and finish problems,” Miller wrote. “Hopefully we can try to address these before our next meet but for sure before our meet in Montrose on the 10th.”
However, Miller notes, with the timing of the holidays, the team will not be able to do many team practices over winter break.
The Lady Pirates will be back in action on Jan. 7, 2025, in a meet hosted by Sargent at Adams State University, followed by a meet in Montrose on Jan. 10, 2025.
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