Payson High School's girls swimming team won the Region 8 championship at the Wasatch Aquatics Center on Saturday. Provided by Payson
James Edward
By James Edward
James has been covering high school sports in Utah for the Deseret News for three decades.

Here’s a recap of the results from this past week’s four region swimming meets in Class 4A as the teams prepare for the state tournament at BYU on Feb. 7 and 8.

The four region champions for the girls were Payson, Desert Hills, Park City and Ridgeline, while the four boys region champs were Orem, Hurricane, Murray and Ridgeline.

Murray’s swimmers had a particularly strong showing, with Brooklyn Richter lowering the 4A girls’ best time in the 50 freestyle to 24.46 seconds and teammate Aiden Martin posting a new boys’ season best of 22.01 in the same event.

Desert Hills’ Chesney Bonner improved the girls’ 100 butterfly mark to 58.03, while Crimson Cliffs athletes also shined - Claire Daley posted a new best in the 100 breaststroke (1:09.33) and Taylor Fox dropped the boys’ 100 butterfly time to 52.68.

Timpanogos star Raiden Harris set new 4A bests in two events, touching in 2:07.69 in the 200 individual medley and 53.68 in the 100 freestyle.

Park City’s Keegan Elgie improved the boys’ 200 IM mark to 1:58.01, Mountain Crest’s Brigham Skinner set a new standard in the 100 backstroke (53.83), and Orem’s James Christensen posted the season’s fastest 100 breaststroke time of 1:00.78.

Orem High School's boys swimming teams won the Region 8 championship on Saturday at the Wasatch Aquatics Center. | Provided by Wasatch

Region 8 championships

At Wasatch Aquatics Center

Girls team scores

1. Payson, 420

2. Timpanogos, 403

3. Provo, 292

4. Uintah, 260

4. Mountain View, 260

6. Orem, 105

Individual results

  • 200 medley relay — 1. Timpanogos, 1:57.21; 2. Mountain View, 2:08.25; 3. Payson, 2:12.23.
  • 200 freestyle — 1. Katilyn Bonnett, Provo, 1:59.89; 2. Maisey Preece, Payson, 2:01.20; 3. Carly Springer, Mountain View, 2:06.14.
  • 200 individual medley — 1. Raiden Harris, Timpanogos, 2:07.69; 2. Avery Bulkley, Payson, 2:10.56; 3. Claire Pocock, Provo, 2:19.33.
  • 50 freestyle — 1. Sydney Weeks, Provo, 25.21; 2. Mia Wade, Timpanogos, 26.48; 3. Ella Tobler, Timpanogos, 28.00.
  • 100 butterfly — 1. Sydney Weeks, Provo, 1:01.15; 2. Carly Springer, Mountain View, 1:02.77; 3. Claire Pocock, Provo, 1:04.29.
  • 100 freestyle — 1. Raiden Harris, Timpanogos, 53.68; 2. Maisey Preece, Payson, 55.29; 3. Alli Bonnett, Provo, 57.76.
  • 500 freestyle — 1. Avery Bulkley, Payson, 5:05.41; 2. Lola Watson, Timpanogos, 5;25.07; 3. Kaitlyn Bonnett, Provo, 5:27.09.
  • 200 freestyle relay — 1. Provo, 1:42.32; 2. Payson, 1:43.09; 3. Timpanogos, 1:43.63.
  • 100 backstroke — 1. Haley Bott, Payson, 1:04.82; 2. Afton Jones, Timpanogos, 1:04.93; 3. Arina Darli, Uintah, 1:05.78.
  • 100 breaststroke — 1. Lola Watson, Timpanogos, 1:14.52; 2. Alex Mobbs, Payson, 1:17.57; 3. Alli Bonnett, Provo, 1:18.76.
  • 400 freestyle relay — 1. Provo, 3:44.76; 2. Payson, 3:46.39; 3. Mountain View, 4:10.94

Boys team scores

  1. Orem, 422
  2. Payson, 385
  3. Uintah, 347
  4. Mountain View, 279
  5. Provo, 180
  6. Timpanogos, 170

Individual results

  • 200 medley relay — 1. Orem, 1:42.57; 2. Uintah, 1:43.83; 3. Payson, 1:50.63.
  • 200 freestyle — 1. James Christensen, Orem, 1:50.97; 2. Isaac Cowie, Payson, 1:54.29; 3. Finn Kunz, Payson, 1:55.27.
  • 200 individual medley — 1. Daynen Staker, Provo, 2:07.07; 2. Kaita Hibino, Orem, 2:07.36; 3. Jaten Barraclough, Uintah, 2:08.29.
  • 50 freestyle — 1. Holden McCord, Orem, 22.64; 2. Max Wright, Timpanogos, 23.08; 3. Blake Peterson, Payson, 23.37.
  • 100 butterfly — 1. Jaten Barraclough, Uintah, 55.09; 2. Kaita Hibino, Orem, 59.54; 3. Spencer Boersma, Payson, 1:00.00.
  • 100 freestyle — 1. Holden McCord, Orem, 50.57; 2. Max Wright, Timpanogos, 50.97; 3. Paul Buschkowsky, Uintah, 51.11.
  • 500 freestyle — 1. Daynen Staker, Provo, 5:09.73; 2. Mateo Flores Montes, Orem, 5:12.24; 3. Isaac Cowie, Payson, 5:15.97.
  • 200 freestyle relay — 1. Uintah, 1:32.34; 2. Payson, 1:35.41; 3. Orem, 1:37.58.
  • 100 backstroke — 1. Keith Caldwell, Uintah, 58.66; 2. Mateo Flores Montes, Orem, 58.78; 3. Preston Dukes, 58.87.
  • 100 breaststroke — 1. James Christensen, Orem, 1:00.78; 2. Charly Midy, Orem, 1:04.55; 3. Shion Sonomura, Orem, 1:06.53.
  • 400 freestyle relay — 1. Payson, 3:27.14; 2. Orem, 3:27.87; 3. Provo, 3:36.10.
Desert Hills High School's girls swimming team won the Region 9 championship on Wednesday at Utah Tech. | Provided by Desert Hills

Region 9 championships

At Utah Tech

Girls team scores

  1. Desert Hills, 378
  2. Hurricane, 366
  3. Crimson Cliffs, 347
  4. Snow Canyon, 272
  5. Cedar, 250
  6. Pine View, 134
  7. Dixie, 105

Individual results

  • 200 medley relay — 1. Crimson Cliffs, 1:57.82; 2. Hurricane, 2:05.55; 3. Crimson Cliffs, 2:05.72.
  • 200 freestyle — 1. McKenzie Mugleston, Snow Canyon, 1:58.42; 2. Emma Stevens, Desert Hills, 2:04.12; 3. Niah Anderson, Hurricane, 2:05.79.
  • 200 individual medley — 1. Chesney Bonner, Desert Hills, 2:09.26; 2. Kate Walker, Crimson Cliffs, 2:24.24; 3. Dylan Romprey, Desert Hills, 2:24.42.
  • 50 freestyle — 1. Shyanne Standing, Hurricane, 25.91; 2. Mackenzie Knudsen, Desert Hills, 26.04; 3. Annabelle Dotson, Crimson Cliffs, 26.17.
  • 100 butterfly — 1. Chesney Bonner, Desert Hills, 58.03; 2. Shaynne Standing, Hurricane, 1:04.21; 3. Isabella Palma, Hurricane, 1:05.32.
  • 100 freestyle — 1. Claire Daley, Crimson Cliffs, 54.94; 2. Dylan Romprey, Desert Hills, 55.99; 3. Sophie Robinson, Hurricane, 1:00.13.
  • 500 freestyle — 1. AK Carpenter, Desert Hills, 5:28.10; 2. Erma Lamb, Dixie, 5:31.51; 3. Niah Anderson, Hurricane, 5:45.48.
  • 200 freestyle relay — 1. Desert Hills, 1:42.89; 2. Snow Canyon, 1:46.86; 3. Hurricane, 1:47.84.
  • 100 backstroke — 1. Mackenzie Knudsen, Desert Hills, 1:02.76; 2. Emma Stevens, Desert Hills, 1:03.96; 3. Isabella Palma, Hurricane, 1:06.07.
  • 100 breaststroke — 1. Claire Daley, Crimson Cliffs, 1:09.33; 2. McKenzie Mugleston, Snow Canyon, 1:09.84; 3. Riley Simpson, Hurricane, 1:18.71.
  • 400 freestyle relay — 1. Desert Hills, 3:43.87; 2. Crimson Cliffs, 3:52.98; 3. Snow Canyon, 3:57.35.
Hurricane High School's boys swimming team won the Region 9 championship on Wednesday at Utah Tech. | Provided by Hurricane

Boys team scores

  1. Hurricane, 361
  2. Cedar, 351.5
  3. Desert Hills, 337.5
  4. Crimson Cliffs, 320
  5. Snow Canyon, 317
  6. Pine View, 78
  7. Dixie, 66

Individual results

  • 200 medley relay — 1. Desert Hills, 1:42.08; 2. Hurricane, 21.94; 3. Crimson Cliffs, 1:42.64.
  • 200 freestyle — 1. Carter Kane, Hurricane, 1:48.24; 2. Dax Crowley, Snow Canyon, 1:50.89; 3. Cody Judd, Crimson Cliffs, 1:51.74.
  • 200 individual medley — 1. Ryan Dooley, Snow Canyon, 1:59.90; 2. Max Giddings, 2:05.26; 3. Jaydon Certonio, Hurricane, 2:06.94.
  • 50 freestyle — 1. Gavin Pahnke, Hurricane, 22.25; 2. Gabe Law, Desert Hills, 22.91; 3. Makoa Page, Snow Canyon, 23.25.
  • 100 butterfly — 1. Taylor Fox, Crimson Cliffs, 52.68; 2. Gavin Pahnke, Hurricane, 54.67; 3. Owen George, Snow Canyon, 54.84.
  • 100 freestyle — 1. Taylor Fox, Crimson Cliffs, 48.61; 2. Carter Kane, Hurricane, 49.27; 3. Dax Crowley, Snow Canyon, 49.64.
  • 500 freestyle — 1. Cody Judd, Crimson Cliffs, 5:09.28; 2. Jax Miner, Crimson Cliffs, 5:26.87; 3. Stryker Koontz, Hurricane, 5:27.91.
  • 200 freestyle relay — 1. Snow Canyon, 1:30.66; 2. Hurricane, 1:32.12; 3. Crimson Cliffs, 1:32.22.
  • 100 backstroke — 1. Max Giddings, Crimson Cliffs, 56.29; 2. Seth Bacon, Snow Canyon, 58.63; 3. Solmun Pak, Desert Hills, 59.20.
  • 100 breaststroke — 1. Hunter Iverson, Desert Hills, 1:00.86; 2. Haydon Certonio, Hurricane, 1:01.07; 3. Owen George, Snow Canyon, 1:01.91.
  • 400 freestyle relay — 1. Snow Canyon, 3:22.20; 2. Desert Hills, 3:29.43; 3. Crimson Cliffs, 3:30.29.
Park City High School girls won the Region 10 swimming championship on Saturday at the Wasatch Aquatics Center. | Provided by Park City

Region 10 championships

At Wasatch Aquatic Center

Girls team scores

  1. Park City, 568
  2. Murray, 325
  3. Hillcrest, 252
  4. Stansbury, 217
  5. Tooele, 186
  6. Jordan, 150
  7. Cottonwood, 129

Individual results

  • 200 medley relay — 1. Park City, 1:57.43; 2. Hillcrest, 2:06.07; 3. Murray, 2:11.56.
  • 200 freestyle — 1. Lily Weinberg, Park City, 2:04.24; 2. Tayte Swenson, Park City, 2:06.91; 3. Bodi Borligin, Park City, 2:17.80.
  • 200 individual medley — 1. Katheen Richter, Murray, 2:13.61; 2. Logan Brick, Park City, 2:22.94; 3. Ella Limback, Park City, 2:23.91.
  • 50 freestyle — 1. Brooklyn Richter, Murray, 24.46; 2. Nora Vardeny, Cottonwood, 25.84; 3. Anna Klug, Park City, 25.85.
  • 100 butterfly — 1. Samantha Callahan, Jordan, 1:04.19; 2. Maddie Peterson, Hillcrest, 1:08.53; 3. Chelsea Xu, Hillcrest, 1:08.70.
  • 100 freestyle — 1. Brooklyn Richter, Murray, 53.58; 2. Viian Bagley, Park City, 55.97; 3. Ella Limback, Park City, 56.33.
  • 500 freestyle — 1. Gretchen Lane, Park City, 5:25.92; 2. Logan Brick, Park City, 5:36.22; 3. Tayte Swenson, Park City, 5:42.29.
  • 200 freestyle relay — 1. Park City, 1:43.57; 2. Murray, 1:45.75; 3. Hillcrest, 1:51.11.
  • 100 backstroke — 1. Gretchen Lane, Park City, 1:01.31; 2. Lily Weinberg, Park City, 1:03.32; 3. Adelaide Stoddard, Murray, 1:03.79.
  • 100 breaststroke — 1. Kathleen Richter, Murray, 1:09.83; 3. Marlo Erickson, Park City, 1:10.32; 3. Anna Klug, Park city, 1:14.88.
  • 400 freestyle relay — 1. Park City, 3:48.35; 2. Murray, 3:54.97; 3. Stansbury, 4:14.88.
Murray High School's boys swimming team on the Region 10 championship on Saturday at the Wasatch Aquatics Center. | Provided by Murray

Boys team scores

  1. Murray, 454
  2. Park City, 398
  3. Hillcrest, 302
  4. Cottonwood, 246
  5. Tooele, 198
  6. Jordan, 122
  7. Stansbury, 114

Individual results

  • 200 medley relay — 1. Murray, 1:41.32; 2. Hillcrest, 1:43.38; 3. Cottonwood, 1:44.28.
  • 200 freestyle — 1. Jaime Taylor, Park City, 1:46.55; 2. AJ Childress, Cottonwood; 3. William Seals, Tooele, 1:54.23.
  • 200 individual medley — 1. Keegan Elgie, Park City, 1:58.01; 2. Marcus Richter, Murray, 2:01.65; 3. Bode Anders, Cottonwood, 2:02.57.
  • 50 freestyle — 1. Aiden Martin, Murray, 22.01; 2. Logan Siegrist, Logan, 22.50; 3. Alex Skorut, Hillcrest, 22.62.
  • 100 butterfly — 1. Keegan Elgie, Park City, 52.68; 2. Marcus Richter, Murray, 54.66; 3. Bode Anders, Cottonwood, 54.74.
  • 100 freestyle — 1. Austin Sorensen, Murray, 48.80; 2. Aiden Martin, Murray, 49.66; 3. Logan Siegrist, Park City, 49.82.
  • 500 freestyle — 1. Jaime Taylor, 4:52.73; 2. Harrison Bae, Park City, 4:57.34; 3. AJ Childress, Cottonwood, 5:04.54.
  • 200 freestyle relay — 1. Park City, 1:28.57; 2. Murray, 1:33.11; 3. Tooele, 1:34.03.
  • 100 backstroke — 1. Alex Skorut, Hillcrest, 54.28; 2. Austin Sorensen, Murray, 54.59; 3. Nate Contreras, Park City, 57.69.
  • 100 breaststroke — 1. Andrew Shupe, Hillcrest, 1:03.29; 2. Jaxon Pendleton, Cottonwood, 1:03.36; 3. Benny Bridge, Hillcrest, 1:04.23.
  • 400 freestyle relay — 1. Park City, 3:15.96; 2. Murray, 3:19.87; 3. Cottonwood, 3;24.05.
Ridgeline High School's girls swimming team won the Region 11 championship on Friday at South Davis Rec Center. | Provided by Ridgeline

Region 11 championships

At South Davis Rec Center

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Girls team scores

  1. Ridgeline, 506.5
  2. Sky View, 455.5
  3. Green Canyon, 287.5
  4. Mountain Crest, 230
  5. Logan, 208.5
  6. Bear River, 100
  7. West Field, 62

Individual results

  • 200 medley relay — 1. Ridgeline, 1:51.84; 2. Sky View, 1:55.55; 3. Green Canyon, 2:00.25.
  • 200 freestyle — 1. Bryn Nielsen, Green Canyon, 2:00.89; 2. Eloise Casperson, Ridgeline, 2:03.22; 3. Lily Condos, Sky View, 2:03.52.
  • 200 individual medley — 1. Sarah Cook, Ridgeline, 2:15.64; 2. Tayley Meyerson, Sky View, 2:20.44; 3. Stella Burnett, Mountain Crest, 2:20.58.
  • 50 freestyle — 1. Adalyn Jones, Ridgeline, 26.12; 2. Alyssa Merrill, Green Canyon; Jessica Schwartz, Sky View, 26.47.
  • 100 butterfly — 1. Sarah Cook, Ridgeline, 58.89; 2. Kinzlee Taylor, Logan, 1:03.54; 3. Adalyn Nye, Sky View, 1:04.56.
  • 100 freestyle — 1. Bryn Nielsen, Green Canyon, 55.85; 2. Stella Burnett, Mountain Crest, 57.42; 3. Zoey Hunter, Mountain Crest, 57.64.
  • 500 freestyle — 1. Emma Jorgensen, Sky View, 5:42.96; 2. Amber Lawyer, Sky View, 5:45.72; 3. Ruth Olsen, Sky View, 5:46.77.
  • 200 freestyle relay — 1. Ridgeline, 1:43.92; 2. Green Canyon, 1:45.01; 3. Sky View, 1:48.26.
  • 100 backstroke — 1. Tayley Meyerson, Sky View, 1:00.36; 2. Eloise Casperson, Ridgeline, 1:01.91; 3. Zoey Hunter, Mountain Crest, 1:04.54.
  • 100 breaststroke — 1. Isabelle Christensen, Ridgeline, 1:09.85; 2. Hattie Walsh, Ridgeline, 1:12.49; 3. Jessica Schwartz, Sky View, 1:12.93.
  • 400 freestyle relay — 1. Ridgeline, 3:48.03; 2. Sky View, 3:52.31; 3. Mountain Crest, 3:58.73.
Ridgeline High School's boys swimming team won the Region 11 championship on Friday at South Davis Rec Center. | Provided by Ridgeline

Boys team scores

  1. Ridgeline, 422
  2. Sky View, 363.5
  3. Mountain Crest, 339.5
  4. Green Canyon, 292.5
  5. Bear River, 195.5
  6. Logan, 146
  7. West Field, 91

Individual results

  • 200 medley relay — 1. Mountain Crest, 1:40.63; 2. Sky View, 1:44.15; 3. Green Canyon, 1:47.14.
  • 200 freestyle — 1. Blake Reed, Sky View, 1:47.85; 2. Kyler Kwant, Mountain Crest, 1:48.31; 3. Marcus Caliendo, Ridgeline, 1:49.44.
  • 200 individual medley — 1. Brigham Skinner, Mountain Crest, 2:00.52; 2. Wyatt Carlsen, Ridgeline, 2:01.64; 3. Justus Field, Sky View, 2:07.03.
  • 50 freestyle — 1. Luke Heiner, Ridgeline, 23.14; 2. Porter Copeland, Mounain Crest, 23.34; 3. Daxton Stoddard, Green Canyon, 23.90.
  • 100 butterfly — 1. Alex Scott, Ridgeline, 53.68; 2. Justus Field, Sky View, 54.90; 3. Jackson Steed, Green Canyon, 56.52.
  • 100 freestyle — 1. Blake Reed, Sky View, 59.01; 2. Kyler Kwant, Mountain Crest, 49.59; 3. Alex Scott, Ridgeline, 49.85.
  • 500 freestyle — 1. Marcus Caliendo, Ridgeline, 4:52.09; 2. William Drake, Sky View, 5:15.37; 3. Bruno Morales, Ridgeline, 5:19.02.
  • 200 freestyle relay — 1. Ridgeline, 1:32.04; 2. Mountain Crest, 1:35.69; 3. Green Canyon, 1:35.88.
  • 100 backstroke — 1. Brigham Skinner, Mountain Crest, 53.83; 2. Asher Powell, Mountain Crest, 56.74; 3. Tavis Ward, Ridgeline, 58.27.
  • 100 breaststroke — 1. Porter Copeland, Mountain Crest, 1:03.13; 2. Wyatt Carlsen, Ridgeline, 1:03.24; 3. Slade Erickson, West Field, 1:04.31.
  • 400 freestyle relay — 1. Mountain Crest, 3:23.11; 2. Ridgeline, 3:23.38; 3. Sky View, 3:25.64.
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