High school swimming: Judge Memorial sweeps 3A state championships for 4th straight year

Same ol’, same ol’, just the way Judge Memorial likes it.

Judge Memorial swept the 3A boys and girls swimming state titles on Saturday at BYU, with each winning for the fourth consecutive year— and fifth for the boys.

And truthfully, the chase for the championships wasn’t even close. Judge’s boys won with a score of 366, well ahead of the 267.5 points from runner-up Canyon View. On the girls side, Judge tallied 382 points to finish ahead of Canyon View’s 275 points.

First-year Judge coach Griffin Hale said it was a total team effort for both the boys and girls as they combined to have 27 swimmers compete at the state meet.

“That’s more than half the team we have. That was something that was unexpected and really exciting, getting kiddos who maybe weren’t top point scorers or top of the team coming to state. I thought that was really fun and something we’re celebrating,” said Hale.

Judge’s boys set the tone for the dominant meet in the first event of the morning, setting a 3A record in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:37.44, edging Canyon View’s time of 1:37.84.

Both teams swam faster than the previous 3A record.

“It energized the team so much. I really do believe that the medley, the 400 free relay are some of the most exciting and important races,” said Hale. “Watching Levi Galaviz just come in and out touch the other kid was just awesome.”

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Jack Talboys, Teddy Fiscus and Matt Eagar swam the first three legs to set up the senior Galaviz, who trailed when he jumped into the pool for the final leg.

Eagar swam the third leg, and later in the meet provided the lone individual win for Judge’s boys in the 100 backstroke. The senior won with a time of 52.70.

While Eagar wrapped up his career with an individual title, his freshman sister Catherine Eagar got her career started with a bang. She won the 200 individual medley, the 100 backstroke — just like her brother — and contributed in two relay wins.

The Bulldogs won all three relays.

“I’ve been sick these past few days, so I’ve missed some practice, so to come here and win I’m so proud of myself and really happy,” said Eagar.

Added Hale: “I’ve had the luxury of working with her at club swim for a little while as well, and I think coming in as a freshman girl, it’s always a big role to fill. It’s exciting to see someone that young kind of come in and fill that.”

Two other Judge Memorial girls swimmers stood on the top podium on Saturday. Senior Amelia Conner won the 100 breaststroke, winning with a time of 1:10.99, with sophomore Sophie Canale winning the 500 freestyle, touching the wall at 5:50.53.

Canyon View’s Kurt Morgan enjoyed the top individual performance of the meet for the boys in what was a record-breaking weekend. A day after breaking the all-time state record in the 50 freestyle with a time of 20.45, he posted the exact same time in Saturday’s event finals.

Considering he was barfing Monday with the flu and then only slept one hour on Thursday night, the fact he swam the fastest 50 free in state history — twice — is pretty remarkable.

“It feels really good to be able to touch that wall and look up and see that the time you get is lower than the record that’s up there. It feels really good,” said Morgan, who will swim at BYU after he serves a church mission.

“It kind of validates all the work I’ve put in and all the time I’ve spent.”

His next goal will be the BYU pool record, which is 19.19. He figures that once he and Olympus swimming sensation Abe Astle start competing together at BYU in 2027, “it’s gonna be legendary.”

Morgan followed up his 50 free win with a another win in the 100 freestyle, setting a 3A record in the process with a time of 45.06. He then anchored Canyon View’s winning 400 free relay team in the final race of the meet, which also set a new 3A record, posting a time of 3:12.41.

Morgan was named the 3A Swimmer of the Meet.

Morgan wasn’t the only swimmer to break a 3A boys record. St. Joseph’s Gabe Jones set a new 3A record in the 100 butterfly, winning in 48.20, his third straight state title in the event. Jones also won the state title in the 100 breaststroke later in the meet.

There was a 3-peat on the girls side as well.

South Summit’s Allison Henneuse won the 50 free for the third straight year, recording a time of 25.06. She actually had to swim the race twice, as there was a timing malfunction during the first race.

Henneuse said it was a bit difficult to re-focus so quickly for another race, but in the end she said the times felt about the same.

“I’m really excited about it. It’s something I’ve been trying to do, and 4-peat. I’d like that next year,” said Henneuse.

She turned around later and won the 100 free with a time of 53.86 and was named the 3A Swimmer of the Meet.

Other individual winners for the 3A girls were Richfield’s Avah Kling (200 free) and Parowan’s Sydni Lauer (100 butterfly). Other individual champs on the boys side were Canyon View’s Sean Cannon (200 free), Ogden’s Nathan Belnap (200 IM) and Parowan’s Ty Lauer (500 free).

The 3A state meet was a combination of 3A and 2A swimmers together in the same races, but the UHSAA awarded separate state championship trophies to 3A and 2A teams.

Rowland Hall’s girls team won the 2A team title with a score of 97 points, with North Summit in second with 78 points. Gunnison Valley won the boys title with 83 points, with St. Joseph in second with 72 points.

In winning the 100 butterfly, Lauer was named the 2A girls Swimmer of the Meet. St. Joseph’s Jones was named the 2A boys Swimmer of the Meet for his two wins.

Next year the UHSAA will host a separate 2A state meet in a one-day meet using timed finals.

3A girls state swim meet

At BYU

Team scores

1. Judge Memorial, 382
2. Canyon View, 275
3. Ogden, 204
4. Union, 159
5. Richfield, 152
6. South Summit, 146
7. Carbon, 139
8. Juan Diego, 110

Individual results

200 medley relay

1. Judge Memorial, 1:54.27
2. Canyon View, 1:58.49
3. Ogden, 1:59.48
4. Union, 2:03.76
5. Morgan, 2:05.26
6. Juan Diego, 2:05.57
7. Emery, 2:07.74
8. Rowland Hall, 2:09.93

200 freestyle

1. Avah Kling, Richfield, Sr., 2:00.08
2. Delaney Dolan, Judge Memorial, Sr., 2:01.93
3. Sophie DuPont, Judge Memorial, Jr., 2:03.87
4. Gracie Taylor, Canyon View, So., 2:07.61
5. Madeline Page, Judge Memorial, So., 2:08.47
6. Sarah Nielson, Ogden, Jr., 2:10.18
7. Madi Fletcher, Canyon View, Fr., 2:11.14
8. Sienna Scholes, Union, Sr., 2:12.78

200 individual medley

1. Catherine Eagar, Judge Memorial, Fr., 2:22.69
2. Sydni Lauer, Parowan, Jr., 2:22.96
3. Sophie Canale, Judge Memorial, So., 2:25.21
4. Cyan Schatz, Ogden, Sr., 2:29.63
5. Adelia Schupbach, North Summit, Jr., 2:29.87
6. Lily Thayn, Carbon, Jr., 2:30.87
7. Amelia Conner, Judge Memorial, Sr., 2:31.21
8. Chloe Whitehead, Judge Memorial, So., 2:33.55

50 freestyle

1. Allison Henneuse, South Summit, Jr., 25.06
2. Soleil Grimshaw, Canyon View, Jr., 25.35
3. Delaney Dolan, Judge Memorial, Sr., 25.53
4. Emery Lachance, Union, So., 26.25
5. Lucy Duberow, Judge Memorial, Jr., 26.48
6. Illyria Mason, Emery, Jr., 27.07
7. JayDee Schena, Beaver, Sr., 27.17
8. Crewe Nelson, Ogden, Fr., 27.30

100 butterfly

1. Sydni Lauer, Parowan, Jr., 1:02.64
2. Piper Fennell, Juan Diego, Jr., 1:03.75
3. Riley Gough, Richfield, Sr., 1:04.44
4. Lily Schiffman, Rowland Hall, So., 1:05.24
5. Lucy Duberow, Judge Memorial, Jr., 1:05.28
6. Makenna Henneuse, South Summit, Fr., 1:05.90
7. Emery Lachance, Union, So., 1:05.03
8. Sarah Nielson, Ogden, Jr., 1:06.51

100 freestyle

1. Allison Henneuse, South Summit, Jr., 53.86
2. Avah Kling, Richfield, Sr., 53.98
3. Soleil Grimshaw, Canyon View, Jr., 54.73
4. Sophie DuPont, Judge Memorial, Jr., 56.12
5. Madeline Page, Judge Memorial, So., 56.52
6. Lizzy Bess, Morgan, Sr., 59.70
7. Anna Card, South Summit, Sr., 59.76
8. Annicka Lovell, Canyon View, Sr., 59.78

500 freestyle

1. Sophie Canale, Judge Memorial, So., 5:50.53
2. Madi Fletcher, Canyon View, Fr., 5:52.37
3. Cyan Schatz, Ogden, Sr., 5:52.67
4. Lily Schiffman, Rowland Hall, So., 6:02.76
5. Evie Halk, Carbon, Sr., 6:06.83
6. Maya Bower, Carbon, So., 6:07.26
7. Adelia Schupbach, North Summit, Jr., 6:08.66
8. Sydney Lovell, Canyon View, So., 6:12.30

200 freestyle relay

1. Judge Memorial, 1:44.48
2. South Summit, 1:46.78
3. Richfield, 1:47.94
4. Ogden, 1:48.29
5. Juan Diego, 1:50.05
6. Canyon View, 1:50.29
7. Emery, 1:50.52
8. Morgan, 1:54.14
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100 backstroke

1. Catherine Eagar, Judge Memorial, Fr., 1:02.35
2. Riley Gough, Richfield, Sr., 1:03.76
3. Cecelia Hyman, Rowland Hall, Jr., 1:03.84
4. Annicka Lovell, Canyon View, Sr., 1:05.48
5. Gracie Taylor, Canyon View, So., 1:05.56
6. Berlin Bartlett, Ogden, Sr., 1:09.09
7. Illyria Mason, Emery, Jr., 1:09.16
8. Kenley Reynolds, Canyon View, So., 1:10.20

100 breaststroke

1. Amelia Conner, Judge Memorial, Sr., 1:10.99
2. Piper Fennell, Juan Diego, Jr., 1:11.78
3. Chloe Whitehead, Judge Memorial, So., 1:14.37
4. Lizzy Bess, Morgan, Sr., 1:14.67
5. Lucy Tanner, Canyon View, So., 1:16.17
6. Jessie Larsen, Millard, Fr., 1:16.20
7. Shae Stephenson, Ogden, Sr., 1:16.98
8. Ainsley Moore, Rowland Hall, Sr., 1:18.98

400 freestyle relay

1. Judge Memorial, 3:49.31
2. Canyon View, 3:50.92
3. Richfield, 3:56.60
4. South Summit, 3:57.11
5. Union, 4:04.03
6. Ogden, 4:07.49
7. Carbon, 4:10.88
8. North Summit, 4:14.79

3A boys state swim meet

Team scores

1. Judge Memorial, 366
2. Canyon View, 267.5
3. Ogden, 206
4. Emery, 175.5
5. Union, 169.5
6. Carbon, 124
7. Richfield, 120
8. Morgan, 117

Individual results

200 medley relay

1. Judge Memorial, 1:37.44
2. Canyon View, 1:37.84
3. Emery, 1:44.75
4. Richfield, 1:45.97
5. Morgan, 1:48.23
6. Juan Diego, 1:50.12
7. Union, 1:50.84

200 freestyle

1. Sean Cannon, Canyon View, So., 1:47.14
2. Shane Kahn, Judge Memorial, Fr., 1:47.61
3. JW Silcox, North Summit, Sr., 1:48.57
4. Mason Engar, Carbon, Sr., 1:55.26
5. Aurelio Serpa, Maeser Prep, Fr., 1:56.91
6. Frank Sankovitz, Judge Memorial, Sr., 1:57.45
7. Karan Murari, Wasatch Academy, Sr., 1:57.53
8. Jack Talboys, Judge Memorial, Jr., 1:58.37

200 individual medley

1. Nathan Belnap, Ogden, Sr., 1:59.38
2. Teddy Fiscus, Judge Memorial, Sr., 1:59.57
3. Mathew Rivkind, Ogden, Sr., 2:07.86
4. Stetson Batty, Union, Sr., 2:10.88
5. Avery Jones, Judge Memorial, Jr., 2:11.98
6. Adam Jackson, Gunnison Valley, Jr., 2:12.35
7. Axel Rollins, Morgan, Jr., 2:12.69
8. Toby Carlton, Ogden, Sr., 2:16.86

50 freestyle

1. Kurt Morgan, Canyon View, Sr., 20.45
2. Levi Galaviz, Judge Memorial, Sr., 21.23
3. Lincoln Hansen, Richfield, Jr., 22.32
4. Connelly Breinholt, Morgan, Jr., 22.87
5. Raiden Malan, Ogden, Sr., 23.01
6. Parker Jensen, Emery, Sr., 23.16
7. Timmy Biggs, Canyon View, Sr., 23.29
8. Nick Henneuse, South Summit, Jr., 23.35

100 butterfly

1. Gabe Jones, Saint Joseph, Sr., 48.20
2. Matt Eagar, Judge Memorial, Sr., 51.62
3. Sean Cannon, Canyon View, So., 53.37
4. Ryker Poulos, Canyon View, Jr., 53.79
5. Avery Jones, Judge Memorial, Jr., 55.46
6. Ty Lauer, Parowan, So., 56.69
7. Mathew Rivkind, Ogden, Sr., 56.79
8. Reve Mason, Emery, So., 58.39

100 freestyle

1. Kurt Morgan, Canyon View, Sr., 45.06
2. Levi Galaviz, Judge Memorial, Sr., 47.55
3. Timmy Biggs, Canyon View, Sr., 50.32
4. Karan Murari, Wasatch Academy, Sr., 50.91
5. Ryker Getchell, Union, Jr., 50.95
6. Raiden Malan, Ogden, Sr., 51.36
7. Rufus Cox, Judge Memorial, Jr., 51.58
8. Nick Henneuse, South Summit, Jr., 51.95

500 freestyle

1. Ty Lauer, Parowan, So., 5:00.70
2. Shane Kahn, Judge Memorial, Fr., 5:03.60
3. JW Silcox, North Summit, Sr., 5:07.30
4. Bracken Hanson, Carbon, So., 5:18.42
5. Gerrit Noorda, Morgan, Sr., 5:21.48
6. Colin Farr, Juan Diego, So., 5:31.28
7. Logan Kranendonk, Carbon, Jr., 5:33.96
8. Matthew Hancock, Ogden, So., 5:34.53

200 freestyle relay

1. Ogden, 1:31.33
2. Emery, 1:32.31
3. Judge Memorial, 1:33.65
4. Canyon View, 1:34.87
5. Union, 1:36.74
6. South Summit, 1:36.92
7. Juan Diego, 1:39.84
8. Morgan, 1:40.88

100 backstroke

1. Matt Eagar, Judge Memorial, Sr., 52.70
2. Nathan Belnap, Ogden, Sr., 53.36
3. Ryker Poulos, Canyon View, Jr., 54.68
4. Jack Talboys, Judge Memorial, Jr., 55.03
5. Nicholas Hategan, Juan Diego, Fr., 59.02
6. Jonah Comino, Canyon View, Sr., 59.86
7. Thomas Black, Emery, Jr., 1:00.03
8. Sebastian Gawron, Judge Memorial, So., 1:00.05

100 breaststroke

1. Gabe Jones, Saint Joseph, Sr., 58.66
2. Lincoln Hansen, Richfield, Jr., 59.63
3. Teddy Fiscus, Judge Memorial, Sr., 1:02.17
4. Parker Jensen, Emery, Sr., 1:03.70
5. Trek Petersen, Emery, Jr., 1:05.18
6. Toby Carlton, Ogden, Sr., 1:05.98
7. Adam Jackson, Gunnison Valley, Jr., 1:06.03

400 freestyle relay

1. Canyon View, 3:12.41
2. Judge Memorial, 3:16.41
3. Ogden, 3:23.97
4. Richfield, 3:29.97
5. Union, 3:33.78
6. Carbon, 3:39.74
7. Emery, 3:44.58
8. Gunnison Valley, 4:24.67

3A mixed state swim meet

Individual results

50 freestyle boys

1. Ryder Wood-Nelson, North Summit, Jr., 29.32
2. Taden Davies, Millard, Jr., 30.90
3. Tristan Carrington, Delta, 31.20
4. Nathan Lauritzen, Grand, Fr., 31.34
5. John Kapler, Delta, 43.67
6. Carter Hammond, North Summit, Sr., 43.82
7. Nathan Terry, Ben Lomond, Jr., 45.25
8. Cooper Taylor, Grand, Jr., 47.26
9. 10. Quarbin Degroshe, Union, Sr., 1:47.82

50 freestyle girls

1. Baelie Erickson, Carbon, Jr., 36.54

100 freestyle relay

1. Delta, 1:03.63
2. North Summit/Grand County, 1:10.59
3. Gunnison Valley/Carbon, 1:54.86
4. Millard/Union, 1:55.22

2A girls state swim meet

At BYU

Team scores

1. Rowland Hall, 97
2. North Summit, 78
3. Millard, 43
4. Grand, 38
5. Parowan, 37
6. Gunnison Valley, 34

2A boys state swim meet

At BYU

Team scores

1. Gunnison Valley, 83
2. St. Joseph, 72
3. North Summit, 57.5
4. Millard, 36
5. Parowan, 33
6. Wasatch Academy, 27