High school swimming: Canyon View swim teams sweep team titles at Utah 3A state meet

After 22 years of coaching the Canyon View swim team, with multiple runner-up finishes, coach Kirt Brown finally had his moment in the pool.

Moments after it was announced that the Canyon view boys and girls had won 3A team titles at the Utah state meet, Brown and his fellow coaches joined the teams with a fully clothed leap into the pool.

“This feels really good,” Brown said. “We really looked at the numbers for the boys and decided to let the kids swim what they wanted to. The strategy there is ‘what do you want to swim and what do you feel like you are a state championship swimmer in’, not what do I want you to swim for the team and it worked out well for the team.

The Canyon View boys racked up 353 points, ahead of Union (317) and Emery (272).

In the first event of the day the Canyon View foursome of Sean Cannon, Ryker Poulos, Ty Lauer and Jaxon Bleak won the 200-yard medley relay (1:42.01).

In the next boys race, Cannon, who tied the 3A meet record during Friday’s preliminaries, won a second gold medal in the 200-yard freestyle (1:42.01).

“It still felt good today,” Cannon said. “I didn’t get much rest in between the medley relay and the 200 freestyle but I’ll take the title.

Cannon’s day was far from over.

He set a meet record in the 100-yard backstroke (:51.19) and teamed with Poulos, Lauer and Mason Carter to win the 400-yard freestyle relay.

“One of my biggest keys is getting plenty of sleep,” Cannon said. “That and having good people and coaches around me helps our team do what we do.”

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Other event winners for Canyon View came from Lauer in the 200-Yard IM (2:01.50) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:48.54) and Poulos in the 100-yard butterfly (:51.43).

Richfield’s Lincoln Hansen won two events capturing the 50-yard freestyle (:21.90) and 100-yard breaststroke (:58.43).

Like their male counterparts the Canyon View girls scored big early points when the foursome of Gracie Taylor, Lucy Tanner, Sydni Lauer and Soleil Grimshaw won the 200-yard medley relay (1:56.86).

That relay win was the launching pad for a girls team that amassed 509 points, ahead of Union (248.5) and Carbon (241).

Grimshaw was named the meet’s outstanding female swimmer winning the 50-yard freestyle (:25.30) the 100-yard freestyle (:55.01) and teaming with Taylor, Lauer and Sydney Lovell to win the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:50.93).

Winning her races and a team title meant everything to Grimshaw.

“It was definitely God’s will,” she said. “We put a lot of hard work in and the whole team worked together. It’s amazing that all this work we put in culminated in a state title.”

Other event winners for Canyon View came from Lauer in the 100-yard butterfly (1:03.66), Lovell in the 500-yard freestyle (5:40.78), Taylor in the 100-yard backstroke (1:04.06) and Tanner in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:14.49).

Even with perennial 3A power Judge Memorial moving up to 4A Brown approached this season like he has each of the 22 he’s coached at Canyon View.

“It’s always the same and that’s how I treat everyone,” he said. “Every year it comes down to what you want to swim and what’s best for individual times. When it comes down to it it’s just about the kids and the individuals and our kids worked their tails off this year.”

3A girls state swim meet

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Team scores

1. Canyon View, 509
2. Union, 248.5
3. Carbon, 241
4. Emery, 224
5. Logan, 158
6. North Sanpete, 136
7. Ogden, 135.5
8. Morgan, 106

Individual results

200 medley relay

1. Canyon View, (Gracie Taylor, Lucy Tanner, Sydni Lauer, Soleil Grimshaw), 1:56.86
2. Emery, 2:02.31
3. Logan, 2:10.01
4. Richfield, 2:15.06
5. Grantsville, 2:17.17
6. Morgan, 2:17.84
7. Carbon, 2:19.70
8. Delta, 2:38.08

200 freestyle

1. Emery Lachance, Union, Jr., 2:02.60
2. Gracie Taylor, Canyon View, Jr., 2:03.38
3. Sydney Lovell, Canyon View, Jr., 2:06.22
4. Maya Bower, Carbon, Jr., 2:10.73
5. Madi Fletcher, Canyon View, So., 2:11.75
6. Evaleen Schoonmaker, Canyon View, So., 2:13.02
7. Dawsen Duffin, Ben Lomond, So., 2:16.46
8. Rachel Blackburn, Carbon, Sr., 2:19.38

200 individual medley

1. Lily Thayn, Carbon, Sr., 2:24.91
2. Sydni Lauer, Canyon View, Sr., 2:27.05
3. Lucy Tanner, Canyon View, Jr., 2:29.05
4. Josie Williams, Union, Jr., 2:31.01
5. Cambree Guymon, Union, So., 2:31.24
6. Sophia Brimhall, Grantsville, Fr., 2:35.12
7. Anna Stephenson, Ogden, Fr., 2:38.08
8. Anali Kling, Richfield, Jr., 2:42.52

50 freestyle

1. Soleil Grimshaw, Canyon View, Sr., 25.30
2. Lisa King, Carbon, Sr., 25.72
3. Illyria Mason, Emery, Sr., 26.15
4. Samantha Williams, Union, Fr., 26.26
5. Crewe Nelson, Ogden, So., 26.43
6. Hallie Frandsen, Emery, So., 26.68
7. Kanyon Christensen, Carbon, Sr., 27.65
8. Shaylee Alger, Canyon View, So., 27.69

100 butterfly

1. Sydni Lauer, Canyon View, Sr., 1:03.66
2. Hallie Frandsen, Emery, So., 1:04.94
3. Sarah Nielson, Ogden, Sr., 1:05.04
4. Lily Thayn, Carbon, Sr., 1:09.15
5. Tessa Smith, Morgan, Sr., 1:09.54
6. Dawsen Duffin, Ben Lomond, So., 1:10.44
7. Faith Riddle, Canyon View, Sr., 1:11.52
8. Evaleen Schoonmaker, Canyon View, So., 1:13.71

100 freestyle

1. Soleil Grimshaw, Canyon View, Sr., 55.01
2. Emery Lachance, Union, Jr., 56.33
3. Lisa King, Carbon, Sr., 57.31
4. Anna Stephenson, Ogden, Fr., 59.35
5. Samantha Williams, Union, Fr., 1:00.32
6. Kenley Reynolds, Canyon View, Jr., 1:00.92
7. Shaylee Alger, Canyon View, So., 1:02.41
8. Miri Garrity, Logan, So., 1:02.72

500 freestyle

1. Sydney Lovell, Canyon View, Jr., 5:40.78
2. Maya Bower, Carbon, Jr., 5:48.78
3. Madi Fletcher, Canyon View, So., 5:55.84
4. Sarah Nielson, Ogden, Sr., 5:57.78
5. Kolette Lovell, Canyon View, Fr., 6:02.67
6. Laken Huber, Union, Fr., 6:05.47
7. Ellie Irving, North Sanpete, So., 6:10.00
8. Rachel Blackburn, Carbon, Sr., 6:16.29

200 freestyle relay

1. Carbon, (Kanyon Christensen, Maya Bower, Lily Thayn, Lisa King), 1:48.04
2. Canyon View, 1:49.70
3. Emery, 1:49.82
4. Union, 1:52.84
5. Logan, 1:53.45
6. North Sanpete, 1:56.73
7. Richfield, 1:59.50
8. Morgan, 2:13.67

100 backstroke

1. Gracie Taylor, Canyon View, Jr., 1:04.06
2. Illyria Mason, Emery, Sr., 1:05.52
3. Cambree Guymon, Union, So., 1:05.78
4. Crewe Nelson, Ogden, So., 1:06.93
5. Josie Williams, Union, Jr., 1:07.02
6. Kenley Reynolds, Canyon View, Jr., 1:08.25
7. Tessa Smith, Morgan, Sr., 1:09.27
8. Grace Allen, Emery, Jr., 1:09.41

100 breaststroke

1. Lucy Tanner, Canyon View, Jr., 1:14.49
2. Kanyon Christensen, Carbon, Sr., 1:17.01
3. Kolette Lovell, Canyon View, Fr., 1:19.16
4. Chesney Howard, North Sanpete, Jr., 1:19.37
5. Kaybrie Kelso, North Sanpete, Jr., 1:19.95
6. Gwendaline Gardiner, Canyon View, Sr., 1:21.21
7. Loryn Mathis, Logan, Jr., 1:21.45
8. Brooklyn O’Neil, Emery, Jr., 1:21.98

400 freestyle relay

1. Canyon View, (Sydney Lovell, Gracie Taylor, Sydni Lauer, Soleil Grimshaw), 3:50.93
2. Union, 3:59.70
3. Carbon, 4:01.50
4. Ogden, 4:01.74
5. North Sanpete, 4:16.34
6. Emery, 4:17.62
7. Logan, 4:27.31
8. Morgan, 4:37.14

3A boys state swim meet

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Team scores

1. Canyon View, 353
2. Union, 317
3. Emery, 272
4. Carbon, 201.5
5. Ogden, 199
6. Richfield, 191.5
7. Morgan, 158
8. Grantsville, 103.5

Individual results

200 medley relay

1. Canyon View, (Sean Cannon, Ryker Poulos, Ty Lauer, Jaxon Bleak), 1:39.07
2. Emery, 1:40.31
3. Richfield, 1:44.89
4. Union, 1:46.21
5. Morgan, 1:48.20
6. Carbon, 1:48.73
7. Ogden, 1:48.83
8. Delta, 1:55.29

200 freestyle

1. Sean Cannon, Canyon View, Jr., 1:42.01
2. Bracken Hanson, Carbon, Jr., 1:53.11
3. Martin Gregorio, Richfield, So., 1:53.34
4. Matthew Hancock, Ogden, Jr., 1:54.83
5. Alistair Wasden, Manti, Jr., 1:57.53
6. Ashton Bennett, Union, Sr., 1:57.72
7. Zaden Swain, Union, Sr., 1:59.83
8. Logan Kranendonk, Carbon, Sr., 2:03.21

200 individual medley

1. Ty Lauer, Canyon View, Jr., 2:01.50
2. Connelly Breinholt, Morgan, Sr., 2:04.27
3. Reve Mason, Emery, Jr., 2:07.31
4. Axel Rollins, Morgan, Sr., 2:08.43
5. Brody Stephenson, Ogden, Jr., 2:16.25
6. Jaxon Bleak, Canyon View, Sr., 2:16.42
7. Tate Pearson, Union, Sr., 2:19.90
8. Smith Greyson, Morgan, Fr., 2:19.90

50 freestyle

1. Lincoln Hansen, Richfield, Sr., 21.90
2. Ryker Getchell, Union, Sr., 22.15
3. Grant Smith, Ogden, Fr., 22.34
4. Thomas Black, Emery, Sr., 23.43
5. Jamison Christiansen, Emery, Sr., 23.78
6. Cole Arthur, Carbon, Jr., 23.99
7. Keith Lewis, Grantsville, Jr., 23.99
8. James Tullis, Carbon, Sr., 24.03

100 butterfly

1. Ryker Poulos, Canyon View, Sr., 51.43
2. Connelly Breinholt, Morgan, Sr., 54.23
3. Reve Mason, Emery, Jr., 55.81
4. Tate Pearson, Union, Sr., 58.12
5. Rames Photharin, Ben Lomond, Sr., 59.12
6. Ian Powell, Union, Jr., 59.33
7. Ronny Pangan, Canyon View, Sr., 59.82
8. Cole Stanley, Canyon View, Sr., 59.86

100 freestyle

1. Ryker Getchell, Union, Sr., 48.77
2. Grant Smith, Ogden, Fr., 50.21
3. Kayson Zilles, Union, Sr., 51.27
4. Trek Petersen, Emery, Sr., 52.05
5. Mason Carter, Canyon View, Jr., 52.34
6. Alistair Wasden, Manti, Jr., 53.04
7. Tyler Daley, Emery, Sr., 53.08
8. Jaydan Brown, Delta, Jr., 56.13

500 freestyle

1. Ty Lauer, Canyon View, Jr., 4:48.54
2. Knight Palmer, North Sanpete, So., 5:06.57
3. Bracken Hanson, Carbon, Jr., 5:07.01
4. Ashton Bennett, Union, Sr., 5:17.17
5. Matthew Hancock, Ogden, Jr., 5:19.76
6. Zaden Swain, Union, Sr., 5:29.62
7. Logan Kranendonk, Carbon, Sr., 5:31.14
8. Keith Lewis, Grantsville, Jr., 5:41.57

200 freestyle relay

1. Emery, (Trek Petersen, Jamison Christiansen, Reve Mason, Thomas Black), 1:31.61
2. Canyon View, 1:36.51
3. Union, 1:37.70
4. Carbon, 1:37.72
5. Ogden, 1:39.91
6. Delta, 1:42.08
7. Richfield, 1:43.98
8. Manti, 1:44.15

100 backstroke

1. Sean Cannon, Canyon View, Jr., 51.19
2. Thomas Black, Emery, Sr., 55.44
3. Martin Gregorio, Richfield, So., 56.50
4. James Tullis, Carbon, Sr., 56.96
5. Jamison Christiansen, Emery, Sr., 1:00.65
6. Cole Stanley, Canyon View, Sr., 1:01.52
7. Brody Stephenson, Ogden, Jr., 1:03.50
8. Brekker Bunnell, Emery, Jr., 1:03.75

100 breaststroke

1. Lincoln Hansen, Richfield, Sr., 58.43
2. Trek Petersen, Emery, Sr., 1:01.09
3. Ryker Poulos, Canyon View, Sr., 1:02.13
4. Axel Rollins, Morgan, Sr., 1:05.01
5. Mason Carter, Canyon View, Jr., 1:05.99
6. Kayson Zilles, Union, Sr., 1:07.30
7. Cole Arthur, Carbon, Jr., 1:08.02
8. Brendon Scott, Grantsville, So., 1:08.11

400 freestyle relay

1. Canyon View, (Ryker Poulos, Mason Carter, Ty Lauer, Sean Cannon), 3:18.22
2. Union, 3:27.12
3. Richfield, 3:28.31
4. Ogden, 3:30.92
5. Morgan, 3:36.43
6. Emery, 3:42.90
7. Carbon, 3:53.44
8. Grantsville, 4:00.56