Lone Peak’s Asher Topham competes in heat 1 of the 200 free at the boys 6A swimming state championships at the Stephen L. Richards Building on Brigham Young University's campus in Provo on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. Tess Crowley, Deseret News
James Edward
By James Edward
James has been covering high school sports in Utah for the Deseret News for three decades.

The preliminary round of the 6A state swim meet was held at BYU on Friday afternoon, with teams and swimmers positioning themselves for Saturday’s finals, which get underway at 10 a.m.

Lone Peak girls have won five straight 6A state championships heading into Saturday’s finale, while American Fork’s boys are the defending state champs.

One 6A state record fell in Friday’s prelims as Wasatch senior Ana Diedrichs broke the 100 backstroke record with a strong time of 54.84. She set the previous 6A record last month.

The overall 100 backstroke state record belongs to Skyline’s Jade Garstang, who set the mark in 2024.

Diedrich’s teammate Reece Andrews turned in a great time of 57.12 in the 100 butterfly, just .38 off the 6A record.

Brighton and Wasatch are 5A schools who are participating in 6A this year and next year as they petitioned the UHSAA to be bumped up a classification in swimming.

Wasatch’s girls are the slight favorite to win the 6A title on Saturday, while Mountain Ridge and Lone Peak boys figure to be in a tight battle for the state title.

Here’s a list of the top eight individual qualifiers for Saturday’s finals in each event.

6A girls state swim meet

Friday’s preliminary results

At BYU

Top eight qualifiers

200 medley relay

  1. Wasatch (Elsie Malinka, Grace Cannon, Reece Andrews, Kasenya Keller), 1:48.71
  2. Skyridge, 1:53.09
  3. Lone Peak, 1:54.09
  4. Brighton, 1:54.58
  5. Farmington, 1:54.96
  6. Mountain Ridge, 1:57.72
  7. Corner Canyon, 1:59.39
  8. Herriman, 2:00.94

200 freestyle

  1. Kasenya Keller, Wasatch, Jr., 1:55.54
  2. Kara Moir, Skyridge, Sr., 1:57.97
  3. Sarah Favero, Lone Peak, Jr., 1:59.18
  4. Liberty Harris, Layton, Jr., 2:00.91
  5. Waimea Barlow, Weber, Sr., 2:01.05
  6. Ellie Sintay, Skyridge, Jr., 2:01.07
  7. Sarah Glancy, Copper Hills, So., 2:03.35
  8. Crystal Baker, Mountain Ridge, Fr., 2:03.42

200 IM

  1. LayLeigh Turner, Syracuse, So., 2:09.82
  2. Paige Hicken, Wasatch, Jr., 2:12.18
  3. Elsie Crowell, Farmington, Jr., 2:14.50
  4. June Johnson, Lone Peak, Fr., 2:15.96
  5. Evie Powers, Brighton, So., 2:18.61
  6. Alexandra Lund, Riverton, Sr., 2:20.19
  7. Addison Baker, Mountain Ridge, Fr., 2:20.90
  8. Victoria La Roche, Skyridge, So., 2:21.22

50 freestyle

  1. Meadow Tatum, Mountain Ridge, Jr., 24.53
  2. Eliza Bexfield, Mountain Ridge, Fr., 25.11
  3. Berkeley Hansen, Corner Canyon, So., 25.12
  4. Reece Andrews, Wasatch, Sr., 25.13
  5. Grace Cannon, Wasatch, Sr., 25.18
  6. Aoibheann Bradley, Brighton, Jr., 25.23
  7. Eva Moeller, Syracuse, So., 25.25
  8. Anastyn Kennard, Lone Peak, So., 25.37

100 butterfly

  1. Reece Andrews, Wasatch, Sr., 57.12
  2. Alyssa Soderquist, Lehi, Sr., 58.13
  3. Jane Beardall, Skyridge, Jr., 1:00.49
  4. Avery Dyer, Westlake, Jr., 1:00.58
  5. Victoria La Roche, Skyridge, So., 1:01.49
  6. Autumn Kendall, Cedar Valley, Jr., 1:01.58
  7. Valerie Guzman-Delahoz, Brighton, Sr., 1:02.71
  8. Evie Hershkop, Lone Peak, Sr., 1:02.83

100 freestyle

  1. Ana Diedrichs, Wasatch, Sr., 51.40
  2. Meadow Tatum, Mountain Ridge, Jr., 53.53
  3. Berkeley Hansen, Corner Canyon, So., 54.41
  4. Anastyn Kennard, Lone Peak, So., 55.04
  5. Waimea Barlow, Weber, Sr., 55.09
  6. McKenna Garlick, Lone Peak, Jr., 55.59
  7. Millie Neidig, Bingham, So., 55.78
  8. Eliza Bexfield, Mountain Ridge, Fr., 55.92

500 freestyle

  1. Ellie Sintay, Skyridge, Jr., 5:18.71
  2. Kara Moir, Skyridge, Sr., 5:20.52
  3. Kasenya Keller, Wasatch, Jr., 5:21.96
  4. Sarah Favero, Lone Peak, Jr., 5:24.70
  5. Gabriela Zurias, Brighton, Jr., 5:26.55
  6. Darcee Smith, American Fork, So., 5:28.15
  7. Liberty Harris, Layton, Jr., 5:29.83
  8. Crystal Baker, Mountain Ridge, Fr., 5:30.61

200 freestyle relay

  1. Brighton (Josie Hansen, Evie Powers, Jane Elder, Aoibheann Bradley), 1:42.24
  2. Lone Peak, 1:42.25
  3. Wasatch, 1:43.18
  4. Mountain Ridge, 1:43.87
  5. Bingham, 1:44.31
  6. Skyridge, 1:44.34
  7. Layton, 1:44.54
  8. Syracuse, 1:45.25

100 backstroke

  1. Ana Diedrichs, Wasatch, Sr., 54.84
  2. Alyssa Soderquist, Lehi, Sr., 59.08
  3. Elsie Crowell, Farmington, Jr., 59.36
  4. Jane Beardall, Skyridge, Jr., 59.92
  5. June Johnson, Lone Peak, Fr., 1:00.00
  6. Kalia Hasselbach, Lehi, Sr., 1:00.16
  7. Darcee Smith, American Fork, So., 1:00.48
  8. Jane Elder, Brighton, So., 1:00.59

100 breaststroke

  1. Paige Hicken, Wasatch, Jr., 1:06.04
  2. Grace Cannon, Wasatch, Sr., 1:07.24
  3. LayLeigh Turner, Syracuse, So., 1:07.37
  4. Avery Dyer, Westlake, Jr., 1:08.41
  5. Jacie Nielson, Farmington, Jr., 1:10.13
  6. Lexi Bassett, Skyridge, Jr., 1:10.39
  7. Chloe Bowman, Skyridge, Jr., 1:10.59
  8. Halle Hanson, Lone Peak, Jr., 1:12.06

400 freestyle relay

  1. Wasatch (Ana Diedrichs, Reece Andrews, Paige Hicken, Kasenya Keller), 3:36.60
  2. Lone Peak, 3:42.07
  3. Mountain Ridge, 3:44.81
  4. Skyridge, 3:46.97
  5. Corner Canyon, 3:48.93
  6. Brighton, 3:50.77
  7. Bingham, 3:51.81
  8. Lehi, 3:52.94

6A boys state swim meet

Friday’s preliminary results

At BYU

Top eight qualifiers

200 medley relay

  1. Mountain Ridge (Eli Hall, Ethan Brown, Jake Ikemiyashiro, Tyler Cedor), 1:35.46
  2. Brighton, 1:36.71
  3. American Fork, 1:37.66
  4. Wasatch, 1:39.15
  5. Lone Peak, 1:41.03
  6. Westlake, 1:41.16
  7. Skyridge, 1:41.77
  8. Syracuse, 1:42.92

200 freestyle

  1. Benson Mortensen, Wasatch, So., 1:44.81
  2. Luan Barnard, Brighton, Sr., 1:45.01
  3. Sam Petersen, American Fork, Jr., 1:46.24
  4. Porter Wilde, Westlake, Jr., 1:46.68
  5. Bridger Scott, Mountain Ridge, Sr., 1:47.52
  6. Ethan Olson, Mountain Ridge, Sr., 1:47.71
  7. Brody Schvaneveldt, Riverton, Jr., 1:47.80
  8. Asher Topham, Lone Peak, Jr., 1:48.49

200 IM

  1. Brayden Stoddard, Wasatch, Sr., 1:56.95
  2. Ethan Brown, Mountain Ridge, Jr., 1:57.09
  3. Noah Christensen, American Fork, Jr., 1:57.53
  4. Leo Cai, Brighton, Fr., 1:57.62
  5. Davis Chase, Lone Peak, Fr., 1:58.10
  6. Oakley James, American Fork, Jr., 1:59.07
  7. Beck Johnson, Lone Peak, Jr., 2:00.50
  8. Andrew Shupe, Brighton, Jr., 2:02.29

50 freestyle

  1. Xander Berg, Lone Peak, Sr., 21.47
  2. Tyler Cedor, Mountain Ridge, Sr., 21.87
  3. Bridger Isbell, Mountain Ridge, Sr., 21.92
  4. Carston Chamberlain, Cedar Valley, Sr., 22.27
  5. Dylen Graff, Wasatch, Sr., 22.33
  6. Seth Bellows, Lone Peak, Jr., 22.36
  7. Tate Johnson, Corner Canyon, Sr., 22.38
  8. Jack Smart, Farmington, Jr., 22.56

100 butterfly

  1. Beck Johnson, Lone Peak, Jr., 51.25
  2. Easton Adams, Weber, Sr., 51.47
  3. Brayden Stoddard, Wasatch, Sr., 52.46
  4. Jake Ikemiyashiro, Mountain Ridge, Sr., 53.11
  5. Emmett Stirling, Wasatch, Jr., 53.19
  6. Eli Hall, Mountain Ridge, Sr., 53.80
  7. Noah Christensen, American Fork, Jr., 54.07
  8. Kyle Robinson, American Fork, Sr., 54.39

100 freestyle

  1. Xander Berg, Lone Peak, Sr., 46.79
  2. Benson Mortensen, Wasatch, So., 47.06
  3. Connor Clark, Skyridge, Sr., 47.80
  4. Tyler Cedor, Mountain Ridge, Sr., 48.36
  5. Jason Dumas, Lone Peak, Sr., 48.74
  6. Jack Smart, Farmington, Jr., 48.86
  7. Ethan Olson, Mountain Ridge, Sr., 49.24
  8. Bridger Isbell, Mountain Ridge, Sr., 49.25

500 freestyle

  1. Brody Schvaneveldt, Riverton, Jr., 4:52.68
  2. Sam Petersen, American Fork, Jr., 4:53.50
  3. Van Haney, Lone Peak, Sr., 4:56.62
  4. Bridger Scott, Mountain Ridge, Sr., 4:57.19
  5. Jake Combe, Lone Peak, So., 4:57.89
  6. Zander George, Cedar Valley, Jr., 4:58.64
  7. Asher Topham, Lone Peak, Jr., 5:00.46
  8. Jake Ikemiyashiro, Mountain Ridge, Sr., 5:00.60
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200 freestyle relay

  1. Lone Peak (Jason Dumas, Holden Warren, Xander Berg, Beck Johnson), 1:26.97
  2. Mountain Ridge, 1:28.45
  3. Wasatch, 1:30.40
  4. American Fork, 1:30.74
  5. Westlake, 1:31.34
  6. Cedar Valley, 1:32.39
  7. Syracuse, 1:32.49
  8. Skyridge, 1:33.22

100 backstroke

  1. Luan Barnard, Brighton, Sr., 49.83
  2. Oakley James, American Fork, Jr., 53.01
  3. Luke Nelson, American Fork, Jr., 54.12
  4. Eli Hall, Mountain Ridge, Sr., 54.18
  5. Emmett Stirling, Wasatch, Jr., 54.75
  6. Tyce Morrill, Riverton, Jr., 55.06
  7. Spencer Hendry, Wasatch, Sr., 55.89
  8. Jake Combe, Lone Peak, So., 56.10

100 breaststroke

  1. Ethan Brown, Mountain Ridge, Jr., 57.74
  2. Porter Wilde, Westlake, Jr., 58.12
  3. Conner Fellingham, American Fork, So., 58.22
  4. Connor Clark, Skyridge, Sr., 58.35
  5. Leo Cai, Brighton, Fr., 59.18
  6. Berrett Judkins, Brighton, Fr., 59.34
  7. Zack Stevens, American Fork, Sr., 59.61
  8. Sam Lillian, Corner Canyon, Sr., 1:00.06

400 freestyle relay

  1. Lone Peak (Jason Dumas, Asher Topham, Beck Johnson, Xander Berg), 3:13.26
  2. Mountain Ridge, 3:13.91
  3. Brighton, 3:14.59
  4. American Fork, 3:18.57
  5. Wasatch, 3:21.29
  6. Corner Canyon, 3:23.93
  7. Farmington, 3:24.26
  8. Weber, 3:25.41
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