Written By: Kael Kowallis Photo Credits: Danny Esplin
The Bear River High School swim team had an incredible showing at Region on the 29th of January. Many Bears punched their spots onto the state team roster. It was quite a show at the region meet for the Bear River High Swim team. Even though there were only four medals earned there were many athletes who were close to receiving a medal. Many swimmers got their new personal record and it was overall a great meet. Now some of the swimmers will join the state team and will compete at the highest level for high school swimming. The women that made the state team include Shannon Hyer, Morgan Mickelson, Ashley Littlefield, Kambry Gardner, Astrid Nergaard, Allie Throop, Reagan Tureson, Iliana Anderson, and Kiya White. On the boys side of things Kelton Marshall, Kael Kowallis, Keeghan Gibbs, Garrett Griffin, Hayden Swain-Schmit, Jace Hamblin, Aaron Betournay, Jonah Dean, Peter Ingleby, Jaden Hyer, Brody Rowley, Ashton Esplin, Kaden Kofoed, Riley Orem, and Daxton Gardner. This is quite an impressive turnout for a state team. Many athletes were feeling optimistic about this state championship. Jonah Dean, for example, said that he was ready to “redeem himself from a rough showing at the Region meet.” Dean swam the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard freestyle. Dean is a strong swimmer and was looking forward to the state meet. At the state meet, there was something super exciting that happened, senior Kelton Marshall was forced to do a swim off which is when two swimmers tie and have to swim that race again one on one at the end of the meet. Coach Danny Esplin says, “In all my years of coaching, I have never seen that.” Marshall won the race and on day two received his eighth-place medal. Shannon Hyer made a repeat of last year's state meet with a fifth-place finish and a massive time drop which was a personal record of two seconds with a time of 1:03.33 in the 100-yard butterfly. Jonah Dean, Kael Kowallis, and Hayden Swain-Schmit all were able to finish in under a minute in their respective races. Dean and Kowallis Swam the 100 butterfly and Swain-Schmit swam the backstroke. Garrett Griffin was able to drop over 20 seconds in the 500-yard freestyle. The Bears men and women both took 11 place in the state and had an incredible finish to their season.
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