Regis Jesuit takes team title in 5A boys swimming

Two Creek swimmers win individual events

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Cherry Creek’s Luke Ogren and Brodie Johnson won individual events at the Class 5A boys swimming championship and the Bruins were a close second in the race for the team title.

Ogren, a sophomore, won the diving title on May 11 while Johnson captured the 100 butter y during the nals on May 12 at the Veterans Memorial

Aquatic Center in ornton. Johnson also swam a leg on Creek’s state champion 200-yard medley relay team.

However, the Bruins nished second in the team standings. Defending state champion Regis Jesuit won with 399 points followed by the Bruins with 388.50.

It was the 24th state boys swimming title for Regis and the fourth straight season that Regis and Creek have been the top two teams in the state meet.

Ogren got the Bruins, state champs in 2019 and 2021, o to a good start by winning the diving competition which was held a day ahead of the swimming nals.

He nished with 553.55 points for his 11 dives and had a 30.1 victory margin.

“I felt really good,” said Ogren who was fth last season as a freshman. “Luckily, I performed well under pressure.”

Johnson won the 100 butter y with a time of 48.62 as he beat Mason Kajkosz of Highlands Ranch to the nish. Kajkosz was timed in 50.04.

“I swam pretty well with the y and stu ,” said Johnson who is a junior. “I wanted to win to go for the team. Of course we wanted to win the team champi- onship but I couldn’t be happier with the way we swam.”

Johnson also was on Creek’s winning 200 medley relay team with Zachary Reese, Trevor Boodt and Jason Fan. e foursome had a winning time of 1:30.38 in the rst event during the nal session of thetwo-day meet.

Other top nishers from South Metro schools included Creek’s Chris Mikulecky, who was second in the 100 freestyle with a time of 45.20, and Vladislav Kazakin of Highlands Ranch, who was the runner-up in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:36.13.