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June 30, 2021
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Relay puts Lightning in top five at state swimming BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
THORNTON -- Legacy High School finished fifth in the team standings of the boys state 5A swimming and diving championships June 24 at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center. The last event of the meet, the 400yard freestyle relay turned into the Lightning’s top performance of the meet. The Lightning’s Sam White, Tegan Barrier, Aidan Shepston and Kyle Raskay placed fifth in a time of 3:05.74. Legacy’s 200-yard freestyle relay team (Jack Tran, Thomas Nguyen, Shepston and Barrier placed sixth in a time of 1;25.77. The Lightning’s Sam White was sixth in the 500- freestyle in a time of 4:46.35. Brighton’s top finisher was Jespyn Bishop, who finished seventh in the 50- freestyle in a time of 21.34 seconds. Horizon diver Kolby Valenzuela was 22nd after totaling 222. 45
points. The Hawks’ 200- freestyle relay team (Samuel Schleicher, Ethan Adams, Harrison Cramer and Schuyler Cramer finished 26th in a time of 1:35.27. Here are the area’s results: Diving: 22. Kolby Valenzuela, Horizon, 222.45 points. 200-yard medley relay: 7. Legacy (Jack Tran, Thomas Nguyen, Aiden Shepston, Tegan Barrier), 1:34.68. 200- freestyle. 12. Barrier, 1:44.4. 23. Shepston, 1:46.95. 200- individual medley: 7. Kyle Raskay, Legacy, 1:55.56. 12. Sam White, Legacy, 1:56.48. 28. Samuel Schleicher, Horizon, 2:04.73. 29. Aidan Bailey, Legacy, 2:05.24. 50- freestyle: 19, Barrier, 21.49. 19. Tran, 21.93. 100- freestyle: 25. Nguyen, 49.6. 100- butterfly: 12. Raskay, 50.89. 18. Shepston, 51.94. 500- freestyle: 6. White, 4:46.35. 24. Nathan Kral, Legacy, 5:01.67. 26. Schleicher, 5:02.21. 200- freestyle relay: 6. Legacy (Tran, Nguyen, Shepston, Barrier),
Brighton’s Jespyn Bishop swims a heat of the 100-yard butterfly at this year’s CHSAA 5A boys state swimming championships June 24 at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Thornton. He finished 23rd in this event and took seventh in the 50 freestyle. Cherry Creek took the overall title, followed by Regis Jesuit and Heritage. PHOTO BY STEFAN BRODSKY
1:25.77. 25. Brighton (Trey Wilson, Xavier Shaver, Vahn Williams, Robert Jorstad, 1:35.14. 26. Horizon (Schleicher, Ethan Adams, Harrison Cramer, Schuyler Cramer), 1:35.27.
100- backstroke: 8. Tran, 52.61. 100backstroke: Max Kulbida, Legacy, 59.8. 400- freestyle relay: 5. Legacy, 3:05.74.
Area golfers wrap up season at state tournament STAFF REPORTS
AURORA -- Mountain Range’s Rebekah Powers fired a 94-89 -- 183 at the state 5A golf tournament at City Park to finish in 54th place. She had one par in the first round June 21. It came on the 142-yard eighth hole. Powers also birdied the par 3 12th hole. Legacy High School’s Ayla Milan finished 32nd after carding an 89-81 -- 170 at state. She had six pars in her opening round and followed with 11 more pars in the second and final round.
birdied the par 4 seventh hole in the first round and added a birdie on the par 5 13th hole. During her second round, Gilmore fashioned seven pars and a birdie on the par 5 16th hole. Ella Neuhauser fired a 92-95 -- 187. She had just one par in the opening round. It was on the ninth hole. She added four more pars in the second round, including the 500-yard 16th hole.
MIka Blckard carded a 96-84 -- 180 at state and tied for 47th place. She had five pars in the first round -- all on the front nine. On the second day, Blackard registered three birdies (11th, 13th and 14th holes) and five pars. Peyton McLeese finished 77th after a 103-104 -- 207 at state. She fashioned three pars in a six-hole stretch on the first day of the two-day tournament. She parred both of the par 3s on the back nine. Horizon’s Morgan Gilmore finished in 22nd place after firing two rounds of 83 at state. She
Horizon’s Morgan Gilmore follows through on a shot during the state 5A girls golf tournament at City Park June 22.
PHOTO BY COURTNEY OAKES/AURORA SENTINEL
Frederick’s Chacon completes comeback from injury, takes two state titles BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
LAKEWOOD -- Ryan Chacon of Frederick High School had a tougher road than most to qualify for the state 4A track-and-field meet over the weekend. He, like everyone else in prep track, dealt with COVID-19 impacts and all its relatives. But Chacon also had to deal with something else .. a partially torn meniscus he sustained while playing basketball in mid-February.
Fast forward to the Boulder County championships June 5. He ran his first race of the season, the 800-meters, and finished 20th in a time of 2:11.89. Fast forward again, this time to the last day of the state track meet June 26 at Jeffco Stadium. The senior won the 200-meter dash in a time of 21.96 seconds. “Crazy I pulled that off,” Chacon tweeted. “My hamstring has been pretty tight and wasn’t feeling the best. I realized when got off the turn that it was my race, so I just
went for it,” That wasn’t all. He finished second in the 400-meters (48.13 seconds) and fourth in the 100-meters (11.2). Chacon capped off his day by anchoring the Warriors’ 4-by-400-meter relay team to a state title. He, Wyatt Schroth, Alexander Carrillo and Garrett Colvin finished in a time of 3:23.78. Chacon took the 10th seed into the 200-meter prelims. He was the third seed in the 400-meters. He qualified for two events in the 2019
state track meet. He’ll be running at Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas. The state titles for Frederick were the first since 2006. They were the first boys team state champions in at least 20 seasons. Elsewhere, Isabella Hewitt took 16th in the girls long jump with a best effort of 14-5. The Warriors’ 4-by-200-meter relay team (Parker Ayres, Carrillo, Schroth and Colvin) was 16th in a time of 1:34.8.
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