Farmington drill runners-up at 6A state; Davis fourth

By Catherine Garrett c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

By Catherine Garrett c.garrett@mycityjournals.com

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Davis High boys and girls swim teams both won their respective Region 1 championships at the South Davis Rec Center Feb. 4. The girls squad had 422 points to Weber’s 393 while the boys defeated Syracuse by seven points.

“It was a thrilling meet,” said head coach Kit Barker. “The boys race was very, very close and it all came down to the last relay. We were ahead by just one point so whoever won the relay would win the meet. We were down one of our top swimmers [Jake Edwards who last week experienced a collapsed lung and had to be taken to the ER and is out for the rest of the season]. We actually were not supposed to win region without him, but the boys wanted to do it for him.”

Davis’ Garrett Barker, Dylan Grant, Ethan Frandsen and Sam Carlson swam relay legs in the 200 free relay event, winning by .02 seconds over Syracuse.

Carlson broke the Region 1 meet records in the 50 freestyle and the 100 free in winning both of those races. The 400 free relay lineup of Barker, Grant, Frandsen and Carlson also broke a Region 1 meet record with their first-place finish.

Carlson, who is the school record holder in the 50 and 100 free, bettered his marks in the events during the region meet.

Other Region 1 champions for the Darts were Garrett Barker (200 free), Macie Cragun (100 breaststroke), Lia Merrill (100 backstroke), the girls 200 medley team of Merrill, Cragun, Nahlia Stewart and Adlen Groberg, the girls 200 free relay lineup of Micah Hale, Cragun,

200 IM), Garrett Barker (second, 500 free), Hale (second, 100 free; third, 200

TheFarmington High Nixelles were runners-up at the 6A state drill championships Feb. 4 at Utah Valley University. The 41-member squad placed first in Military and tied for first in Show with Bingham –with the Minerettes winning the tiebreaker – while also placing second in Dance.

“This team pushed through adversity all year,” said head coach Shalice Larsen. “The talent from 6A is incredible. The sport of drill is not for the faint of heart – so much blood, sweat and tears go in for every team! The support and feeling in the finals arena is unparalleled to much else.”

Captains Abby Lloyd, Alexus Oladi and Lily Short along with President Annalise Mortensen and Vice President Grace Holladay were among the leaders for the FHS program this year, which also included Unity Officer Avery Chandler, Social Media Officer Annie Garlick, Motivational Officer Avery Jensen, Secretary Alyiah Montoya, Costume Officer Ainsley Painter, Unity Officer Marina Perovich, Motivational Officer Lauren Rencher, Costume Officer Brynlee Sanders and Unity Officer Maren Williams.

The Nixelles placed among the top three in all their routines and competitions this season while also winning two Overall Sweepstakes championships at the Davis and Bountiful Invitationals during the year. Also on the FHS team this year were Berkelee Baker, Preslee Blaser, Ireland Brown, Zaida Christensen, Ella Edmunds, Rylee Egbert, Maren Glassey, Lily Goff, Ava Hammond, Hailey Harrison, Kenya Holbrook, Bo Holland, Riley Jensen, Addison Landon, Ava Larsen, Ava Leavitt, Olivia Leavitt, Ciara Montoya, Sydney Nash, Kiley Nixon, Greta Poulson, Lacey Rigby, Lexey Rigby, Rayden Robison, Hali Stromberg, Reagan Tracy and Samantha Yeates.

Larsen was assisted on the coaching staff by Hartvigsen and Sue Bagley this season.

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The Davis High D’Ettes placed fourth overall at the 6A state champi-

THE BOUNTIFUL HIGH MANDONELLES placed third at the 5A drill state championships Feb. 4 at Utah Valley University.

VYKELLES: Continued from pg.9 to us a few times. We faced more challenges this year than we ever thought we would, but this team is made up of the most resilient, hard-working group of girls. They had to overcome so much to get to where they are today and I’m so proud of their performances.” Hadlock was assisted by Brooke Hadlock and Sierra Edmunds on the coaching staff this season.

Bountiful

The Bountiful High Mandonelles placed third at the 5A drill state championships Feb. 4, taking second in Dance, third, in Show and fourth in Military.

“A highlight of our season was ending the season as the number one seed in RPI due to their hard work and wins at every competition and being region champions,” said head coach Alba Butler, noting that

Region 5 is one of the most competitive regions in the state.

The BHS squad was led this year by President Eirelyn Wood, Vice President Armani Haslam, Secretary Lizzy Hess, Historian Addi Morton, Dance Captains Jayci Malmore and Jasmine Icasiano, Performance Manager Kari Wersland, Senior Representative Aspen Gehring, Junior Representative Leigha Ozminski and Sophomore Representative Bella Oborn.

Others on the Mandonelles this season were Rainee Allred, Liberty Biesinger, Ava Box, Helle Braun, Jorden Day, Kate Derrick, Mylie Frazier, McKinley Gilchrist, Stasya Hansen, Elsa Harper, Kennedy Hendricks, Kiley Ingles, Kayla Larsen, Cambree LeBaron, Ady Lillywhite, Bella Madsen, Charlotte Murray, Jessica Nielsen, Camryn Page,Lily Ray, Paige Robinson and McKinley Tidwell.

Butler was assisted on the coaching staff by McKenzie Kasteler this year. l