Over the course of two days, local swimmers representing Mesa Verde Aquatics Club scored numerous victories at the Winter Wonderland swim meet, which took place in Farmington, Jan. 20-21.
Among the most successful athletes at the six-team meet was 10-year-old Erin Lawrence, who won eight events in the girls’ 9-10 age division. Lawrence’s victories included top finishes in the 100-yard individual medley (1:22.73), the 50-yard backstroke (44.82), the 25-yard butterfly (16.12), the 200-yard freestyle (2:38.39), the 100-yard freestyle (1:11.58), the 50-yard backstroke (37.41), the 25-yard breaststroke (19.79), and the 200-yard individual medley (3:00.09).
Trent Bagge also enjoyed a solid meet as the 15-year-old competed in the boys’ 15-and-over division, racing to victories in the 50-yard freestyle (24.58), 100-yard freestyle (55.42), 100-yard breaststroke (1:15.04), and 200-yard individual medley (2:25.06).
Jayden White finished first in the 100-yard freestyle (1:50.05), 25-yard freestyle (21.48), 50-yard backstroke (53.20), and 100-yard breaststroke (2:43.43) in the girls’ 7-8 age division, while Maddy Ludington won the 200-yard breaststroke (3:36.96), 100-yard breaststroke (1:36.46), and 25-yard breaststroke (19.50) in the girls’ 15-and-over age division.
Other three-event winners for the Mesa Verde Aquatics Club included Bodie Fischer, who won the 50-yard freestyle (1:48.40), the 25-yard freestyle (51.72) and the 50-yard backstroke (1:20.92) in the boys’ 6-and-under age division, and Lucas Decker, who finished first in the 50-yard freestyle (47.19), the 25-yard backstroke (25.23), and the 25-yard butterfly (25.73) in the boys’ 7-8 age division.
Anna Lawrence won the 100-yard individual medley (1:16.49) and the 25-yard butterfly (14.41) in the girls’ 13-14 age division, and Austin Anderson won the 25-yard backstroke (19.86) and the 25-yard butterfly (21.53) in the girls’ 11-12 age division.
Other event winners included Jasmine Burris, who captured first place in the 25-yard backstroke (19.86) and the 25-yard butterfly (21.53) in the girls’ 11-12 age division, and Kason Decker, who finished first in the 25-yard backstroke (20.00) in the boys’ 11-12 age division.
Rounding out Mesa Verde Aquatic Club’s event winners was Dannika Goodall, who finished first in the 25-yard freestyle (18.14) in the girls’ 9-10 age division.
Event winners representing the Cortez Leopard Sharks were Ryan Cutrone, who won the 100-yard individual medley (1:01.42), the 100-yard backstroke (1:04.14), and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:31.91) in the boys’ 15-and-over age division, and Tyler Cutrone, who finished first in the 50-yard breaststroke (31.78) in the boys’ 15-and-over age division.
