The Davis High girls swimming team won the Region 1 swimming championship Feb. 3 at the South Davis Rec Center, 75 points ahead over Layton in second place.

Allie Allen won the 200 Individual Medley while also coming in second in the 500 freestyle. The girls 200 free relay lineup of Adlen Groberg, Micah Hale, Nahlia Stewart and Kate Whitlock also came in first, setting a personal best with a swim of 1:47.24. Garrett Barker also placed first in  the 200 free and the 500 free events, winning both handily for the fifth-place boys team.

Other swimmers who medaled for the Darts were Groberg (second, 100 free; three, 400 free relay; fourth, 50 free), Barker (third, 400 free relay), Jane Bassett (third, 200 medley relay; third, 100 back; fifth, 100 free), Garrick Bench (third, 400 free relay), Bryson Bernhardt (third, 400 free relay; fifth, 100 free), Hale (third, 400 free relay; fourth, 500 free; fifth, 200 free), Maureen Karren (third, 200 medley relay; third, 100 breast; fifth, 200 IM), Samuel Landheim (third, 50 free; third, 400 free relay; fourth, 100 fly), Julian Shaw (third, 200 medley relay), Elsie Smith (third, 200 medley relay), Stewart (third, 400 free relay; fourth, 100 fly) and Whitlock (third, 50 free; third, 400 free relay).

Farmington

The Farmington High girls team improved on its fifth-place finish last season at the Region 1 championships and took third while the boys team was also third.

Elsie Crowell was the team’s top scorer as she won the 100 back and led off the second-place 200 medley relay squad that also had Jacie Nielson, Maddy Kartchner and Nerys Turnbaugh in the lineup. Brooke Belnap swam personal-best times in the 100 fly and 500 free to take second and third, respectively.

Will Scott placed third in the 200 IM while also swimming a leg on the third-place 200 medley relay team, which also included Clarke Tholl, Ezra Moon and Jack Smart. The 200 free relay lineup of Kael Michaelson, Jake Rizley, Smart and Tholl finished third as well.

“Our team really showed up and swam amazing,” said head coach Stacy Edholm. “Our relays really showed up, dropping a lot of time and moving us up in the rankings for state. We are ready with our relays to go into state strong and ready to drop more time.”

Phoenix swimmers who also podiumed at region with a top-six finish were Crowell (fourth, 200 free), Moon (fourth, 50 free; sixth, 100 free), Tholl (fourth, 100 breast), Kartchner (fourth, 200 IM; fourth, 100 fly), Smart (fifth, 50 free), Cannon Christensen (sixth, 500 free; sixth, 200 IM), Rizley (fifth, 200 free), Nielson (sixth, 100 breast), Scott (sixth, 100 back) and London Spears (sixth, 50 free).

Other highlights for Farmington were the 400 free relay lineup of Michaelson, Rizley, Scott and Moon dropping six seconds off their season best; the girls 400 free relay squad of Crowell, Nielson, Spears and Belnap, shaving 10 seconds off of their season best; and having swimmers record 46 personal-best races, a new team record for one meet.

“Thanks to some very fast times, we will be represented well at the 6A state championships, hopefully visiting the podium again,” said Edholm.