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Davis boys swimmers win Thanksgiving Invite

Dec 05, 2022 01:13PM ● By Catherine Garrett

Davis

At the Thanksgiving Invitational Nov. 18-19, Sam Carlson earned the boys High Point Award with first-place finishes in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle, breaking his own school records in both events. His finishes helped the Davis boys place first out of 28 teams while the girls squad finished second.

“I am so proud of our swimmers as almost everyone dropped time! It was so amazing!” said head coach Kit Barker. “I love that many of the swimmers tried new events getting out of their comfort zone. This was not easy for them, but helps them grow as a swimmer.”

Lia Merrill won the 100 backstroke while the boys 200 free relay team, which included Carlson, Dylan Grant, Tyler Bennett and Garrett Barker, and the 400 free relay lineup of Barker, Jake Edwards, Grant and Carlson also achieved first place showings. Other top-five finishers were Barker (second, 200 free; third, 500 free), Merrill (third, 200 Individual Medley) and Macie Cragun (fourth, 100 breaststroke).

Darts swimmers who dropped more than five seconds off their previous-best times were Branson Bown in the 50 free; Jake Edwards in the 100 butterfly; Garrick Bench, Bryson Bernhardt and Jonah Hender in the 100 backstroke; Noah Arnell, Henry Barber, Bown, Reese Jones, Caleb Miller, Lydia Neeley, Griffin Perkins, Debonae Sanders and Lucas Satterthwaite in the 100 free; Ethan Frandsen in the 200 free; Grant in the 200 IM; and Barker in the 500 free.



Farmington

The Farmington boys beat Copper Hills 101-56 Nov. 15. With the girls squad losing 112-46, the Phoenix team fell just short 168-47 overall.

“It was a fun quick meet,” said head coach Stacy Edholm. 

Mason Draxler broke the school record in the 100 butterfly with a time of 59.16 while also winning the 200 freestyle event. Teal Edholm was a triple winner in the 200 free, 100 fly and swam a leg on the top 200 medley relay team, which also included London Spears, Brooke Belnap and Nerys Turnbaugh.

Also touching first in their events against the Grizzlies were William (Spud) Farnsworth (200 Individual Medley), John Lyman (100 free), Will Scott (100 backstroke) and Kael Michaelson – who led Farmington in an event where they took the top five spots in the 50 free.

Other top-three finishers were Hayden Wangemann (second, 200 IM; third, 100 free), Matthew Scoresby (second, 100 free), Belnap (third, 200 IM; third, 100 breast); Spears (third, 50 free; third, 100 free)

At the Thanksgiving Invitational, Draxler won the 100 breast and 200 IM and is now ranked first and second, respectively, in the state in those events.

“He was on fire with swims like I have never seen,” coach Edholm said. “He dropped a whopping eight and a half seconds off his best time in the 200 IM and more than a second off of his best-ever time in the 100 breast.”

Draxler also swam on the third-place 200 medley relay squad – that also included Scott, Ezra Moon and Lyman – and the fourth-place 200 free lineup of Lyman, Davis Nielson and Jack Cresap that broke school records in the respective events. 

Those finishes helped the Farmington boys finish sixth while the girls came in 22nd, which combined for a 10th place showing overall.

“It went so much better than I could have imagined for our swimmers,” said coach Edholm. “We had 58 best times, and our swimmers broke five school records. Everyone did amazingly well!”

Teal Edholm broke the school record in the 100 free, placing second in a tight race, while also placing fourth in the 200 IM.