Ava Glissmeyer won the 200 freestyle and 100 butterfly events at a quad meet with Viewmont, Bonneville and Roy Nov. 6 while Ammon Kamauu placed first in the 100 fly and 100 backstroke for the boys team to help the Wildcats win 143 to Viewmont’s 116. Other winners for the Vikings were Erin Clark (50 freestyle), Benjamin Cyril (200 free), Rebekah Cyril (100 back), Katie Hansen (100 free), Jane Norman (100 breaststroke), the girls 200 medley relay team of Ava Glissmeyer, Rebekah Cyril, Jane Boynton and Grace Gilbert, the girls 200 free relay team of Glissmeyer, Boynton, Rebekah Cyril, Gilbert, the girls 400 free relay team of Emily Nelson and the Hansen, Katelyn Norman, Jane Norman.

“We retained most of our varsity swimmers on the girls team and added a few new swimmers who can earn points at meets,” said head coach Andrew Bird. “Our boys team is very young but we have some promising freshman sophomores. They outperformed expectations after losing so many seniors.”

Other top-three finishers for Woods Cross were Cyril (second, 200 Individual Medley), Gilbert (second, 200 free; second, 100 fly), Maxwell Holdstock (second, 100 back; third, 100 fly), the boys 200 free relay team of Kamauu, Holdstock, Chase Miller and Sebastian James (second), Boynton (third, 200 IM), Jacob Dustin (third, 200 free), James (third, 100 breast), the girls 200 medley relay team of Avery Boynton, Katie Hansen, Jane Norman and Erin Clark (third), the boys 200 medley relay team of Kamauu, Holdstock, James and Miller (third), the girls 400 free relay team of Megan Hunter, Alyssa McBride, Mia Stoker and Elizabeth Norman (third) and the boys 400 free relay team of Dustin, Benjamin Cyril, Jacob Norman and Samuel Porter (third). 

At the Greg Fernley Invitational Nov. 8-9, the girls took sixth out of 17 schools while the boys came in 11th for an overall ninth-place showing for the program.

The girls 200 medley relay team of Glissmeyer, Rebekah Cyril, Kalli Holzer and Gilbert took first while Kamauu had a third-place finish in the 500 free and fourth in the 200 free and Glissmeyer was fourth in the 100 free.

Also placing in the top 10 were the girls 200 free relay team of Rebekah Cyril, Gilbert, Boynton and Glissmeyer (fourth), the boys 200 medley relay team of Kamauu, Holdstock, Miller and James (seventh), Rebekah Cyril (eighth, 100 free), Gilbert (eighth, 200 IM) and Boynton (ninth, 50 free). λ