Farmington

Farmington won overall at the annual Mayors Cup at the South Davis Recreation Center Jan. 17, competing against Bountiful, Woods Cross and Viewmont.

Elsie Crowell swam a personal-best 1:01.14 in the 100 backstroke to win the event and qualify for state. The sophomore also swam legs on the winning 200 medley relay (which also included Jacie Nielson, London Spears and Maddy Kartchner) and 400 freestyle relay teams (Spears, Heidi Holbrook and Nielson) and qualified for state in the 100 butterfly with a second-place finish in a time of 1:04.76.

Other first-place finishers for the Phoenix squad were Mia Allen (200 Individual Medley), Heidi Holbrook (500 free), Will Scott (500 free) and the 400 free relay lineup of Jack Smart, Scott, Clarke Tholl and Jake Rizley).

Head coach Stacy Edholm also noted senior Mia Cikara’s performance in the 100 breaststroke, dropping over two seconds to 1:19.00 to place third and qualify for state. Sophomore Jacie Nielson placed second in the 100 and 200 free, qualifying for state while sophomore Owen Van Skiver finished third in the same events, also qualifying for the state meet.

Also placing in the top-six at the Mayors Cup were Toree Anderson (second, 500 free; fifth, 100 fly), Will Norseth (second, 500 free; third, 100 fly), Rizley (second, 100 butterfly; fourth, 100 free), Scott (200 IM), Smart (third, 50 free), Tholl (second, 50 free; second, 100 breast), the 200 medley relay team of Smart, Tholl, VanSkiver and Rizley (second), Spears (third, 100 free; third, 100 back), Joshua Tame (third, 100 breast), Eliza Treu (third, 200 free), the 200 free relay lineup of Norseth, Noah Bampi, Tucker Munk and Scott (third), the 200 free relay squad of Holbrook, Suzy Hancock, Cikara and Maddy Kartchner (third), Bampi (fourth, 100 back; fifth, 200 IM), Cannon Christensen (fourth, 200 IM; fourth, 100 breast), Brock Davis (fourth, 50 free; fifth, 100 free), Hancock (fourth, 200 free), Holbrook (fourth, 50 free), Max Lindford (fourth, 500 free), Kartchner (fifth, 100 free), Jack Keller (fifth, 100 fly), Munk (fifth, 50 free), Max Murray (fifth, 200 free), Jonah Babboni (sixth, 500 free) and Cikara (sixth, 50 free).

“Other swimmers like seniors Nathan Taggart, Brock Davis, London Spears, and William (Spud) Farnsworth, have performed extremely well and have supported the team's wins and earned us essential points,” Edholm said, noting huge time drops for sophomores Carissa Tolman (100 breast and 100 free) and Kimball Majors (50 free) in their respective events. “The talent of our new swimmers has been so impressive in this meet and all season! Swimmers like Jared Brown, Liam Bowcut, Sara Ancis, Kohler Roberts, and Drew Gerlach, have worked extremely hard this season and their consistent drops of time are really showing.”

In a tri-meet with Layton and Davis Jan. 16, Farmington also won overall. “Our swimmers have been branching out, swimming events that they might not have before, showing their talents not just in their primary events, but in other events as well,” Edholm said. 

Senior Clarke Tholl won the 200 IM in his first attempt at the event while sprinters Jake Rizley, Jack Smart and Max Murray tried the 500 free and took first, second and fourth, respectively. 

Multiple winners at this meet were Rizley, who also won the 50 free and swam legs on the first-place 200 free and 400 free relay teams; Will Scott (100 free, 100 back, 400 free relay); and Elsie Crowell (200 free, 50 free, 400 free relay), Maddy Kartchner (first, 100 back; first, 400 free relay), Nielson (first, 500 free; first, 400 free relay), Smart (first, 200 free relay; first, 400 free relay) and Tholl (first, 200 free relay).

Other top finishers were Noah Bampi (first, 200 free relay; second, 200 medley relay), Suzy Hancock (first, 400 free relay; second, 200 medley relay), Crowell (second, 200 free relay), Brock Davis (second, 50 free), William Farnsworth (second, 200 medley relay; third, 400 free relay), Heidi Holbrook (second, 200 medley relay; second, 200 free relay; third, 100 free), Kartchner (second, 200 free relay; second, 100 fly), Munk (second, 100 breast; third, 200 free), Nielson (second, 200 medley relay; second, 200 IM), Norseth (second, 100 fly), Scott (second, 200 medley relay), Smart (second, 500 free; second, 200 IM), London Spears (second, 200 medley relay; second, 200 free relay; third, 500 free), Owen VanSkiver (second, 100 back; second, 200 medley relay), Jonah Babboni (third, 400 free relay), Cikara (third, 200 IM), Jack Keller (third, 400 free relay; third, 100 fly), Max Murray (third, 400 free relay) and Eliza Treu (third, 100 breast).

“We have won almost every meet this season!” Edholm said. “The talent of this year’s team has been unmatched, and we are so excited to finish our season at Region and State the same way.”

Woods Cross

At the Mayors Cup Jan. 17, the Woods Cross girls finished first behind four first-place showings from Ava Glissmeyer (in the 200 free, the 100 fly, the 200 medley relay and the 200 free relay) and Rebekah Cyril (50 free, 100 breast, 200 medley relay and 200 medley relay). The boys were third for an overall second-place finish for the Wildcats squad.

Ammon Kamauu touched first in the 200 IM while Grace Gilbert swam legs on the winning 200 medley relay and 200 free relay lineups. Brie Nydegger was also part of the top 200 medley relay and Kalli Holzer was on the winning 200 free relay team.

Other top-six finishes for Woods Cross were Jane Boynton (second, 400 free relay; third, 50 free; fourth, 100 back) Gilbert (second, 100 back; third, 100 fly), Maxwell Holdstock (second, 100 free; second, 200 free relay; third, 200 medley relay; third, 200 IM), Holzer (second, 400 free relay; fourth, 100 fly; fourth, 100 breast), Sebastian James (second, 200 free relay; third, 200 medley relay; fourth, 100 fly; sixth, 100 breast), Kamauu (second, 100 back; second, 200 free relay; third, 200 medley relay), Chase Miller (second, 200 free relay; third, 200 medley relay; fifth, 100 breast), Jane Norman (second, 400 free relay; fifth, 50 free; sixth, 100 free), Katelyn Norman (second, 200 IM), Nydegger (second, 400 free relay), Jacob Dustin (third, 500 free), Emily Nelson (third, 200 IM; sixth, 100 breast), Avery Boynton (fourth, 500 free; fifth, 200 free), Megan Hunter (fifth, 200 free), Grace Woodbury (fifth, 100 breast) and Benjamin Cyril (sixth, 100 back).

Viewmont

Viewmont’s boys came in second at the Mayors Cup with the girls taking third for a third overall finish.

Isaac Hale took first in the 50 free and 100 breast while also swimming legs on the winning 200 medley relay and 200 free relay teams. Thomas Chamberlain won the 100 back and was also part of the winning relays while Andrew Webster came in first in the 100 free and also helped the relays touch first. Gus Stockhoff (200 medley relay) and Landon Hopfenbeck (200 free relay) were also first along with the girls’ lone winner, Izzy Harris in the 100 free. 

Also placing in the top six were Chamberlain (second, 200 free), John Paul Decker 

(second, 400 free relay; fifth, 200 free; fifth, 100 back), Harris (second, 200 free relay; third, 400 free relay), Hopfenbeck (second, 400 free relay; sixth, 200 IM; sixth, 50 free), Vivienne Loose (second, 50 free; second, 100 breast; third, 400 free relay), Veronika Paschen (second, 200 free relay; third, 400 free relay; fourth, 100 free), Austin Smith (second, 400 free relay), Kylee Smith (second, 200 free relay; third, 400 free relay), Stockhoff (second, 400 free relay; sixth, 100 fly), Faith Dosdall (third, 500 free), Webster (third, 100 back), Maya Wiemers (fourth, 200 IM), Seth Allen (fifth, 500 free), Mallie Moyes (fifth, 200 IM), Tempe Anderson (sixth, 500 free) and Colette Burnham (sixth, 100 back).

Bountiful

Bountiful’s Liam Glissmeyer won the 200 free and 100 fly at the Mayors Cup to lead the Redhawks squad to a fourth-place finish.

Also among the top-six were Glissmeyer (third, 400 free relay), Mason Goodro (third, 400 free relay), Ellie Moss (third, 200 medley relay), Collin Steed (third, 400 free relay), Thomas Steed (third, 400 free relay; sixth, 100 free), Ari Steuart (third, 200 medley relay), Caroline Wang (third, 200 medley relay), Ellie Watkins (third, 200 medley relay; fifth, 100 back), Cole Crimmins (fourth, 200 free) and Claire Bryson (fifth, 200 free; sixth, 100 fly).

Davis

In the tri-meet with Farmington and Layton Jan. 16, Bryson Bernhardt won the 100 fly while also swimming on the winning 200 medley relay team. Jonah Hender was also a multiple winner, individually in the 100 breast and also on the 200 medley relay lineup.

Other top-three showings for the Darts were Colin Bennett (first, 200 medley relay; 

second, 200 free; second, 200 free relay; third, 100 free), Lucas Prince (first, 200 medley relay; second, 200 free relay), Nahlia Stewart (first, 100 breast; second, 50 free; third, 200 medley relay), Jane Bassett (second, 100 breast; third, 200 medley relay), Bernhardt (second, 200 free relay), Hender (second, 200 free relay), Taylor Johnson (second, 400 free relay), Natalee Karen (second, 400 free relay; third, 200 medley relay), Kate Whitlock (second, 400 free relay), Lilly Wood (second, 200 free; second, 400 free relay; third, 100 fly), Helen Barber (third, 200 medley relay), Kirsi Jenkins (third, 200 free relay), Reese Jones (third, 200 free relay), Lydia Lau (third, 200 free relay) and Aurora Mastroianni (third, 200 free relay). λ