The Palo Verde boys swimming and diving team won the Class 5A state championship Saturday for its 10th straight title. Coronado won its third straight 5A girls title.
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The Liberty boys and Faith Lutheran girls won the Class 4A swimming and diving state team titles Wednesday at UNLV.
Both the boys and girls teams dominated for Palo Verde as they cruised to region titles.
Follow the link for postseason boys and girls swimming and diving honors, as selected by coaches. All-region teams will be posted as they are received.
Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2016 spring sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.
Follow the link for postseason swimming honors, as selected by coaches. All-league and all-region teams will be posted as they are received.
Boulder City’s boys made it somewhat interesting by scoring 110 points to defeat second-place Sierra Vista by 25 points. But the girls dominated throughout, scoring 156 points to easily get past second-place Truckee, which finished with 111 points. It was the sixth consecutive championship for the Eagles’ boys and the fourth straight for the girls.
Mandy Gebhart, Montana Lloyd and Rose Pouch each placed first in two individual events, and Boulder City won seven of the eight individual swimming events Friday to run away with the Division I-A Southern Region girls swimming title at UNLV.
CARSON CITY — Waiting to swim the anchor leg of the boys 400-yard freestyle relay, Logan Houck had nothing to do but watch as Palo Verde teammate David Miller opened a two-second lead in the final event of the Division I state swimming and diving championships Saturday at Carson City Aquatic Facility.
Faith Lutheran’s Bowen Becker won two events in dominating fashion on Friday to lead the Crusaders to the boys team title in the Division I-A Southern Region swimming and diving meet at UNLV’s Buchanan Natatorium.
Faith Lutheran senior Bowen Becker could be remembered as the fastest swimmer in Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association history by the end of the season. “I want to be remembered to where people will say my name and actually know who you”re talking about,” he said.
Amy Lubawy kept thinking she had reached a plateau in her swimming career.
It was almost ridiculous.
Boulder City’s swimming team had no problem defending its Division I-A Southern Region titles, winning 20 of the 24 events Saturday at UNLV’s Buchanan Natatorium.