A 22-year-old pool record was shattered during the Last Chance Meet in Green River last week.
The record was in the 200-yard freestyle relay and was set by Avery Otto-Horn, Sydni Sanders, Alexis King and Ashley Jensen. They finished the relay with a time of 1:43.53.
Head girls swimming coach Colleen Seiloff said the team wasn’t able to qualify more swimmers during the meet, but the team still posted solid times throughout the meet.
The girls took first in the 200-yard freestyle relay as well.
In single competition, Otto-Horn finished first in the 200-yard freestyle, Ashley Jensen took first in the 50-yard freestyle, Victoria Allen took first in the 1 meter diving competition, King took first in the 100-yard freestyle and Jesse Lauze finished first in the 500-yard freestyle. Jensen took third in the 200-yard freestyle, Lauze finished second in the 200 IM, where Emilee Mandros took third and Kaycee Olsen took fifth, Adrienne Merrick took fifth in the 50-yard freestyle. Olsen also took second in the 100-yard butterfly, while Merrick finished third in the 100-yard freestyle and Emily Reyes took fifth in that event. Jarin Mandros took third in the 500 freestyle, Sarah Foerster finiash fifth in the 100-yard backstroke and Selena Souza took third in the 100-yard backstroke.
Conference coach of the year
The coaches at Green River High School continue to receive recognition for the dedication they have to their students.
Seiloff was recently named conference coach of the year in girls swimming, joining tennis coach Phil Harder as GRHS coaches who have received the recognition this fall. Seiloff was also named coach of the year last year.
“I received the award, but it really is about all of us I think, the girls included,” Seiloff said.
She said the award recognizes the hard work the girls have put in, as well as the work her assistant coaches do, and the other programs feeding into the high-school swimming programs. Seiloff said the USA Swim club and the middle-school swimming programs have developed a lot of young talent that have improved the high school team.
Seiloff has coached in Green River for 22 years, starting out as an assistant coach for the boys high-school swimming team under coach Randy Walker. Before that, Seiloff said she’s coached in some fashion since she was 16 years old.
“I’ve always loved coaching. It’s just fun,” she said.
One of her favorite aspects of being a coach is watching her kids become successful in the pool and she also believes coaching is a good way of developing relationships with students. But, for Seiloff, watching the competition itself is one of the biggest payoffs she gets from coaching swimming.
“There’s nothing better than watching a good race,” she said.
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