More swimmers qualify for state

The Lady Wolves swimming team came home with a second-place finish and three more state qualifiers after a meet in Laramie.

Head coach Colleen Seiloff said Jarin Mandros, Delaney Gardea and Cherylann Moritz used this weekend’s meet to lock in spots at state.

With 19 teams in attendance, this was one of the biggest meets the team had competed in and they come out with a second-place finish, behind Laramie.

Seiloff said the season is still looking good and the team has a goal of taking one of the top three spots at state.

“We want to stay focused and keep swimming,” Seiloff said. “They got a chance to see everybody in the state all at one place.”

With the Laramie meet behind them, the team will now focus on conference, which will take place this weekend at Kelly Walsh High School.

On Friday, the team will compete in preliminaries. Those who are in the top 12 advance to the finals on Saturday.

Seiloff said it’s important for the girls to rank as high as they can because there is a cutoff at sixth place.

Those in sixth place and above can’t place worse than sixth even if someone in seventh through 12th place swims faster then they do on Saturday.

“It’s important to go all out that first night,” Seiloff said.

The Lady Wolves are excited and nervous, but they’re ready to give it their all at conference. Seiloff is hoping the team picks up a few more qualifiers for state this weekend.

“We’ve got a couple more that are pretty close,” she said. “I’m pleased with the way that they swam this weekend,” Seiloff said.

Laramie Results

Laramie, 548

Green River, 386

Cheyenne Central, 371

Campbell County, 327

Sheridan, 307

200-yard medley relay

GRHS Team A, Lauren Jensen, Hailey Uhrig, Lauren Lee, Ashley Jensen, 1:54.97

200-yard freestyle

Fifth place tie: Sydni Sanders, Alexa Lauze, 2:07.02

200-yard intermediate medley

Lillian Munoz, 2:28.28

H. Uhrig, 2:29.56

100-yard butterfly

6. L. Lee, 106.47

100-yard freestyle

S. Sanders, 59.55

Kaycee Olsen, 1:00.10

500-yard freestyle

A. Lauze, 5:34.07

L. Lee, 5:43.66

Madi Young, 5:58.17

200-yard free relay

S. Sanders, L. Lee, A. Lauze, K. Olsen, 1:47.30

100-yard backstroke

L. Jensen, 1:01.91

100-yard breaststroke

H. Uhrig, 1:08.79

4. L. Munoz, 1:11.66

400-yard freestyle relay

3. GRHS Team A, S. Sanders, L. Jensen, A. Jensen, A. Lauze, 3:56.43