The Green River Lady Wolves Swimming and Diving team competed in the Gillette Invitational on Friday and Saturday, going up against 19 teams from around the state and one team from North Dakota. The Lady Wolves came out on top, once again proving how strong their team is and the abundance of determination they possess.
During the Gillette Pre-Invite on Friday there were no scores recorded.
Tanith Smith took second place out of 58 swimmers in the 200 Yard Freestyle, along with Alayna Kellhofer placing fourth and Peyton Murray placing fifth. In the 200 Yard IM, Courtney Clark took fifth place out of 33 swimmers, along with Haley Clevenger in 10th place. In the 50 Yard Freestyle, Tavia Arnell took first place out of 135 swimmers. In the 100 Yard Butterfly, Emilee Barnes took 14th place, along with Avah Kellhofer in 15th place out of 27 swimmers. In the 100 Yard Freestyle, Alayna Kellhofer took seventh place, Hailey Luth took ninth place and Haley Clevenger took 10th place out of 95 swimmers. In the 100 Yard Backstroke, Ivory Neher took eighth place out of 56 swimmers. In the 100 Yard Breaststroke, Avah Kellhofer took 21st place out of 53 swimmers.
In the 500 Yard Freestyle, Tavia Arnell took first place out of 38 swimmers, along with Courtney Clark placing fourth. Arnell beat the school record for Green River in the 500 Yard Freestyle with a time of 5:19.58. The previous record was held by Tanith Smith.
On Saturday, stand-out swimmers scored major points that helped Green River take home the win. Arnell took first place in the 100 Yard IM and the 100 Yard Butterfly, along with Smith who took second place in the 100 Yard Freestyle and third place in the 50 Yard Freestyle. Clevenger took third place in the 500 Yard Freestyle, along with Brianna Uhrig placing sixth in the 100 Yard Breaststroke and Luth placing 11th in the 100 Yard Backstroke. Green River raked in the points with their “A” relay teams winning second place in the 200 Yard Medley Relay and the 400 Yard Freestyle Relay, along with an eighth-place finish in the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay. Diver Kaili Wadsworth had impressive dives and placed ninth while Natalie Walgren was unfortunately disqualified.
“Gillette has a great pool and we like to swim in it,” said Head Coach Colleen Seiloff. “There was awesome competition and we got to go there and swim against girls we haven’t got to swim against, so that was nice.”
Coach Seiloff feels the girls did very well and stepped up. She says the whole team is very competitive and it was a well-deserved win for the Lady Wolves. She believes the Gillette Invitational was really about quality, because when you are swimming against so many teams, only a couple of your girls are going to place in the top 20, and Green River has extremely talented girls.
To prepare for Conference this week, the Lady Wolves are going to be working very hard with really aggressive workouts.
“It’s not time to rest,” explained Coach Seiloff. “The girls are going to very tired and that’s the way we want it.”
Green River is hosting the 3A West Conference Championships on October 20 at 1 p.m. and October 21 at 10 a.m. Come and show your support for the Lady Wolves!
Gillette Invitational
Saturday, October 14
200 Yard Medley Relay
2. GRHS A 1:57.48 (Smith, Brianna Uhrig, Arnell, Neher)
200 Yard Freestyle
10. Clevenger, 2:10.85
12. Barnes, 2:13.71
41. Linkin Lucero, 2:29.04
45. Katelyn Maez, 2:30.17
200 Yard IM
1. Arnell, 2:11.42
28. Brianna Uhrig, 2:40.15
29. Murray, 2:40.66
40. Mallery Lyon, 2:55.24
50 Yard Freestyle
3. Smith, 25.56
17. Alayna Kellhofer, 27.73
33. Neher, 28.49
50. Ellie Mandros, 29.44
79. Bella Anderson, 31.69
86. Alyson Robidoux, 32.15
96. Baylee Cochrun, 33.45
1 Meter Diving
9. Kaili Wadsworth, 306.70
100 Yard Butterfly
1. Arnell, 58.55
17. Breanna Van Etten, 1:14.01
24. Avah Kellhofer, 1:18.26
25. Mandros, 1:18.58
100 Yard Freestyle
2. Smith, 56.18
9. Alayna Kellhofer, 1:00.67
14. Luth, 1:00.99
44. Kaylin Uhrig, 1:06.86
48. Maez, 1:07.54
63. Anderson, 1:13.49
72. Cochrun, 1:16.18
500 Yard Freestyle
3. Clevenger, 5:42.31
15. Barnes, 6:03.37
22. Van Etten, 6:10.29
39. Lucero, 6:47.76
200 Yard Freestyle Relay
8. GRHS A 1:51.50 (Neher, Alayna Kellhofer, Clevenger, Luth)
100 Yard Backstroke
11. Luth, 1:10.19
20. Neher, 1:12.74
32. Murray, 1:15.01
100 Yard Breaststroke
6. Brianna Uhrig, 1:15.48
9. Kaylin Uhrig, 1:16.02
32. Lyon, 1:26.40
36. Avah Kellhofer, 1:27.19
400 Yard Freestyle Relay
2. GRHS A 3:49.85 (Arnell, Clevenger, Luth, Smith)
Team Rankings
1. Green River: 336.5
2. Kelly Walsh: 322
3. Cheyenne Central: 316.5
4. Laramie: 302.5
5. Jackson Hole: 294
6. Campbell County: 254
6. Lander: 254
8. Thunder Basin: 226
9. Williston Coyotes: 206
10. Sheridan: 173
11. Cody: 144
12. Douglas: 124
13. Cheyenne East: 110
14. Cheyenne South: 87
15. Worland: 86
16. Rawlins: 84
17. Rock Springs: 66
18. Natrona County: 47.5
19. Riverton: 24
20. Newcastle: 14
21. Powell: 12
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