JDCHS swimmer wins three state titles; teams finish in top four
Feb 22, 2022 08:36PM ● By Catherine Garrett
By Catherine Garrett | [email protected]
Juan Diego’s Audrey Weller won two state titles at the 3A state swimming championships Feb. 11-12 at the Cottonwood Heights Aquatics Center while also swimming a leg on the winning 200 medley relay team for the fourth-place girls team. The boys 200 freestyle relay team also finished first in leading the boys to a third-place showing.
Weller “shattered” a 16-year-old school record in the 100 breaststroke, according to head coach John Moran—besting the mark by nearly four seconds—in touching the wall in this year’s event well ahead of Juab’s Grace Holman. The junior also set a school record in the 200 Individual Medley with a 2:13.40 swim, coming in nearly eight seconds head of Holman.
The 200 medley relay team of Weller, Thais Tosolini, Lyla Sylvia and Morgan Rutledge put themselves atop the JDCHS record books as well with a 1:59.18 effort to tie Judge Memorial for first place.
“It was a highlight as the president of the Utah Swimming Coaches Association to present the swimmer of the meet award to Audrey,” Moran said.
Ethan Atzet anchored the state champion boys 200 free relay squad with the fastest 50 free swim in school history. That lineup also included Charlie Gleason, Shepherd Foy and Khristian Swick. Atzet, a senior also placed second in the 50 and 100 free events.
Other All-State performances for the Soaring Eagle team were Atzet (third, 200 medley relay), Elise Baker (second, 200 free relay), Shepherd Foy (sixth, 400 free relay), Gleason (third, 200 medley relay; eighth, 100 back), Matthew Howard (sixth, 400 free relay), Irvine Nelson (third, 200 medley relay), Morgan Rutledge (second, 200 free relay; eighth, 50 free), Joseph Shami (third, 200 medley relay; fifth, 100 butterfly; sixth, 400 free relay), Khristian Swick (sixth, 400 free relay), Lyla Sylvia (second, 200 free relay; seventh, 400 free relay), Audrey Tita-Munoz (seventh, 400 free relay), Thais Tosolini (seventh, 400 free relay), Thaia Tsandes (seventh, 400 free relay) and Weller (second, 200 free relay[LL1] ).
Moran also noted the performances of Rutledge in the 100 free, Bea Pascual in the 100 fly, Theodore Tsandes in the 200 IM and Tosonili—“who had the toughest meet program”—and scored in the 500 free and 100 back.
“I am very proud of our team’s performances and all of their hard work throughout the season,” said the coach. “Hoorah, Soaring Eagle swimming!”
[LL1]Is free relay same as medley relay in which she won?
