Swimmers warm-up on Friday at BYU prior to the 5A state meet preliminary races.
Provided by Brigitte Garstang
Skyline’s Jade Garstang had a meet she won’t soon forget on Friday night during the 5A state preliminary meet at BYU.
The junior obliterated a state record she already owned in her first race, and then broke the record of an Olympian during her second race.
There’s the potential she could lower them both again on Saturday during the event finals at BYU, which get underway at 5 p.m.
Garstang’s two state record swims came in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke.
She already owned the 100 fly state record time of 54.49 from the Region 6 meet two weeks ago, but on Friday she shaved 0.84 seconds off that time to a new record of 53.65.
The performance of the meet, however, came in the 100 backstroke later in the evening when she swam a 53.11, eclipsing the state-record time of 53.45 held by Cottonwood’s Rhyan White back in 2016.
White went on to have a fantastic collegiate career at Alabama and swam for Team USA in the 2021 Olympics in Japan, placing fourth in the 100- and 200-meter backstrokes.
Garstang’s previous personal-best high school 100 back performance came at the region meet two weeks ago with a time of 54.25. She shaved over a second off of that time on Friday night.
Regardless of what happens in Saturday’s finals, Garstang still has another year of high school swimming next year before she competes and the University of Arizona.
Led by Garstang, Skyline’s girls are the heavy favorite to repeat as 5A state champions on Saturday, while the Olympus boys are the favorite to get back on the podium after coming in second to Skyline a year ago.
The two other state records set Friday were turned in by Olympus’ boys team.
Junior Abe Astle became the first high school swimmer in Utah to ever break 45 seconds in the 100 freestyle as he posted a time of 44.73.
The previous record of 45.13 was set by Astle’s former Olympus teammate, Evan VanBrocklin, back in 2022.
Olympus’ boys medley relay team of William de la Garza, Owen Hartman, Benjamin Hatchard and Kevin Tu set an overall state record of their own with a time of 1:32.34 — eclipsing the state record of 1:33.32 it set two weeks ago at the region meet.
Here’s a list of the top eight qualifiers for Saturday’s finals in each event.
5A girls state meet
Friday’s preliminary results
At BYU
Top 8 qualifiers
200 medley relay
Olympus, 1:47.78Highland, 1:50.75Skyline, 1:50.79Woods Cross, 1:54.82Kearns, 1:54.82Alta, 1:54.84Springville, 1:55.16Box Elder, 1:58.08
200 freestyle
Rori Sorenson, Skyline, 1:56.71Avery Haynes, Wasatch, 1:57.20Greta Doretto, Olympus, 1:57.37Audrey Bradley, Brighton, 1:57.82Beca Bringard, Skyline, 1:58.71Ellinor Plant, Highland, 1:59.49Sophie Wrona, Olympus, 1:59.67Isabella Williams, Skyline, 1:59.87
200 individual medley
Veronica Black, Highland, 2:07.15Rainie Moran, Olympus, 2:0888Vienna Lemmon, Olympus, 2:10.12Elaine Liu, Skyline, 2:10.23Kate Reichner, Timpview, 2:10.29Kate Brower, Springville, 2:10.56Paige Hicken, Wasatch, 2:11.70Sadie Macdonald, Olympus, 2:13.67
50 freestyle
Gabby Henry, Viewmont, 23.41Reagan Patterson, Bonneville, 24.20Reece Andrews, Wasatch, 24.25Ofa Fa, West, 24.34Lauren Greenwell, Olympus, 24.44Alanna Holzer, Woods Cross, 24.78Olivia Stout, Salem Hills, 25.11Eva Phillips, Timpview, 25.13
100 butterfly
Jade Garstang, Skyline, 53.65Gabby Henry, Viewmont, 56.62Reece Andrews, Wasatch, 57.16Vienna Lemmon, Olympus, 58.48Eva Phillips, Timpview, 59.11Kate Reichner, Timpview, 59.22Keira Jameson, Skyline, 1:00.54Ava Hansen, Timpview, 1:00.73
100 freestyle
Ana Diedrichs, Wasatch, 52.01Ofa Fa, West, 53.10Reagan Patterson, Bonneville, 53.19Taylar Hooton, Olympus, 53.40Greta Doretto, Olympus, 53.97Avery Haynes, Wasatch, 54.15Isabella Williams, 54.37Shayla Zulcic, Skyline, 54.44
500 freestyle
Rainie Moran, Olympus, 5:11.53Coco Riding, Spanish Fork, 5:13.45Audrey Bradley, Brighton, 5:13.51Beca Bringard, Skyline, 5;15.85Sadie Macdonald, Olympus, 5:15.95Rori Sorenson, Skyline, 5:18.48Macie Poulson, Springville, 5:19.62Ryli Jonart, Skyline, 5:21.50
200 freestyle relay
Wasatch, 1:39.47Olympus, 1:39.60Viewmont, 1:42.52Brighton, 1:42.56Timpview, 1:43.14Highland, 1:43.14Alta, 1:44.13Kearns, 1:45.51
100 backstroke
Jade Garstang, Skyline, 53.11Ana Diedrichs, Wasatch, 55.88Taylar Hooton, Olympus, 57.23Ava Glissmeyer, Woods Cross, 59.21Felicia Shi, Skyline, 59.32Coco Riding, Spanish Fork, 59.77Brinley Weight, Springville, 59.96Sydney McElwee, Olympus, 1:00.67
100 breaststroke
Veronica Black, Highland, 1:02.74Lauren Greenwell, Olympus, 1:06.14Grace Cannon, 1:06.40Elaine Liu, Skyline, 1:06.60Paige Hicken, Wasatch, 1:07.03Sofie Anders, Alta, 1:07.03Kate Brower, Springville, 1:08.54Lucy Kokeny, Brighton, 1:09.04
400 freestyle relay
Olympus, 3:37.34Skyline, 3:38.10Wasatch, 3:43.42Timpview, 3:45.81Brighton, 3:46.68Alta, 3:46.88Springville, 3:48.83Woods Cross, 3:50.11
5A boys state meet
Friday’s preliminary results
At BYU
Top 8 qualifiers
200 medley relay
Olympus, 1:32.34Skyline, 1:36.04Springville, 1:38.75Woods Cross, 1:39.05Alta, 1:39.52East, 1:41.21Wasatch, 1:41.59Bountiful, 1:41.90
200 freestyle
Benjamin Hatchard, Olympus, 1:43.19Alexander Stewart, Skyline, 1:43.60Drake Doyle, Brighton, 1:43.65Easton Mousser, Springville, 1:44.03Collin de la Garza, Olympus, 1:45.25Josh Stevens, Salem Hills, 1:47.21Casey Cummard, Timpview, 1:47.41Jackson Hatchard, Olympus, 1:47.49
200 individual medley
Abe Astle, Olympus, 1:49.65Isaac Wardle, Olympus, 1:53.00Nash Hale, Skyline, 1:53.85Glen Tanner, East, 1:54.46Luan Barnard, Brighton, 1:54.79Chase Johnson, Skyline, 1:56.53Benjamin Schiffman, Brighton, 1:56.86Justin Chamberlain, Woods Cross, 1:57.66
50 freestyle
Drake Doyle, Brighton, 21.02Sam Williams, Roy, 21.05Sebastian Wrona, Olympus, 21.12Austin Partridge, Brighton, 21.32Kevin Tu, Olympus, 21.40Isaac Ridge, Alta, 21.74Isaac Hale, Viewmont, 21.80Gavin Smith, 21.84
100 butterfly
Will de la Garza, Olympus, 49.42Benjamin Hatchard, Olympus, 50.10Josh Smith, Alta, 50.66Sam Williams, Roy, 51.40Chase Johnson, Skyline, 51.82Josh Stevens, Salem Hills, 52.54Brayden Stoddard, Wasatch, 52.64Conner Swensen, Olympus, 53.24
100 freestyle
Abe Astle, Olympus, 44.73Austin Partridge, Brighton, 46.65Sebastian Wrona, Olympus, 46.85Gavin Smith, Brighton, 48.02Isaac Ridge, Alta, 48.13Isaac Hale, Viewmont, 48.56Isaac Chomjak, Woods Cross, 48.87Benjamin Goetsch, Skyline, 49.12
500 freestyle
Easton Mousser, Springville, 4:39.19Alexander Stewart, Skyline, 4:43.25Miles Moran, Olympus, 4:43.50Glen Tanner, East, 4:44.93Jackson Hatchard, Olympus, 4:45.39Benjamin Schiffman, Brighton, 4:48.24Collin de la Garza, Olympus, 4:51.79Nathan Anderson, Spr
200 freestyle relay
Olympus, 1:24.03Brighton, 1:25.72Skyline, 1:29.66Viewmont, 1;31.74Box Elder, 1:31.98Kearns, 1:32.79Wasatch, 1:32.86Springville, 1:33.44
100 backstroke
Will de la Garza, Olympus, 48.62Luan Barnard, Brighton, 48.73Nash Hale, Skyline, 49.74Kevin Tu, Olympus, 50.74Conner Swensen, Olympus, 52.00Corbin Lawes, Hunter, 53.00Dallin McKee, Box Elder, 53.18Aeddan Winter, Brighton, 53.37.
100 breaststroke
Isaac Wardle, Olympus, 57.26Owen Hartman, Olympus, 57.48Justin Chamberlain, Woods Cross, 57.77Miles Moran, Olympus, 57.79Nick Oman, Springville, 58.02Yunpeng Tao, Skyline, 58.34Laiken Swensen, Olympus, 1:00.25Benjamin Eberly, Taylorsville, 1:01.38
400 freestyle relay
Olympus, 3:06.54Brighton, 3:10.00Alta, 3:16.86Skyline, 3:19.70East, 3:20.19Viewmont, 3:21.84Woods Cross, 3:22.09Wasatch, 3:23.95