The Pocatello High School swim teams left with all of the gold once again. The boys and girls teams each repeated at the Class 5A District V Meet on Oct. 31 at the Wes Deist Aquatic Center in Idaho Falls.
They both won in pretty dominant fashion, as well The boys beat Century by 44.2 points to finish with 144.2, while the girls nearly doubled up the crosstown rivals with 163.
2. The Thunder won 15 of the 22 events. “It was a great experience all coming together and winning as a team,” said junior Kaiden Irwin.
“It wasn’t just one person getting points for everyone.” Irwin, Quincy Stuart and Ryan Eberle all went a perfect 4-for-4 on the day. Irwin was first in the boys 200-yard freestyle (one minute and 55.
60 seconds), the 500 freestyle (5:21.52), and swam the anchor legs of the winning 200 freestyle (1:39.87) and 400 freestyle (3:40.
36) relay teams. Zander Enslinger was on both of those relay teams with him, too. Asha Northup and Jack Mirly were on the 200 freestyle relay team, while Archie Hinds and Gavin Hill rounded out the 400 freestyle relay team.
Stuart and Eberle were also part of championship winning relay teams. They were on the girls 200 medley (2:14.13) and 400 freestyle (4:24.
16) relay teams. Alea Door and Olalla Hurtado Hernaandez joined them on the 200 medley relay team, while Olivia Ashby and Kennedi Gibbons did so on the 400 freestyle relay team. Stuart added individual titles in the 200 individual medley (2:47.
23) and the 100 breaststroke (1:21.55). .