Five Lady Panthers swam in the regional finals last Saturday in Grand Junction.
Regionals concluded the season for Montezuma-Cortez High School swimming at Colorado Mesa University.
The highlight for M-CHS was the 200-freestyle relay team of Madison VanBibber, Meggie Curtis, Elana Cope and Emily Harris broke the 2-minute mark at 1:58.99. Breaking two minutes was a season goal and the girls met it.
Its significant that they broke two minutes. I told them all season that they could do it. They smashed that two minute barrier, Lady Panthers coach Ann Hight said proudly.
In addition to the 200-free relay team, sophomore Amanda Haukeness made the regional finals. She swam her first relay in the 200-medley with VanBibber, Curtis and Harris. The quartet took 16th in 2:23.27.
This was Amanda Haukeness first time on the relay and she rose to the challenge, Hight said. I was quite pleased with her performance.
Curtis, Harris and Cope all placed 13th in the 200-free (2:27.18), 200-Individual Medley (2:39.59) and 500-free (6:38.51). Curtis and Harris each dropped six seconds in their times, while Cope improved by 13 seconds.
I was very pleased. The girls all significantly improved over the weekend, Hight said. All the girls that didnt make the finals, still had new personal records. All the girls came together and performed outstanding.
