Lady Finish 10th at State With Podium Swims and Personal Bests
| Place | Participant | Place | Relay Titles | Individual Titles | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 509 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 379 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 280 | |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 230 | |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 178 | |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 135 | |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 127 | |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 115 | |
| 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 103 | |
| 10 |  | 10 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
NEWCASTLE, Wyo. - Lady Dogies scored 86 points to finish 10th at the Girls 3A State Swimming & Diving Championships on Thursday, Nov. 5, and Friday, Nov. 6, at the CCSD Aquatic Center in Gillette. Newcastle was the meet’s smallest team with seven athletes, but every swimmer advanced to Friday’s finals, along with two freestyle relays.
In a fast championship meet that featured several pool records and at least one state record, Allie Lunstra earned Newcastle’s highest individual finish. Lunstra placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:07.67 and fifth in the 100 butterfly in 1:06.17, reaching the podium in both events. The butterfly final was 0.73 seconds faster than Lunstra’s preliminary swim, and her time in the 200 Free moved her into the Top-10 ranks within the Lady Dogie swim program.
Shelby Smith won the 100 backstroke consolation final, climbing from 12th in preliminaries to ninth overall in 1:10.82. The junior recorded back-to-back personal bests for a three-second improvement, with the final swim finishing a second faster than the eighth-place swimmer’s time in the championship final. Smith also scored in the 200 individual medley, placing 15th in 2:43.23.
Macy Steber broke through a season-long goal of swimming under 1:05 in the open 100 freestyle. The sophomore posted consecutive personal bests, qualifying 14th in 1:05.12 before finishing 15th in 1:04.32. Madalyn Francis added scoring depth in 1-meter diving with a 13th-place finish and 152.85 points.
Lunstra, Lillian Lopez, Smith and Steber combined for another podium finish in the 400 freestyle relay, placing eighth in 4:27.25. Their preliminary time of 4:23.22 was a season best and qualified the relay seventh. Smith produced back-to-back personal-best 100 freestyle splits on the third leg, improving by one second over the meet.
The 200 freestyle relay supplied another consolation victory and ninth-place points. Smith, Lopez, Natalie Dean and Chevy Bryan set a season best of 2:09.57 in preliminaries before Francis replaced Smith on the opening leg for Friday’s 2:10.44 final. Newcastle’s 200 medley relay of Steber, Dean, Francis and Bryan was disqualified in preliminaries.
Relay swims also delivered personal milestones throughout the lineup. Lopez improved by two seconds in the 50 freestyle and four seconds in the 100 freestyle. Bryan posted consecutive personal bests while anchoring the 200 freestyle relay, achieving a one-second improvement. Dean also improved by one second with back-to-back personal bests on the third leg, lowering the split from 34.16 in preliminaries to 33.47 in the final.
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