Anderson Leads Tigers to Fourth-Place Finish at Cheyenne Invite

Anderson Leads Tigers to Fourth-Place Finish at Cheyenne Invite

CHEYENNE – After winning the Evanston Invite last weekend, the Rock Springs returned to the pool to bring home a fourth-place finish at the Cheyenne Invitational on Saturday.

With most of the 4A favorites in the field, the Tigers scored 146 points to finish in the fourth position. They were only nine points out of the top three. Campbell County dominated with 266 points while Laramie followed in second with 174.5. It was Kelly Walsh who just edged out Rock Springs for third with 155 points. Scottsbluff rounded out the top five.

Individually, Darwin Anderson continued to pace the team bringing home two more titles. In a close 200 free, Anderson just touched in front of Green River’s Michael Richmond to take the title. Anderson finished with a time of 1:47.64 while Richmond followed in 1:47.85. Teammate Bryan Monzon finished seventh with a 1:55.78.

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Anderson’s second title came in the 500 free. He paced the field by over three seconds with a time of 4:55.07. Ron DeFauw brought home a top five in the event finishing fourth with a time of 5:19.49. Parker Newberg came in eighth.

Other Rock Springs top ten’s included Newberg who finished sixth in the 200 IM, James Spicer who finished sixth 100 fly, Monzon who finished eighth in the 100 free, DeFauw who finished fourth in the 100 back and Kade Thomas who finished seventh in the 100 breaststroke.

Cheyenne Invite Results

Team Scores

1 Campbell County, 266
2 Laramie, 174.5
3 Kelly Walsh. 155
4 Rock Springs, 146
5 Scottsbluff, 144
6 Green River, 104
7 Cheyenne South 101.5
8 Sheridan 94
9 Cheyenne East 82
10 Cheyenne Central 62
11 Evanston 48
12 Riverton 4

Individual Results

200 Yard Medley Relay

Top time and RSHS finishes

1 Campbell County A, 1:44.01

6 Rock Springs A 1:48.90

Ron DeFauw, Kade Thomas, James Spicer, Parker Newberg

20 Rock Springs B, 2:20.04

Zakary Ross, Johnathan Even, Conley Searle, Anthony Erramouspe

200 Yard Free

1 Darwin Anderson, 1:47.64

7 Bryan Monzon,  1:55.78

200 Yard IM

1 Oscar Patten, Sheridan, 2:06.43

6 Parker Newberg, 2:13.82

11 Kade Thomas, 2:18.71

28 Anthony Erramouspe, 2:47.19

50 Yard Free

1 Gunnar Poley, Campbell, 22.38

11 James Spicer, 24.11

33  Conley Searle, 27.22

61 Zakary Ross, 30.53

69 Trevor Lansberry, 31.72

74 Sam Smith, 32.97

78 Bradyn Conover, 33.62

1 mtr Diving

1 Tyler Williams, Campbell, 490.55

18 Johnathan Even,  213.85

100 Yard Fly

1 Michael Richmond, Green River, 55.43

6 James Spicer, 58.05

29 Conley Searle, 1:15.11

32 Anthony Erramouspe, 1:20.03

100 Yard Free

1 Ty Conklin, Campbell, 49.17

8 Bryan Monzon, 53.02

48 Trevor Lansberry,  1:09.96

59 Sam Smith, 1:13.99

67 Bradyn Conover, 1:26.28

500 Yard Free

1 Darwin Anderson, 4:55.07

4 Ron DeFauw, 5:19.49

8 Parker Newberg, 5:33.99

200 Yard Free Relay

1 Campbell County A, 1:31.70

9 Rock Springs A, 1:38.25

Bryan Monzon, Kade Thomas, Parker Newberg, Darwin Anderson

21 Rock Springs B, 1:55.82

Conley Searle, Zakary Ross, Anthony Erramouspe, Johnathan Even

100 Yard Back

1 Gunnar Poley, Campbell, 54.76

4 Ron DeFauw, 1:00.24

22 Zakary Ross, 1:18.97

100 Yard Breast

1 Trevor Morton, Campbell, 1:03.08

7 Kade Thomas, 1:08.92

400 Yard Free Relay

1 Scottsbluff A, 3:25.14

5 Rock Springs A, 3:30.68

James Spicer, Ron DeFauw, Bryan Monzon, Darwin Anderson


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