GREEN RIVER — Green River High School hosted top swimming talent in the final meet before the new year, with local swimmers notching great times in front of the home crowd.
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In the 200-yard medley relay, Green River’s team of Sam Dockter, Murdoch Crowell, Aiden Neher and Colin Lee took second with a time of 1:50.61. Evanston took first in the event (1:47.44). Rock Springs’ Koen Asper took first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:55.21, and Lance Lauriski-Adams of Green River took third at 2:00.99.
Sweetwater County was well represented in the 200-yard individual medley. Bennett Bonsell of Rock Springs took second at 2:18.71, Aiden Neher of Green River was right behind in third (2:24.75). Murdoch Crowell took fifth for the Wolves, finishing in 2:29.34. In the 50-yard freestyle event, Kylan Clark took fifth for Rock Springs (25.01).
The 100-yard butterfly went well for our local teams. Lyman’s Evan Bentley took first, followed by Sam Dockter (59.17) and Aiden Neher (1:00.61) of Green River, Bennett Bonsell (1:02.41) of Rock Springs, and Jacob Britton (1:04.85) for Green River. Koen Asper (Rock Springs) took the gold in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 49.20.
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Noah Ribordy of Rock Springs took third in the 500-yard freestyle, finishing in 5:43.24. For Green River, Lance Lauriski-Adams took fourth with a time of 5:43.92. Rock Springs and Green River took third and fourth, respectively, in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The Tigers team of Bennett Bonsell, Kylan Clark, Koen Asper and Nick Moser finished in 1:39.08. Green River’s team of Mitchell Horn, Lance Lauriski-Adams, Murdoch Crowell and Colin Lee followed with a time of 1:39.84.
Sam Dockter won the 100-yard backstroke event for Green River with a final time of 59.65, the only competitor to finish the event in under a minute. Skyler Hossele took the next event for Rock Springs, finishing the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:12.81.
Closing out the event, in the 400-yard freestyle relay, Green River’s team of Mitchell Horn, Lance Lauriski-Adams, Sam Dockter and Aiden Neher took second (3:39.35). Rock Springs took third in the event, as Noah Ribordy, Koen Asper, Kylan Clark and Bennett Bonsell finished with a time of 3:39.77.