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Park City High School Miners girls swim team wins 2nd place at state championships

Michele Roepke

Michele Roepke
Feb 22, 2024

Park City High School Miners on the podium at State Championships held at BYU.

Park City High School Miners on the podium at State Championships held at BYU. Photo: Courtesy of PCHS Miners

PROVO, Utah — The Park City High School Miners boys and girls swim teams competed at the state championships on the campus of Brigham Young University (BYU) during their President’s Week break from classes.

Both PCHS swim teams train at the Park City Aquatic Center pool, located adjacent to the Ecker Hill Middle School and managed by the Park City School District. They are coached by Gadi Shamah, who is also the head coach of Park City Swim Club.

Boys Miners swimmers at State. Photo: Courtesy of PCHS Miners
They had 15 total athletes qualify for state (ten girls and five boys) with four boys and eight girls making it to the top 16 finals. The girls placed 2nd and the boys placed 6th against 21 other teams.
 
This is a huge accomplishment for both teams and, in particular, for the girls.
 
The first place team, Ridgeline, had 28 girls competing in finals. Murray finished 3rd. Rounding out the top three for boys were Crimson Cliffs, Murray, and Sky View. Amazingly, the small group of four boys in finals were only 15 points out of 3rd place. Several swimmers earned lifetime best times and qualified for zones and sectionals on both the girls and boys side.
“Park City proved our strength in high school distance events, 200 and 500 free. Our team is young and the future is bright!” Heather Flynn said in a statement. Flynn serves as the assistant coach for the PCHS swim team, head coach for the PCHS water polo team, and head coach for the United water polo team. She added, “Small But Mighty!”
PCHS Miners. Photo: Courtesy of PCHS Miners.
Final Standings Girls:
Ridgeline 292, PC 261, Murray 177
 
Final Standings Boys:
Crimson Cliffs 338, Murray 248.5, Sky View 163, Jordan 161, Mountain Crest 160, PC 148
 
Top 8 Finishers:
3rd  200 Medley R  Lauren Biglow, Anna Klug, Tayte Swenson, Gretchen Lane  1:55.34 
2nd 200 Free Gretchen Lane  1:56.33
3rd 200 Free Lauren Biglow 1:58.73
7th 200 Free Tayte Swenson 2:02.63
8th 50 Free Hannah Quinn 26.19
5th 50 Free Keegan Elgie 21.98
6th 100 Free Hannah Quinn 56.77
5th 100 Free Jamie Taylor 49.20
2nd 500 Free Gretchen Lane 5:13.25
6th 500 Free Tayte Swenson 5:29.87
1st 500 Free Keegan Elgie 4:42.14
5th 500 Free Harrison Bae 4:59.32
7th 200 Free R Anna Klug, Annelise Han, Vivian Bagley, Hannah Quinn 1:46.33
5th 200 Free R Jamie Taylor, Nate Contreras, Harrison Bae, Keegan Elgie 1:31.89
3rd 100 Back Lauren Biglow 1:00.70
7th 100 Breast Annelise Han 1:14.65
1st 400 Free R Lauren Biglow, Hannah Quinn, Tayte Swenson, Gretchen Lane 3:40.69
4th 400 Free R Jamie Taylor, Nate Contreras, Harrison Bae, Keegan Elgie 3:19.97

Michele Roepke
By: Michele Roepke

I've lived in Park City for 30 years but right off the starting line, my journalism professors expressed plaudits after class for writing more so about the small-town sports in the surrounding mountains than the urban updates they assigned. Therefore, I’m on par punning and penning Parkites' pastimes. Turning high and early through my career, I’ve worked communications for The Olympics, the Paralympics and the Special Olympics. Additionally, there's been National Geographic, Patagonia, NCAA, USA Nordic and the United States Library of Congress, so I guess you could say this ain't my first rodeo.

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