Bailey Kovac swimming the 200 meter breaststroke. Photo Credit: Bailey Kovac
Bailey Kovac swimming the 200 meter breaststroke. Photo Credit: Bailey Kovac

Fossil girls swimming unstoppable at Front Range Conference meet

Bailey Kovac swimming the 200 meter breaststroke. Photo Credit: Bailey Kovac

On Friday, February 3, Fossil Ridge High School girls’ swimming gave it their all at  the Front Range swim meet. In return, the Sabercats obtained a victory that blew the rest of the competition out of the water. With Fossil winning 8 out of the 12 events, the ridge sure showed their dominance as a school.

Taylor Jackson from Mountain Range finished first in the 100 meter freestyle event. She finished with a total of 486.15 points. No one from Fossil was able to place in the top three for this event.

Fossil’s Coleen Gillilan finished first in the 50 meter freestyle with a final time of 00:24.04. Note, Gillian has been recovering from an injury, but she is still turning out wins for her team. Legacy High School’s Shannon Farren finished second with 00:24.04 as her final time.

Fossil’s Zoe Bartel finished first in the 100 meter freestyle event with a final time of 00:52.06. Bartel also went on to place first in the 100 meter breaststroke, she had a time of 01:02.13.

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The 100 meter butterfly and 100 meter backstroke event was won by Fossil’s Kylee Alons, she completed the butterfly event with a final time of 00:54.33. She finished the backstroke event with a finishing time of 00:54.72.

Fossil did not place in the top three during the 200 meter freestyle. Instead, Loveland HIgh School’s Erin Lang placed first with a final time of 01:54.92.

Emily Barrier from Rocky Mountain High School placed first in the 200 meter individual medley, she finished with a time of 02:06.10. Fossil’s Bayley Stewart and Bailey Kovac trailed right behind Barrier. Stewart placed second with a time of 02:07.48. Kovac placed third with a preliminary time of 02:07.48.

The 500 meter freestyle was won by Greeley West High School’s Josie Carpenter. Carpenter finished with a final time of 05:10.61. Fossil’s Cameron Kovac placed second with 05:10.94 as her final time.

Fossil Ridge went on to place first in all 3 of the relay events during the conference meet. The 200 meter freestyle relay was completed in 01:34.79. Fossil finished first in the 200 meter medley relay with a final time of 01:45.97. Finally, the ridge prevailed further by placing first in the 400 meter Freestyle relay with a finishing time of 03:29.39   
Fossil Ridge will go on to compete in the State finals this Thursday and Friday February 9 and 10. Come out to support your local Sabercats.   

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    Sadie EllsworthFeb 8, 2017 at 5:52 pm

    I appreciate the depth of information in this article. I also enjoyed the picture, but I think there could be more pictures. Over all I enjoyed the article.

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    Eric HaabestadFeb 7, 2017 at 8:47 am

    I really enjoy the amount of information provided by the times and the event. Despite missing the actual event, I feel like I can have an intelligent conversation with someone who was.

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    Citlalli GarciaFeb 7, 2017 at 8:25 am

    Really good and simple information on the meet. Really good how they mentioned the other teams playing and their scores. It’s really more neutral writing, than picking a side over the other.

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    Rachel BoyleFeb 7, 2017 at 8:09 am

    I like how you added the times on the final times. The article is very descriptive and informative. More pictures/ different pictures than the cover could be added.

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    BradyFeb 7, 2017 at 8:07 am

    In the article with Gillilan winning the 50 free, it says her and second place got the same time. Did they tie?

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    Simon KrebsbachFeb 7, 2017 at 8:04 am

    Really good summary of the swim meet. The Fossil girls were covered and talked about but the other schools swimmers were also covered showing some non bias. There was a lot of good detail and useful information.

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    Mason FowlerFeb 7, 2017 at 8:01 am

    I really liked that kids from other schools were in the article so we could see who won that event.

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    Nick AndersonFeb 7, 2017 at 7:57 am

    Good job Gavin. I’m sure the girls are happy you didnt insult them in this swimming article.

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