Cheyenne Central Wins First Class 4A Girls Swimming State Title Since 2004

Cheyenne Central Wins First 4A Swimming Title Since 2004

Four wins helped the Cheyenne Central girls claim their first Wyoming Class 4A girls swimming and diving state championship since 2004 on Saturday. Indians sophomore Addy DeLay won both the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 backstroke while also anchoring a relay victory.

Central finished the meet with 341 points at the summit of the team standings. Runner-up Jackson secured 268 points, while Laramie took third place with 266 points. Cheyenne East placed 11th with 79 points, and Cheyenne South finished 12th with 72 points.

Record-Setting Performances Lead Indians

DeLay clocked a time of 2 minutes, 12.35 seconds in the 200 individual medley to break a school record. She also touched the wall in 58.27 seconds to win the 100 backstroke.

To cap off the meet, DeLay joined seniors Cate Baker and Norah Meares alongside junior Albany Wood to win the 400 freestyle relay. The squad established a new school standard with a time of 3:38.42.

Senior Ella Reed contributed 414.65 points to repeat as the 1-meter diving state champion. Reed bested Laramie senior Brynlee Enevoldsen by 45 points to secure the diving title.

Individual and Relay Results Across Events

Central athletes placed across multiple events throughout the championship schedule:

DeLay, Wood, juniors Bailey Young, and Laney Gutierrez placed third in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:52.81.
Gutierrez placed fifth in the 200 individual medley in 2:12.57.
The quartet of Baker, Young, Gutierrez, and Mears finished third in the 200 free relay at 1:43.52.
Wood and junior Brinlee Batson placed fourth and eighth in the 200 free, clocking 1:58.75 and 2:04.32, respectively.
Baker placed third in the 50 freestyle in 25.03 seconds and sixth in the 100 free at 54.85.
Senior Mikayla Grover took fifth in the 500 free with a time of 5:29.00, while Batson placed eighth in 5:40.14.
Young and Wood finished fifth and sixth in the 100 breaststroke, recording times of 1:10.29 and 1:10.47.

Cheyenne East competitors also scored points in individual finals. Sophomore Stella Courtney took fourth place in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:09.67 and finished eighth in the 50 free at 25.72 seconds. Senior Jaelyn Brown and sophomore Charlee White placed fourth and fifth in the 100 butterfly, finishing in 1:02.97 and 1:03.24, respectively.

The state championship marks the fourth title in Cheyenne Central school history. The Indians previously won the state crown in 1986, 2003, and 2004.