Author: Angie Disalvo

FORT COLLINS – Laura Day just made her mailman’s job a lot harder. The Lewis-Palmer junior put up the Pikes Peak area’s top finish Saturday in the 5A state swimming and diving finals, taking second in the 100-yard breaststroke. Day’s time of 1:04.41 – a personal best and school record – was .37 of a…

FORT COLLINS • Ask anyone – coach, athlete or fan – at the Class 5A state girls’ swim meet to describe Regis Jesuit sophomore Missy Franklin, and the first response almost always is a long pause followed by some stuttering. Rampart coach Pat Burch was the exception, immediately saying “awesome.” But, really, Franklin is the kind of awesome…

FORT COLLINS – Laura Day just made her mailman’s job a lot harder. The Lewis-Palmer junior put up the Pikes Peak area’s top finish Saturday in the 5A state swimming and diving finals, taking second in the 100-yard breaststroke. Lewis-Palmer’s Laura Day went fast enugh in the 100-yard breaststroke Saturday that college should be calling.…

FORT COLLINS – Lewis-Palmer is back up to Class 5A after a three-year hiatus. But you wouldn’t know it by Laura Day’s performance. The junior, who won the 4A 100-yard breaststroke last year, had the second-best time in Friday’s 5A preliminaries at Edora Pool Ice Center. Day and diver Chandler Marshall, who will compete in…

FORT COLLINS • Lewis-Palmer’s Alex Claude is out for redemption. And she didn’t waste any time finding it Friday at the Class 5A state swimming and diving meet. Claude swam the opening backstroke leg of the Rangers’ 200-yard medley relay — the first event of the day — that finished fifth in preliminaries, good enough…

Colorado has zero miles of coastline, isn’t known for lakes and most of its streams and rivers are too rugged — or cold — for a dip. But when it comes to racing in the water, female high school athletes from the Centennial State leave others in their wake. “The girls in Colorado are the…

Note: Top 16 after prelims advance to the finals. Seeds Nos. 9-16 race in the consolation finals. The top eight seeds race in the finals. 4A Where: Mountain View High School, Loveland Schedule: Swim prelims—4 p.m. Friday; diving prelims—9 a.m. Saturday; swim and diving finals—2 p.m. Saturday AIR ACADEMY Participants: Annie Lunt 100-yard backstroke (28th);…

Colorado has zero miles of coastline, isn’t known for lakes and most of its streams and rivers are too rugged — or cold — for a dip. But when it comes to racing in the water, female high school athletes from the Centennial State leave others in their wake. “The girls in Colorado are the…

PUEBLO • Forget the Sophomore Slump and meet the Sophomore Swagger. Six of the eight individual races during Saturday’s girls’ swimming finals at the Hornet Invitational at Pueblo County High School Natatorium were won by sophomores. So what gives? Air Force’s Jacques Lamoureux, left, had his hockey stick trapped by Dax Lauwers of Army during the…

PUEBLO • Forget the Sophomore Slump and meet the Sophomore Swagger. Six of the eight individual races during Saturday’s girls’ swimming finals at the Hornet Invitational at Pueblo County High School Natatorium were won by sophomores. So what gives? “Sophomores are the best class,” said Lewis-Palmer’s Karin Roh, who finished first in the 50-yard freestyle. “Just…