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Discovery Canyon’s Alaia Sloan wins 100 fly, 100 backstroke titles at state; Thunder place third
THORNTON — Alaia Sloan entered the finals with a humble approach. Sloan earned the top seed in both the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke for Saturday’s finals at the 3A state swimming and diving championships and recognized that her seeding meant nothing. Sloan still had to race both events to win first. Well, she did.…
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Discovery Canyon’s Alaia Sloan wins 100 fly, 100 backstroke titles at state; Thunder place third
Alaia Sloan entered the finals with a humble approach. Sloan earned the top seed in both the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke for the finals at the 3A state swimming and diving championships and recognized that her seeding meant nothing. Sloan still had to race both events to win first. Well, she did. The Thunder…
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Cheyenne Mountain finishes second at state, Lewis-Palmer places fourth as Grace Perry breaks record
THORNTON — Cheyenne Mountain athletes beamed as they walked toward the podium to collect their trophy. The Red-Tailed Hawks scored 264 points and finished as runners-up Friday at Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center a year after winning the 4A championship. While the swimmers and divers were uncertain of how the two-day event would conclude, coach Kate…
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Cheyenne Mountain opens state swimming and diving with strong day, Lewis-Palmer shines in prelims
Cheyenne Mountain opened the 4A state swimming and diving meet with strong performances from its swath of competitors at Veterans Memorial Aquatics Center. Hailey Birkby led the defending champion Red-Tailed Hawks during Thursday’s prelims and finished first in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 57.72 seconds. Birkby finished second in the 50-yard freestyle at…
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Boys’ swimming and diving Peak Performer: Coronado’s Hudson Newsom built for this moment
No need to ask who placed first in the 4A 100-yard breaststroke at the state swimming and diving meet this season. Hudson Newsom is happy to share the results. Newsom entered the race at Veterans Memorial Aquatics Center in May as the top seed and that’s how the Coronado senior left the event. Newsom scorched…
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Gazette Preps Lookahead: Previewing the upcoming week in sports
State and regional competitions will begin soon as area athletes prep for the road to a championship. Here are the notable contests and happenings in the Pikes Peak region this week. The below information is official as of Wednesday afternoon. Compelling contests Boys basketball Lewis-Palmer at Discovery Canyon, 6 p.m. Thursday After Lewis-Palmer’s 74-59 victory…
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Gazette Preps lookahead: Previewing this week’s notable contests
Snow put a damper on a handful of games recently, but next week’s slate will provide prep sports lovers with a serving of tremendous competition. Here is a look at upcoming events this week. Compelling contests Boys basketball Doherty at Liberty, 7 p.m. Wednesday In their previous eight meetings with the Lancers, the Spartans hold…
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Air Academy hopeful for return to home contests for its winter athletes
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The road trip for Air Academy winter athletes is expected to end soon. Kadet boys wrestling, girls and boys basketball each have home contests scheduled within the next week on their Pikes Peak Athletic Conference page as of Tuesday evening. Since Jan. 4, when installation…