Cd'A's Curtis, Dietz capture state titles

BOISE — Coeur d’Alene High juniors Cole Curtis and Emily Dietz won state championships Saturday at the state high school swim meet at the Boise City Aquatics Center.

Curtis won the boys 100-yard breaststroke, and Dietz captured the girls 100 backstroke.

Coeur d’Alene’s boys, the two-time defending state champions, finished second to Boise. Boise totaled 329 points, Coeur d’Alene 231.

Boise also won the girls title. Coeur d’Alene was fifth.

“The team swam hard and posted many best times,” Coeur d’Alene coach Rich Swoboda said. “Excellent finish for the boys and girls. Anytime you finish in the top five out of 72 teams, thats a strong team.

“Boise is going to be tough to beat. They brought twice as many state qualifiers to the meet over the second-largest team (Coeur d’Alene). In order to compete with that we are going to need more pool space — competitive pool space is maxed — to allow our year-round club teams to grow.”

Coeur d’Alene junior Gabe Markowski finished second in the boys 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke. Teammate Karter Rasmussen, a sophomore, was third in the 500 freestyle. Coeur d’Alene was also second in the 200 medley relay and third in the 200 freestyle relay.

Post Falls junior Ian Rector was fourth in the boys 100 backstroke and fifth in the 200 individual medley.

Lake City sophomore Aren Kariotis was fifth in the boys 50 freestyle, seventh in the 100 butterfly, and also swam on the 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay, both of which placed in the top eight.

WINNERS, LOCALS IN TOP 8

BOYS

TEAM SCORES (winner, locals) — 1, Boise 329. 2, Coeur d’Alene 231. 9, Lake City 94. 10, Moscow 71. 12 (tie), Sandpoint 57. 16 (tie), Post Falls 45. 33 (tie), Lakeland 1.

200-yard medley relay — 1, Boise, 1:40.64. 2, Coeur d’Alene (Caleb Markowski, Cole Curtis, Sam Fredrickson, Karter Rasmussen), 1:41.30. 6, Lake City (Tom Loftus, Mark Sego, Aren Kariotis, Brian Penney), 1:47.82.

200 freestyle — 1, Luke Yost, Boise, 1:40.98 (state record; old, 1:41.42, Ethan Griffel, 2009). 5, Karter Rasmussen, Coeur d’Alene, 1:50.46. 8, Tristan Whiting, Coeur d’Alene, 1:52.18.

200 individual medley — 1, Cy Jager, Moscow, 1:53.73. 5, Ian Rector, Post Falls, 2:05.20.

50 freestyle — 1, Thomas Roark, Bishop Kelly, 20.96. 2, Gabe Markowski, Coeur d’Alene, 22.21. 5, Aren Kariotis, Lake City, 23.19.

100 butterfly — 1, Andrew Clifford, Meridian, 51.22. 6, Cole Curtis, Coeur d’Alene, 53.94. 7, Aren Kariotis, Lake City, 55.81.

100 freestyle — 1, Thomas Roark, Bishop Kelly, 46.24.

500 freestyle — 1, Luke Yost, Boise, 4:39.48. 3, Karter Rasmussen, Coeur d’Alene, 4:57.89. 6, Tristan Whiting, Coeur d’Alene, 5:03.62.

200 freestyle relay — 1, Capital, 1:31.84. 3, Coeur d’Alene (Gabe Markowski, Tristan Whiting, Karter Rasmussen, Troy Hannon), 1:33.26.

100 backstroke — 1, Jackson Cunningham, Mountain View, 52.97. 2, Gabe Markowski, Coeur d’Alene, 55.16.

100 breaststroke — 1, Cole Curtis, Coeur d’Alene, 59.82. 4, Ian Rector, Post Falls, 1:02.28.

400 freestyle relay — 1, Boise, 3:13.58. 5, Coeur d’Alene (Tristan Whiting, Caleb Markowski, Sam Fredrickson, Cole Curtis), 3:31.14. 6, Lake City (Aren Kariotis, Jack Bukowski, Tom Loftus, Brian Penney), 3:31.64. 7, Sandpoint (Seth Bamer, Garrett Bamer, Miles Luce, Jacob Ballard), 3:35.52.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES (winner, locals) — 1, Boise 437. 5 (tie), Coeur d’Alene 138. 8, Lake City 105. 10, Sandpoint 70. 11, Moscow 66. 15 (tie), Post Falls 38. 23, Lewiston 21. 30 (tie), Lakeland 6.

200-yard medley relay — 1, Boise, 1:46.83 (state record; old, 1:47.23, Boise, 2015). 4, Coeur d’Alene (Emily Dietz, Micah Hudlet, Riley Fowler, Kathryn Moon), 1:53.81. 5, Lake City (Hailey Pierce, Brianne Gundlach, Alisa Felshaw, Sara Kaitz), 1:55.51.

200 freestyle — 1, Eva Suggs, Timberline, 1:53.04.

200 individual medley — 1, Charity Pittard, Rocky Mountain, 2:04.00. 6, Micah Hudlet, Coeur d’Alene, 2:14.10.

50 freestyle — 1, Isabella Rhodes, Calvary Chapel Christian School, 23.59 (state record; old, 23.62, Kjirsten Magnuson, Lake City, 2010). 3, Payton Bokowy, Sandpoint, 24.12. 6, Emily Dietz, Coeur d’Alene, 25.02.

100 butterfly — 1, Abbey Erwin, Boise, 56.95.

100 freestyle — 1, Sol Jorunnardottir, Borah, 51.87. 3, Payton Bokowy, Sandpoint, 52.04. 7, Hailey Pierce, Lake City, 54.33.

500 freestyle — 1, Abbey Erwin, Boise, 4:56.67.

200 freestyle relay — 1, Boise, 1:38.92 (state record; old, 1:40.70, Boise, 2015). 7, Sandpoint (Sierra Speakman, Ellie McCray, Payton Bokowy, Mikayla Schoening), 1:47.59.

100 backstroke — 1, Emily Dietz, Coeur d’Alene, 58.71. 6, Hailey Pierce, Lake City, 1:00.32.

100 breaststroke — 1, Sammie Eyolfson, Boise, 1:03.99 (state record; old, 1:04.37, Paulina Grabow, Sandpoint, 2008). 4, Micah Hudlet, Coeur d’Alene, 1:07.21.

400 freestyle relay — 1, Boise, 3:35.11. 4, Lake City (Sara Kaitz, Toriana Wilson, Brianne Gundlach, Hailey Pierce), 3:48.64. 5, Coeur d’Alene (Kathryn Moon, Riley Fowler, Rylie Rasmussen, Micah Hudlet), 3:53.64.