STATE 5A, 4A SWIMMING: Lake City champs: Timberwolf girls capture first state title; Robillard repeats for Lake City boys

BOISE — With only two automatic bids per event to the state 5A meet, Lake City coach Shelly Sobek wasn’t quite sure what to expect when it came to her girls program, and their chances to win a state title at the West Valley YMCA and Boise Aquatics Center.

Sure, they had some wild cards in there.

Suddenly, it turned all aces for the Timberwolves.

Sophomore Gabby Garasky won the state title in the 100-yard freestyle, then swam the anchor leg of the winning 400 freestyle relay as Lake City edged Boise 230.5 points to 221.5 on Saturday for the program’s first state team title.

“Both were nerve-wracking,” Garasky said. “In the 100, I knew I wanted to place first and had some personal expectations of myself. In the relay, I knew my teammates were relying on me. I had a suspicion that we needed to win and needed to pull through.”

Once wild cards were determined last Monday, Sobek began to like her team’s chances.

“I had a good idea that we could contend with some good athletes coming up,” Sobek said. “This year, with the changes and only two automatic bids from our district, I wasn’t certain our kids could do it. To win a state title, we had to get some wild cards and our athletes had to step up and fight their way in. Once I knew how many wild cards we had, I knew they had a shot and things looked pretty good.”

Last year’s state swim meet was all virtual, with times from regional qualifying meets being used to determine state placing.

Not this time around.

“Last year, we didn’t get an experience like this,” Garasky said. “For my first state experience, it was the best feeling ever.”

Lake City senior Logan Robillard, who won a virtual state title in the 200 freestyle in 2020, repeated in the event Saturday, then added a title in the 500 freestyle.

“There was some good competition for sure,” said Robillard, who has committed to Division II Northern Michigan in Marquette, Mich., where he’ll swim distance events. “I just wanted to win that event (200 freestyle) and show how capable I can be.”

Boise had won the previous three girls state team titles.

“Boise always puts up a good fight,” Lake City senior Julia Pierce said. “Our coach didn’t want to tell us how close the team scoring was, but we just knew we had to go out and fight as hard as we could.”

Sophomore Riley Taylor was runner-up in the 200 individual medley and 200 backstroke for Lake City and was part of the 400 freestyle relay team.

“During the whole race, my arms and legs were dead tired,” Taylor said. “I just had to push through and do it for my teammates.”

Coeur d’Alene senior Mason Groth was runner-up in the 100 butterfly.

Boise won its fourth straight boys title.

4A: The Sandpoint 200 freestyle relay team of juniors Emily Ballard and Maren Davidson and freshmen Ava de Leeuw and Ryleigh Bamer won in 1 minute, 48.83 seconds, helping the Bulldogs to a runner-up finish.

Bamer was also runner-up in the 100 butterfly for the Bulldogs, who finished second to Bishop Kelly of Boise.

Lakeland senior Annika Olson, seeded first in the 100 breaststroke, was disqualified after false-starting in the finals.

“It was an unbelievable race put in by one hell of a tough kid,” Lakeland coach Rob Urbaniak said. “She competed as hard as we knew she would. At the 50 (yard mark), she was slightly behind, but rallied to touch the wall for what could have been Lakeland’s first swimming title. However, she flinched just before she set and was disqualified due to a false start. The stat sheet reflects a DQ, but that was a gutsy performance of a champion, regardless of what the result says.”

Sandpoint junior Caleb Norling (200 freestyle) and senior Hayden Leavitt (50 freestyle) were runners-up in their respective events for the Bulldogs, who finished fourth.

Bishop Kelly also won the boys team title.

5A

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Boise 256. 2, Timberline 172. 3, Lake City 154. 4, Idaho Falls 132. 5, Thunder Ridge 98. 6, Meridian 95. 7 (tie), Eagle, Coeur d’Alene 77. 9, Centennial 57. 10, Mountain View 37. 11, Lewiston 30. 12, Post Falls 26. 13, Madison 16. 14, Owyhee 11. 15, Rocky Mountain 7. 16, Capital 3.

(Winners, locals in top 8)

200-yard medley relay — 1, Boise (Ben Stucky, Connor Pentzer, Tyler Quarterman, Milo Shue), 1:37.02 (meet record; old, Boise, 2019, 1:38.48). 6, Coeur d’Alene (Keegan Ludwig, Nicholas Patrick, Mason Groth, Isaac Thorpe), 1:46.20. 8, Lake City (Benjamin Linford, John Fritz, Zach Linford, Christian Castaneda), 1:50.79.

200 freestyle — 1, Logan Robillard, Lake City, 1:44.10. 4, Steven Griffith, Lake City, 1:56.30.

200 individual medley — 1, Ben Stucky, Boise, 1:57.14. 3, Mason Groth, Coeur d’Alene, 2:03.39. 8, Nicholas Patrick, Coeur d’Alene, 2:12.40.

50 freestyle — 1, Terungwa Tardzer, Centennial, 21.48. 6, Zachary Castaneda, Lake City, 22.66. 8, Isaac Thorpe, Coeur d’Alene, 23.03.

100 butterfly — 1, Tyler Quarterman, Boise, 52.08. 2, Mason Groth, Coeur d’Alene, 52.69.

100 freestyle — 1, Milo Shue, Boise, 47.62. 4, Zachary Castaneda, Lake City, 48.83.

500 freestyle — 1, Logan Robillard, Lake City, 4;42.28. 3, John Fritz, Lake City, 5:10.18. 5, Steven Griffith, 5;12.38.

200 freestyle relay — 1, Timberline (Callen Tolman, Alec Ott, Adam Peitz, Max Wolf), 1:31.59. 5, Lake City (Christian Castaneda, Zachary Castaneda, Steven Griffith, Logan Robillard), 1:33.31. 8, Post Falls (Charles Daniel Sharples, Jonas Malone, Ryder Koch, Dylan Rieben), 1:37.25.

100 backstroke — 1, Ben Stucky, Boise, 51.62. 3, Benjamin Linford, Lake City, 56.27.

100 breaststroke — 1, Max Wolf, Timberline, 57.31 (meet record; old, Wolf, 2019, 1:00.12). 8, Ryder Koch, Post Falls, 1:05.53.

400 freestyle relay — 1, Boise (Ben Stucky, Tyler Quarterman, Evan Jordan, Milo Shue), 3:16.38 (meet record; old, Boise, 2019, 3:17.62). 2, Lake City (Benjamin Linford, Steven Griffith, Zachary Castaneda, Logan Robillard), 3:23.50. 6, Coeur d’Alene (Isaac Thorpe, Cooper Ray, Nicholas Patrick, Mason Groth), 3:31.01.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Lake City 230.5. 2, Boise 221.5. 3, Skyview 179.5. 4, Rocky Mountain 159. 5, Timberline 136. 6, Eagle 69. 7, Capital 56. 8, Coeur d’Alene 46. 9, Mountain View 39. 10, Highland 32. 11, Meridian 19. 12, Thunder Ridge 18.5. 13 (tie), Boise, Owyhee 13. 15, Centennial 10. 16, Lewiston 9. 17, Rigby 8. 18, Post Falls 4. 19, Idaho Falls 3.

(Winners, locals in top 8)

200-yard medley relay — 1, Skyview (Nicole Dumitrascu, Sadie Schaffer, Brianna Ruark, Analee Schaffer), 1:49.79. 3, Lake City (Riley Taylor, Trista Slife, Demi Blaylock, Julia Pierce), 1:52.25. 8, Coeur d’Alene (Alena Gonzalez, Kaycee Skelton, Ashley Schneider, Kaleigh Goetz), 2:04.

200 freestyle — 1, Kayla Wieckowski, Boise, 1:54.29. 2, Gabby Garasky, Lake City, 1:56.52. 5, Emma Fritz, Lake City, 2:02.27.

200 individual medley — 1, Jillian Moses, Timberline, 2:08.20. 2, Riley Taylor, Lake City, 2:09.58. 6, Trista Slife, Lake City, 2:19.91.

50 freestyle — 1, Ansley Pittard, Rocky Mountain, 24.57. 4, Julia Pierce, Lake City, 25.18.

100 butterfly — 1, Brianna Ruark, Skyview, 56.72#; previous, Haylee Buyers, 2018, 57.79. 5, Demi Blaylock, Lake City, 1:02.38.

100 freestyle — 1, Gabby Garasky, Lake City, 53.54. 6, Julia Pierce, Lake City, 54.76. 7, Emma Fritz, Lake City, 55.81.

500 freestyle — 1, Kayla Wieckowski, Boise, 5:06.46. 2, Pema Anain, Lake City, 5:33.56.

200 freestyle relay — 1, Boise (Ella Bureau, Sofia Shuler, Aubrey Bureau, Kayla Wieckowski), 1:40.03 (meet record: old, Skyview, 2019, 1:40.17. 2, Lake City (Emma Fritz, Trista Slife, Demi Blaylock, Gabby Garasky), 1:42.32. 6, Coeur d’Alene (Camden Cotant, Simone Gonzalez, Kaycee Skelton, Sophia Goodson), 1:48.99.

100 backstroke — 1, Nicole Dumitrascu, Skyview, 58.36. 2, Riley Taylor, Lake City, 58.39.

100 breaststroke — 1, Jillian Moses, Timberline, 1:05.39. 5, Trista Slife, Lake City, 1:10.46. 6, Demi Blaylock, Lake City, 1:11.76.

400 freestyle relay — 1, Lake City (Emma Fritz, Riley Taylor, Julia Pierce, Gabby Garasky), 3:37.17 (meet record; old, Boise, 2019, 3:39.07).

4A

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Bishop Kelly 179. 2, Moscow 162. 3, Skyline 121. 4, Sandpoint 116. 5, Century 106. 6, Twin Falls 83. 7, Burley 81. 8, Middleton 60. 9, Canyon Ridge 56. 10, Jerome 49. 11 (tie), Minico, Lighthouse Christian 47. 13, Wood River 32. 14, Declo 26. 15, Oakley 22. 16, Nampa Christian 16. 17 (tie), Bonneville, Lakeland 10. 19, Riverstone 9. 20, Kimberly 8. 21, Ridgevue 4. 22 (tie), Vision Charter, Hillcrest 1.

(Winners, locals in top 8)

200-yard medley relay — 1, Bishop Kelly (Shae Stratton, Jake Martinez, Cameron Schauer, Ryan Gudmestad), 1:42:19 (meet record; old, Bishop Kelly, 2010, 1:43.10).

200 freestyle — 1, Gavin Dustin, Skyline, 1:46.19 (meet record; old, Gabe Machado, Bishop Kelly, 2019, 1:48.09). 2, Caleb Norling, Sandpoint, 1:49.11.

200 individual medley — 1, Caleb Daniel, Skyline, 2:05.97. 5, Jack Grzincic, Sandpoint, 2:13.99.

50 freestyle — 1, Jackson Rasmussen, Burley, 21.95 (meet record; old, Riccardo Moschen, Vision Charter, 2018, 21.96). 2, Hayden Leavitt, Sandpoint, 22.02.

100 butterfly — 1, Reid Johnson, Moscow, 53.06. 8, Jack Grzincic, Sandpoint, 59.16.

100 freestyle — 1, Jackson Rasmussen, Burley, 48.61. 2, Hayden Leavitt, Sandpoint, 49.18. 3, Caleb Norling, Sandpoint, 49.36.

500 freestyle — 1, Gavin Dustin, Skyline, 4:56.57.

200 freestyle relay — 1, Century (Riley Middledorf, John Kaiser, Spencer Willey, James Heberlein), 1:33.10 (meet record; old, Moscow, 2019, 1:34.07). 3, Sandpoint (Jack Grzincic, Lon LeBlanc, Caleb Norling, Hayden Leavitt), 1:35.18.

100 backstroke — 1, Shae Stratton, Bishop Kelly, 53.23.

100 breaststroke — 1, Micah Wolbrecht, Moscow, 1:01.71.

400 freestyle relay — 1, Bishop Kelly (Shae Stratton, Ryan Gudmestad, Joseph Hormaechea, Jake Martinez), 3:21.63. 3, Sandpoint (Jack Grzincic, Maximilian Zuberbuhler, Caleb Norling, Hayden Leavitt), 3:29.24.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Bishop Kelly 224.5. 2, Sandpoint 151. 3, Lighthouse Christian 138. 4, Skyline 83. 5, Twin Falls 74. 6, Declo 58. 7, Century 55.5. 8, Moscow 54. 9, Minico 53. 10 (tie), Burley, Wood River 44. 12, Cole Valley Christian 43. 13 (tie), Kimberly, Lakeland 35. 15, Canyon Ridge 29. 16, Mountain Home 27. 17 (tie), Columbia, Vallivue 23. 19, Nampa Christian 21. 20, Jerome 18. 21, Middleton 10. 22, Cascade 5. 23, Hillcrest 4. 24, Ridgevue 3. 25, Bonneville 1.

(Winners, locals in top 8)

200-yard medley relay — 1, Bishop Kelly (Lucy Penna, Grace Gunther, Emma Conger, Gabriella Stanton), 1:56.53. 8, Sandpoint (McKinley Jensen, Ayiana Prevost, Terra Converse, Maren Davidson), 2:11.05.

200 freestyle — 1, Julia Miller, Twin Falls, 2:02.82. 3, Emily Ballard, Sandpoint, 2:07.78. 5, Ayiana Prevost, Sandpoint, 2:09.07. 7, Ava de Leeuw, Sandpoint, 2:12.96.

200 individual medley — 1, Gabriella Stanton, Bishop Kelly, 2:21.18.

50 freestyle — 1, Lucy Penna, Bishop Kelly, 25.32. 3, Ryleigh Bamer, Sandpoint, 26.27. 8, Sydney Garrity, Lakeland, 27.60.

100 butterfly — 1, Emma Conger, Bishop Kelly, 1:02.79. 2, Ryleigh Bamer, Sandpoint, 1:04.56.

100 freestyle — 1, Asha Thomson, Lighthouse Christian, 55.53.

500 freestyle — 1, Lucy Penna, Bishop Kelly, 5:19.63 (meet record; old, Anika Rubocki, Bishop Kelly, 2019, 5:23.05). 5, Emily Ballard, Sandpoint, 5:45.19. 6, Ayiana Prevost, Sandpoint, 5:53.35. 7, Ava de Leeuw, Sandpoint, 5:56.76.

200 freestyle relay — 1, Sandpoint (Emliy Ballard, Maren Davidson, Ava de Leeuw, Ryleigh Bamer), 1:48.83. 6, Lakeland (Annika Olson, Sydney Garrity, Avery Sabatke, Sarah Smith), 1:53.55.

100 backstroke — 1, Emma Conger, Bishop Kelly, 1:03.20.

100 breaststroke — 1, Grace Gunther, Bishop Kelly, 1:11.33. 3, Sydney Garrity, Lakeland, 1:17.

400 freestyle relay — 1, Bishop Kelly (Emma Conger, Isabella Gerard, Gabriella Stanton, Lucy Penna), 3:51.35. 2, Sandpoint (Emily Ballard, Ava de Leeuw, Ayiana Prevost, Ryleigh Bamer), 3:55.