O Brien took second in the backstroke after being edged out by not even one-tenth of a second by Montrose freshman Jeremy Hurshman, who qualified for state in the event with a time of 59.53 seconds. It s not really my stroke. Gebhardt didn t exactly pick the 500 free, but no one usually does because it is the longest race at the meet, so he swam it at Lawson s request. He ended up earning first place. I was just keeping it long and using it as a training race.
Every meet here s a training meet until districts.
Even the divers got into the off-event act by entering their own 200 free relay team. The team didn t place, but it did meet the divers goal of not being dead last. It was awesome. The three cross country skiing crossovers were competing in just their first, third and third meet of the season, respectively. Montrose coach Silas Almgren said off-events or not, it was Durango s depth that made the team so deadly in the water.