The Corner Canyon High girls swimming team tied for the Region 2 championship with Mountain Ridge Feb. 1 at the South Davis Recreation Center. The meet began with a first-place showing for the Chargers’ girls 200 medley relay squad of Berkeley Hansen, Callie Flamm, Halle Walker and Kat Armendariz.

“That started the meet with the right energy,” said head coach Sheridyn Cook.

To wrap up the title in the final event of the meet, Corner Canyon’s girls 400 freestyle relay lineup needed to take second to win region outright or third to tie. “Our girls were fifth going into the third leg,” Cook said. “Halle and Berkeley closed the game and came back to take third in the race.”

In between, Hansen won two individual races, taking first in the 50 free and then coming from behind in the 100 free to out-touch the Sentinels’ Tatum Meadow by a “fingertip.” For the boys third-place team, senior Sam Lloyd won the 100 butterfly, also having a “come-from-behind-fingertip” finish over Bingham’s Caleb Sorensen.

“We had a great meet,” said Cook. “We don’t care if the girls had to split the title. Considering they were last place last year at region and made the comeback this year to share in first place, is a huge success.”

Also earning All-Region honors at the meet were Jacob Hamblin (second, 200 free relay; third, 400 free relay; fourth, 500 free), Tate Johnson (second, 200 medley relay; second, 50 free; third, 100 free; third, 400 free relay), Sam Lillian (second, 200 free relay; second, 200 medley relay; fourth, 200 Individual Medley; sixth, 100 breaststroke), Lloyd (second, 200 medley relay; second, 100 backstroke; third, 400 free relay), Kyson Smith (second, 200 free relay; second, 200 medley relay; sixth, 50 free), Harris Tomaszewski (second, 200 free relay), Walker (second, 200 IM; third, 100 fly; third, 400 free relay), Brinlee Baxter (third, 400 free relay; fourth, 500 free; sixth, 200 free), Helena Galbreath (third, 400 free relay), Hansen (third, 400 free relay), William Petersen (third, 400 free relay), Nora Walker (fifth, 200 IM; fifth, 100 breast) and Callie Flamm (sixth, 100 breast).

“This was an awesome meet to witness,” Cook said. “The whole team contributed to the success. We had over 70% best times. We now are looking forward to state [after press deadline] having jumped from 13 girl events last year to 23 and the boys will have around the same as last year, at 20.” λ