Cats, Lady Cats end up in dual meet

LOS ALAMOS — Clovis High’s swimming teams headed out for a nine-team invitational on Saturday morning and a dual meet broke out.

CHS squads were able to make it to Los Alamos for the Bill Hudson Memorial Invitational. Unfortunately, the other seven visiting teams — most from the Albuquerque area — didn’t make it so it turned into a dual with the homestanding Hilltoppers.

No team scores were kept, but CHS coach Vincent de Maio said it was good training in a 7,300-foot elevation.

“It was a great opportunity,” he said. “And they were happy to see us” to get in some semblance of a meet.

Junior James Skuse led the way, posting four first-place finishes in boys competition, including two relays. The Wildcats and Lady Wildcats each scored in 10 of the 11 events.

“James had a great meet,” de Maio said. “James is swimming really well. He’s been the team leader.”

And both teams got a lot out of it, he added.

“All the top three times were faster than last year when all the teams were there,” de Maio said.

The Cats and Lady Cats used the meet to experiment a bit.

Clovis teams are now off from competition until Jan. 6-7, when they travel to a meet at Andrews, Texas.

SUMMARY

Bill Hudson Memorial Invitational

Saturday

At Los Alamos

Boys

Team scores: n/a.

Clovis results

100 freestyle: 3. Cast Smith 57.08. 200 freestyle: 1. Ethan Zamora 1:55.32; 3. Smith 2:01.356. 500 freestyle: 1. Glen Southard 5:34.25; 2. Seiji Aponte 5:39.27. 100 backstroke: 2. Aponte 1:01.23; 3. Cade Nordgren 1:01.67; 4. Brian Nordgren 1:03.09. 100 breaststroke: 1. B. Nordgren 1:04.80. 100 butterfly: 1. James Skuse 56.53; 3. Zamora 1:01.81. 200 individual medley: 1. Skuse 2:03.78; 2. C. Nordgren 2:16.68. 200 freestyle relay: 1. Barrett Bryant, Alex Aburto, Zamora, C. Nordgrenn 1:40.14. 400 freestyle relay: 1. Skuse, B. Nordgren, Aponte, Bryant 3:31.25. 200 medley relay: 1. Skuse, Aponte, Zamora, B. Nordgren 1:44.70.

Girls

Team scores: n/a.

Clovis results

50 freestyle: 1. Katie Kelley 27.52; 3. Mykala Chavez 27.94. 100 freestyle: 1. Bella Zamora 59.16; 3. Hannah Luscombe 1:00.49. 200 freestyle: 1. Anya Hammond 2:04.48; 3. Annie Smith 2:07.37; 4. Luscombe 2:11.86; 5. Katie Reeb 2:16.49. 500 freestyle: 1. Olivia Reeb 5:44.56; 2. K. Reeb 5:56.78. 100 backstroke: 2. A. Hammond 1:04.52 (SQ). 100 butterfly: 2. Kelley 1:06.03; 3. Chavez 1:08.24. 200 individual medley: 3. M. Hammond 2:25.23; 4. Mead 2:25.26. 200 freestyle relay: 1. Nina Mead, Zamora, Luscombe, Smith 1:47.41; 3. Kelley, Chavez, Maya Hammond, Tabitha May 1:54.63. 400 freestyle relay: 2. A. Hammond, Luscombe, O. Reeb, Smith 3:56.67. 200 medley relay: 2. Zamora, O. Reeb, Mead, A. Hammond 1:58.74; 3. Chavez, K. Reeb, Kelley, M. Hammond 2:02.69.

SQ—new state-qualifying mark.