Colorado places 131 performances on NISCA All-America swim lists

With the U.S. Olympic swimming trials reaching a fevered pitch in Omaha this week, the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association recently released its list of high school All-Americans.

The lists compile the top 100 performances in each event during the recently completed school year. Colorado ranked 9th overall nationally in the number of athletes, while California came in at No. 1 with 750 honorees.

Led by Daryl Turner of Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village) and Jeff Garnier of D'Evelyn (Denver), Colorado had 57 boys All-Americans, while Missy Franklin of Regis Jesuit (Aurora) and Bonnie Brandon of Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village) led a group of 74 girls honorees. California had 750 between the two genders.

Of note, Franklin led the nation in the 100 and 200 freestyle events and finished second in the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke, and Brandon had the top time in the 200 individual medley and was second in the 500 freestyle.

Here is a list of the events that included Colorado athletes (with overall ranking and time):

Boys
200 medley relay
Turner, Zachary Ballon, Andrew Behrend & John Mattern, Cherry Creek (4th, 1 minute, 32.07 seconds)

100 freestyle
Turner (4th, 44.09); Ben Fry, Regis Jesuit (30th, 45.21); Garnier (36th, 45.31); Jonathan Littles, Cheyenne Mountain (95th, 46.01)

200 freestyle
Garnier (2nd, 1:35.99); Nathan Mueller, Highlands Ranch (86th, 1:40.54)

500 freestyle
Mueller (38th, 4:29.31); Christopher Dawson, Regis Jesuit (98th, 4:33.80)

200 IM
Nolan Tesone, Pomona (7th, 1:48.50); Garnier (11th, 1:48.64); Connor Dwyer, Longmont (69th, 1:51.54); Alex Tooley, Fossil Ridge (79th, 1:51.94); Ian Clarke, Rampart (1:52.53)

200 freestyle relay
Zach Suter, Grayson Magruder, Fry & Clark Smith, Regis Jesuit (48th, 1:25.15); Mattern, Jake Markham, Alexander Rogachevsky & Behrend, Cherry Creek (89th, 1:26.14)

50 freestyle
Turner (31st, 20.67); Behrend (41st, 20.76); Bryce Carter, Chatfield (73rd, 20.95)

100 backstroke
Turner (5th, 48.07); Hennessey Stuart, Regis Jesuit (60th, 50.36); Ryan Arata, Lewis-Palmer (61st, 50.37); Tesone, (95th, 50.87)

Diving
Cody Engstrom, Broomfield; Kyle Goodwin, Regis Jesuit; Matt Mauser, Regis Jesuit

100 breaststroke
Dwyer (13th, 55.87); Michael Barnosky, Montrose (37th, 56.59)

100 butterfly
Smith (10th, 48.62); Arata (43rd, 49.57); Turner (46th, 49.62); Devon Davis, Air Academy (50th, 49.68)

400 freestyle relay
Stuart, Fry, Smith & Erik Biernat, Regis Jesuit (8th, 3:04.49); Wyatt Oerman, Markham, Behrend & Turner, Cherry Creek (23rd, 3:05.51); Logan Lagesse, Josh Schechter, Eric Kothlow & Kyle Hentschel, Arapahoe (72nd, 3:08.57)

Girls
200 medley relay
Emily Campbell, Sammie Guay, Bailey Nero & Rhianna Williams, Fossil Ridge (25th, 1:45.02); Franklin, Marielle Renehan, Sydney Cutler & Taylor Wilson, Regis Jesuit (59th, 1:46.53); Shannon Babcock, Laura Day, Frida Berggren & Olga Britton, Lewis-Palmer (75th, 1:46.96); Kassandra Brisch, Michelle Patton, Samantha Chacon & Maddie McGuire, Heritage (78th, 1:46.99); Julia Box, Kourtney Fosse, Berkley Gamble & Zoe Verhoeven, Fairview (81st, 1:47.04)

100 freestyle
Franklin (1st, 48.45); Brandon (47th, 50.80); Williams (59th, 50.99); Eryn Eddy, Thompson Valley (99th, 51.36)

200 freestyle
Franklin (1st, 1:43.15); Lexie Malazdrewicz, Evergreen (16th, 1:47.97); Brandon (26th, 1:48.68); Eddy (36th, 1:49.07); Abigail Houck, Fairview (40th, 1:49.27); Emily Mayo, Arapahoe (82nd, 1:50.45)

500 freestyle
Brandon (2nd, 4:38.05); Malazdrewicz (16th, 4:49.11); Houck (37th, 4:52.00); Amanda Richey, Boulder (65th, 4:53.75); Nicole Hlavacek, Thompson Valley (71st, 4:54.26); Mayo (74th, 4:54.41); Allison Arnold, Legend (81st, 4:54.98)

200 IM
Brandon (1st, 1:59.09); Patton (9th, 1:59.35); Franklin (10th, 1:59.45); Berggren (21st, 2:00.91); Haley Rowley, Boulder (2:02.37)

200 freestyle relay
Elaine Powell, Fiona Kane, Alex Bae & Brandon, Cherry Creek (30th, 1:35.75); Karin Roh, Nicole Russell, Day & Berggren, Lewis-Palmer (54th, 1:36.51)

50 freestyle
Franklin (2nd, 22.41); Brandon (44th, 23.41); Williams, Fossil Ridge (57th, 23.48); Annie Ochitwa, ThunderRidge (78th, 23.60)

100 backstroke
Franklin (2nd, 52.64); Patton (30th, 54.90); Brandon (51st, 55.53)

Diving
Cat Badillo, Legend; Alexa Beckwith, St. Mary's Academy; Michal Bower, Loveland

100 breaststroke
Patton (13th, 1:02.55); Day (14th, 1:02.56); Logan Morris, Montrose (46th, 1:03.88)

100 butterfly
Nero (23rd, 54.62); Berggren (35th, 54.90); Patton (96th, 55.94)

400 freestyle relay
Powell, Colleen Wixted, Kane & Brandon, Cherry Creek (15th, 3:26.87); Campbell, Riley Hoffman, Nero & Williams, Fossil Ridge (18th, 3:27.20)