Utah ranked No. 31 nationally with 9 boys and 3 girls honorees.
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. Utah ranked 31st overall nationally in the number of athletes, while California came in at No. 1 with 750 honorees.
Led by Long Gutierrez of Brighton and Brianna Francis of Alta, Utah had nine boys All-Americans and three girls honorees, respectively.
Here is a list of the events that included Utah athletes (with overall ranking and time):
Boys200 FreestyleLong Gutierrez,
Brighton (Salt Lake City) (34th, 1 minute, 38.96 seconds)
200 Individual MedleyLong Gutierrez, Brighton (88th, 1 minute, 52.26 seconds)
50 FreestyleSam Huff,
Kearns (57th, 20.87 seconds)
100 ButterflyLong Gutierrez, Brighton (13th, 48.78 seconds)
100 FreestyleLong Gutierrez, Brighton (30th, 45.21 seconds)
Sam Huff, Kearns (75th, 45.87 seconds)
500 FreestyleShawn Western,
Olympus (Salt Lake City) (34th, 4 minutes, 28.80 seconds)
Long Gutierrez, Brighton (60th, 4 minutes, 30.79 seconds)
DivingNathan Makarewicz,
West (Salt Lake City)Girls200 FreestyleHailey Pabst,
Mountain Crest (Hyrum) (66th, 1 minute, 49.97 seconds)
200 Individual MedleyBrianna Francis, Alta (38th, 2 minutes, 2.51 seconds)
100 BreaststrokeBrianna Francis, Alta (84th, 1 minute, 4.57 seconds)
