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Glenwood Springs swimmers finish third as a team at league meet

Post Independent staff report
Glenwood Springs, CO Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado – Glenwood Springs finished behind only first-place Durango and Montrose at the Western Slope League girls swimming and diving league meet, held Friday and Saturday at Mesa State College.

The third-place Demons also had a number of top-three individual finishes.

Ashley Roper placed second in a pair of events – the 200-yard freestyle (2 minutes, 3.1 seconds) and the 100 backstroke (1:03.58).



Hannah Grumley was second in the 100 butterfly (1:03.16). Keevyn Scholl was second in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.6) and Lily Thorsen swam to a silver finish in the 500 freestyle (5:38.82).

Glenwood’s 200 medley relay also took second, breaking the two-minute mark for the first time this season. They clocked in at 1:59.4.



Taking third for the Demons were Grumley (200 individual medley, 2:22.64) and Scholl (100 freestyle, 58.79).

Glenwood’s 200 free relay team also finished third (1:49.71), as did its 400 free relay unit (3:56.46).

“We were happy,” Demons coach Michelle Brune said. “We saw tons of [personal records]. It was a good meet.”


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