Members of the Fernley High School swim team posted several top-30 finishes across multiple events at the Aqua 5 meet at the Moana Springs Community Aquatic and Fitness Center in Reno last Saturday, highlighted by strong showings in freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke and backstroke races.
Swimmers from 13 schools competed in the same five events, with individual rankings determined by the combined total of each athlete’s finals times.
In the girls 100-yard freestyle, senior Rylie Pearson placed 28th. Pearson also competed in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing 32nd, followed by Holly Vanden Brink in 54th and Riley Schultz in 64th.
Fernley had six swimmers in the boys 50-yard freestyle. Senior Matthew Walker-Coghlan led the group with a 22nd-place finish, while Jayden Scripilliti placed 14th and Darius Carney was 15th. Demery Aldredge finished 24th, Alexander Terso placed 27th and Isaid Solis was 31st.
In the girls 50-yard freestyle, freshman Lily Morrow finished 24th, followed by Alondra Estrada Gutierrez in 25th, Elaina Vanden Brink in 27th, Victoria Pleth in 28th and Abbie Ledoux in 32nd.
Aldredge and Carney also turned in strong results in the boys 50-yard breaststroke, placing 10th and 11th.
In the girls 50-yard backstroke, Elaina Vanden Brink recorded Fernley’s top finish, placing 26th. Morrow finished 28th, Estrada Gutierrez was 31st, Pleth placed 33rd and Selene Yang finished 34th. Ledoux added a 30th-place finish.
In the boys 50-yard backstroke, Scripilliti placed 16th, Carney was 20th, Terso finished 25th, Aldredge placed 33rd and Matthew McDowell was 34th.
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