<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1JHGX5_0vkRQh4y00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1JHGX5_0vkRQh4y00" width="1920" height="1280" ><figcaption>Riverton girls swimming</figcaption></figure>(Riverton, WY) – The Riverton High School girls swim team has had a strong start to their season, ending week three by winning their two home meets this weekend. Friday night the Riverton girls scored 418 points and beat Worland (281 points) and Kemmerer (232 points). On Saturday they scored 354 points and beat Cody (340 points), Powell (221 points), and Worland (211 points). At both the Friday and Saturday meets the top 12 individual finishers scored points for their teams, up to three swimmers per team. Additional swimmers swam their races as exhibitions for official times, but did not count for scoring. Only the top relay from each team scored points, based on the overall place that they swam.First place individual finishers on Friday at the Pre-Invite against Worland and Kemmerer were Luci Pfisterer (fr) in the 200 yard freestyle, Lily Ormond (fr) in the 200 yard Individual Medley, Luci Pfisterer (fr) in the 50 yard freestyle, Prestley Barta (jr) in the 100 yard freestyle, Lily Ormond (fr) in the 500 yard freestyle, and Prestley Barta (jr) in the 100 yard backstroke.Others scoring in individual events for Riverton on Friday were Leah Edwards (fr), Stella Pfisterer (jr), Claire Houtman (fr), Kymberly Howell (fr), Kinley Peart (fr), Addison Peart (jr), Alyvia Smith (fr), Chloe Smith (jr), Ashlyn Jones (fr), Yeva Montano (sr), Kendra Crippen (fr), Julie Smith (fr), Nataleigh Gambler (fr), and Kaylee Cory (fr). Riverton girls swept 1st place in all three relays Friday evening. Despite a challenging beginning and delay to the Saturday meet, Riverton again secured multiple first place finishes. Freshman Lily Ormond started the meet’s individual events by winning the 200 yard freestyle. Other first place finishers included Prestley Barta (jr) in the 50 yard freestyle, Luci Pfisterer (fr) in the 100 yard butterfly, Lily Ormond (fr) in the 100 yard freestyle, and Luci Pfisterer (fr) in the 500 yard freestyle.Additional individual swimmers who scored points for Riverton were: Kendra Crippen (fr), Kinley Peart (fr), Chloe Smith (jr), Kymberly Howell (fr), Lily Dunn (fr), Leah Edwards (fr), Claire Houtman (fr), Addison Peart (jr), Alyvia Smith (fr), Yeva Montano (sr), Ashlyn Jones (fr), Stella Pfisterer (jr), and Julie Smith (fr).Cody swimmers out-touched Riverton in the 200 Medley Relay at the beginning of the meet, but the Riverton girls came back and won both the 200 Freestyle Relay and the 400 Freestyle Relay, securing their overall meet win by just 14 points. Riverton currently has four swimmers qualified for state this year. Junior Chloe Smith swam her first state time of the season in the 500 yard freestyle on Saturday, and junior Prestley Barta is currently qualified in the 50 yard freestyle, 100 yard freestyle, and 100 yard breaststroke. Freshmen Luci Pfisterer and Lily Ormond also have multiple 4A state times. Luci has qualified in the 200 yard freestyle, 200 yard Individual Medley, 50 yard freestyle, 100 yard butterfly, 100 yard freestyle, 500 yard freestyle and 100 yard backstroke. Lily has qualified in the 200 yard freestyle, 200 yard Individual Medley, 50 yard freestyle, 100 yard freestyle, 500 yard freestyle, and 100 yard backstroke.Heavy with 14 freshmen and only 6 upperclassmen (5 juniors and 1 senior), this young team is full of budding potential and will be one to watch.The above write-up and scoring breakdown was provided to County 10 by the Riverton High School girls swim team. To submit results, stories and more to our sports department, e-mail [email protected]</div></body>

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Strong start for Riverton swimmers; Win two home events

(Riverton, WY) – The Riverton High School girls swim team has had a strong start to their season, ending week three by winning their two home meets this weekend. Friday night the Riverton girls scored 418 points and beat Worland (281 points) and Kemmerer (232 points). On Saturday they scored 354 points and beat Cody (340 points), Powell (221 points), and Worland (211 points).