Hillcrest swimmers finish season at state
Mar 28, 2025 08:50AM ● By Julie Slama
Hillcrest swimmers, seen here in a dual meet in December 2024, had several top 10 finishes at state led by junior Alex Skorut. (Julie Slama/City Journals)
Hillcrest boys’ and girls’ swim teams qualified 17 athletes to compete at the state meet at Brigham Young University. Top 10 finishers were junior Alex Skorut, sophomore Andrew Shupe, freshman Paulo Saldanha and freshman Jacob Molina in the 200-yard medley relay; they swam to a fifth place overall finish and a new school record with a time of 1:41.22. Individually, Skorut finished second in 100-yard backstroke with a time of 53.76 and fourth in 50-yard free with a time of 22.2. Saldanha finished sixth in 100-yard fly with a time of 54.79 and Shupe was eighth with a time of 55.01. The 400-free relay of senior Jose Avila and juniors Skorut, Joel Curtis and Daniel Emett claimed eighth place with a time of 3:28.26. λ