MOHI Booster Brief
October 2, 2023
Swim & Dive are State Champs!
At the 4A State Swim & Dive State Championship Meet the Monarch Boys' Swim & Dive team became the 4A State Swim & Dive State Champions! The team won the team championship by 7.5 points ~ 409.5(Monarch) to 402(Mullen) and 5 Championship Titles (meaning they won 5 of the 11 swimming events). The team is still ecstatic and so so proud that they qualified 29 athletes for the State meet and between the 29 athletes who qualified, they achieved 108 State qualifying times! These are historic accomplishments and the team couldn't be more honored to represent Monarch High School like this! Check out the meet highlights below and note how crucial each race was to the overall team WIN ~ teamwork at its finest was on complete display at this meet!
Meet Highlights
- 200 Medley Relay
- State Champions - Gavin Keogh, Tobin Howe, Isaac Skillern, Ethan DiFronzo, 1:30.07 (4A State Record, All-American Time, New School Record)
- 200 Freestyle
- Gavin Keogh - 4A 200 Free State Champion, 1:37.47 (All American Time, New School Record)
- Max Seibold - 9th, Will Rigney - 17th
- 200 IM
- Tobin Howe - 5th, Isaac Skillern - 10th, Everett Skillern - 11th
- 50 Free
- Ethan DiFronzo - 4A 50 Free State Champion, 20.50 (All American Consideration Time)
- Ryan Morgenstein - 16th
- Diving
- Casey Halloran - 5th
- Matthew Martino - 6th
- The 35 points that these guys scored for the team was so HUGE!!
- 100 Fly
- Everett Skillern - 8th, Ryan Cahoon - 12th, David Brady - 13th
- 100 Free
- Ethan DiFronzo - 4A 100 Free State Champion, 45.29 (All American Consideration Time)
- 500 Free
- Max Seibold - 7th
- 200 Free Relay
- 9th - Ryan Morgenstein, Soren Hillestad, Will Rigney, Everett Skillern, 1:30.41
- 100 Back
- Gavin Keogh - 4A 200 Free State Champion, 46.54 (CO State Record, 4A State Record, 11 Year Old Pool Record, All American Time, New School Record)
- Gavin Laverty - 19th
- 100 Breast
- Tobin Howe - 2nd, David Brady - 14th
- 400 Free Relay
- 2nd - Tobin Howe, Gavin Keogh, Isaac Skillern, Ethan DiFronzo, 3:05.97
- Gavin Keogh was named 4A Boys Swim & Dive Swimmer of the Year and Head Coach, Amber Austin was named 4A Boys Swim & Dive Coach of the Year!
Check out the article about the team ~ https://www.dailycamera.com/2025/05/10/amazin-monarch-keogh-difronzo-depth-lead-coyotes-to-first-ever-team-title-in-boys-swimming/
And the 9News Prep Rally segment that includes them ~ https://www.9news.com/article/sports/high-school/prep-rally-sunday-morning-may-11/73-2a614ada-172a-4033-91c7-d0829c490368
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