PREP SWIMMING: Foust, Demmons, Leavitt shine at Moscow Invite

- Extended recap from Sunday's paper

MOSCOW — Freshman Lou Foust, freshman Bodi Demmons, and junior Kai Leavitt all set new personal bests as the Sandpoint High swim team competed in one last invitational before districts at the University of Idaho Swim Center on Saturday.

In addition to their personal best times, Sandpoint High head coach Greg Jackson said all three demonstrated the success of working both physically and mentally.

Foust swam to second in the 500 freestyle (5:21.21) and fourth in the 100 backstroke (1:01.89). Demmons, who led off the winning 200 medley relay, finished sixth in the 200 individual medley (2:26.43). Leavitt, who also competed in the winning 200 medley relay, placed fourth in the 200 freestyle (2:03.83) and fifth in the 100 butterfly (1:02.34).

Junior Kale Wright was once again impressive, anchoring the winning 200 medley relay and swimming to third in the 50 freestyle (23.36) and second in the 100 freestyle (51.18)

On the girls side, senior Ava de Leeuw won the 500 freestyle (5:31.48) and placed second in the 200 freestyle (2:06.74) while sophomore Reina Montecchi took home gold in the 100 freestyle (57.46) and placed second in the 50 freestyle (26.45). Ryleigh Bamer added a second place finish in the 100 butterfly (1:05.13) for the Lady Bulldogs.

Coach Jackson said he was also proud of Rachel Aylward for her continued improvement through pure determination and of Lillian Jackson, who dropped 20 seconds off her 100 backstroke time (19th in 1:44.61).

Jackson said it will be fun to watch the championship season play out and he believes both Sandpoint's boys and girls are going to be swimming some really fast times in the near future.

Sandpoint returns to the University of Idaho on Nov. 2 for the 5A Inland Empire League district championship.

BOYS 

Winner, top local

200-yard medley relay — 1, Sandpoint (Bodi Demmons, McCoy Jensen, Kai Leavitt, Kale Wright), 1:50.90.

200 freestyle — 1, Noah Crossler, Moscow, 1:51.59; 4, Kai Leavitt, Sandpoint, 2:03.83. 

200 IM — 1, Jace Voeller, Coeur d'Alene, 2:11.47; 6, Bodi Demmons, Sandpoint, 2:26.43.

50 freestyle — 1, Isaac Thorpe, Coeur d'Alene, 22.71; 3, Kale Wright, Sandpoint, 23.36. 

100 butterfly — 1, Eli Shaw, Lake City, 54.98; 5, Kai Leavitt, Sandpoint, 1:02.34. 

100 freestyle — 1, Isaac Thorpe, Coeur d'Alene, 50.61; 2, Kale Wright, Sandpoint, 51.18. 

500 freestyle — 1, Andrew Davis, Coeur d'Alene, 5:05.42; 2, Lou Foust, Sandpoint, 5:21.21. 

200 freestyle relay — 1, Coeur d'Alene (Dawson Cushman, Andrew Davis, Jace Voeller, Isaac Thorpe), 1:35.61; 2, Sandpoint (Kai Leavitt, Max Zuberbuhler, Lou Foust, McCoy Jensen), 1:39.73.

100 backstroke — 1, Noah Crossler, Moscow, 56.59; 4, Lou Foust, Sandpoint, 1:01.89.

100 breaststroke — 1, Filippo Greggio, Lewiston, 1:06.85; 5, Max Brown, Sandpoint,1:16.51. 

400 freestyle relay — 1, Coeur d'Alene (Andrew Davis, Dawson Cushman, Jace Voeller, Isaac Thorpe), 3:31.57; 2, Sandpoint (Max Zuberbuhler, Max Brown, Lou Foust, Kale Wright), 3:47.19.

GIRLS 

Winner, top local

200-yard medley relay — 1, Lake City (Erin Griffith, Trista Slife, Taylor Young, Quinn Taylor), 1:57.76; 3, Sandpoint (Bria Rocke, Mia Driggs, Ryleigh Bamer, Halle Wyman), 2:03.94. 

200 freestyle — 1, Camden Cotant, Coeur d'Alene, 2:05.54; 2, Ava de Leeuw, 2:06.74.

200 IM — 1, Lillian Sawyer, Lewiston, 2:42.50.  

50 freestyle — 1, Quinn Taylor, Lake City, 25.98; 2, Reina Montecchi, Sandpoint, 26.45.

100 butterfly — 1, Reagan Greiner, Coeur d'Alene, 1:03.75; 2, Ryleigh Bamer, Sandpoint, 1:05.13. 

100 freestyle — 1, Reina Montecchi, Sandpoint, 57.46. 

500 freestyle — 1, Ava de Leeuw, Sandpoint, 5:31.48, 

200 freestyle relay — 1, Coeur d'Alene (Alena Gonzalez, Camden Cotant, Karsten Towery, Ainsley Kuhne) 1:48.42; 2, Sandpoint (Mia Driggs, Halle Wyman, Reina Montecchi, Ava de Leeuw), 1:50.60.

100 backstroke — 1, Erin Griffith, Lake City, 1:02.92; 5, Bria Rocke, Sandpoint, 1:10.64. 

100 breaststroke — 1, Quinn Taylor, Lake City, 1:09.23; 5, Mia Driggs, Sandpoint, 1:16.11. 

400 freestyle relay — 1, Lake City (Sylvia Strow, Emmersyn Haley, Erin Griffith, Quinn Taylor), 3:53.08; 3, Sandpoint (Ryleigh Bamer, Bria Rocke, Reina Montecchi, Ava de Leeuw), 4:02.00.