The Summit High School swim and dive team won its first swim meet of the season on Saturday, Dec. 10, scoring a combined 61 points to win the Gunnison Cowboy Invite.

The Tigers were led by powerful relay teams as well as individual swimmers and divers.

Summit placed second in the 200-yard medley relay, finishing in a time of 2:06.51 to score 4 points. In the 200-yard freestyle relay, Summit won in a time of 1:56.85 to beat Salida High School by close to five seconds. 

Following the success of the relay teams, Kaslo Bocksch placed second in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 2:16.98. Additionally, in the 20-yard freestyle race, Alila Harmala placed fourth place in a time of 2:21.80 to score 2 points for her team.

Summit once again showed it has depth in the short freestyle races as the Tigers put nine swimmers in the top 10 of the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle races. Olivia Lyman was crowned the champion in both events, while Bocksch placed fourth in the 50-yard freestyle and Alli Koonce placed second in the 100-yard freestyle race. Hannah Crowe placed fifth overall in the 50-yard freestyle, and Pelham Wagenseil placed sixth in the 100-yard freestyle. 

The Summit High School swim and dive team will be back in action on Friday, Dec. 16, when it hosts a swim meet at Summit High School. Events are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.