Ryders post top times at state

With only 15 athletes on the roster,

the Wave Ryders swim club managed to snag sixth place overall at

the Long Course State Swim Meet in Missoula last weekend. Four team

members punched their tickets to the Western Zones.

The team earned 22 gold medals out of

75 events, led by seven golds each from Bubba Loyda and Jordan

Loyda, four golds from Jake Cirincione and three from Jamie

Bouda.

Bubba Loyda, Jordan Loyda, Cirincione

and Emily Sullivan earned a spot at the Western Zones championships

in Clovis, Calif.

Jordan Loyda had three personal-best

times among his seven gold medals.

Sullivan scored 46 points while earning

six silver medals in Missoula.

Cirincione won the 50-meter and

100-meter freestyle, and the 50-meter and 100-meter butterfly. He

scored 53 points for the team.

Bubba Loyda scored the most points for

the team (71) to earn Most Valuable Swimmer of the meet. He tallied

12 personal-best times.

Bouda tallied 53 points, posted 10

personal-bests and added three silvers to go along with his

golds.

Matthew Perez earned 14 personal-best

times, accounting for 100 percent of his events. He dropped 187

seconds off his total time.

Hannah Lally had a strong showing in

her first state meet. She tallied three third-place finishes.

Jessica Stenberg scored 35 points and

placed third in the 400 freestyle.

Jessica Loyda tallied a silver in the

200 freestyle and score 24 points. Joshua Loyda grabbed 23 points

and posted nine personal-best times.

Alexa Horvath scored four points,

Caroline Dye scored 12 and Lauren York had 6.5.

Hunter Stephens-Parks and Dalton Weaver

each had eight points after swimming for the boys 10-and-under

200-meter freestyle relay team in a come-from-behind gold medal

finish.