Three swimmers advance to state

Times staff report

The chaos of road closures shook things up in last weekend’s swimming events in Lyman and Gillette.

Arriving in Lyman for the 3A Lyman Invitational, the Outlaw swimmers found themselves up against three 4A teams — Evanston, Green River and Rock Springs — that meant to be in Gillette. Cheyenne Central was scheduled to be at the Lyman meet but instead found themselves at the 4A invitational in Gillette.

Sublette County, Kemmerer, Lyman and Rawlins high schools welcomed the 4A teams into the meet so everyone could get another chance to shave some time as they sought to qualify for the upcoming regional and state meets.

The Outlaws came off the weekend with three more boys qualified to compete in the 3A state meet. Daniel DeMillard joins James Laux in the ranks of the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:33.92. Jacob DiFore also qualified to swim the event last weekend, earning a time of 2:34.45. David Trujillo, with a time of 1:10.29, added himself to the 100-yard backstroke list alongside Laux, Daniel DeMillard and Erick DeMillard.

With more than two weeks remaining before the state meet in Gillette on Feb. 21-23, Outlaw swimmers and divers have qualified in every event except for the 500-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke.

The Outlaws compete this weekend in Buffalo at the 3A east conference tournament, where Rawlins is shooting to win its seventh championship.