Boys Swimming

Records fall, Cibola claims 4th-straight GVR title

BY MATT MAXSON, SUN STAFF WRITER

It may not be very surprising that the Cibola boys swim and dive team won its fourth-straight Gila Valley Region title. The way in which they won it certainly is. The Raiders placed first with a team score of 603 on the boy's side, 271 more than... Full story

Cibola boys, girls defeat Criminals

FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Cibola boys swim team beat Yuma High 142-27 with six different individual event winners, and the Raider girls defeated the Lady Criminals 83-67 on Wednesday. Jake Stiffler was the only Raider boy to to win two individual events, taking the... Full story

Hawk boys, girls third at tri-meet

FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Gila Ridge boys and girls swimming teams took third at a Mesa-Skyline tri-meet Thursday. The Hawks had a handful of first-place finishes led by Emily Reh, who won the 50- and 100-freestyle. Kayla Hodgin won the 100-fly and 200-freestyle and... Full story

Frabasilio, Russell-Cheung win Criminal Pentathlon

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Yuma High's Myriah Frabasilio and Cibola's Andrew Russell-Cheung placed first in the Criminal Pentathlon Swimming Invitational at Marcus Pool Saturday. The event was composed of the 100-yard backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke, freestyle and... Full story

Gila Ridge boys, girls win tri-meet at Marcus Pool

Yuma High swimmer Frabasilio wins race despite cold

BY MATT MAXSON, SUN STAFF WRITER

Myriah Frabasilio may have been swimming against Gila Ridge and Lake Havasu, but her battle was against a cold. The Yuma High swimmer took first place in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing at 1 minute, 4.7 seconds, and swam the last leg for the... Full story

Russell-Cheung leads Raiders past Criminals

Cibola downs Yuma High in girls and boys dual meet

BY MATT MAXSON, SUN STAFF WRITER

Andrew Russell-Cheung finished 14 seconds faster than his closest competitor and that was in the race his coach doesn’t consider his strongest event. Russell-Cheung took first place in the 100-yard freestyle, clocking a time of 51.49 seconds... Full story

Hawks' boys, girls win meet at Havasu

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Emily Reh took first place in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle for the Hawks with times of 28 and 58 seconds respectively as Gila Ridge took first place in boys and girls dual meets against Lake Havasu and Kofa. Kofa finished second in the girls'... Full story

Kaba tops list of Yuma's best swimmers

Kaba's balance, two top eight-finishes at state, earn him swimmer of the year status

BY EDWARD CARIFIO, SUN STAFF WRITER

Jake Kaba hopes he is done with the backstroke - the Cibola junior said he can't wait to move past it next year. Of course, he's shattered the school record in the 100-yard backstroke and finished seventh at the 5A Division II State Championship in... Full story

Cibola boys, Yuma girls win region meet

BY KEITH BEISE, SPECIAL TO THE SUN

It was a local clash Wednesday night as Cibola, Gila Ridge, Kofa and Yuma High met in the Gila Valley Regional at Marcus Pool. When the water settled two teams stood above the rest. Cibola reigned as the boys champions with 664 points and Yuma High... Full story

Frabasilio leads Lady Crim swimmers

FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Yuma High girls swim scored 250 points to win a three-way meet that also included Cibola and Gila Ridge. The Cibola boys won on the boys side with 264 points to Yuma's 192. Yuma's Myriah Frabasilio won the 500 free and 200 free, and was a part... Full story

Cibola boys strong at home pool

FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Cibola boys swim team won 10 of the 24 events on Wednesday to win their four-school meet against Gila Ridge, Deer Valley and Tolleson. Jake Kaba had two individual wins in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke. Colin Stiffler won the 200... Full story

Cheungs win three races to lead Cibola

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Andrew Russell Cheung and Jacob Russell Cheung combined to win three races to lead the Cibola boys past Willow Canyon 117-57 Wednesday. Raider swimmers Jake Kaba (100-yard freestyle), Colin Stiffler (100 breaststroke) and JT Smith (diving) were... Full story

Yuma girls, Cibola boys take city meet

BY ROB WEILER, SUN STAFF WRITER

It didn't take more than a quick glance down the lanes for Kofa freshman Caitlyn Bedwell to realize she was the only one finished with the girls 100-yard backstroke. And it didn't take her any time to show how she felt about winning the event,... Full story

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