Sedona swimmers make a splash at Heisley Invitational1 min read

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Jeff Bear
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Despite missing seven swimmers due to either illness or the holiday weekend, the Sedona Red Rock High School swim team finished fourth among seven teams in both the boys and girls divisions at the Heisley Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Cottonwood Recreation Center’s outdoor pool.

Mingus won the girls team competition, while Bradshaw Mountain won the boys team competition.

Scorpions senior Laura Clark won the girls 100-yard butterfly event with a personal record time of 1 minute, 9.55 seconds, just one second off the provisional state-qualifying time for the event.

“I was really happy when I hit it,” Clark said. “I’ll most likely hit the state-qualifying time next meet.”

Clark also placed third in the 200-yard individual medley with a provisional state-qualifying time of 2:35.54, and was a member of the third-place girls 200-yard medley relay team.

Other top individual performers for the Scorpions girls included senior Haley Holverson, third in the girls 50-yard freestyle and fourth in the girls 100-yard freestyle; Sarah Grover, fourth in the girls 500-yard freestyle; Katie Millar, third in the girls 100-yard backstroke, Emily Aitken, sixth in the girls 100-yard backstroke, and Sophia Licher, third in the girls 100-yard breaststroke.

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The top individual performers for the boys team included Benny Guadarrama, fourth in the boys 200-yard individual medley and sixth in the boys 100-yard butterfly; Nick Morgan, second in the boys 500-yard freestyle and seventh in the boys 200-yard freestyle; Cedar Gardner, seventh in the boys 50-yard freestyle and sixth in the boys 100-yard freestyle; Isaiah Wright, fifth in the boys 100-yard backstroke; and Jakob Carter, fourth in the boys 100-yard breaststroke.

For the full story, please see the Wednesday, Oct. 16, issue of the Sedona Red Rock News.

Jeff Bear

Jeff Bear began his journalism career in 2003 as a graphic designer and sports reporter at the Weekly Register Call in Central City, Colorado. In 2007 he began working at the Canyon Courier in Evergreen, Colorado, as a graphic designer, but soon transferred into the editorial department where he worked as a copy editor and sport reporter under Editor Doug Bell. After a stint as a graphic designer at American Classifieds in 2009-10, Bear began working in 2011 as a copy editor at the Arizona Daily Sun, in Flagstaff. While at the Daily Sun, Bear was tapped by the late Randy Wilson to report on local sports including Northern Arizona University and Olympic medalists training in Flagstaff for the 2012 Olympics. In 2013 Bear began working at the Red Rock News in Sedona, Arizona, where he was an assistant editor and sports editor. Bear has two daughters, Angela and Jessica, with his wife Nina. He is a singer and guitarist, an avid cyclist and hiker, and enjoys camping with family and friends.

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Jeff Bear
Jeff Bear began his journalism career in 2003 as a graphic designer and sports reporter at the Weekly Register Call in Central City, Colorado. In 2007 he began working at the Canyon Courier in Evergreen, Colorado, as a graphic designer, but soon transferred into the editorial department where he worked as a copy editor and sport reporter under Editor Doug Bell. After a stint as a graphic designer at American Classifieds in 2009-10, Bear began working in 2011 as a copy editor at the Arizona Daily Sun, in Flagstaff. While at the Daily Sun, Bear was tapped by the late Randy Wilson to report on local sports including Northern Arizona University and Olympic medalists training in Flagstaff for the 2012 Olympics. In 2013 Bear began working at the Red Rock News in Sedona, Arizona, where he was an assistant editor and sports editor. Bear has two daughters, Angela and Jessica, with his wife Nina. He is a singer and guitarist, an avid cyclist and hiker, and enjoys camping with family and friends.