2024 NIAA 5A State Swimming and Diving Championships
The 2024 NIAA Nevada High School Swimming and Diving Championships concluded Saturday with swimming competitions held at the Pavilion Center Pool in Las Vegas, Nevada. This series is divided into three classes: 3A (below), 4A, and 5A, and after the two state tournaments in 2020 and 2021 were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 3A ( (below), 4A, and 5A classes did not begin until 2022. To qualify for the state meet in each class, the top four finishers in each individual/relay event will advance from her two regional championships in each class. The 4A final session concluded Thursday, with the 3A final taking place Saturday morning.
The Class 5A state swimming finals session concluded Saturday evening. The Coronado girls defeated Faith Lutheran by 10 points to win their third straight 5A team title. On the boys team, Palo Verde beat Coronado by 40 points to win its ninth straight championship, maintaining its winning streak dating back to 2013.
5A girls team scores
- Coronado, 94
- Faith Lutheran, 84 years old
- Reno, 65 years old
- Palo Verde/McQueen, 57 years old
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5A boys team scores
- Palo Verde, 104
- Coronado, 64 years old
- Faith Lutheran/Reed, 58 years old
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- Bishop Gorman, 49 years old
Women's final highlights
The driving force behind the 2024 team championship in the second half of the Coronado Women's Tournament was an overwhelming victory in the freestyle relay, winning both the 200 free relay (1 minute 38.83 seconds) and the 400 free relay (3 minutes 34.13 seconds). , achieved this feat three years in a row. .
With 100 bucks, Anna Schultz He touched the wall with a score of 57.13, giving Coronado an individual victory. Another Coronado player Casey Husuccessfully defended the 2022 and 2023 5A title on the 1-meter diving board.
Faith Lutheran Summer Mudadu He won two 5A titles as a freshman on Saturday. She started by narrowly winning the 200 free over Coronado's Schultz, 1:51.54 to 1:51.79. Mudadou then won the 500 free in a commanding time of 4:56.71, giving defending champion Reno the victory. addison sara He finished in 2nd place with a time of 5:05.79. Reno's Sara successfully defended his 5A title in the 200IM with a time of 2:05.11.
Mudadu's 25.93 butterfly split gave Faith Lutheran the 200-meter medley relay title in 1:48.71.
mcqueen's Izzy Porter He also dominated both sprint and freestyle events, defending his 50th free 5A title in 2022 and 2023. In the 50m free final, Porter won in 23.76 seconds, making him the only athlete to run under 24 seconds. Porter then pulled away in the second half of the 100 free final, winning by half a second in 52.54.
Also defending his 5A state title was a player from Spanish Springs. Katie Zboinski, won the 100 breast in 1:05.02.Palo Verde's veronica avra She won the 100 fly with a score of 57.36 to close out the girls 5A individual championship.
All Girls 2024 NIAA 5A Swimming Champions
- Girls 200 medley relay: Faith Lutheran, 1:48.71
- Girls 200 Free: Summer Mudadu (Faith Lutheran), 1:51.54
- Girls 200IM: addison sara (Reno), 2:05.11
- Girls 50 Free: Izzy Porter (McQueen), 23.76
- Women's 1 meter diving: Casey Hu (Coronado), 485.85 points
- Girls 100 Fly: veronica avra (Palo Verde), 57.36
- Girls 100 Free: Izzy Porter (McQueen), 52.54
- Girls 500 Free: Summer Mudadu (Faith Lutheran), 4:56.71
- Girls 200 free relay: Coronado, 1:38.83
- Girls 100 back: Anna Schultz (Coronado), 57.13
- Girl 100 breasts: Katie Zboinski (Spanish Springs), 1:05.02
- Girls 400 free relay: Coronado, 3:34.13
Men's final highlights
palo verde junior max carlsen He won two 5A individual titles and contributed to the team's nine consecutive championships. Carlsen, a 2025 North Carolina State commit and winter junior champion, defended both the 200 free and 500 free titles from last year's 5A title. In the 200-meter free, Carlsen swam a time of 1:37.56, beating the 2011 5A state meet record of 1:37.52 by 0.04 seconds and winning by more than five seconds. Carlsen then won the Faith Lutheran free in 4:21.37. Noah Mudadu He sometimes broke 4 minutes 30 seconds with a time of 4 minutes 29.60 seconds.
Carlsen's 100 free time set a new personal best, surpassing her personal best of 1:38.39, which she set at the March 2024 sectional series. The venue for this year's swim finals will be at more than 3,000 feet above sea level, giving Carlsen a chance to improve on her lifetime best at North Carolina State University. At this year's ACC Championship, she took 1 minute, 36.63 seconds to make it to the top 24 finalists. At the same meet, Carlsen ran a personal best in the 500 free at 4:19.16, just two seconds off her 5A state meet pace this year.
Palo Verde's team victory came with two freestyle relay sweeps, winning both the 200 free relay (1:29.09) and 400 free relay (3:08.35). In the 400-meter free relay, this marks Palo Verde's third consecutive win in the final relay of the high school state tournament lineup.
Faith Lutheran's Mudadu won the 200 IM final over Palo Verde in 1:53.00. owen carlsen (1:53.88), winning the 2022 5A 100 Free State title. Mudadu also competed in the 200-meter medley relay (1:36.92), which was won by Faith Lutheran.
Reed's hunter dawson He swept both the sprint and freestyle titles on Saturday. Dawson won the 50 free for the first time in 21.11 seconds, following a seed time of 20.87 at the regional meet. Dawson then won the 100 free title by shutting out Palo Verde's O. Carlsen by 0.06 seconds, 46.41 to 46.47.centennials Corbin Cole Centennial's Cole then defended his 100 Back 5A title with a score of 50.75, faster than his 2023 winning time of 51.26.
Bishop Gorman's Valentino Montegrande Coronado easily won the 100 fly final in 50.36. parker woodward She won the final individual event, the 100 breast, with a score of 57.92.
Looking at the results of Friday's dive, Bishop Manogue's quinn dyson He successfully defended his 1m 5A title.
All Boys 2024 NIAA 5A Swimming Champions
- Boys 200 Medley Relay: Faith Lutheran Church, 1:36.92
- Boys 200 Free: max carlsen (Palo Verde), 1:37.56
- Boys 200IM: Noah Mudadu (Faith Lutheran), 1:53.00
- Boys 50 Free: hunter dawson (Lead), 21.11
- Men's 1 meter diving: quinn dyson (Bishop Manogue), 473.55 points
- Boys 100 Fly: Valentino Montegrande (Bishop Gorman), 50.36
- Boys 100 Free: hunter dawson (Lead), 46.41
- Boys 500 Free: max carlsen (Palo Verde), 4:21.37
- Boys 200 free relay: Palo Verde, 1:29.09
- Boys 100 back: Corbin Cole (100th anniversary), 50.75
- Boys 100 breasts: parker woodward (Coronado), 57.92
- Boys 400 free relay: Palo Verde, 3:08.35
