Jessen heads Mullen state efforts

The junior earned a second place and a third place.  Jessen finished runner-up in the 100-yard breaststroke in 59.64 seconds. Greeley Central’s Drake Manuello won the event in 57.42. And Jessen took third in the 200 IM, getting clocked in 1:53.87. Wheat Ridge’s Ryan Peterson was the winner in 1:53.01. 

Elsewhere, the Mustangs’ Stephen Wickwire finished 16th in the 50 freestyle, getting timed in 23.12.  Mullen also had two relay teams score. The 200 freestyle team of William Chavez, senior Joseph Schwamm, Wickwire and Jessen finished ninth, first in consolations, in 1:31.77. The same four were 12th in the 200 medley, fourth in consolations, in 1:44.27. Teamwise, Mullen ended with 60 points for 16th place of 25 teams.  The start of the afternoon meet was delayed for a lengthy bit due to problems with the scoreboard.

CLASS 4A

BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING STATE MEET

At the Air Force Academy

Final team scores -- Cheyenne Mountain 337, Valor Christian 239, Thompson Valley 219, Golden 177, Windsor 141, Coronado 107, George Washington 106, Discovery Canyon 105, Pine Creek 101, Montrose 101, Silver Creek 87, Pueblo County 72, Estes Park 70, Air Academy 63, Loveland 61, Mullen 60, Evergreen 43, D’Evelyn 36, Wheat Ridge 34, Glenwood Springs 34, Greeley Central 32, Green Mountain 24, Mountain View 22, Thomas Jefferson 21, Longmont 11.