PREP SWIMMING: Trio of Bulldogs win at pre-districts tune-up meet
MAX OSWALD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 months, 1 week AGO
I grew up in the small town of Orwigsburg, Pa., where I resided all of my life before moving to Sandpoint. I attended Blue Mountain High School, where I participated in cross country and track and field, a sport that I ended up falling in love with. I went on to attend and run for DeSales University (with other brief stints at Susquehanna University and Elizabethtown College) and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sport communication with a minor in sport management. I remember just how great it made me feel when I was mentioned in my hometown newspaper. I want to be able to give that feeling to every athlete in Bonner County, no matter how big or small their accomplishments are. As an athlete myself, I know how many hours of work are put in on a daily basis, and that hard work deserves to be recognized. It is my goal to cover as much of the Bulldogs, Spartans and Wampus Cats as I can. I want to work with every athlete, parent, coach, administrator and the community to ensure the best stories are published. | October 20, 2025 4:45 PM
COEUR d'ALENE — Senior Kale Wright and sophomore Lou Foust each won an individual event and were a part of the winning 200 free relay to lead the Bulldogs at a regular season Inland Empire League meet held Saturday at the Kroc Center.
Wright was first out of 22 swimmers in the 50 free with a time of 22.69 seconds while Foust beat out nine other competitors to grab gold in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5 minutes, 21.4 seconds.
Wright, Foust and seniors McCoy Jensen and Kai Leavitt combined to win the 200 free relay in 1 minute, 32.96 seconds, over 11 seconds ahead of runner-up, which happened to be Sandpoint's second team.
Sophomore Bodi Demmons swam to a win in the 100 back in a time of 1 minute, 0.51 seconds, beating out 15 other competitors in the process for Sandpoint's boys, which went undefeated in dual scoring with victories over Coeur d'Alene, Lakeland, Post Falls, Lake City and Wallace.
Freshman Andrew Ford added a second-place finish in the 100 breast (1:04.01) while Leavitt was second in the 100 fly (56.21). Jensen placed third in the 200 IM (2:12.59) as did Demmons in the 500 free (5:36.38).
For the girls, freshman Alivia Storms was second out of 13 swimmers in the 100 breast with a time of 1 minute, 14.84 seconds while freshman Athena de Leeuw placed third out of nine competitors in the 500 free with a time of 6 minutes, 15.59 seconds.
Storms, along with junior Summer Loutzenhiser and seniors Rachel Alyward, Bria Rocke and Arizona Christian University commit Mia Driggs were a part of two of three third-place relay teams for Sandpoint's girls, which defeated Lakeland and Wallace in dual scoring.
Sandpoint will head to the University of Idaho Swim Center on Saturday to compete at the 5A District 1-2 Championship.
BOYS
DUAL SCORES — Lake City 150, Wallace 9; Coeur d’Alene 148, Lake City 98; Coeru d’Alene 158, Lakeland 73; Coeur d’Alene 147, Post Falls 112; Sandpoint 145, Coeur d’Alene 131; Coeur d’Alene 173, Wallace 9; Lake City 134, Lakeland 83; Post Falls 138, Lakeland 87; Sandpoint 176, Lakeland 75; Lakeland 118, Wallace 12; Sandpoint 160, Post Falls 108; Post Falls 166, Wallace 11; Sandpoint 201, Wallace 8; Sandpoint 160, Lake City 103; Post Falls 135, Lake City 105.
200-yard medley relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Mason Curry, Dawson Cushman, Jace Voeller, David Schoeny), 1:48.26. 2, Post Falls, 1:49.66. 3, Sandpoint (Bodi Demmons, Andrew Ford, Max Brown, Bo Zeller), 1:51.96.
200 freestyle — 1, Chance Seeds, Post Falls, 1:50.25. 2, Andrew Davis, Coeur d’Alene, 1:50.52. 3, Owen Keith, Coeur d’Alene, 1:54.66.
200 IM — 1, Jace Voeller, Coeur d’Alene, 2:11.47. 2, Taylor Holding, Post Falls, 2:12.21. 3, McCoy Jensen, Sandpoint, 2:12.59.
50 freestyle — 1, Kale Wright, Sandpoint, 22.69. 2, Dawson Cushman, Coeur d’Alene, 22.84. 3, Eli Shaw, Lake City, 23.06.
100 butterfly — 1, Eli Shaw, Lake City, 56.20. 2, Ikaika Leavitt, Sandpoint, 56.21. 3, Owen Keith, Coeur d’Alene, 59.72.
100 freestyle — 1, Chance Seeds, Post Falls, 50.47. 2, Jace Voeller, Coeur d’Alene, 53.40. 3, Tucker Rigg, Lake City, 53.88.
500 freestyle — 1, Lou Foust, Sandpoint, 5:21.40. 2, Joshua Dimitri, Coeur d’Alene, 5:24.22. 3, Bodi Demmons, Sandpoint, 5:36.38.
200 freestyle relay — 1, Sandpoint (Ikaika Leavitt, Lou Foust, McCoy Jensen, Kale Wright), 1:32.96. 2, Sandpoint (Max Brown, Phin Bricher, Bo Zeller, Andrew Ford), 1:44.14. 3, Lakeland, 1:46.44.
100 backstroke — 1, Bodi Demmons, Sandpoint, 1:00.51. 2, John Misner, Post Falls, 1:00.84. 3, Tucker Rigg, Lake City, 1:02.50.
100 breaststroke — 1, Dawson Cushman, Coeur d’Alene, 1:03.66. 2, Andrew Ford, Sandpoint, 1:04.01. 3, Andrew Davis, Coeur d’Alene, 1:10.16.
400 freestyle relay — 1, Coeur d’Alene (Owen Keith, Mason Curry, Joshua Dimitri, Andrew Davis), 3:35.27. 2, Post Falls, 3:46.09. 3, Lake City, 3:47.51.
GIRLS
DUAL SCORES — Coeur d’Alene 201, Lakeland 40; Coeur d’Alene 190, Post Falls 48; Coeur d’Alene 161, Sandpoint 117; Coeur d’Alene 201, Wallace 33; Lake City 220, Lakeland 33; Lake City 213, Post Falls 36; Lake City 190, Sandpoint 92; Lake City 220, Wallace 27; Post Falls 81, Lakeland 67; Lakeland 86, Wallace 59, Post Falls 80, Wallace 55; Sandpoint 187, Wallace 38; Lake City 177, Coeur d’Alene 99; Sandpoint 182, Lakeland 48.
200-yard medley relay — 1, Lake City (Taylor Young, Quinn Taylor, Maggie Sobek, Erin Griffith), 1:56.10. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 2:02.07. 3, Sandpoint (Halle Wyman, Summer Loutzenhiser, Bria Rocke, Rachel Aylward), 2:09.02.
200 freestyle — 1, Tillie Sobek, Lake City, 2:01.56. 2, Dylan Romprey, Lake City, 2:05.03. 3, Daisy Whitney, Post Falls, 2:05.25.
200 IM — 1, Taylor Young, Lake City, 2:26.21. 2, Raegan Greiner, Coeur d’Alene, 2:26.62. 3, Karsten Towery, Coeur d’Alene, 2:27.01.
50 freestyle — 1, Quinn Taylor, Lake City, 26.15. 2, Erin Griffith, Lake City, 26.50. 3, Sylvia Strow, Lake City, 26.52.
100 butterfly — 1, Tillie Sobek, Lake City, 1:01.03. 2, Emmersyn Haley, Lake City, 1:05.01. 3, Payton Goodwin, Lake City, 1:05.26.
100 freestyle — 1, Sylvia Strow, Lake City, 57.70. 2, Allie Maykuth, Coeur d’Alene, 58.96. 3, Claire Thorpe, Coeur d’Alene, 1:00.88.
500 freestyle — 1, Dylan Romprey, Lake City, 5:41.45. 2, Maggie Sobek, Lake City, 5:48.10. 3, Athena de Leeuw, Sandpoint, 6:15.59.
200 freestyle relay — 1, Lake City (Sylvia Strow, Taylor Young, Erin Griffith, Tillie Sobek), 1:46.19. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 1:49.95. 3, Sandpoint (Mia Driggs, Bria Rocke, Rachel Aylward, Alivia Storms), 1:52.75.
100 backstroke — 1, Emmersyn Haley, Lake City, 1:07.58. 2, Ainsley Kuhne, Coeur d’Alene, 1:10.06. 3, Maddy Wisdom-Matous, Lake City, 1:11.41.
100 breaststroke — 1, Quinn Taylor, Lake City, 1:08.28. 2, Alivia Storms, Sandpoint, 1:14.84. 3, Addison Wallace, Coeur d’Alene, 1:15.28.
400 freestyle relay — 1, Lake City (Sylvia Strow, Tillie Sobek, Erin Griffith, Quinn Taylor), 3:50.14. 2, Coeur d’Alene, 4:07.57. 3, Sandpoint (Summer Loutzenhiser, Claire Ballard, Alivia Storms, Mia Driggs), 4:17.94.
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