The Carbon Dino swim team traveled to Grand to face the Red Devils, Emery, and Vanguard Academy on Friday. As the season winds down, the Dinos aim to make waves with regional championships approaching. At Grand, both the Dino boys and girls finished second.

After Grand, Carbon has only the Cedar Invitational on January 16 and 17, and the Last Chance Invite on January 24, before regionals begin January 30, both will be held in Price.

In the girls’ division, Emery High School, with 480 points, took first place. Carbon and Grand both tied for second with 380 points each.

In relays, Kanyon Christensen, Josie Jesperson, Lisa King, and Lily Thayn took first with a time of 1:56.45. The 400 free relay team—Rachel Blackburn, Maya Bower, Brylie Horsley, and Avy Atwood—finished second.

In individual events, Blackburn won the 200 free at 2:23.75, King took the 100 free in 1:00.81, and Thayn placed first in the 100 fly at 1:12.96. Bower secured second in the 200 IM.

In the boys’ division, Emery took first with 517 points, Carbon was second with 405.5. Grand had 220, and Vanguard Academy had 215.5 to round out the field.

The Dino Boys earned points in relays as well. In the 200 free relay, Cole Arthur, Bracken Hanson, Leland Kespel, and Carson Taylor swam to a first-place finish in 1:43.47. In 200 medley, Kespel and Taylor were joined by Asher Thayn and Cohen Sullivan, and swam to a second-place finish.

Individually, it was Hanson who came up with two first-place finishes: in the 200 free, he turned in a time of 2:02.70, and in the 500 free, he finished first in a time of 5:26.03. Arthur finished second in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 free; Benjamin Anderson came in second.

The Dinos will take the week off and will travel to Cedar City for the Cedar Invitational on Friday and Saturday.