Boys swimming: Our 2022-23 all-state team

From left: Monarch’s Luke Corson, Charlie Zuhoski and Gavin Keogh cheer on their teammate Ethan DiFronzo, not pictured, in the 200 Yard Freestyle Relay event during the class 5A state swimming championships Friday at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center. The team won the event championship. (Matthew Jonas/Staff Photographer)

Eight athletes from the Boulder, Broomfield and Longmont areas were named to the Colorado High School Activities Association’s all-state boys swimming and diving team.

The Daily Camera’s swimmer of the year Gavin Keogh of Monarch and the Longmont Times-Call’s winner Joshua Dowlin of Silver Creek led the way.

Monarch’s Gavin Keogh was named the Daily Camera boys swimmer of the year after nabbing four top-five finishes at the Class 5A state championships last month. (Alissa Noe/BoCoPreps.com)

Keogh was named to Class 5A’s first team after he helped the Coyotes win the 400-yard freestyle relay in a time of 3 minutes and 4.90 seconds.

His other three teammates on the winning relay were named to the first team in Ethan DiFronzo, JC Holmes and Charlie Zuhoski. All four are expected to return next spring.

Keogh, DiFronzo and Zuhoski were also a part of a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay along with second-teamer Luke Corson, helping lead Monarch to a fourth-place team finish.

For other top-five finishes for the Coyotes, Keogh was second in the 100 backstroke and fifth in the 200 IM. DiFronzo was fifth in the 100 free.

LONGMONT,CO: March 8: Joshua Dowlin, Silver Creek’s latest swimmer-diver hoping to lead the Raptors to another strong state finish at practice on March 8, 2023.(Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)

Dowlin, meanwhile, was the lone 4A swimmer/diver on the list. He made its second team with a fifth-place finish in dive with a career-best 11-dive score of 449.25. He also finished third in the 200 freestyle relay and had a 14th-place finish in the 100 breaststroke.

On 5A’s second team, Legacy’s Tegan Barrier made it after two top-five finishes and four inside the top 11, going second in the 50 freestyle and third in the 200 free relay. Fairview’s Calvin Hammond on the second team, too, finishing fifth in dive with a score of 403.50.

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