Amazin’ Monarch: Keogh, DiFronzo & depth lead Coyotes to first-ever team title in boys swimming

Amazin’ Monarch: Keogh, DiFronzo & depth lead Coyotes to first-ever team title in boys swimming

THORNTON — Monarch’s Gavin Keogh and Ethan DiFronzo took turns making their way to the top of the awards podium at the Class 4A state swim meet Saturday. They shared the spot, too. Neither senior came into the sport’s pinnacle night with an individual state title to their name — they’d won the 5A 400-yard freestyle relay two seasons ago — and yet nobody was better. The class CEOs (Coyote Executive Officers) won three of the four events they each…

Monarch captures 4A boys swimming title, first in school history

THORNTON – For the first time in the school’s history, Monarch has won a boys swimming team championship. On Saturday at Veterans Memorial Aquatics Center, the Coyotes posted a winning team score of 409.5 to claim the Class 4A team title. “This is four years in the making and something that’s never been done at Monarch, so it’s extra special,” Monarch coach Amber Austin said. “I just really appreciate everyone putting themselves out there, not j…