Daily Press Staff Report

Robust finishes by the Artesia High School boys swim team gave the Bulldogs a first-place finish during the Artesia Invitational last weekend.

The Bulldogs won the top trophy with 145 points. Hobbs finished second and Clovis took third. Nine teams competed in the tournament at the Artesia Aquatic Center.

The Lady Bulldogs finished second out of seven teams with 146 points. Clovis High School won the girls division with 217 points.

The boys 200 medley relay team of Layton Whitmire, Eli DeHoyos, Aidan Ciro and Andree Bautista finished first with a time of 1:40.2.

Head coach Andrea Ciro said the team beat the school record by three seconds.

Aidan Ciro broke a 50-freestyle school record with a time of 21.47 and DeHoyos broke a 100-breaststroke school record with a time of 1:00.56.

The 400-freestyle team of Bautista, Whitmire, DeHoyos and Ciro dropped three seconds off the school record with a time of 3:24.73.

On the girls’ side, Ann Greenwood won the 200 intermediate and 100 butterfly. Andrea Ciro said she came close to breaking two school records.

Carly DeHoyos dropped 19 seconds in the 500 freestyle for eighth place with a time of 6:32.58.

Morgan Fisher won the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:13.94.