Hutchins brothers collect 8 golds

By Rod Haxton

When it comes to bragging rights within the household, Marshal Hutchins has the edge over his younger brother - at least for this week.
The older Hutchins collected four individual gold medals for the Scott City Stars at the Leoti swim meet on Saturday, along with a silver medal
His younger brother, Dylan, also had four golds, but two of those came in the relays. Dylan also picked up three individual silvers.
Competing in the 13-14-year-old division, Marshal had an impressive day with wins in the 50m freestyle (34.33), 100m freestyle (1:23.16), 200m freestyle (3:05.51) and the 100m backstroke (1:44.41). He was a runner-up in the 100m breaststroke (1:52.22).
Dylan (11-12-years) was a gold medalist in the 100m freestyle (1;35.5) and 50m breaststroke (56.0). He also hauled in three silver medals in the 50m freestyle (39.95), 50m backstroke (48.19) and 50m butterfly (50.67). Hutchins was on the winning 200m freestyle (2:52.99) and 200m medley (3:47.16) relays.
Other members of both relays were Kyle Cure, Chase Rumford and Nick Storm.
Conner Cupp (8-years and under) was a gold medalist in the 50m freestyle (61.27) in addition to being a runner-up in the 25m backstroke (31.57) and 25m butterfly (37.97).
Moving up an age division, Cupp was a member of the 9-10-year-old 200m freestyle relay (3:41.8) that also included Reid Brunswig, Brendon Marciak and Parker Vulgamore.
Rumford (11-12 years) swam to a first place finish in the 200m freestyle (3:38.37).
As a team, the Scott City boys collected 11 gold medals, nine silver and three bronze.

Shapland Wins 4 Golds
Scott City’s Madison Shapland added four more golds to her season’s collection. Shapland (8-years and under) was an individual winner in the 25m freestyle (21.03), and 100m individual medley (2:25.33), in addition to being a member of the 100m freestyle and 100m medley relays.
Other members of the two winning relay teams were Piper Wasinger, Brooke Hoeme and Allison Brunswig.
Wasinger was an individual champion in the 50m freestyle (51.19) and Haley Allen (11-12 years) captured first place in the 50m freestyle (37.38). Wasinger also added silver medals in the 25m freestyle (22.32) and the 25m breaststroke (28.96).
Scott City was a winner in the 13-14-year-old 200m freestyle relay (2:43.44). Relay members were Emily Buxton, Aubrey Davis, Reagan Smyth and Christina Rosenlund. The Lady Stars won the 200m medley relay (3:08.13) in the same age division with Krissa Dearden, Buxton, Smyth and Rosenlund.
The Lady Stars were runners-up in 12 events.
Rosenlund (13-14 years) was a second place finisher in the 200m freestyle (3:12.53) and the 100m backstroke (1:36.69).
Other individual runners-up were:
9-10 years: Kylee Trout, 50m breaststroke (61.16); Jordan Miller, 50m freestyle (41.89).
13-14 years: Krissa Dearden, 100m freestyle (1:27.13).
Next meet for the Stars will be Saturday when they travel to Dodge City.