By Sean Griffin on SwimSwam
Colorado Boys High School 5A Swimming and Diving Championships
- May 8-9, 2025
- Diving Competition: May 8, 9:30am MST
- Swimming Prelims: May 8, 5:00pm MST
- Finals: May 9, 5:00pm MST
- Veterans Memorial Aquatic Complex – Thornton, Colorado
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The 2025 Colorado Boys’ High School 5A Swimming and Diving Championship finals unfolded on Friday night at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Complex in Thornton, Colorado.
Defending champions Cherry Creek repeated for the first time in school history, winning by 82 points, while Regis Jesuit finished 2nd. The two powerhouse programs have now placed 1st or 2nd in each of the past five years.
Colorado high school swimming is broken into two classifications: 4A and 5A, determined by school enrollment. 4A schools have fewer than 1,600 students, while 5A schools exceed 1,600 students in attendance. The 4A swimming championships will occur on Saturday, May 10th.
“We haven’t ever gone back-to-back, at least not during my tenure, and we’re hopefully going to continue to build on that,” Cherry Creek head coach Chris Loftis told Colorado Preps. “These guys have done everything we’ve asked and then some. We ask a lot of our kids. I know I say this every year, but I mean it every year – the things they’ve overcome and the things they’ve persevered through as young men and as a team, and as brothers, I could not be more proud.”
Cherry Creek made their presence known early—starting not on the day of the main events, but the day before, during the diving finals. There, senior Luke Ogren three-peated in the event, posting a score of 622.85 points. The Naval Academy commit reflected on his performance afterward, telling the CHSAA:
“It’s my last state meet right before I leave for college and my last high school meet ever, so it was really great to win it,” Ogren said. “The score was just around what I was hoping for. I was kind of hoping to break the state record, but I kind of flopped on one dive so that didn’t end up happening. It’s just great to see all the work I’ve been putting in pay off.”
Besides Ogren, the Bruins did not capture any individual wins but did claim two of the three relays, after sweeping all three last year. Their depth proved to be the key factor in a decisive overall victory over Regis Jesuit, bolstered by several crucial 2nd– and 3rd–place finishes from the likes of seniors Camille Trinquesse, Talen Palmateer, and Jamie Crawford.
Event Winners
In the first swimming final—the 200 medley relay—Cherry Creek’s quartet of Trinquesse (22.89), Palmateer (24.78), Hayden Watkins (21.82), and Connor Kelly (20.21) combined for a time of 1:29.70 to secure gold. They later went on to win the 200 freestyle relay as well, with Crawford subbing in for Trinquesse. Palmateer led off in 21.38, followed by Watkins (20.54), Kelly (20.33), and Crawford logging 20.20 on the anchor.
Regis Jesuit claimed silver in the medley with a time of 1:30.40, while Legacy grabbed 2nd in the free relay, hitting a 1:23.57.
Grandview senior Oliver Schimberg made history of his