Wellington’s Cody Monajjem wins one other Colorado swimming state title

Wellington swimmer Cody Monajjem did not fairly get the state-title double she hoped for.

But the Eagles senior will end her highschool profession as a champion and with one other huge prize.

Monajjem gained the Class 3A 200-yard freestyle on Feb. 14 on the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Thornton and was additionally named Colorado 3A Swimmer of the Year after the meet.

It was the swimmer’s third state championship in as many seasons, profitable the 200 freestyle crown in 2024.

Monajjem gained final yr’s 3A 100 backstroke state title and practically repeated. She was barely thwarted by Discovery Canyon sophomore Alaia Sloan, who touched first by slightly below a second.

The Eagles swimmer had hoped to win state titles in each the 200 free and 100 again in the identical yr.

She finishes her prep tenure as a really highly-decorated swimmer, with three state titles and 4 runner-ups in eight particular person profession swims on the 3A state meet. Monajjem stays Wellington’s solely particular person state champion within the faculty’s practically four-year historical past.

Monajjem has additionally helped spur the Wellington-Timnath mixed swim program, beginning in this system’s first yr when there have been simply six whole swimmers.

Now, that quantity has greater than tripled, and the roster depth was on show at state.

Monajjem swam on the Eagles’ third-place 200 medley relay squad with sophomore Madisyn Espinosa and freshmen Ava Bonnett and Elia Delaney. That similar unit then took fifth within the 400 free relay finale.

Bonnett additionally completed fourth within the 50 free and seventh within the 100 free. Espinosa positioned fifth within the 100 breaststroke and seventh within the 100 butterfly. Freshman Corey Putman was eighth in 1-meter diving.

That all helped Wellington to a fifth-place staff end, a program greatest for the Eagles.

Liberty Common additionally had some robust finishes on the 3A meet.

Sophomore Mireille Gazdaru took runner-up within the 50 freestyle and third within the 100 fly. Taylor Anderson completed seventh within the 100 again, Quinn Barr was eighth within the 100 fly and Cora Jordgenson positioned ninth within the 100 again.

The Liberty Common 200 free relay squad of Barr, Gazdaru, Maya Shover and Grace Berkausen additionally completed fifth en path to a sixth-place total staff end in Class 3A.

Chris Abshire covers highschool and group sports activities for the Coloradoan.