Cheering is heard above the roar of the waves as two swimmers race headlong into the wall. It is the end of a meet, and the final outcome depends on this one race.

The Lewis-Palmer swim and dive team beat out the Arapahoe swim and dive team by six points on Tuesday, March 17. The final score was 190-196.

“It’s a really good feeling, beating out a team we were supposed to lose to,” Matt Lyons, 11, said. “Their team was very deep and very large, much larger than ours.”

The Lewis-Palmer swim and dive team has been undefeated since its conception, with its overall record being 71-0-1. The one tie comes from a meet against Air Academy two years ago.

“Being on an undefeated team comes with a lot of pressure. The whole team has got to do their best at every meet or there is a chance that we could lose,” Nick Mohr, 10, said.

The meet came down to the last race, the 400 freestyle relay. The winning team from Lewis-Palmer consisted of Daniel Deysher, Joseph Day, Riley Delahoyde, and Philip Riegert. The time for the winning relay was 3:22.11, which is a 5A state cut time.

Swim meets consists of twelve events. One event is diving, three events are various relays, and the other nine events are swum individually.

“Events fall into two categories,” Lyons explained. “Long distance races, which require more pacing and endurance, are races over 100 yards. Short distance races are races 100 yards or less, and they require more speed and agility.”

Meets are scored based on finish, not time, with the top six finishes receiving points. Relays are worth more points than individual events, and diving is scored on a scale of ten multiplied by the difficulty of the dive.

“We have a few big meets coming up, including our dual meet against our biggest rival, Air Academy,” Mohr said. “Hopefully we can keep our record alive.”