Olvera, Brito win gold in Artesia

Left: Danilo Brito cruises to victory in the 200-yard freestyle race. Right: Mary Kathryn Olvera gets off the blocks first in the 50-yard freestyle race. (NMMI Sports Press photos)
Left: Danilo Brito cruises to victory in the 200-yard freestyle race. Right: Mary Kathryn Olvera gets off the blocks first in the 50-yard freestyle race. (NMMI Sports Press photos)
Posted: Jan 14, 2024

NMMI Sports Press

Veteran senior swimmer Mary Kathryn Olvera took first place in the women’s 50-yard freestyle swim at Saturday’s Artesia Invitational, posting a time of 26.67 seconds, edging Alamogordo’s Sonja Davis by three-hundredths of a second.

Her time was .32 seconds slower than her personal best set at November’s Wildcat Invite in Lovington. Olvera took third at that meet.

Olvera also finished sixth in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 6:04.63, this time hitting the wall just behind Davis and almost 20 seconds behind the winner, Colette Dhenin of Carlsbad.

Newcomer Danilo Brito, a sophomore from Brazil, snagged two first-place medals, dominating the competition in both events.

In the men’s 200-yard freestyle, Brito defeated Edgar Dias of Hobbs by almost five seconds with a time of 1:56.69. His 50-yard splits were 25.31, 28.85, 31.57 and 30.96.

A little later in the 100-yard freestyle, Brito posted the winning time of 49.95, the only sub-50 second mark, with 50-yard splits of 24.42 and 25.53.

The men’s 200-yard freestyle A-relay team made up of Brito (22.85), Jonah Pinon (26.19), Santiago Camou (25.01) and John Sandoval (26.63) finished third with a time of 1:40.68, five seconds off the winning pace.

The men’s 200-yard medley A-relay team consisting of Camou (back, 30.36), Ricardo Garzon (breast, 41.78), Brito (fly, 18.00) and Pinon (free, 25.88) took fifth out of 10 teams with a time of 1:56.02.

Full results will be posted to the schedule page soon. A recording of the Artesia Invitational can be viewed at https://www.ksvptv.com/artesia-high-sports/.

The Colts and Lady Colts hit the lanes again on January 26 at the Griffin Invitational hosted by Santa Fe Prep.

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