Fredsall, the defending 5-A butterfly champ, hadn't shaved her legs since October, so when she finally did this weekend her resistance in the water would be as little as possible.

"I shave my armpits, though,'' said Fredsall, quickly making sure she pointed out the difference.

The strategy, combined with a specific tapering program and Fredsall's past experience, all worked in her favor on Saturday afternoon at BYU's natatorium. The senior topped her time from last year by nearly a minute, finishing in 54.97 seconds.

Fredsall set a new Utah state record with the time, breaking Cottonwood's Heidi Hausknecht's mark of 55.63 set nearly 10 years ago, in 1996. The Utah-bound senior set two more state records later in the day, with the help of Kearns' relay swimmers, in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays.

"I felt like I died at the end but I looked over and I had it and I was so happy,'' Fredsall said of her butterfly swim.

The Kearns girls' team finished second overall, 140 points behind first-place Skyline (523 points), which won its' fourth consecutive 5-A team title. Skyline also took the boys' championship, finishing far ahead of second-place Kearns.

The Eagles were among the last to leave the pool, receiving trophies and a prolonged cheer from their supporters. Though neither side netted any state records, Skyline continued its impressive winning streak by attacking all spots in all races. The Eagle girls placed a swimmer in the top three of all of the weekend's races.

"They're really deep,'' Kearns coach Chris Horne said. "They get in there, in the top 12, all the time. They score lots of points.''

Skyline's K.C. Albiston won the girls' 500 free for the third time in as many years. Though she was two seconds off last year's time (5:04.01, a state record), she was pleased with the victory.

"I was going for it again,'' Said Albiston, who finished in 5:06.02. "I'm a little disappointed. But I've still got a lot to look forward to this season.''

Sara Nicoponski of Skyline finished first in the 100 breaststroke in 1:05.41, and on the boys' side, George Evans (100 free) and Drew Bowles (100 breaststroke) logged first-place finishes.

The Eagles also took both the 200 free relay (Evans, Andrew Zhang, Scott Goldthorpe, Jordan Jensen) and the 400 relay (Zac Smith, Thomas Ekstrom, Nathan Swallow and Evans).

Fredsall anchored both of Kearns' relays, but in the 200 free, all four swimmers who set a state mark in 2004 returned this year. Natalie Edge, Christie Bergesen, Trimbell Huff and Fredsall broke last year's record (1:37.87) by more than a second, finishing in 1:36.59.

And in the 400 free, three of the four swimmers on last year's team returned. Again, they bettered their time by more than a second, coming in at 3:32.07, 1.07 seconds better than last year's state record (3:33.14).

Class 5-A Results

BOYS

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

1. Skyline 490, 2. Kearns 288, 3. Hunter 238, 4. Bingham 202, 5. Viewmont 170, 6. Brighton 160, 7. West Jordan 121, 8. Cottonwood 109, 9. Weber 97, 10. Taylorsville 92, Northridge 43.5, 12 Alta 42, 13. Hillcrest 34, 14. Copper Hills 20, 15. Layton 18, 16. Jordan 16, Riverton 11, Fremont 10.

100 BUTTERFLY - 1. John Harvey (Hunter), 52.58, 2. Albert Kang (Kearns), 53.83, 3. Jack Quincy (Bingham), 54.03, 4. Cole Stephens (Viewmont), 54.53, 5. Andrew Zhang (Skyline), 54.70, 6. Clayton Erekson (Taylorsville), 55.36.

100 FREESTYLE - 1. George Evans (Skyline), 46.26, 2. Todd Bradley (Kearns), 48.53, 3. Zac Smith (Skyline), 48.76, 4. Mike Ellis (West Jordan), 48.85, 5. Bryan Edmunds (Weber), 48.9, 6. Bear Behrmann (Viewmont), 49.24.

500 FREESTYLE - 1. Chad Fong (Cottonwood), 4:44.70, 2. Thomas Ekstrom (Skyline), 4:48.91, 3. Luke Monson (Brighton), 4:50.02, 4. Nathan Swallow (Skyline), 4:52.59, 5. David Chandler (Kearns), 4:56.83, 6. James Lamarre (Brighton), 5:01.36.

200 FREESTYLE RELAY - Skyline (Evans, Zhang, Goldthorpe, Jensen), 1:28.78, 2. Kearns (McLaughlin, Christensen, Kang, Chandler), 1:30.58, 3. West Jordan (Fletcher, Spoerri, Rhodes, Ellis), 1:31.53, 4. Viewmont (Milligan, Balling, Cook, Behrmann), 1:31.61, 5. Weber (Mitton, Otto, Peterson, Edmunds), 1:32.77, 6. Hunter (Bigham, Christensen, Brauer, Coffey), 1:34.14.

100 BACKSTROKE - 1. Todd Bradley (Kearns), 53.94, 2. Isaac Muir (Hunter), 55.33, 3. Scott Goldthorpe (Skyline), 55.52, 4. Andrew Zhang (Skyline), 55.61, 5. Jordan Fletcher (West Jordan), 56.42, 6. Justin Christensen (Kearns), 56.66.

100 BREASTSTROKE - 1. Drew Bowles (Skyline), 59.72, 2. Madison Loyola (Skyline), 1:00.89, 3. Albert Kang (Kearns), 1:01.5, 4. Isaac McElhaney (Kearns), 1:01.76, 5. Karl Fleischel (Bingham), 1:02.81, 6. Sagen Smith (Viewmont), 1:02.82

400 FREE RELAY - 1. Skyline (Smith, Ekstrom, Swallow, Evans), 3:15.38, 2. Hunter (Christensen, Muir, Bigham, Harvey), 3:18.49, 3. Kearns (Bradley, Huff, Heath, Chandler), 3:19.14, 4. Bingham (Rueckert, Quinn, Downs, Fleischel), 3:23.94, 5. Viewmont (Balling, Stephens, Cook, Behrmann) 3:24.84, 6. Brighton (Mumford, Lamarre, Albro, Monson), 3:26.42.

GIRLS

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

1. Skyline 523, 2. Kearns 383, 3. Brighton 334, 4. Hunter 185, 5. Davis 114, 6. Bingham 112, 7. Weber 91, 8. Alta 82, 9. Cottonwood 71, 9. Layton, 71, 11. Viewmont 51, 12. Copper Hills 39, 13. Jordan 37, 14. Taylorsville 31, 15. Hillcrest 17, 16. West Jordan 14, 17. Northridge 13.

100 BUTTERFLY - 1. Jennifer Fredsall (Kearns), 54.97, 2. Ana Agy (Brighton), 55.66, 3. Marnie Knoop (Skyline), 58.82, 4. Lauren Witte (Skyline), 1:03.52, 5. Christie Bergesen (Kearns), 1:03.52, 6. Marisa Dobie (Hunter), 1:04.66.

100 FREESTYLE - 1. Natalie Edge (Kearns), 51.11, 2. Anna Crandall (Skyline), 52.88, 3. Kristina Evans (Skyline), 54.04, 4. Timbrell Huff (Kearns), 54.42, 5. Whitney Jones (Davis), 54.58, 6. Megan Raby (Kearns), 54.79.

500 FREESTYLE - 1. KC Albiston (Skyline), 5:06.02, 2. Ali Siggard (Brighton), 5:11.01, 3. Kaite Maasberg (Skyline), 5:19.16, 4. Lauren Stapley (Kearns), 5:29.62, 5. Ana Hansen (Davis), 5:31.79, 6. Kimi McElmurry (Skyline), 5:33.09.

200 FREE RELAY - 1. Kearns (Edge, Bergesen, Huff, Fredsall), 1:36.59, 2. Skyline (Nicoponski, Lamb, Maasberg, Jackson), 1:42.12, 3. Brighton (Hooton, Ellis, Yang, Lake), 1:45.12, 4. Davis (W. Jones, Hoer, K. Jones, Hansen), 1:46.12, 5. Hunter (Robinson, Coombs, S. Dobie, M. Dobie), 1:46.27, 6. Weber (Reopelle, Tenney, Perkins, Hallesy), 1:46.99.

100 BACKSTROKE - 1. Ana Agy (Brighton), 57.95, 2. Rachel Coombs (Hunter), 1:02.89, 3. Julia Sniegowski (Skyline), 1:03.01, 4. Lauren Witte (Skyline), 1:04.10, 5. Hailey Burbidge (Skyline), 1:04.24, 6. Brooke Longuevan (Brighton), 1:04.29.

100 BREASTSTROKE - 1. Sara Nicoponski (Skyline), 1:05.41, 2. Christie Bergesen (Kearns), 1:09.25, 3. Stephanie Fredsall (Kearns), 1:13.24, 4. Sierra Phillips (Brighton), 1:11.20, 5. Cindy Ludwig (Kearns), 1:11.61, 6. Amy Gray 9Northridge), 1:11.76

400 FREE RELAY - 1. Kearns (Edge, Raby, Huff, Fredsall), 3:32.07, 2. Skyline (Crandall, Knoop, Maasberg, Evans), 3:38.59, 3. Brighton (Siggard, Hooton, Roth, Agy), 3:39.55, 4. Hunter (Patonai, Coombs, S. Dobbie, Mecham), 3:52.71, 5. Bingham (Simick, Rasmussen, Peck, Spencer), 3:54.96, 6. Cottonwood (Dahle, Pachelli, Hacking, Hedman), 3:56.06

In Short

l The Skyline girls' team won its fourth straight title, while the boys easily won their team competition

l Jennifer Fredsall of Kearns set a state record in the 100-yard butterfly