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Provo • Utahns by now are accustomed to hearing about standout athletes taking off for a foreign country upon high school graduation and eventually enrolling in college later.

Brighton swimmer Brock Harries is going to be one of those guys and he'll have some cherished memories to take with him after winning the men's 100-yard freestyle Friday at the Class 5A state swimming championships — as well as helping the Bengals to two relay wins over the two-day stretch at the BYU pool.

One thing, though: Harries isn't wandering out of country for a church mission.

"I'm not actually going to school next year. I'm planning on working, traveling quite a bit," Harries said. "I really want to travel the world - Europe, Asia. This may not be the most conventional thing to do, but I'm excited about taking some time out."

On Thursday, Harries and his Brighton teammates set a new state record in the 200-yard medley relay. His win Friday in the 100-free was a repeat from 2015 although he entered the race with only the third-fastest qualifying time this year.

"I think I had that in the back of my mind. There's a lot of fast kids out there in the field, but I felt good about it going into it," Harries said. "Going in, I felt I was going to win it."

In the boys' team standings, it was Viewmont that repeated as 5A champs. The Vikings scored 256 points to second-place Cottonwood High's 237.

Viewmont senior Drew Bonner had a record-setting day to highlight his team's accomplishments.

Bonner, in a head-to-head battle with Cottonwood freshman Jarod Arroyo in the 500-yard freestyle, pulled away in the last two lengths.

"I was tired, but my adrenaline just pushed me through it. I knew, with all the training I had done, that I could do it," Bonner said. "I was nervous for a little bit, tried not to let it get into my head. But I knew I had it."

Cottonwood did get an individual championship on the final day when Arroyo won the 100-yard butterfly, which was followed by teammate Jonah Simon touching at 58.06 for first in the 100-yard breaststroke.

Adam Edwards of Mountain Crest also won in the 100-yard backstroke, while Cottonwood grabbed gold in the boys 400-yard freestyle relay.

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On the girls' side, the 5A meet marked the last high school duel between twin sisters Mariah and Mckenna Gassaway from Viewmont High. While Mckenna won the 100-yard breast a year ago, this time it was Mariah edging her sibling for first.

"Every year, it's been me and Mckenna in the breast stroke. It goes off and on, it's really weird like that — I won sophomore year, she won junior year. It just goes back and forth," Mariah Gassaway said. "It feels good, but I'm ready for a change.

"It is really hard for me, because it's not like you leave the competition when you leave the pool," she added. "But she pushes me every day in practice and I guess I push her back."

Cottonwood High sophomore Rhyan White, who swam for Herriman a year ago, repeated her 2015 feat of not only taking the 100-yard back, but also setting a state record in the process. This time, White finished at 53.45 — cruising to almost a 6-second win.

"I wasn't expecting to go that fast," said White, who also placed first in the 100-yard fly. "I don't know. I really wanted it."

The girls' team champion was a Sky View squad that didn't have an individual victor in the meet. But the Bobcats showed how talented their youthful team is when freshman Millie Miggin and senior Olivia Christiansen combined with sophomores Lainey Bingham and Megan Brimhall for first in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

"It's been in our sights all season. We thought it was pretty reachable," Brimhall said. "It's a surprise because all the teams are so good, but we were able to come out on top."

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The Class 4A and Class 3A meets will culminate in Provo today. The highlight moment on the first day of competition for those classifications was when Park City sophomore Lucas Hess broke a state record in the 200-yard free that had been held for almost 40 years.

Hess' time of 1:41.89 finally put to bed the record of Rick Morley set at the Class 3A meet in 1977.