LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Fighting Knights swim team turned up the heat Thursday, defeating Yuma Kofa in a dual meet, 186-154.

Kay Sykes Photo/Special to News-Herald. Havasu’s Austin Rosenbaum swims the second leg of the 200-meter Medley Relay against Yuma Kofa at the Lake Havasu City Aquatic Center Thursday. The Fighting Knights won the relay with a time of 2:11.03.

The Lady Knights defeated the Lady Kings, 103-68, while the boys team was narrowly defeated 86-83 by Kofa.

Team captain Austin Rosenbaum, a member of the 200M Medley team said, “I am so happy by the performance of the boy’s team. This meet we were able to choose our own events. It allowed us to have fun and work on personal goals.”

The boys relay teams stirred up the waters with a narrow but exciting win over Kofa. The 200-meter Medley team of Rosenbaum, Mic Scarbrough, Jay Conway and Dean finished 18-tenths of a second faster than Kofa with a time of 2:11.03. That same foursome was less than a half-second faster than the Kings in the 4x50 Freestyle relay, finishing in a time of 1:55.31.

Scarbrough also took first in 200M IM (2:33.38) and the 100M Breaststroke (1:17.72) while Havasu’s Hunnicutt was first in the 100M Backstroke in a time of 1:36.92.

The boys also scored with four second place finishes and six third places.

On the girls’ side, Courtney Barker scored three first place finishes. She won the 100M Backstroke (1:12.63), the 200M IM (2:39.14) and was part of the winning 4x100 Freestyle relay team along with Katie Northover, Hanna Hoffman ad Ashley Bresnahan. They won in a time of 4:56.57.

Bresnahan, fighting an illness, also grabbed first in the 500M Freestyle (6:31.85), Hoffman took first in the 50M Freestyle (33.29) and Northover won the 100M Freestyle (1:13.31). Havasu’s Wilson rounded out the first place finishers, winning the 200M Freestyle in a time of 2:42.14.

Havasu also took seven second place finishes and six thirds.

“I think letting the kids choose their own events gave them the opportunity to see where they might be able to excel,” Havasu head coach Mike Parr said. “Some of the kids have already picked events that they would like to continue competing in. This was really a fun meet for the kids.”

Kofa’s assistant coach, Micha Huska, said that Thursday’s meet was only their second meet this year.

“There has been a great improvement in our performance, and I am really proud of what they have accomplished today,” Huska said.