2014 boys swimmer of the year: Matt Lujan, Catalina Foothills. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star
Boys swimmer of the year
Name: Matt Lujan
School: Catalina Foothills
Year in school: Senior
Sport: Boys swimming and diving
What he did: Had a hand in winning three state titles – two individual and one relay – as the Falcons repeated as boys Division II state champions. Lujan was also on the 200-yard medley relay team that placed second by less than two seconds.
Top performance: The state championship meet. Lujan, a senior, repeated as the 200-yard IM champion with a win in 1 minutes 56.19 seconds, more than three seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. He also claimed the 100 backstroke title in 50.79 and was part of the first-place 400 relay team that won by more than five seconds.
What’s next: Lujan signed to swim for the UA last month and will specialize in the backstroke with the Wildcats. It’s the third straight year Arizona landed a local high school swimmer.
Runner-up: Brooks Fail, Foothills. Like Lujan, Fail had a hand in three individual titles this fall. The sophomore also swam on the 200 relay team along with Lujan and won both the 200 and 500 free events.
