SWEETWATER COUNTY — Green River senior Tavia Arnell opened her season in dominant fashion, sweeping her events and winning the Gillette Girls Pentathlon on Saturday, while Rock Springs’ Zoe Schmidt led the way for the Lady Tigers with two individual wins at the Rawlins Pre-Invite on Friday.

Arnell topped a field of 79 swimmers in Gillette with a combined time of 4:28.41, finishing more than 15 seconds ahead of the runner-up. Sophomore teammate Zoie Gilmore was the next highest finisher for the Lady Wolves, placing 20th at 5:18.38.

The senior standout was untouchable across all five pentathlon events. Arnell took first in the 100-yard freestyle (54.56), 100-yard backstroke (1:00.38), 100-yard breaststroke (1:08.80), 100-yard butterfly (59.78) and the 50-yard freestyle (24.89). Her times

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