ALAMOSA – Ben Tibbitts is a junior at Centauri High School. However, neither Centauri nor any other school in the San Luis Valley fields a boys swimming team, he makes the long journey to Pueblo to compete on the Pueblo County team.

Tibbitts has found success swimming for the Hornets. At a meet on Saturday, he qualified for the state meet in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:56.8 and the 100 freestyle in 52.2 seconds.

He was also a part of a relay that qualified for state. In the 200-yard freestyle relay, he qualified with a time of 24.1 seconds in his leg.

The Class 4A State Meet takes place on Thursday and Friday at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Thornton.