DENVER -- Those two Australian teens who bungled a bank robbery in Vail were sentenced in federal court in Denver Friday.

Luke Gabriel Carroll, 19, and Anthony Harold Prince, 20, each faced up to 25 years in prison but they received reduced prison terms after they pleaded guilty as part of their plea agreements.

Carroll was sentenced to five years in prison, and Prince to 4½ years. The pair will also have to pay combined restitution of $21,600. Prosecutors had asked that they each be sentenced to seven years.

Both men apologized for their behavior.

"What I did was greedy and selfish but I'm still not sure why I did it," Prince said as his and Carroll's parents looked on. "All I can say is I knew better. I was raised better."

Carroll's sentence was longer because he threw one of the bank tellers to the floor, causing a minor injury. He said he wishes he could go back to the time just before the robbery with the knowledge he has now of the consequences.

"I hope if not now, somehow in the future, you can take into your hearts to forgive me," he said to the two tellers who were in the courtroom. "I can't describe how remorseful I am. It's a life sentence that I've imposed on myself."

The teens were nicknamed "Dumb and Dumber" by the Australian press because they left so many clues to their identities that police quickly arrested them the next day as they tried to fly to Mexico from Denver

Witnesses said the masked robbers, armed with BB pistols, had distinct accents and wore badges similar to ones worn by staff at the ski shop where the two worked.

Defense attorneys had sought lighter sentences, telling the judge that the unsophisticated nature of the crime, plus the defendants' youth, should have held more weight with the judge.

"All bank robberies are lunacy," said Judge Phillip Figa . "But to suggest one is even more stupid because it was ineptly planned does not sit well with the court."

The childhood friends from the northern coast of New South Wales were charged with robbing WestStar Bank in Vail on March 21. They robbed the bank at gunpoint of $132,000.

One bank teller was injured when she was pushed to the floor, authorities said.

"Legal arguments sanitize what happened," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Holloway. "We can't forget there were two people inside this bank who thought they were going to die."

Parents of Carroll and Prince told the judge they and other members of their family and community were shocked to hear their sons were arrested in a bank robbery, and urged the judge to give them a chance to return home soon to begin psychological treatment and start to rebuild their lives.

Jenny Price recalled the first phone conversation she had with her son after his arrest.

"He cried and cried," she said. "He only found relief in the acknowledgment that neither the tellers nor any bystanders were harmed."

Authorities got on the trail of the two after Vail ski resort employees told them that Carroll and Prince used their ski passes to board a chair lift about one-quarter mile from the bank within minutes of the robbery.

Investigators soon found mug shots of Carroll and Prince, who were arrested in January for allegedly shooting out windows with a paintball gun, and distributed their photos on an FBI flyer.

The day after the robbery, the pair drove 120 miles to Denver International Airport and tried to buy one-way tickets to Mexico, authorities said. A police officer recognized the teenagers from the flyer -- and from their distinctive accents -- and arrested them.

Prince had $4,500 in his shoes and $9,000 in a money belt, and Carroll had $7,600 with him, FBI spokesman Carl Schlaff said.

Investigators found $25,000 in a snowboard luggage bag and $3,000 in a pair of snowboard boots, while a backpack with another $26,000 was found in a garbage can in the airport parking garage, Schlaff said.

After being arrested, one of the teens tried to flush $800 down the toilet in his holding cell, Schlaff said.

Shortly after the robbery, a man who lives near the bank found $1,000 in $1 bills on his property. The teens also tried to mail $6,000 to Australia and bought more than $11,000 worth of jewelry, Schlaff said.

A small amount of the bank robbery proceeds is still unaccounted for, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a news release.