Polson boys swim team takes second at state contest
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GREAT FALLS — Polson’s swim team came home with 28 medals and the boys team placed second in state for AB schools for the second year in a row. According to head coach Morgan Zimmer, seven individuals made it to finals to bring medals in all events swim, as well as 3 boys relays and 1 girls relay that also brought medals home.
“Our team had incredible time drops and lifetime beat swims for some,” Zimmer said. “The sportsmanship and energy shown by this team to our swimmers in the pool is next level. They had so much fun and swam harder than ever.”
“We went about our state season differently this year as we had open discussion weeks in advance about our best options based on time and even practiced warm-ups as if we were there with the hundreds of competitors,” Zimmer added.
Following the state meet Saturday night, Zimmer said her swim team celebrated with paper plate awards on the bus. She explained that all the kids make up a funny award for each other and present it with a blurb of how they won it. “Seeing them laugh and cheer each other on in this setting was like one big family,” the coach said.
“The way this team carries themselves and supports one another on and off deck and seeing these drills ‘click’ at practice and transform them into swimmers is what drives me to coach,” Zimmer shared.
State medaling Polson swimmers include: (boys) August Hertz (senior), Teague McElwee, Truman Sawyer, Lachlan Sloan, Hayden Ricks, Joshua Reed, Isaac Kinnick; (girls) Dixie Montgomery, Adi Montgomery, Amelia Stene and Ana Hertz. Other state swimmers were Kena Sutton, Laurielee Truex and Kyle Alexander.
2024 MHSA State Swim Meet
Great Falls High Pool,
25 Yards 6 Lanes
*Only results for Polson winners races listed
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay
Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Billings Central Catholic HS ‘A’ 1:45.97. 2, Columbia Falls High School ‘A’ 1:49.85. 3, Polson High School ‘A’ 1:50.73. 4, Whitefish High School ‘A’ 1:55.55. 5, Havre High School ‘A’ 2:03.00. 6, Hardin High School ‘A’ 2:12.25.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Shelton, Dylan B, Central, 1:50.02. 2, Hertz, August, Polson, 1:50.51. 3, Sibson, Gavin, Whitefish, 2:00.05. 4, Vandersloot, Nolan, Hardin, 2:06.02. 5, Bates, Teagan, C Falls, 2:10.45. 6, Ramshaw, David, Central, 2:15.62.
Girls 200 Yard IM Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Vaira, Teaghan K, Central, 2:23.52. 2, Spini, Sarah M, Central, 2:38.65. 3, Kaline, Taryn, Hardin, 2:43.37. 4, Smith, Liliana M, Havre, 2:46.50. 5, Baker, Lucy, Hardin, 2:53.27. 6, Montgomery, Dixie, Polson, 2:56.33.
Boys 200 Yard IM Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Keith, Connor, C Falls, 2:04.87. 2, Johnson, Jonas A, Central, 2:07.38. 3, Sawyer, Truman, Polson, 2:22.78. 4, Molloy, Aidan, Central, 2:28.48. 5, Poling, Joseph A, Central, 2:43.47. 6, Harada, Nolan, Central, 2:51.16.
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Elliot, Britton, Havre, 25.86. 2, Longshore, Sway C, East Helena, 26.59. 3, Theis, Avery, Whitefish, 26.74. 4, Kunz, Myah H, Central, 27.50. 5, Stene, Amelia, Polson, 27.71. 6, Prill, Madeline, Central, 28.11.
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle Class AB
(A - Final) 1, McElwee, Teague, Polson, 22.21. 2, Seitz, Bennett P, Central, 22.41. 3, Piseno, Greyson, Central, 23.61. 4, Brown, Landon, Whitefish, 24.08. 5, Cammon, Micah, Havre, 24.88. 6, Sloan, Lachlan, Polson, 24.93.
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Early, Kelly A, Central, 1:01.61. 2, Kaline, Taryn, Hardin, 1:10.03. 3, Stene, Amelia, Polson, 1:11.64. 4, Spini, Sarah M, Central, 1:14.52. 5, Carroll, Elizabeth A, Havre, 1:15.31. 6, Baker, Lucy, Hardin, 1:21.89.
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly Class AA
(B - Final) 1, Pizzolato, Syler T, Senior, 51.73. 2, Anderson, Scott H, Great
Falls, 51.96. 3, Keim, Isaac, Glacier, 53.52. 4, Goetsch, Devin J, Helena
High, 53.55. 5, Hanson, McGuire M, West, 53.60. 6, Stevens, Eli S, Bozeman,
56.84. (C - Final) 7, Nave, Paul J, Gallatin, 56.90. 8, Wendt, Samuel C, West,
57.59. 9, Vanni, Mario, Belgrade, 1:01.23. 10, Dyk, Ian, Gallatin, 1:01.75.
11, Stone, Nathan N, Butte, 1:04.38. 12, Van Wyk, Aidan C, Helena High,
1:04.43.
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Apostol, Daniel G, Central, 52.20. 2, McElwee, Teague, Polson,
53.08. 3, Clark, Quinn, C Falls, 1:01.14. 4, Sloan, Lachlan, Polson, 1:03.78.
5, Molloy, Aidan, Central, 1:06.83. 6, Zink, Will, Central, 1:08.34.
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle Class AA
(B - Final) 1, Pachek, Bella A, Great Falls, 52.10. 2, Gibbons, Olivia,
Glacier, 53.72. 3, Stack, Ella J, Big Sky, 54.18. 4, LA, Aeri L, Sentinel,
55.06. 5, Woldtvedt, Grace E, Great Falls, 55.71. 6, Lilyquist, AJ J,
Belgrade, 55.76. (C - Final) 7, Simms, Molly T, Hellgate, 55.95. 8, Klein,
Addilyn M, Skyview, 56.14. 9, Deaton, Brookelyn S, Sentinel, 56.18. 10,
Schlapp, Grace J, Gallatin, 56.74. 11, Gerhart, Victoria K, Big Sky, 57.42.
12, King, Brynn T, Bozeman, 59.06.
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Elliot, Britton, Havre, 56.53. 2, Theis, Avery, Whitefish,
57.98. 3, Longshore, Sway C, East Helena, 59.47. 4, Torske, Makenna, Hardin,
1:00.20. 5, Cheff, Sadie, C Falls, 1:00.46. 6, Morrell, Georgia, Whitefish,
1:01.20.
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle Class AA
(B - Final) 1, Westenfelder, Leo S, Hellgate, 48.52. 2, Woldtvedt, Seth D,
Great Falls, 48.86. 3, Urban, Isaac J, Capital, 49.21. 4, McKenzie, Aiden M,
Big Sky, 49.38. 5, Githens, Daniel E, West, 50.10. 6, Clapper, Alex, Gallatin,
51.18. (C - Final) 7, Stevens, Eli S, Bozeman, 51.39. 8, Riggin, Jayce R,
Great Falls, 52.59. 9, Speidel, Slade S, Big Sky, 52.73. 10, Neese, Dylan,
Skyview, 52.80. 11, Thorn, Bryce D, Bozeman, 52.84. 12, Usmonov, Ardasher F,
Gallatin, 54.08.
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Hertz, August, Polson, 49.55. 2, Seitz, Bennett P, Central,
49.57. 3, Piseno, Greyson, Central, 52.61. 4, Brown, Landon, Whitefish, 52.99.
5, Sibson, Gavin, Whitefish, 53.49. 6, Victor, Tristan, C Falls, 56.99.
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle Class AA
(B - Final) 1, Lewis, Elly M, Big Sky, 5:13.41. 2, Cancro, Ava, West, 5:18.79.
2, Nynas, Abbegael J, Skyview, 5:18.79. 4, McGaughy, Madeleine, Glacier,
5:20.29. 5, Gilluly, Laine A, Senior, 5:26.27. 6, Hardy, Myrka C, Senior,
5:26.64. (C - Final) 7, Urban, Elizabeth G, Capital, 5:26.22. 8, Sheridan,
Lola K, West, 5:30.91. 9, Hubbard, Alexis H, Bozeman, 5:36.78. 10, Hanson,
MacKenzie J, West, 5:38.53. 11, Spear, Malea F, Sentinel, 5:42.07. 12,
Lilyquist, AJ J, Belgrade, 5:47.60.
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Early, Kelly A, Central, 5:26.70. 2, Ragsdale, Joanne, Central,
6:22.47. 3, Whiteman Runs Him, Carey, Hardin, 6:25.86. 4, Smith, Liliana M,
Havre, 6:30.88. 5, McDermott, Sophie, Whitefish, 6:32.90. 6, Ericksen,
Isabella, Hardin, 6:46.19.
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle Class AA
(B - Final) 1, Krattiger, Garrett S, Helena High, 4:39.74. 2, Zarbock, Tyler
J, West, 4:51.25. 3, Connors, Everson K, Capital, 4:59.13. 4, Odom, Keen A,
Bozeman, 5:06.97. 5, Hommerding, Luke J, Sentinel, 5:09.99. 6, Pizzolato,
Sennett, Senior, 5:11.65. (C - Final) 7, Boyer, B R, Bozeman, 5:19.28. 8,
Chvilicek, Trigve L, Gallatin, 5:22.74. 9, Jay, Jaricho E, Great Falls,
5:23.11. 10, Wagnild, Hudson, Great Falls, 5:32.79. 11, Eggehorn, Easton,
Great Falls, 5:33.68. 12, Clark, Caiden, Skyview, 5:38.10.
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Shelton, Dylan B, Central, 5:05.41. 2, Piseno, Logan H,
Central, 5:46.91. 3, Sawyer, Truman, Polson, 5:58.74. 4, Clark, Quinn, C
Falls, 6:08.68. 5, Ramshaw, David, Central, 6:11.32. 6, Hyland, Logan,
Whitefish, 7:01.68.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay Class AA
(B - Final) 1, Missoula Sentinel High School ‘A’ 1:40.04. 2, Glacier High
School ‘A’ 1:41.00. 3, Missoula Big Sky Loyola HS ‘A’ 1:43.06. 4, Great Falls
High School ‘A’ 1:43.19. 5, Billings Skyview High School ‘A’ 1:44.99. 6,
Gallatin High School ‘A’ 1:48.26. (C - Final) 7, Billings Senior High School
‘A’ 1:47.96. 8, Bozeman High School ‘A’ 1:48.84. 9, Billings West High School
‘A’ 1:49.88. 10, Capital High School ‘A’ 1:51.85. 11, Butte High School ‘A’
1:52.09. 12, Helena High School ‘A’ 1:54.38.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Billings Central Catholic HS ‘A’ 1:49.24. 2, Havre High School
‘A’ 1:52.59. 3, Whitefish High School ‘A’ 1:53.02. 4, Hardin High School ‘A’
1:53.96. 5, Bigfork High School ‘A’ 2:03.68. 6, Columbia Falls High School ‘A’
2:11.14.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay Class AA
(B - Final) 1, Great Falls High School ‘A’ 1:32.92. 2, Bozeman High School ‘A’
1:35.86. 3, Billings Skyview High School ‘A’ 1:36.00. 4, Missoula Sentinel
High School ‘A’ 1:37.93. --, Missoula Hellgate High School ‘A’ DQ. --, Glacier
High School ‘A’ DQ. (C - Final) 7, Billings Senior High School ‘A’ 1:37.85. 8,
Gallatin High School ‘A’ 1:39.30. 9, Capital High School ‘A’ 1:40.46. 10,
Belgrade High School ‘A’ 1:45.15. 11, Billings West High School ‘A’ 1:50.81.
12, CM Russell High School ‘A’ 1:52.21.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Billings Central Catholic HS ‘A’ 1:31.43. 2, Polson High School
‘A’ 1:33.69. 3, Whitefish High School ‘A’ 1:40.88. 4, Havre High School ‘A’
1:44.39. 5, Columbia Falls High School ‘A’ 1:47.92. 6, Hardin High School ‘A’
1:50.33.
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke Class AA
(B - Final) 1, Ascher, Adalynn L, Sentinel, 57.29. 2, Thomas, Kaitlyn F, CM
Russell, 57.40. 3, LA, Aeri L, Sentinel, 58.07. 4, Kingsland, Ella M, Great
Falls, 1:01.84. 5, Guter, Emma L, Great Falls, 1:02.98. 6, Lund, Julia R,
West, 1:03.02. (C - Final) 7, Dean, Maggie, Glacier, 1:03.18. 8, Cancro, Ava,
West, 1:04.90. 9, Ross, Moira C, Gallatin, 1:05.46. 10, Fero, Greta A,
Sentinel, 1:05.88. 11, Melnick, Lucy, Glacier, 1:07.63. 12, Blodgett, Kylie,
Glacier, 1:08.81.
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Kunz, Myah H, Central, 1:05.42. 2, Carroll, Elizabeth A, Havre,
1:08.01. 3, Henning, Gillian, Central, 1:08.82. 4, Qunell, Emi, Whitefish,
1:13.07. 5, Prill, Madeline, Central, 1:13.46. 6, Erickson, Olivia, Havre,
1:17.58.
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke Class AA
(B - Final) 1, Krattiger, Garrett S, Helena High, 50.23. 2, Keim, Isaac,
Glacier, 53.45. 3, Githens, Daniel E, West, 53.74. 4, Flake, Jude, Glacier,
56.80. 5, Oberg, Ryan N, Capital, 57.68. 5, Brown, Ethan R, Skyview, 57.68. (C
- Final) 7, Wendt, Luke, Capital, 58.71. 8, Clapper, Alex, Gallatin, 58.75. 9,
Dennison, Wesley S, Hellgate, 59.94. 10, Burger, Garrison, Flathead, 1:02.29.
11, Clark, Caiden, Skyview, 1:03.74. 12, Key, Ridley K, Hellgate, 1:04.62.
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Johnson, Jonas A, Central, 57.14. 2, Borgen, Thane, C Falls,
1:02.09. 3, Preputin, Koby, Havre, 1:03.36. 4, Piseno, Logan H, Central,
1:08.58. 5, Bates, Teagan, C Falls, 1:10.26. 6, Armstrong, Ryland, Whitefish,
1:11.26.
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke Class AA
(B - Final) 1, Hatzenbeller, Georgia G, CM Russell, 1:04.62. 2, Benjamin,
Crystal G, Skyview, 1:07.69. 3, Werni, Ava L, Sentinel, 1:08.23. 4, Leach,
Kamiah A, Gallatin, 1:08.28. 5, Hiday, Lila G, Sentinel, 1:09.89. 6, Urban,
Elizabeth G, Capital, 1:10.28. (C - Final) 7, Timmons, Madi F, Great Falls,
1:11.88. 8, Begger, Brenna, Skyview, 1:13.11. 9, Vornbrock, Hanna, Glacier,
1:13.48. 10, McGaughy, Ainsley, Glacier, 1:15.01. 11, Lynch, Delaney M,
Capital, 1:16.20. 12, Belasco, Analise D, Bozeman, 1:17.92.
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Vaira, Teaghan K, Central, 1:13.43. 2, Torske, Makenna, Hardin,
1:17.52. 3, Cheff, Sadie, C Falls, 1:18.58. 4, Whiteman, Mariah, Hardin,
1:30.33. 5, Hansen, Brenna, Havre, 1:31.66. 6, Baker, Lucy, Central, 1:31.80.
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke Class AA
(B - Final) 1, Nave, Paul J, Gallatin, 1:01.00. 2, Aguirre, Maximiliano,
Bozeman, 1:01.54. 3, Schermerhorn, Michael J, Hellgate, 1:03.43. 4, McCormick,
Jesse I, Sentinel, 1:03.77. 5, Hiday, Noah J, Sentinel, 1:05.16. 6, Cochran,
Lincoln R, Capital, 1:05.47. (C - Final) 7, McNeil, Edward, Glacier, 1:07.11.
8, Braun, Kei T, Gallatin, 1:07.80. 9, Brokaw, Griffin, Bozeman, 1:09.20. 10,
Jacobsen, Elias A, Bozeman, 1:09.54. 11, Eayrs, Silas, Flathead, 1:09.68. 12,
Parsons, Walker, Great Falls, 1:09.83.
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Apostol, Daniel G, Central, 59.34. 2, Keith, Connor, C Falls,
1:02.30. 3, Cammon, Micah, Havre, 1:13.19. 4, Ricks, Hayden, Polson, 1:13.94.
5, Pender, John, Central, 1:17.40. --, Hraban, Aedan, Central, DQ.
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay Class AA
(B - Final) 1, Great Falls High School ‘A’ 3:43.79. 2, Missoula Sentinel High
School ‘A’ 3:46.13. 3, Billings West High School ‘A’ 3:47.54. 4, Gallatin High
School ‘A’ 3:47.56. 5, Billings Skyview High School ‘A’ 3:50.77. 6, Bozeman
High School ‘A’ 3:59.42. (C - Final) 7, Missoula Hellgate High School ‘A’
3:52.46. 8, CM Russell High School ‘A’ 3:59.54. 9, Billings Senior High School
‘A’ 4:21.78. 10, Belgrade High School ‘A’ 4:23.29. 11, Helena High School ‘A’
4:39.55. 12, Capital High School ‘A’ 4:42.41.
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Billings Central Catholic HS ‘A’ 4:07.60. 2, Polson High School
‘A’ 4:27.14. 3, Havre High School ‘A’ 4:27.59. 4, Hardin High School ‘A’
4:35.06. 5, Bigfork High School ‘A’ 4:38.30. 6, Columbia Falls High School ‘A’
4:40.16.
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay Class AA
(B - Final) 1, Billings West High School ‘A’ 3:20.00. 2, Capital High School
‘A’ 3:20.28. 3, Great Falls High School ‘A’ 3:22.63. 4, Bozeman High School
‘A’ 3:24.42. 5, Gallatin High School ‘A’ 3:31.38. 6, Missoula Hellgate High
School ‘A’ 3:43.41. (C - Final) 7, CM Russell High School ‘A’ 3:51.29. 8,
Billings Skyview High School ‘A’ 3:51.89. 9, Belgrade High School ‘A’ 3:56.85.
10, Flathead High School ‘A’ 4:04.07. --, Missoula Sentinel High School ‘A’
DQ. --, Billings Senior High School ‘A’ DQ.
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay Class AB
(A - Final) 1, Billings Central Catholic HS ‘A’ 3:30.02. 2, Columbia Falls
High School ‘A’ 3:44.26. 3, Polson High School ‘A’ 3:54.15. 4, Havre High
School ‘A’ 4:41.76.
