Forty CFST swimmers bound for state meet

The Columbia Falls Swim Team earned second place in the 2008 Western Divisional meet last weekend in Conrad, finishing behind only the Bitterroot Swim Team. Bitterroot accumulated 1,412 points in combined boys and girls competition; CFST had 855.

Forty of the 41 CFST members qualified for the state meet at Fort Benton this Saturday and Sunday.

Shelby was third with 840.5 points, followed by Conrad with 657, Fort Benton 574, Chester 497, Cut Bank 405, Fairfield 137, Choteau 117, Sunburst 112.5 and Plains 112.

CFST was also second in the boys division with 531 points. Bitterroot was first with 726. Shelby had 394.5, Fort Benton 337, Chester 277, Cut Bank 195, Conrad 110, Fairfield 73, Plains 46 and Sunburst 41.5.

In the girls division, Bitterroot was first with 686 points. Conrad was second with 547, followed by Shelby with 446, CFST 324, Fort Benton 237, Chester 220, Cut Bank 210, Choteau 117, Sunburst 71, Plains 66 and Fairfield 64.

Erik Anderson and Colton Babcock of the CFST were three-event winners at the divisional meet and both earned high-point honors for their age group.

Swimming in the boys 15-19-year-old division, Anderson won the 50-meter freestyle, 50 butterfly and 100 butterfly. He broke the pool record with a 28.17 in the 50 fly, and a 1:05.09 in the 100 fly.

Babock, in boys 8 & under, was first in the 25 breaststroke, 25 butterfly and 100 IM. He set a new pool record in the 25 breaststroke in his age group with a time of 26.99.

Other divisional champions for the CFST were Bria Ward (girls 13-14), 100 backstroke; Vincent Erickson (boys 13-14), 100 backstroke; and the boys 15-19 200 medley relay (Scott Boyd, Alan Newton, Anderson and Michael Baiar).

"Many of our swimmers had their best times last weekend," CFST head coach Mike Nelson said. "State next weekend will be even better.

"The swimmers are well conditioned, tapered and ready for speed," the coach added.

CFST results at Divisional

(P — pool record)

Boys 8 & Under 100 Freestyle Relay

3, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Norick, Colin 8, Gargasz, Sam 8, Role, James 5, Caffrey, Garrett 7), 2:05.06.

Boys 9-10 100 Freestyle Relay

2, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Norick, Colter 10, Webber, Billy 10, Ronish, Nic 9, Babcock, Colton 8), 1:24.62.

Girls 9-10 100 Freestyle Relay

4, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Merrell, Gabrielle 8, Norick, Cassidy 7, Gimbel, Allyson 10, Nelson, Karyssa 9), 1:32.52.

Boys 11-12 200 Freestyle Relay

3, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Ronish, Zac 11, Role, Garett 12, Gargasz, Max 12, Nelson, Dalton 12), 2:43.87.

Boys 13-14 200 Freestyle Relay

3, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Erickson, Vincent 14, Newton, Hunter 13, Webber, RJ 13, Gimbel, Kodiak 14), 2:26.23.

Girls 13-14 200 Freestyle Relay

2, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Potter, Elena 14, Baiar, Jessica 13, Donner, Katie 13, Ward, Bria 14), 2:18.51.

Boys 15-19 200 Freestyle Relay

1, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' 1:52.01P.

Girls 15-19 200 Freestyle Relay

3, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Newton, Katie 15, Newton, Kristi 15, Potter, Keri 15, Piper, Katelynn 15), 2:25.02.

Boys 8 & Under 100 IM

1, Babcock, Colton, 2:05.38.

Girls 8 & Under 100 IM

7, Merrell, Gabrielle, 3:17.06.

Boys 9-10 100 IM

4, Norick, Colter, 2:04.02.

Girls 9-10 100 IM

2, Nelson, Karyssa, 1:41.14; 12, Caffrey, Ashley, 2:13.00.

Boys 11-12 200 IM

5, Role, Garett, 3:55.11.

Boys 13-14 200 IM

5, Newton, Hunter, 3:59.44.

Girls 13-14 200 IM

3, Ward, Bria, 3:14.88; 4, Potter, Elena, 3:18.56; 5, Donner, Katie, 3:25.39.

Boys 15-19 200 IM

3, Newton, Alan, 2:55.96; 4, Riffey, Jon, 3:08.14; 5, Boyd, Scott, 3:14.75.

Girls 15-19 200 IM

5, Newton, Katie, 3:25.96; 6, Newton, Kristi, 3:31.75.

Boys 8 & Under 25 Freestyle

10, Gargasz, Sam, 27.32; 12, Caffrey, Garrett, 30.38.

Boys 9-10 50 Freestyle

11, Ronish, Nic, 54.26; 12, Webber, Billy, 56.69.

Boys 11-12 50 Freestyle

2, Nelson, Dalton, 34.08.

Boys 13-14 50 Freestyle

2, Gimbel, Kodiak, 31.38.

Girls 13-14 50 Freestyle

5, Bartkoski, Lexie, 32.94.

12, Baiar, Jessica, 37.62.

Boys 15-19 50 Freestyle

1, Anderson, Erik, 27.22; 4, Baiar, Michael, 28.39; 9, Labuda, Nate, 30.39.

Girls 15-19 50 Freestyle

4, Piper, Katelynn, 33.15.

Boys 8 & Under 25 Breaststroke

1, Babcock, Colton, 27.80.

Boys 9-10 50 Breaststroke

8, Ronish, Nic, 1:11.11.

Girls 9-10 50 Breaststroke

8, Gimbel, Allyson, 56.90.

Boys 11-12 50 Breaststroke

7, Role, Garett, 49.41; 10, Ronish, Zac, 54.54.

Girls 11-12 50 Breaststroke

12, Palmer, Ashley, 55.11.

Boys 13-14 100 Breaststroke

1, Erickson, Vincent, 1:28.66; 8, Newton, Hunter, 1:54.09.

Girls 13-14 100 Breaststroke

3, Donner, Katie, 1:41.89.

Boys 15-19 100 Breaststroke

3, Newton, Alan, 1:24.45; 11, Labuda, Nate, 1:34.64.

Girls 15-19 100 Breaststroke

4, Newton, Katie, 1:37.82; 9, Newton, Kristi, 1:46.15.

Boys 8 & Under 50 Freestyle

8, Norick, Colin, 57.86.

Boys 9-10 100 Freestyle

2, Norick, Colter, 1:41.43.

6, Webber, Billy, 2:09.57.

Girls 9-10 100 Freestyle

2, Nelson, Karyssa, 1:32.01.

Boys 11-12 100 Freestyle

2, Nelson, Dalton, 1:15.38; 5, Role, Garett, 1:26.30.

Boys 13-14 100 Freestyle

3, Gimbel, Kodiak, 1:12.67; 10, Webber, RJ, 1:42.53.

Girls 13-14 100 Freestyle

4, Ward, Bria, 1:11.49; 7, Donner, Katie, 1:20.08; 10, Baiar, Jessica, 1:23.81.

Boys 15-19 100 Freestyle

5, Baiar, Michael, 1:05.73.

Girls 15-19 100 Freestyle

6, Piper, Katelynn, 1:14.84; 7, Ronish, Hanna, 1:15.11.

Boys 8 & Under 25 Backstroke

7, Gargasz, Sam, 30.48; 9, Norick, Colin, 31.18.

Boys 11-12 50 Backstroke

4, Nelson, Dalton, 42.34; 12, Gargasz, Max, 53.25.

Girls 11-12 50 Backstroke

5, Palmer, Ashley, 44.16.

Boys 13-14 100 Backstroke

1, Erickson, Vincent, 1:27.44; 2, Gimbel, Kodiak, 1:33.82; 5, Newton, Hunter, 1:43.59.

Girls 13-14 100 Backstroke

1, Ward, Bria, 1:27.04; 2, Potter, Elena, 1:27.41.

Boys 15-19 100 Backstroke

2, Boyd, Scott, 1:15.91.

Girls 15-19 100 Backstroke

6, Newton, Kristi, 1:40.65; 9, Potter, Keri, 1:53.05.

Boys 8 & Under 25 Butterfly

1, Babcock, Colton, 22.45; 6, Norick, Colin, 45.81.

Girls 8 & Under 25 Butterfly

11, Norick, Cassidy, 44.47.

Boys 9-10 50 Butterfly

3, Norick, Colter, 54.94.

Girls 9-10 50 Butterfly

2, Nelson, Karyssa, 47.57.

Boys 11-12 50 Butterfly

7, Gargasz, Max, 52.31.

Boys 13-14 50 Butterfly

10, Webber, RJ, 1:03.76.

Girls 13-14 50 Butterfly

4, Bartkoski, Lexie, 38.56; 7, Baiar, Jessica, 41.41.

Boys 15-19 50 Butterfly

1, Anderson, Erik, 28.44; 4, Baiar, Michael, 31.65; 5, Riffey, Jon, 32.86.

Girls 15-19 50 Butterfly

7, Ronish, Hanna, 38.40.

Boys 15-19 400 SC Meter Freestyle

5, Newton, Alan, 5:46.32; 6, Donner, Benjamin, 5:46.47.

Girls 15-19 400 Freestyle

6, Piper, Katelynn, 6:08.19; 7, Newton, Katie, 6:16.70; 8, Potter, Keri, 7:18.99.

Boys 8 & Under 100 Medley Relay

2, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Role, James 5, Gargasz, Sam 8, Norick, Colin 8, Babcock, Cooper 5), 3:29.84.

Boys 9-10 100 Medley Relay

2, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Ronish, Nic 9, Babcock, Colton 8, Norick, Colter 10, Webber, Billy 10), 1:45.86.

Girls 9-10 100 Medley Relay

5, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Merrell, Gabrielle 8, Gimbel, Allyson 10, Nelson, Karyssa 9, Norick, Cassidy 7), 1:47.62.

Boys 11-12 200 Medley Relay

3, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Ronish, Zac 11, Role, Garett 12, Nelson, Dalton 12, Gargasz, Max 12), 3:15.52.

Boys 13-14 200 Medley Relay

5, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Gimbel, Kodiak 14, Erickson, Vincent 14, Newton, Hunter 13, Webber, RJ 13), 2:57.75.

Girls 13-14 200 Medley Relay

2, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Ward, Bria 14, Donner, Katie 13, Potter, Elena 14, Baiar, Jessica 13), 2:42.85.

Boys 15-19 200 Medley Relay

1, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Boyd, Scott 15, Newton, Alan 18, Anderson, Erik 18, Baiar, Michael 15), 2:06.83P.

Girls 15-19 200 Medley Relay

4, Columbia Falls Swim Team 'A' (Newton, Kristi 15, Newton, Katie 15, Ronish, Hanna 15, Piper, Katelynn 15), 2:44.90.

Boys 13-14 100 Butterfly

5, Erickson, Vincent, 1:40.98.

Girls 13-14 100 Butterfly

4, Potter, Elena, 1:30.04; 5, Bartkoski, Lexie, 1:31.25.

Boys 15-19 100 Butterfly

1, Anderson, Erik, 1:05.09P; 4, Riffey, Jon, 1:23.86; 7, Donner, Benjamin, 1:31.40.

Girls 15-19 100 Butterfly

5, Ronish, Hanna, 1:33.07; 7, Potter, Keri, 2:02.56.