Babcock wins the 200 free at Butte

The Columbia Falls boys took seventh and the girls took ninth at the Butte Invitational swim meet on Dec. 13.

Colton Babcock won the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute 53.17 seconds. He took second in the 100-yard butterfly at 55.56.

The Wildcats placed second in the boys 400 freestyle relay at 3:55.79. Babcock, Zayne Friar, Jacob Hohman and Kaleb Bagley each swam a leg. They shaved five second off their previous best time, coach Mike Nelson said.

“It was an excellent ending to a great meet,” Nelson said.

Friar also took second in the 100-yard backstroke at 1:04.46.

The Wildkats took ninth in the 200-yard medley relay at 2:15.47. Karyssa Nelson, Hayden Pierce, Analise Henjum and Ashley Caffrey each swam a leg.

Nelson was fourth in 100 backstroke at 1:08.17. Pierce took eighth in the 200 intermediate medley relay at 2:54.89 and eighth in the 100 breaststroke at 1:27.40.

“Hayden did well, showing she is also very good at the breast stroke,” Nelson said.

Henjum was 12th in the 100 breaststroke.