Wildcat swimmers take 7th in Missoula
Columbia Falls swimmers finished in the top-10 in 13 events over the weekend as the Wildcats finished seventh at the Missoula Invitational.
Russell Albin finished third in the 100 yard butterfly and sixth in the 200 yard IM to pace the boys, who finished sixth overall, while Kelton Thomas was fifth in the 50 yard freestyle and ninth in the 100 yard backstroke.
Sam Pierce was seventh in the 100 yard freestyle and Peyton Malmberg was seventh in the 200 yard IM.
The boys 400 yard freestyle relay team of Albin, Thomas, Pierce and Malmberg finished third and the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Albin, Thomas, Malmberg and Braxton Shewalter was fourth.
Emerald Templin finished seventh for the girls in the 200 yard IM while Kailey Schrader was seventh in the 100 yard breaststroke and eighth in the 100 yard freestyle.
Hannah Callender was ninth in the 100 yard freestyle and Maddy Stoddard and Shai Moultray took ninth and 10th in the 500 yard freestyle, respectively.
The girls 400 yard freestyle relay team of Jayna Moultray, Shai Moultray, Callender and Schrader finished sixth while the 200 yard medley relay team of Makayla Cummings, Katie Triplett, Bridget Barta and Schrader finished ninth.
The team will be in action at their home pool this weekend as Columbia Falls and Whiefish host the Cat/Dog Invitational at The Wave in Whitefish Saturday.
Missoula Invitational
Girls 200 yard Medley Relay
9th: Columbia Falls “A” (Makayka Cummings, Katie Triplett, Kailey Schrader, Bridget Barta) 2:30.58.
11th: Columbia Falls “B” (Hannah Callender, Jayna Moultray, Shai Moultray, Joyce Hatfield) 2:32.58.
Girls 200 yard Freestyle
11th: Jayna Moultray 2:42.31
Girls 200 yard IM
7th: Emerald Templin 2:39.03
Boys 200 yard IM
6th: Russell Albin 2:27.66
7th: Peyton Malmberg 2:40.09
Sam Pierce DQ
Girls 50 yard Freestyle
13th: Hannah Callender 29.62
35th: Bridget Barta 34.19
48th: Joyce Hatfield 37.64
66th: Katie Triplett 39.72
Boys 50 yard Freestyle
5th: Kelton Thomas 24.84
Boys 100 yard Butterfly
3rd: Russell Albin 1:04.62
Girls 100 yard Freestyle
8th: Kailey Schrader 1:05.30
9th: Hannah Callender 1:05.84
16th: Shai Moultray 1:11.05
Boys 100 yard Freestyle
7th: Sam Pierce 55.83
12th: Peyton Malmberg 1:01.90
Braxton Shewalter DQ
Girls 500 yard Freestyle
9th: Maddy Stoddard 7:27.77
10th: Shai Moultray 7:34.94
Girls 200 yard Freestyle Relay
11th: Columbia Falls “A” (Joyce Hatfield, Katie Triplett, Emerald Templin, Bridget Barta) 2:16.188
Boys 200 yard Freestyle Relay
4th: Columbia Falls “A” (Braxton Shewalter, Thomas Kelton, Peyton Malmberg, Russell Albin) 1:43.97
Girls 100 yard Backstroke
11th: Emerald Templin 1:17.63
12th: Maddy Stoddard 1:18.54
18th: Shai Moultray 1:30.19
19th Makayla Cummings 1:31.96
Boys 100 yard Backstroke
9th: Kelton Thomas 1:02.26
Girls 100 yard Breaststroke
7th: Kailey Schrader 1:21.84
20th: Makayla Cummings 1:40.97
21st: Bridget Barta 1:45.52
23rd: Joyce Hatfield 1:47.56
Girls 400 yard Freestyle Relay
6th: Columbia Falls “A” (Jayna Moultray, Hannah Callender, Kailey Schrader, Shai Moultray) 4:53.75
Boys 400 yard Freestyle Relay
3rd: Columbia Falls “A” (Russell Albin, Peyton Malmberg, Kelton Thomas, Sam Pierce) 3:55.66
Combined Team Scores -
1, Missoula Hellgate, 1000.
2, Missoula Sentinel, 759.
3, Glacier High School, 415.
4, Whitefish High School, 322.
5, Flathead High School, 310.
6, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola, 292.
7, Columbia Falls High, 278.
8, Bigfork High School Swim Team, 81.
Women - Team Rankings -
1, Missoula Hellgate, 569.
2, Missoula Sentinel, 415.
3, Glacier High School, 232.
4, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola, 160.
5, Columbia Falls High, 132.
6. Whitefish High School, 131.
7, Flathead High School, 109.
8, Bigfork High School Swim Team, 81.
Men - Team Rankings -
1, Missoula Hellgate, 431.
2, Missoula Sentinel, 344.
3, Flathead High School, 201.
4, Whitefish High School, 191.
5, Glacier High School, 183.
6, Columbia Falls High, 146.
7, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola, 132.