C-Falls Swim Team takes first place at home meet
Norah Bagley swims the butterfly. (Jeremy Weber photo)
The Columbia Falls Swim Team was at full strength of the weekend as they picked up first place at their home meet at Pinewood Park.
Columbia Falls dominated the relay events to earn the overall title, picking up 10 of its 19 first place finishes there.
Overall the squad won 19 events, was second 12 times and earned 14 third-place finishes.
Alannis Petersen helped lead the way as she won three events in the girls 9-10 division, earning first in the 100 individual medley, the 50 breaststroke and the 50 freestyle. She was also a member of the 100 freestyle relay, which won first.
Catherine Opalka picked up a pair of individual titles and one second-place and was also a member of girls 8 and Under 100 freestyle and 100 medley relay team which both won first place.
Other first-place winners for the Wildcats this week included Liam Swank, Fjord Borgen, Javen Kuntz, Talon Borgen, Morgan Talbot, Payson Scribner, Annika Petersen, Kensley Cheff, Aubrey Talbot, Elaine Martindale, Nathan Niles, Gaibryl Kuntz, Christopher Carlin, Connor Keith, Avery Role, Sadie Cheff, Camille Cronk, Campbell Fox, Adam Schrader, Tristan Crane, Thane Borgen, Logan Niles, Evan Keith, and Alexander Daniels.
The team will be off this week before heading to Conrad for a meet July 13-14.
Columbia Falls Swim Meet
Top-three finishers
BOYS 8 and Under
100 Freestyle Relay
1st – Liam Swank, Fjord Borgen, Javen Kuntz, Talon Borgen
25 Breaststroke
1st – Evan Keith
100 Medley Relay
1st – Javen Kuntz, Liam Swank, Talon Borgen, Alexander Daniels
2nd – Levi Ypma, Evan Keith, Fjord Borgen, Grady Talbot
GIRLS 8 and Under
100 Freestyle Relay
1st – Morgan Talbot, Payson Scribner, Catherine Opalka, Annika Petersen
3rd – Teaghan Roe, Brielle Bates, Quora Roe, Marlee Rice
100 Individual Medley
1st – Catherine Opalka
25 Breaststroke
2nd – Morgan Talbot
50 Freestyle
1st – Catherine Opalka
25 Backstroke
1st – Morgan Talbot
25 Butterfly
2nd – Catherine Opalka
100 Medley Relay
1st – Annika Petersen, Morgan Talbot, Catherine Opalka, Payson Scribner
BOYS 9-10
50 Backstroke
2nd – Teagan Bates
GIRLS 9-10
100 Freestyle Relay
1st – Alanis Petersen, Kensley Cheff, Aubrey Talbot, Elaine Martindale
100 Individual Medley
1st – Alanis Petersen
3rd – Elaine Martindale
50 Freestyle
1st – Alanis Petersen
50 Breastroke
1st – Alanis Petersen
100 Freestyle
3rd – Elaine Martindale
50 Backstroke
1st – Elaine Martindale
100 Medley Relay
3rd – Kensley Cheff, Aubrey Talbot, Elaine Martindale, Lucy Hiner
BOYS 11-12
200 Freestyle Relay
1st – Nathan Niles, Gaibryl Kuntz, Christopher Carlin, Connor Keith
200 Freestyle
1st – Connor Keith
GIRLS 11-12
200 Freestyle Relay
1st – Avery Role, Sadie Cheff, Camille Cronk, Campbell Fox
200 Individual Medley
3rd – Avery Role
50 Breaststroke
2nd – Sadie Cheff
100 Freestyle
2nd – Campbell Fox
50 Butterfly
2nd – Campbell Fox
3rd – Taryn Borgen
200 Medley Relay
1st – Camille Cronk, Sadie Cheff, Campbell Fox, Avery Role
3rd – Brooke Evans, Jolie Friar, Taryn Borgen, Ashlyn Dunham
BOYS 13-14
200 Freestyle Relay
1st – Adam Schrader, Tristan Crane, Thane Borgen, Logan Niles
200 Individual Medley
2nd – Adam Schrader
50 Freestyle
3rd – Tristan Crane
100 Breaststroke
3rd – Adam Schrader
100 Freestyle
3rd – Logan Niles
100 Backstroke
2nd – Thane Borgen
200 Freestyle
2nd – Logan Niles
200 Medley Relay
1st – Thane Borgen, Tristan Crane, Logan Niles, Adam Schrader
GIRLS 13-14
200 Freestyle Relay
3rd – Norah Bagley, Nevaeh Carlin, Kate Keith, Emma Stoddard
100 Freestyle
3rd – Emma Stoddard
200 Freestyle
2nd – Norah Bagley
200 Medley Relay
2nd – Emma Stoddard, Kate Keith, Norah Bagley, Nevaeh Carlin
GIRLS 15-19
200 Freestyle Relay
3rd – Alyssa Blankenship, Sophia Englehardt, Rozzlin Taylor, Madeline Stutsman