Wildcat summer swim team hopes for success
Coach Kyle Babcock talk strategy with the team during a practice last week.
The Columbia Falls summer swim team has kicked off its season. The team has about 100 swimmers this year, said coach Kyle Babcock.
The Wildcats already won a meet in Shelby earlier this month, setting five new pool records.
Top swimmers include Quentin Babcock and Payson Scribner, to name a couple.
The team’s home meet is July 7-8. The state meet is in Conrad July 29-30.
Coach Babcock said one of the main goals this season is to reduce the number of disqualifications. So far, they’re running about 10%, which is good.
The team has swimmers from age 4 to 18.
“It’s a really good mix,” Babcock said.
This year the teams to beat across the state include Lewistown, Sidney and Chinook, Babcock said.
The goal is simple.
“We want to bring home a trophy this year,” he said.
Babcock is assisted my Megan Zika, Thane Borgen and Sadie Cheff.