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Blue Pony swimmers compte with Class A's best

In the long-awaited return from the holiday break, the Havre High boys and girls swim teams were anxious to get back in the water.

Although the Blue Ponies had to train for a few days without the use of their own pool, HHS still looked sharp this weekend at the annual Class A Meet in Hardin. The meet is a three-team extravaganza showcasing the only schools which compete in swimming in Class A — Havre, Hardin and Billings Central.

Back in the pool, the Blue Pony swimmers had a strong outing in Hardin.

On the girls side, the Ponies got firsts in back-to-back races. Kacie Johnson won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:10.89. Samantha French took fourth and Brooke, Jappe, who also had a great day, took fifth.

Megan Obrecht won the 100 breaststroke in a blazing time of 1:12.87, while teammates Morgan Jappe and Jess Wiken placed fifth and sixth, respectively.

Kacie Johnson also placed third in the 100 butterfly, while sister Katie Johnson was fourth and Obrecht was fifth. Katie Johnson took second in the 200 IM and teammate Megan Malasani was sixth in the same race. Brooke Jappe's big day saw her finish third in the 100 freestyle with a time of 1:07.38 while Carona Sprinkle placed fourth in that race. Sprinkle also finished fifth in the 200 free, which also saw Kaity McKnight place third with a time of 2:20.47.

Like so many other Ponies, McKnight had an outstanding day as well, finishing third in the grueling 500 free with a time of 6:29.90. Samantha French placed fifth in that race.

HHS's relay teams also had another solid outing on the season. The Pony girls finished first, fourth and fifth in the 200 Medley Relay, as well as first and fourth in the 200 free. In the 400 free, Havre was third and fourth. In the boys relays, the Ponies got a second and a sixth in the 200 free, a third in the 200 medley and a fourth and a sixth in the 400 free.

Individually, the Pony boys also had some outstanding performances.

Evan Flathers took second in the 50 free with a time of 25.04 and third in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:15.72. Taylor Riphenburg placed fifth in the backstroke and also put on a strong showing in the 200 IM, finishing fourth.

Greg Rhines got a second-place finish for the Ponies in the 500 free with a time of 6:32.63 and Derek Van Dessel placed sixth in the same race. Courtlan Vukasin added to top-six finishes for the Ponies as well. Vukasin placed fifth in the 100 free and fifth in the 100 breaststroke.

The Blue Ponies are back in action on Saturday when they take on Great Falls High and CMR in Great Falls.

Class A Meet

Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay - 1, Havre 'A' 2:07.25. 2, Billings Central 'B' 2:13.30. 3, Hardin 'A' 2:16.26. 4, Havre 'B' 2:45.85. 5, Havre 'C' x2:48.81. --, Billings Central 'A' DQ.

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay - 1, Billings Central 'A' 1:56.46. 2, Hardin 'A' 2:04.04. 3, Havre 'A' 2:07.31.

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle - 1, Malin, Sophie, BCH, 2:10.03. 2, Peterson, Lana, BCH, 2:11.57. 3, McKnight, Kaity, HAV, 2:20.49. 4, Murphy, Jestin, HAR, 2:31.91. 5, Sprinkle, Carona, HAV, 2:34.34. 6, Hammond, Katie, BCH, 2:38.99. 7, Krebs, Kaley, HAR, 2:56.76.

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle - , Robinson, Chance, BCH, 2:09.92. 2, Troyer, Eric, HAR, 2:10.24. 3, Rhines, Greg, HAV, 2:24.88. 4, Joyce, John, HAR, 2:36.05. 5, Jefferson, Randall, HAR, 2:39.27. 6, Whiteclay, Boveau, HAR, x2:53.98. 7, Van Dessel, Derek, HAV, 3:04.75. 8, Fialkosky, Desmond, HAV, 3:12.51.

Girls 200 Yard IM - 1, Zins, Victoria, BCH, 2:30.94. 2, Johnson, Katie, HAV, 2:42.04. 3, Hanser, Maggie, BCH, 2:45.04. 4, Claudt, Megyn, BCH, 2:45.22. 5, Ratliff, Charity, HAR, 3:02.75. 6, Malisani, Megan, HAV, 3:20.28.

Boys 200 Yard IM - 1, Johnson, Carl, HAR, 2:25.48. 2, Pawlowski, Kyler, BCH, 2:29.93. 3, Greer, HAR, 2:53.95. 4, Riphenburg, Taylor, HAV, 3:01.43.

Girls 50 Yard Freestyle - 1, Marsh, Jenna, BCH, 24.96. 2, Eubank, Tayler, BCH, 27.40. 3, Olson, Alexis, HAR, 28.06. 4, Riley, Jamie, HAR, 28.15. 5, Claudt, Cate, BCH, 28.60. 6, Leininger, Elyssa, BCH, x30.82. 7, Krasowski, Eva, BCH, x31.71. 8, Krebs, Kaley, HAR, 33.14. 9, Price, Larissa, HAV, 33.44. 10, Rambouskova, Tereza, HAV, 34.59. 11, Crooked Arm, Bessie, HAR, x36.29. 12, Wiken, Jess, HAV, 36.78. 13, Jappe, Morgan, HAV, x38.92. 14, Myers, Karlee, HAV, x39.55. 15, Schubert, Kaylee, HAV, x40.24. 16, Barkus, Mckenna, HAV, x40.57. 17, Vaitinens, Veronica, BCH, x41.11.

Boys 50 Yard Freestyle - 1, Wehr, Matt, BCH, 24.31. 2, Flathers, Evan, HAV, 25.04. 3, Burshia, Rusty, HAR, 26.02. 4, Gray, Zack, BCH, 26.11. 5, Sharpe, Chris, HAR, 26.20. 6, Sharpe, Erik, HAR, 26.31. 7, Bush, Michael, HAR, x27.14. 8, Zugel, Sawyer, HAV, 27.66. 9, Baumann, Lane, HAR, x27.84. 10, Cox, Jimmy, HAV, 27.91. 11, Muskett, Luke, BCH, 28.37. 12, Vandelinder, Austin, BCH, x28.46. 13, Joyce, John, HAR, x30.04. 14, Bauer, Ty, HAV, x30.41. 15, Rhines, Nick, HAV, x30.58. 16, Milligan, Cole, HAV, x31.97. 17, Lyman, Nate, HAR, x33.36. 18, Whiteclay, Boveau, HAR, x34.77. 19, Jeffery, Paul, HAV, x35.07.

Girls 100 Yard Butterfly - 1, Marsh, Jenna, BCH, 59.50. 2, Claudt, Cate, BCH, 1:11.18. 3, Johnson, Kacie, HAV, 1:14.25. 4, Johnson, Katie, HAV, 1:17.36. 5, Obrecht, Megan, HAV, 1:20.63. 6, Spencer, Kathryn, HAR, 1:38.54.

Boys 100 Yard Butterfly - 1, Zins, Chandler, BCH, 1:05.33. 2, Sharpe, Chris, HAR, 1:11.53. 3, Greer, Nyles, HAR, 1:20.39. 4, Ware, Melvan, HAR, 1:24.26.

Girls 100 Yard Freestyle - , Eubank, Tayler, BCH, 1:00.77. 2, Murphy, Jestin, HAR, 1:04.83. 3, Jappe, Brooke, HAV, 1:07.38. 4, Sprinkle, Carona, HAV, 1:10.25. 5, Hammond, Katie, BCH, 1:11.16. 6, Hammond, Molly, BCH, 1:12.06. 7, Krasowski, Eva, BCH, x1:13.67. 8, Price, Larissa, HAV, 1:14.58. 9, Crooked Arm, Bessie, HAR, 1:23.50. 10, Myers, Karlee, HAV, x1:31.33. 11, Barkus, Mckenna, HAV, x1:34.67.

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle - 1, Wehr, Matt, BCH, 54.81. 2, Burshia, Rusty, HAR, 59.08. 3, Sharpe, Erik, HAR, 1:01.52. 4, Schreiner, Tucker, HAR, 1:01.57. 5, Vukasin, Courtlan, HAV, 1:03.25. 6, Baumann, Lane, HAR, x1:04.14. 7, Zugel, Sawyer, HAV.

Girls 500 Yard Freestyle - 1, Malin, Sophie, BCH, 5:45.93. 2, Peterson, Lana, BCH, 6:03.55. 3, McKnight, Kaity, HAV, 6:29.20. 4, Olson, Alexis, HAR, 6:43.26. 5, French, Samantha, HAV, 7:07.54. 6, Hammond, Molly, BCH, 7:12.29. 7, Getchell, Marissa, BCH, x7:22.18. 8, Malisani, Megan, HAV, 7:22.72. 9, Spencer, Kathryn, HAR, 8:02.77.

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle - 1, Gray, Zack, BCH, 6:20.70. 2, Rhines, Greg, HAV, 6:32.63. 3, Vandelinder, Austin, BCH, 6:38.05. 4, Ware, Melvan, HAR, 6:59.64. 5, Gill, Blythe, HAR, 7:04.04. 6, Van Dessel, Derek, HAV, 8:22.62.

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay - 1, Havre 'A' 1:54.24. 2, Hardin 'A' 1:57.06. 3, Billings Central 'A' 1:57.37. 4, Billings Central 'B' 2:12.51. 5, Havre 'B' 2:15.83.

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay - 1, Hardin 'A' 1:43.78. 2, Havre 'A' 1:48.01. 3, Hardin 'B' 1:49.10. 4, Billings Central 'A' 1:54.94. 5, Hardin 'D' x2:02.48. 6, Havre 'B' 2:07.24.

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke - 1, Johnson, Kacie, HAV, 1:10.89. 2, Claudt, Megyn, BCH, 1:15.61. 3, Riley, Jamie, HAR, 1:22.96. 4, French, Samantha, HAV, 1:24.34. 5, Jappe, Brooke, HAV, 1:25.08. 6, Getchell, Marissa, BCH, 1:28.96. 7, Schubert, Kaylee, HAV, x2:04.22.

Boys 100 Yard Backstroke - 1, Zins, Chandler, BCH, 1:05.25. 2, Robinson, Chance, BCH, 1:05.85. 3, Flathers, Evan, HAV, 1:15.72. 4, Schreiner, Tucker, HAR, 1:17.21. 5, Riphenburg, Taylor, HAV, 1:20.77. 6, Gill, Blythe, HAR, 1:20.89. 7, Jefferson, Randall, HAR, 1:21.52.

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke - , Obrecht, Megan, HAV, 1:12.87. 2, Zins, Victoria, BCH, 1:16.57. 3, Hanser, Maggie, BCH, 1:17.60. 4, Ratliff, Charity, HAR, 1:28.14. 5, Jappe, Morgan, HAV, 1:37.12. 6, Wiken, Jess, HAV, 1:49.18.

Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke - 1, Pawlowski, Kyler, BCH, 1:13.04. 2, Johnson, Carl, HAR, 1:14.13. 3, Troyer, Eric, HAR, 1:21.51. 4, Bush, Michael, HAR, 1:22.12. 5, Vukasin, Courtlan, HAV, 1:24.86. 6, Bruschwein, Mark, BCH, 1:32.57. 7, Metcalf, Fletcher, HAR, x1:36.60. 8, Fialkosky, Desmond, HAV, 1:39.21. 9, Jeffery, Paul, HAV, 1:42.66.

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay - 1, Billings Central 'A' 4:06.61. 2, Billings Central 'B' 5:07.77. 3, Havre 'A' 5:22.16. 4, Havre 'B' 6:13.88.

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay - 1, Hardin 'A' 3:54.58. 2, Billings Central 'A' 3:59.13. 3, Hardin 'B' 4:23.26. 4, Havre 'A' 4:26.32. 5, Hardin 'C' x5:06.40. 6, Havre 'B' 5:23.63

 

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