Pony swimmers do well in Kalispell

The Havre High boys and girls swim teams didn't have a full roster for the season-opening meet this past weekend in Kalispell. But the Blue Ponies still got off the blocks quickly.

Havre competed at the Kalispell Invitational held Saturday at The Summit in Kalispell, and both Pony teams had a strong showing against Class AA teams from Great Falls, Missoula and Kalispell. The Pony boys scored 116 points to finish fifth overall while the HHS girls also finished fifth with 97 points. CMR captured the girls meet with 329 points while the GFH boys were first with 209.

Individually, the Ponies had some outstanding finishes, including a first-place swim by senior Megan Obrecht in the 100-meter breaststroke. Obrecht finished the race in 1:16.26 which was a full four seconds faster than any other swimmer in the field.

Equally as impressive was senior Evan Flathers on the boys side. Flathers came in second in 50 free in a time of 24.84 and he was less than a second out of first. Junior Nick Rhines also swam well in the same race, coming in fifth with a time of 26.57. Flathers was also sharp in swimming's premier event, the 100 free. He finished fourth with a time of 57.92.

The Pony girls also looked good in the 50 free. Leiza Reighard finished in the top six with a time of 30.21, good enough for fifth place. Megan Smith and Larissa Price also swam well in the same race. Obrecht also had a 10th-place finish in the 200 Individual Medley.

Reighard added a 12th-place finish in the 100 butterfly for the Pony girls while Katie Johnson was ninth in that event. The HHS girls also got good performance on Saturday from Jordyn Eastlick, Morgan Jappe and Jaden Korb, while the HHS boys got good swims out of Desmond Fialkosky and Derek Van Dessel among others. Fialkosky was fifth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:22.37 and Van Dessel finished fifth in the 500 free with a time of 7:51.19.

The Pony boys were good in the relays as well. Havre was third in both the 200 and 400 free relays, while the HHS girls also finished third in the 200 free relay.

The Ponies will be back at full strength for their next meet. HHS will host their only home meet of the year this Saturday when the Ponies host the Havre Invitational at the Havre Community Pool.

At The Summit in Kalispell

Girls

Team totals

C.M. Russell 329, Hellgate 299, Great Falls 210, Glacier 175, Havre 97, Sentinel 87, Flathead 40, Big Sky/Loyola 8.

200 medley relay — 1. Hellgate, 1:59.61; 2. CMR, 2:07.99; 3 CMR, 2:11.44; 4. Great Falls, 2:13.76; 5. Hellgate, 2:16.20; 6. Flathead (Jenna Wilke, Sara Jensen, Johanna Ward, Hailey Maas), 2:25.79.

200 freestyle — 1. Shelby Sechena, CMR, 2:04.56; 2. Julia Upshaw, CMR, 2:14.26; 3. Chandler Williams, Great Falls, 2:23.21; 4. Alicia Fowler, CMR, 2:24.22; 5. Amy Mosher, Great Falls, 2:30.88; 6. Kate Whitt, Great Falls, 2:35.61.

200 individual medley — 1. Hanni Leach, Hellgate, 2:17.07; 2. Morgan Shaw, CMR, 2:30.91; 3. Maddi Reynolds, Hellgate, 2:33.45; 4. Stella Shannon, Hellgate, 2:39.01; 5. Cortney Bachman, Hellgate, 2:39.34; 6. Baylee Everett, Hellgate, 2:40.74.

50 freestyle — 1. Nicole Thompson, CMR, 26.79; 2. Bri Conrad, Great Falls, 27.80; 3. Scarlett Kaplan, Hellgate, 28.67; 4. Sara Burch, Glacier, 29.71; 5. Lieza Reighard, Havre, 30.21; 6. Kalee Mikkola, Sentinel, 30.30.

100 fly — 1. Maxie Scroggs, Glacier, 1:05.44; 2. Conrad, Great Falls, 1:06.82; 3. Julia Upshaw, CMR, 1:07.18; 4. Shaw, CMR, 1:07.80; 5. Maddi Reynolds, Hellgate, 1:09.46; Bachman, Hellgate, 1:09.56.

100 freestyle — 1. MaKenna Siebena, Glacier, 57.05; 2. Thompson, CMR, 58.57; 3. Everett, Hellgate, 58.92; 4. Lane Cherewatenk, GFH, 1:02.02; Kaplan, Hellgate, 1:03.56; 6. Fowler, CMR, 1:04.59.

500 freestyle — 1. Sechena, CMR, 5:20.39; 2. Leach, Hellgate, 5:25.46; 3. Maddie Walters, Glacier, 6:08.10; 4. Shannon, Hellgate, 6:17.09; 5. Maddie Archibald, Hellgate, 6:17.09; 6. Molly Harding, CMR, 6:46.49.

200 freestyle relay — Glacier ( Walters, Sara Burch, Jenna Kintzler, MaKenna Siebaler), 1:51.67; 2. CMR, 1:58.87; 3. Havre, 2:01.54; 4. Great Falls, 2:05.56; 5. Hellgate, 2:10.95; 6. Sentinel, 2:11.66.

100 backstroke — Scroggs, Glacier, 1:03.17; 2. Siebenal, Glacier, 1:09.03; 3. Lane Cherewatenk, Great Falls, 1:11.24; 4. Julie Ryan, Great Falls, 1:11.71; 5. Burch, Glacier, 1:14.41; 6. Caitlyn Soltesz, CMR, 1:14.98.

100 breastroke — 1. Megan Obrecht, Havre, 1:16.26; 2. Katie Tabaracci, Sentinel, 1:20.47; 3. Ellen Sears, Hellgate, 1:25.56; 4. Walters, Glacier, 1:25.71; 5. Taylor Varner, CMR, 1:28.09; 6. Molly Harding, CMR, 1:28.56.

400 relay freestyle — 1. CMR (Upshaw, Kim Massey, Thompson, Sechena), 3:58.92; 2. Hellgate, 4:05.12; 3. Glacier (Scroggs, Walters, Kintzler, Siebenaler); 4. Great Falls, 4:21.87; 5. Sentinel, 4:56.48; 6. CMR, 5:01.11.

Boys

Team totals

Great Falls 209, Glacier 171, C.M. Russell 137, Hellgate 136, Havre 116, Sentinel 110, Flathead 54, Big Sky/Loyola 49.

200 medley relay — 1. Glacier (Jacob Williams, John Ahles, Alex Augusta, Logan Streit), 2:00.17; 2. Hellgate, 2:00.80; 3. CMR, 2"03.13; 4. Great Falls, 2:05.44; 5. Sentinel, 2:11.75.

200 freestyle — 1. Williams, Glacier, 1:58.04; 2. Brandon Miller, CMR, 2:03.41; 3. Luke Befuno, Sentinel, 2:04.90; 4. Nicholas Giammona, Hellgate, 2:08.05; 5. Adam Altringer, Great Falls, 2:17.70; 6. Elijah Parker, CMR, 2:17.83.

200 individual medley — 1. Jacob Magruder, Great Falls, 2:08.49; 2. Ryan Mason, Sentinel, 2:19.71; 3. Matt McKay, Big Sky/Loyola, 2:25.80; 4. Zach Ammons, Hellgate, 2:30.70; 5. Jesse Whiteman, CMR, 2:36.55.

50 freestyle — 1. Streit, Glacier, 23.12; 2. Evan Flathers, Havre, 24.84; 3. Max Simpson, Big Sky/Loyola, 25.61; 4. Ahles, Glacier, 25.98; 5. Nick Rhines, Havre, 26.57; 6. Augusta, Glacier, 26.94.

100 fly — 1. Ben Mason, Flathead, 1:01.84; 2. Miller, CMR, 1:04.15; 3. Luke Befumo, Sentinel, 1:05.09; 4. Simpson, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:05.90; 5. McKay, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:09.49.

100 freestyle — 1. Streit, Glacier, 52:05; 2. Michael Scaccia, Flathead, 53.69; 3. Uriah Kreilick, Hellgate, 54.45; 4. Evan Flathers, Havre, 57.92; 5. Giammona, Hellgate, 58.97; 6. Adam Altringer, Great Falls, 58.98.

500 freestyle — 1. Williams, Glacier, 5:21.85; 2. Ammons, Hellgate, 6:00.42; 3. Parker, CMR, 6:04.73; 4. Beau Stingley, Great Falls; 5. Derek Van Dessel, Havre, 7:51.19.

200 freestyle relay — 1. Glacier (Ahles, Augusta, Williams, Streit), 1:41.94; 2. Hellgate, 1:45.59; Havre, 1:53.70; 3. Havre, 1:53.70; 4. Sentinel. 1:54.60; 5. Great Falls, 1:55.06.

100 backstroke — Mason, Sentinel, 1:03.32; 2. Mason, Flathead, 1:11.56; 3. Augusta, Glacier, 1:17.14; 4. Jesse Whiteman, CMR, 1:17.28; 5. Joe Michelotti, CMR, 1:19.74; 6. Kyle Gillis, Great Falls, 1:25.20.

100 breaststroke — 1. Jacob Magruder, Great Falls, 1:07.08; 2. Kreilick, Hellgate, 1:12.14; 3. Scaccia, Flathead, 1:12.12; 4. Ahles, Glacier, 1:12.14; 5. Desmond Fialkosky, Havre, 1:22.37; 6. Nolan Fromm, Hellgate, 1:27.04.

400 freestyle relay — 1. CMR (Whiteman, Parker, Miller, Taylor Dunn), 4:06.41; 2. Great Falls, 4:09.26; 3. Havre, 4:29.26; 4. Great Falls, 4:42.77.