Blue Pony swimmers finish in Great Falls

The Havre High swim teams are now ready to begin preparing for the Montana State Swimming Championships, which are just two weeks away.

Saturday in Great Falls, the Blue Ponies wrapped up the regular season with the Great Falls Invitational, and while Havre used the meet to fine-tune some things, the Ponies also rested some key swimmers.

The HHS boys finished sixth with 99 points, while the Havre girls were eighth with 90 points. The meet was composed of Class AA teams from Bozeman, which swept the team titles, as well as CMR, GFH and all three AA schools from Billings.

The Havre boys scored the bulk of their points in the relays. Havre placed a solid sixth in the 200 Medley Relay and finished eighth in the 200 free relay. Aylan Pratt also swam to a seventh-place finish in the 100 breaststroke.

On the girls side, the Ponies got a strong day from Megan Miller. She placed sixth in the 500 free, as well as eighth in the 100 backstroke. Jessica Otto also finished seventh in the 100 butterfly, while the Havre B team finished sixth in the 400 free relay.

Now the Ponies will get ready for the state meet, which takes place Feb. 9-10 in Great Falls.

Great Falls Invitational

Team scores

Girls

1. Bozeman 429; 2. CMR 411; 3. Great Falls High 214; 4. Billings West 178; 5. Billings Senior 165; 6. Billings Skyview 141; 8. Havre 90.

Boys

1. Bozeman 371; 2. Great Falls High 358; 3. CMR 295; 4. Billings West 226; 5. Billings Senior 132; 6. Havre 99; 7. Billings Skyview 97

Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay

1, Bozeman 1:59.97. 2, CM Russell 2:03.22. 3, Billings West 2:08.90. 4, Great Falls 2:09.15. 5, Billings Senior 2:09.62. 6, Bozeman 'B' 2:09.83. 7, CM Russell 'B' 2:12.42. 8, Billings West 'B' 2:18.76.

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay

1, Bozeman 1:41.77. 2, Billings West 1:47.03. 3, Great Falls 1:53.14. 4, Billings Senior 1:53.21. 5, CM Russell 1:54.96. 6, Havre 2:02.73. 7, Great Falls 'B' 2:02.88. 8, Great Falls 'C' 2:19.97.

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle

1, McKinney, Erin, Bozeman, 2:03.17. 2, Lee, Elizabeth, Bozeman, 2:08.61. 3, Sobek, Tessa, Bozeman, 2:10.71. 4, Cichon, Alexis, Bozeman, 2:13.50. 5, Kittleson, Hannah, CM Russell, 2:14.93. 6, Turnquist, Bryn, Senior, 2:16.99. 7, Duncan, Morgan, CM Russell, 2:21.65. 8, Osentowski, Raegan, CM Russell, 2:24.94.

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle

1, Peters, Nathan, Bozeman, 1:50.26. 2, Van Keuren, Michael, West, 1:50.47. 3, Harris, Jase, Great Falls, 1:55.08. 4, Huynh, Hung, West, 1:56.14. 5, Evans, William, Great Falls, 1:58.23. 6, Oswell, Joel, Bozeman, 1:58.49. 7, Houston, Alex, CM Russell, 2:00.96. 8, Kelsch, Zach, Bozeman, 2:01.19.

Girls 200 Yard IM

1, Klundt, Madison, Bozeman, 2:25.81. 2, Westie, Darlene, CM Russell, 2:27.66. 3, McMullan, Julia, Senior, 2:30.36. 4, Sobek, Katie, Bozeman, 2:33.08. 5, Banks, Shelby, CM Russell, 2:39.44. 6, Lewis, Ellie, Bozeman, 2:42.97. 7, Fink, Emily, West, 2:43.98. 8, Carroll, Maddie, CM Russell, 2:44.15.

Boys 200 Yard IM

1, Johnson, Mason, West, 2:07.20. 2, Guter, Joseph, Great Falls, 2:11.78. 3, Houston, Andrew, CM Russell, 2:15.11. 4, Handelin, Michael, Bozeman, 2:15.16. 5, Sobek, Ivan, Bozeman, 2:20.03. 6, Gappa, Kyler, Senior, 2:20.50. 7, Kittleson, Jake, CM Russell, 2:24.66. 8, Such, Payton, Great Falls, 2:35.30.

Girls 50 Yard Freestyle

1, Gray, Ayana, CM Russell, 25.71. 2, Sherrodd, Katie, Skyview, 27.06. 3, Klaudt, Madison, West, 27.08. 4, Guillen, Sara, Bozeman, 27.34. 5, Dart, Brynn, Great Falls, 28.29. 6, Wagner, Jalen, Senior, 28.60. 7, Crouse, Dara, Senior, 28.95. 8, Phinney, Amourette, Great Falls, 29.08.

Boys 50 Yard Freestyle

1, Berger, Kade, Bozeman, 23.04. 2, Huotari, Ben, CM Russell, 23.21. 3, Woldtvedt, Isaac, Great Falls, 24.51. 4, Jarrett, Andrew, Bozeman, 24.59. 5, Kunka, Jonah, Great Falls, 25.53. 6, Geisen, David, CM Russell, 25.73. 7, Hofstad, Ryan, Great Falls, 25.74. 8, Raunig, Peyton, West, 26.09.

Girls 100 Yard Butterfly

1, Bauman, Olivia, CM Russell, 1:05.09. 2, Westie, Darlene, CM Russell, 1:06.82. 3, Sobek, Tessa, Bozeman, 1:09.41. 4, Sobek, Katie, Bozeman, 1:10.20. 5, Fink, Emily, West, 1:13.27. 6, Lewis, Ellie, Bozeman, 1:15.42. 7, Otto, Jessica, Havre, 1:24.55. 8, Benjamin, Amanda, Skyview, 1:24.62. 9, Shultz, Serena, CM Russell, 2:16.16.

Boys 100 Yard Butterfly

1, Van Keuren, Michael, West, 56.02. 2, DuCuennois, Eli, Bozeman, 56.78. 3, Huynh, Hung, West, 56.90. 4, Houston, Andrew, CM Russell, 59.22. 5, Shaw, John, CM Russell, 1:01.94. 6, Gappa, Kyler, Senior, 1:01.97. 7, Apps, Taylor, West, 1:02.46. 8, Bonilla, Joel, Great Falls, 1:02.63.

Girls 100 Yard Freestyle

1, Lee, Elizabeth, Bozeman, 58.06. 2, Bauman, Olivia, CM Russell, 58.50. 3, Sherrodd, Katie, Skyview, 59.74. 4, Gray, Ayana, CM Russell, 1:00.41. 5, Earl, Isabelle, Great Falls, 1:02.60. 6, Phinney, Amourette, Great Falls, 1:02.92. 7, Mitchell, Tracy, West, 1:03.08. 8, Storrusten, Cassidy, CM Russell, 1:04.09.

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle

1, Thompson, Pete, Senior, 50.13. 2, Huotari, Ben, CM Russell, 51.84. 3, Berger, Kade, Bozeman, 52.51. 4, Harris, Jase, Great Falls, 52.58. 5, Thomas, Chase, Great Falls, 54.19. 6, Jarrett, Andrew, Bozeman, 55.11. 7, DuCuennois, Isaac, Bozeman, 55.40. 8, Newkirk, Keaton, Bozeman, 56.49.

Girls 500 Yard Freestyle

1, Guillen, Sara, Bozeman, 5:30.26. 2, Cichon, Alexis, Bozeman, 6:02.96. 3, Kittleson, Hannah, CM Russell, 6:05.98. 4, Amundson, Becca, Bozeman, 6:19.69. 5, Pilcher, Hailey, West, 6:22.41. 6, Miller, Megan, Havre, 6:32.90. 7, Birdsong, Karissa, CM Russell, 6:37.72. 8, Weber, Emily, CM Russell, 6:47.95.

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle

1, Arnold, Brayden, West, 4:55.51. 2, Shaw, John, CM Russell, 5:22.98. 3, Houston, Alex, CM Russell, 5:27.54. 4, Gronning, Jaxon, CM Russell, 5:31.17. 5, Sobek, Ivan, Bozeman, 5:36.77. 6, Stevens, Louis, Bozeman, 5:46.21. 7, Anderson, Pete, Great Falls, 5:54.98. 8, Kittleson, Jake, CM Russell, 6:04.24.

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1, Bozeman 1:51.54. 2, Billings Senior 1:52.46. 3, CM Russell 1:52.50. 4, Billings West 1:54.10. 5, Great Falls   1:54.66. 6, Billings Skyview 2:00.22. 7, Billings Skyview 'B' 2:03.63. 8, CM Russell 'B' 2:03.70.

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1, Great Falls 1:37.37. 2, Bozeman 1:38.63. 3, CM Russell   1:39.85. 4, Billings Senior 1:41.84. 5, Billings Skyview 1:46.11. 6, CM Russell 'B' 1:47.11. 7, Great Falls 'B' 1:48.13. 8, Havre 1:48.30.

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke

1, Fiddler, Cailin, West, 1:02.07. 2, Monastiere, Sierra, Bozeman, 1:05.15. 3, Klundt, Madison, Bozeman, 1:08.61. 4, Duncan, Morgan, CM Russell, 1:10.14. 5, Gronning, Abby, CM Russell, 1:11.35. 6, Crouse, Dara, Senior, 1:12.52. 7, Taylor, Marley, Great Falls, 1:12.85. 8, Miller, Megan, Havre, 1:13.05.

Boys 100 Yard Backstroke

1, Thompson, Pete, Senior, 56.94. 2, Arnold, Brayden, West, 57.43. 3, Guter, Joseph, Great Falls, 59.79. 4, DuCuennois, Eli, Bozeman, 1:00.13. 5, Handelin, Michael, Bozeman, 1:00.50. 6, Thomas, Chase, Great Falls, 1:00.88. 7, Evans, William, Great Falls, 1:01.31. 8, Pfughoft, Jon, Skyview, 1:06.10.

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke

1, McKinney, Erin, Bozeman, 1:09.45. 2, McMullan, Julia, Senior, 1:15.38. 3, Earl, Claire, Great Falls, 1:17.69. 4, DeMarco, Molly, CM Russell, 1:18.38. 5, Klaudt, Madison, West, 1:20.32. 6, Monastiere, Sierra, Bozeman, 1:20.50. 7, Carroll, Maddie, CM Russell, 1:20.87. 8, Turnquist, Bryn, Senior, 1:24.44.

Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke

1, Peters, Nathan, Bozeman, 1:00.33. 2, Johnson, Mason, West, 1:06.02. 3, Newkirk, Keaton, Bozeman, 1:07.67. 4, Kelsch, Zach, Bozeman, 1:08.28. 5, Kerns, Liam, Senior, 1:08.31. 6, Jaraczeski, Luke, CM Russell, 1:11.82. 7, Pratt, Aylan, Havre, 1:14.02. 8, Wacaser, Blake, Skyview, 1:14.28

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1, Bozeman 3:52.67. 2, Great Falls 4:10.29. 3, CM Russell 4:10.94. 4, CM Russell 'B' 4:35.81. 5, Billings Skyview 4:36.94. 6, Havre 'B' 4:46.31. 7, Bozeman   'B' 4:48.80. 8, Great Falls 'B' 4:49.25.

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1, Bozeman 3:25.50. 2, Great Falls 3:34.93. 3, Billings West   3:37.61. 4, CM Russell 3:40.65. 5, Bozeman   'B' 3:42.80. 6, Billings Skyview 3:58.52. 7, Great Falls 'B' 4:00.47. 8, CM Russell 'B' 4:06.41. 9, Great Falls 'C' 4:18.05.