FHS swimmers point to state at Helena meet

| January 28, 2007 1:00 AM

The Daily Inter Lake

HELENA - The final meet of the regular season for the Flathead High School swim team was all about "the team," said FHS coach Paul Stelter.

"The last chance qualifier for state, so the focus was on them (junior varsity and varsity swimmers, not on the state varsity team)." he said.

"They get to pick their events. The state varsity team takes a back seat role (in this meet)."

Stelter said the team "was so supportive of everyone. That's why I like coaching … when I see these (type of) things, see the whole team (cheering)."

As a results, Flathead finished fourth in the boys competition and sixth in the girls. Bozeman claimed both titles.

Stelter said Flathead's "best swims" on the day came in the relays.

The Bravettes finished second in the 200 medley relay (Sammie Hammett, Kelsey Iblings, Allison Grubb and Ashley Lund) while the Braves were fourth in the 200 medley (Logan Hunter, Taylor Streit, Seth Bumgarner and Jacob Berry) and 400 freestyle (Andrew Unterreiner, Berry, Bryce Fischer and Bumgarner) relays.

Flathead placed fifth in the girls 400 freestyle relay and fifth in the boys and girls 200 freestyle relay.

Individually, Stelter said several efforts stood out: Alyscia Marsh in the 50 freestyle; Berry in the 50 freestyle; Tessa Heck in the 100 butterfly; Shaina Evans in the 100 freestyle; Linzi Reiersgard in the 100 backstroke; Bumgarner in the 100 back; and Streit in the 100 breaststroke.

Stelter said Marsh has been "coming on" strong as the season winds down.

Streit finished second in his race, getting out-touched at the end.

"Evans swam a great race," Stelter said.

"She didn't qualify because she's been injured most of the year. She just didn't have the conditioning."

Flathead has qualified 10 boys and six girls for the state meet, scheduled for Feb. 9-10 in Great Falls. Stelter says Heidi Windauer and Evans can still qualify for state.

Bohn Moerer Invitational

Saturday in Helena

Girls

Team Totals

Bozeman 268, Missoula Big Sky 235, Missoula Sentinel 140, Havre 132, Helena Capital 110, Flathead 99, Helena High 71, Hardin 28, Butte High 7

Events

200 Medley Relay - 1, Bozeman High School 'A' 2:01.45. 2, Flathead High School 'A' 2:05.79. 3, Missoula Sentinel-MT 'A' 2:06.10. 4, Havre High School 'A' 2:06.16. 5, Helena Capital High School 'A' 2:09.01. 6, Helena High School 'A' 2:15.02.

200 Freestyle - 1, Belden, Jessy J, Missoula Sentine-MT, 2:04.11. 2, Stavnitski, Meagan, Bozeman, 2:05.93. 3, Goins, Laurel, Bozeman, 2:06.27. 4, Billet, Kate E, Mhg-MT, 2:08.28. 5, Arciello, Maddie B, Missoula Big Sky-MT, 2:08.71. 6, Ungaretti, Kori J, Mhg-MT, 2:12.81. 23, Reiersgard, Linzi, Flathead, 2:49.55. 27, Griffith, Sarah, Flathead, 2:58.76.

200 IM - 1, Chura, Hannah, Bozeman, 2:09.15. 2, Halstrom, Hannah, Bozeman, 2:20.30. 3, Bissell, Haley, Bozeman, 2:24.26. 4, Formaz, Lauren A, Helena HS, 2:25.77. 5, Billet, Kate E, Mhg-MT, 2:31.45. 6, Thane, Lindsay M, Missoula Sentinel-MT, 2:33.68. 7, Iblings, Kelcey, Flathead, 2:34.96.

50 Freestyle - 1, Belden, Jessy J, Missoula Sentine-MT, 26.92. 2, Churchill, Katy, Bozeman, 27.63. 3, Johnson, Kenzie, Havre, 28.16. 4, Yahvah, Maggie E, Helena Capital, 28.23. 5, Egdorf, Camille, Hardin-MT, 28.25. 6, Brown, Maria, Helena HS, 28.72. 13, Marsh, Alyscia, Flathead, 31.06. 19, Lingelser, Lamb, Flathead, 32.50. 28, Lingelser, Lynx, Flathead, 34.48. 36, Gross, Sami, Flathead, 40.40.

100 Butterfly - 1, Halstrom, Hannah, Bozeman, 1:00.33. 2, Chura, Hannah, Bozeman, 1:00.36. 3, Nowatzke, Jennifer A, Missoula Big Sky-MT, 1:02.29. 4, Szekely, Brittany K, Missoula Big Sky-MT, 1:06.51. 5, Stavnitski, Shannen, Bozeman, 1:06.60. 6, Formaz, Lauren A, Helena HS, 1:07.75. 15, Grubb, Allison, Flathead, 1:16.87.

100 Freestyle - 1, Robinson, Kasey J, Missoula Sentine-MT, 56.48. 2, Szekely, Brittany K, Missoula Big Sky-MT, 56.82. 3, Johnson, Kenzie, Havre, 1:02.23. 4, Davidson, Alexandrea M, Missoula Big Sky-MT, 1:02.37. 5, Barry, Sydney R, Helena Capital, 1:02.67. 6, Lund, Ashley, Flathead, 1:03.18. 12, Evans, Shaina, Flathead, 1:06.63. 38, Walling, Briana, Flathead, 1:30.98. 39, Gillespie, Brie, Flathead, 1:45.09.

500 Freestyle - 1, Jones, Megan R, Missoula Big Sky-MT, 5:38.25. 2, Goins, Laurel, Bozeman, 5:41.24. 3, Ewer-Speck, Mallory, Helena HS, 5:46.32. 4, Lumpry, Hannah R, Missoula Big Sky-MT, 6:04.46. 5, Walsh, Kelsey M, Missoula Big Sky-MT, 6:33.47. 6, Kaercher, Jamaica, Havre, 6:36.37.

200 Freestyle Relay - 1, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola-MT 'A' 1:43.48. 2, Bozeman High School 'A' 1:48.18. 3, Havre High School 'A' 1:53.54. 4, Helena Capital High School 'A' 1:54.96. 5, Flathead High School 'A' 1:55.61. 6, Hardin-MT 'A' 1:59.52.

100 Backstroke - 1, Arciello, Maddie B, Missoula Big Sky-MT, 1:04.05. 2, Bissell, Haley, Bozeman, 1:04.26. 3, Jones, Megan R, Missoula Big Sky-MT, 1:05.60. 4, Stavnitski, Shannen, Bozeman, 1:06.31. 5, Stavnitski, Meagan, Bozeman, 1:10.16. 6, Podolinsky, Megan A, Helena Capital, 1:10.72. 8, McLean, Anne, Flathead, 1:13.71. 14, Grubb, Allison, Flathead, 1:19.00. 17, Reiersgard, Linzi, Flathead, 1:27.33.

100 Breaststroke - 1, Nowatzke, Jennifer A, Missoula Big Sky-MT, 1:12.82. 2, Obrecht, Jessie, Havre, 1:15.80. 3, Thane, Lindsay M, Missoula Sentine-MT, 1:15.89. 4, Kleinschmidt, Karlee J, Helena Capital, 1:19.31. 5, Hammett, Sammie, Flathead, 1:21.35. 6, Cherry, Tara R, Mhg-MT, 1:21.59. 12, Windaver, Heidi, Flathead, 1:25.23. 35, Fox, Lauren, Flathead, 1:51.96.

400 Freestyle Relay - 1, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola-MT 'A' 3:46.30. 2, Bozeman High School 'A' 3:46.97. 3, Missoula Sentinel-MT 'A' 4:02.77. 4, Missoula Hellgate-MT 'A' 4:13.01. 5, Flathead High School 'A' 4:14.23. 6, Havre High School 'A' 4:29.87.

Boys

Team Totals

Bozeman 268, Missoula Hellgate 200, Helena High 157, Flathead 147, Helena Capital 135.50, Havre 93, Missoula Sentinel 92.50, Missoula Big Sky 60, Butte 10, Billings Central 5, Hardin 2

Events

200 Medley Relay - 1, Missoula Hellgate-MT 'A' 1:46.65. 2, Helena Capital High School 'A' 1:48.79. 3, Bozeman High School 'A' 1:49.53. 4, Flathead High School 'A' 1:51.83. 5, Havre High School 'A' 1:52.64. 6, Missoula Sentinel-MT 'A' 1:56.22.

200 Freestyle - 1, Kingery, Karl K, Helena HS, 1:49.17. 2, Niccolucci, Sean M, Mhg-MT, 1:53.84. 3, Turner, Mike J, Helena Capital, 1:55.67. 4, McCleary, Sean A, Bozeman, 1:57.20. 5, Koffman, Cody, Helena Capital, 1:58.42. 6, Lohmeier, Brandon, Bozeman, 2:02.13. 10, Brady, Kyle, Flathead, 2:07.81.

200 IM - 1, Robinson, Major K, Missoula Sentine-MT, 2:06.87. 2, Whaley, Justin I, Helena HS, 2:07.68. 3, Niccolucci, Sean M, Mhg-MT, 2:10.50. 4, McCallum, Matthew, Bozeman, 2:13.90. 5, DeLuca, Vince, Bozeman, 2:19.11. 6, Stuker, DJ, Havre, 2:20.50. 8, Unterreiner, Andrew, Flathead, 2:24.14. 9, Hunter, Logan, Flathead, 2:27.52. 13, Clark, Kellin, Flathead, 2:33.43. 16, Hoffman, Brian, Flathead, 2:41.15.

50 Freestyle - 1, Kump, Billy R, Mhg-MT, 23.21. 2, Miller, Keith K, Missoula Big Sky-MT, 23.23. 3, Yahvah, Carson C, Helena Capital, 23.58. 4, Skuntz, Matthew, Bozeman, 23.61. 5, Ross, Tommy E, Missoula Big Sky-MT, 24.14. 6, Marty, Jeff T, Helena HS, 24.35. 9, Berry, Jacob, Flathead, 24.63. 10, Fischer, Bryce, Flathead, 25.11. 15, Streit, Taylor, Flathead, 25.72. 36, Johnston, Kenny, Flathead, 34.41.

100 Butterfly - 1, Gray, Kyle L, Mhg-MT, 54.27. 2, Whaley, Justin I, Helena HS, 55.87. 3, Marty, Jeff T, Helena HS, 56.19. 4, Kingery, Karl K, Helena HS, 56.45. 5, McCallum, Matthew, Bozeman, 59.31. 6, Koffman, Cody, Helena Capital, 59.90. 9, Unterreiner, Andrew, Flathead, 1:05.33. 10, Fischer, Bryce, Flathead, 1:05.72.

100 Freestyle - 1, Miller, Keith K, Missoula Big Sky-MT, 50.40. 2, Gray, Kyle L, Mhg-MT, 50.78. 3, Skuntz, Matthew, Bozeman, 51.37. 4, Bumgarnar, Seth, Flathead, 53.71. 5, Berry, Jacob, Flathead, 54.18. 6, Bischoff, Joel R, Helena HS, 54.28. 10, Brady, Kyle, Flathead, 56.85. 14, Hoffman, Brian, Flathead, 57.27.

500 Freestyle - 1, Kump, Billy R, Mhg-MT, 5:11.46. 2, Scariano, Dominic A, Mhg-MT, 5:23.33. 3, Skuntz, Alec, Bozeman, 5:29.99. 4, Lohmeier, Brandon, Bozeman, 5:34.10. 5, Vigliotti, Scott, Havre, 5:54.46. 6, Fuller, Drew, Bozeman, 6:14.08. 11, Howell, Dan, Flathead, 7:42.34.

200 Freestyle Relay - 1, Helena High School 'A' 1:35.11. 2, Bozeman High School 'A' 1:35.97. 3, Helena Capital High School 'A' 1:36.73. 4, Havre High School 'A' 1:39.17. 5, Flathead High School 'A' 1:39.43. 6, Missoula Sentinel-MT 'A' 1:42.32.

100 Backstroke - 1, Robinson, Major K, Missoula Sentine-MT, 57.15. 2, Turner, Mike J, Helena Capital, 58.35. 3, Smith, Chad, Bozeman, 59.47. 4, Bumgarnar, Seth, Flathead, 1:00.78. 5, Brot, Seth, Helena Capital, 1:03.68. 6, Shull, Nick A, Missoula Sentine-MT, 1:05.93. 7, Hunter, Logan, Flathead, 1:06.18.

100 Breaststroke - 1, Stroethoff, Matthan A, Mhg-MT, 1:08.16. 2, Streit, Taylor, Flathead, 1:08.42. 3, Adam, Broden, Bozeman, 1:09.24. 4, Kump, Leo L, Mhg-MT, 1:09.33. 5, Podolinsky, Matt A, Helena Capital, 1:09.53. 6, Cameron, Clayton, Bozeman, 1:10.68. 17, Clark, Kellin, Flathead, 1:16.74. 23, Helder, Andrew, Flathead, 1:30.10. 26, Johnston, Kenny, Flathead, 1:55.96.

400 Freestyle Relay - 1, Helena High School 'A' 3:27.12. 2, Missoula Hellgate-MT 'A' 3:27.68. 3, Bozeman High School 'A' 3:28.77. 4, Flathead High School 'A' 3:43.12. 5, Bozeman High School 'B' 3:44.24. 6, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola-MT 'A' 3:49.41.