Rempe, Glacier boys top swim meet

The Glacier High School swim team, led by double winner Phil Rempe, captured the team title in a five-team meet on Saturday at The Summit.

Glacier flirted with the 300-point barrier, scoring 294 points to finish well ahead of runner-up Missoula Big Sky/Loyola, who totaled 184.

Missoula Hellgate, 164, finished four points ahead of Flathead in claiming third place.

It was the first swim meet for all the schools since the holiday break. The last outing for Flathead and Glacier was a relay meet Dec. 20 in Great Falls.

"Just getting back in the water was good," Brandon Rannebarger, who coaches Glacier and Flathead swim teams, said.

"A lot of them were gone for Christmas, so that made it difficult coming back."

Despite the long break, Rannebarger was pleased with the showing by both schools.

"The Glacier boys are phenomenal right now," he said.

"The Flathead boys are equally phenomenal although they have lost five boys (who quit because of the early morning practice sessions). Those (boys' were on scoring relays. That really, really hurts."

Rannebarger said he also used this meet to "tweak" the relays.

"See who will be swimming them at state," he said.

Rempe had the best times in the 100 butterfly (55:00) and 100 backstroke (59.84). He was the only swimmer to break a minute in both events. His margin of victory in the 100 butterfly was 8 1/2 seconds.

Brian Hoffman gave the Wolfpack another first-place effort, winning the 500 freestyle (5:53.03).

The Flathead boys had one individual winner - Jacob Berry in the 50 freestyle (23.35) - and picked up a first in the 200 freestyle relay (1:41.75) with Berry, Michael Scaccia, Lars Thorderson and Ben Mason.

Glacier and Flathead dominated the 100 butterfly, snapping up five of the six places. Glacier's Brian Hoffman was second and Phillip Phattharaamporncia fourth, while Flathead's John Zorn and Luis Silva finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

Things were much tighter on the team front in the girls competition. Missoula Sentinel came out on top, 270 1/2, followed by Missoula Hellgate, 237, and Glacier, 233 1/2.

Flathead was fifth, 119.

The Bravettes claimed one first-place finish. That came in the 200 medley relay (2:01.30) with Liz Kruse, Anika Thorderson, Ashley Judd and Karolina Tvrznikova.

Rannebarger said Glacier's Claire Morison 'second in 100 butterfly), Rempe (100 butterfly), Berry (50 freestyle) all swam really well, as did Glacier's Kelsey Iblings 'second in 100 breaststroke) and Samantha King 'second in the 50 freestyle), and Flathead's Ashley Judd (third in the 100 breaststroke).

"We got a lot of seconds, thirds and so on; kids picking up a lot of places in a lot of events," Rannebarger said.

"That was nice to see."

Glacier and Flathead are both off next weekend. The next swim meet for both schools is the Missoula Invitational on Jan. 24.

Boys

Team Totals

Glacier 294, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 184, Missoula Hellgate 164, Flathead 160, Missoula Sentinel 129

Results

200 medley relay - 1. Hellgate (Sean Niccolucci, Lucca Scariano, Matthan Stroethoff, Josh Hartman), 1:47.50; 2. Glacier, 1:47.69; 3. Big Sky/Loyola, 1:52.93; 4. Flathead, 1:55.62; 5. Sentinel, 1:58.63.

200 freestyle - 1. Sean Niccolucci, Hel, 1:50.97; 2. Kyle Brady, Gla, 2:00.00; 3. Ben Mason, Fla, 2:10.72; 4. Patrick Phattharaamporncia, Gla, 2:20.43; 5. Jacob Malsam, Sen, 2:45.72.

200 individual medley - 1. Sean Niccolucci, Hel, 2:05.22; 2. Kyle Jones, BS/L, 2:07.25; 3. Nick Shull, Sen, 2:07.97; 4. Seth Bumgarner, Gla, 2:08.84; 5. Al Laughnan, Sen, 2:14.50; 6. Lars Thorderson, Fla, 2:26.47.

50 freestyle - 1. Jacob Berry, Fla, 23.35; 2. Lucca Scariano, Hel, 25.25; 3. Corban Elliott, BS/L, 25.43; 4. Josh Hartman, Hel, 26.10; 5. Aaron Murry, Gla, 26.53; 6. Alec Shull, Sen, 26.63.

100 butterfly - 1. Phil Rempe, Gla, 55.009; 2. Brian Hoffman, Gla, 1:03.38; 3. Nolan Neilson, BS/L, 1:10.91; 4. Phillip Phattharaamporncia, 1:13.03; 5. John Zorn, Fla, 1:14.84; 6. Luis Silva, Fla, 1:16.37.

100 freestyle - 1. Matthan Stroethoff, Hel, 51.00; 2. Al Laughnan, Sen, 52.91; 3. Sam Burch, Gla, 1:01.19; 4. Nolan Neilson, BS/L, 1:04.65; 5. Zach Matteson, Gla, 1:04.84; 6. Cam Clark, Gla, 1:05.00.

500 freestyle (one swimmer) - 1. Brian Hoffman, Gla, 5:53.03.

200 freestyle relay - 1. Flathead (Jacob Berry, Michael Scaccia, Lars Thorderson, Ben Mason), 1:41.75; 2. Glacier, 1:45.25; 3. Sentinel, 1:45.38; 4. Big Sky/Loyola, 1:49.04.

100 backstroke - 1. Phil Rempe, Gla, 58.84; 2. Corban Elliott, BS/L, 1:00.38; 3. Nick Shull, Sen, 1:01.88; 4. Lucca Scariano, Hel, 1:03.15; 5. Alec Shull, Sen, 1:08.19; 6. Kyle Brady, Gla, 1:08.31.

100 breaststroke - 1. Matthan Stroethoff, Hel, 1:03.41; 2. Seth Bumgarner, Gla, 1:03.78; 3. Kyle Jones, BS/L, 1:04.06; 4. Michael Scaccia, Fla, 1:11.38; 5. Andrew Bovard, BS/L, 1:12.78; 6. Patrick Phattharaamporncia, 1:14.71.

400 freestyle relay - 1. Glacier (Kyle Brady, Seth Bumgarner, Patrick Phattaraampornchia, Phil Rempe), 3:41.50; 2. Hellgate, 3:43.00; 3. Flathead, 3:45.23; 4. Big Sky/Loyola, 4:57.62.

Girls

Team Totals

Missoula Sentinel 270 1/2, Missoula Hellgate 237, Glacier 233 1/2, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 153, Flathead 119

Results

200 medley relay - 1. Flathead (Liz Kruse, Anika Thorderson, Ashley Judd, Karolina Tvrznikova), 2:01.03; 2. Glacier, 2:04.72; 3. Sentinel, 2:12.22; 4. Hellgate, 2:19.06; 5. Big Sky/Loyola, 2:25.41.

200 freestyle - 1. Kasey Robinson, Sen, 2:00.69; 2. Kori Ungaretti, Hel, 2:08.22; 3. Ashley Judd, Fla, 2:08.28; 4. Stephanie Ehrlich, Sen, 2:09.47; 5. Loni Neilson, BS/L, 2:16.53; 6. Kelsey Walsh, BS/L, 2:24.13.

200 individual medley - 1. Miranda Tornatore, Sen, 2:17.71; 2. Tessa Grigsby, Hel, 2:23.59; 3. Sarah McCauley, Hel, 2:27.41; 4. Maxie Scroggs, Gla, 2:29.40; Lindsay Thane, Sen, 2:30.15; 6. Sammie Hammett, Gla, 2:36.06.

50 freestyle - 1. Kate Saffel, Hel, 28.34; 2. Samantha King, Gla, 28.37; 3. Aspen Mchugh, Sen, 28.44; Josie Grigsby, Hel, 28.84; 5. Emilie Thane, Sen, 28.91; 6. Sara Thane, Hel, 29.93.

100 butterfly - 1. Madeline Arciello, BS/L, 1:02.31; 2. Claire Morison, Gla, 1:04.84; 3. Emilie Thane, Sen, 1:05.93; 4. Kate Saffel, Hel, 1:11.16; 5. Sammie Hammett, Gla, 1:12.10; 6. Anika Thorderson, Fla, 1:16.87.

100 freestyle - 1. Sarah McCauley, Hel, 59.00; 2. Kelsie Miller, Sen, 59.69; 3. Tessa Heck, Gla, 1:03.59; 4. Ana Grigsby, Hel, 1:04.72; 5. Karolina Tvrznikova, Fla, 1:07.00; 6. Anna Johnson, Gla, 1:08.31.

500 freestyle (only three swimmers' - 1. Kasey Robinson, Sen, 5:13.90; 2. Claire Morison, Gla, 6:03.19; 3. Tessa Grigsby, Hel, 6:09.62.

200 freestyle relay - 1. Sentinel (Kasey Robinson, Kelsey Hutton, Lindsay Thane, Miranda Tornatore), 1:50.10; 2. Glacier, 1:56.91; 3. Hellgate, 1:57.65; 4. Flathead, 2:03.50; 5. Big Sky/Loyola, 2:15.62.

100 backstroke - 1. Miranda Tornatore, Sen, 1:02.87; 2. (tie) Kelsie Miller, Sen, and Maxie Scroggs, Gla, 1:08.75 each; 4. Alix Ungaretti, Hel, 1:12.63; 5. Loni Neilson, BS/L, 1:12.69; 6. Stephanie Ehrlich, Sen, 1:12.84.

100 breaststroke - 1. Madeline Arciello, BS/L, 1:12.34; 2. Kelsey Iblings, Gla, 1:13.78; 3. Ashley Judd, Fla, 1:14.38; 4. Lindsay Thane, Sen, 1:17.72; 5. Sara Feilzer, BS/L, 1:20.59; 6. Kelsey Walsh, BS/L, 1:23.47.

400 freestyle relay - 1. Sentinel (Miranda Tornatore, Lindsay Thane, Kelsey Hutton, Kasey Robinson), 4:02.47; 2. Hellgate, 4:10.87; 3. Glacier, 4:17.22; 4. Big Sky/Loyola, 4:24.53.