Best of times for swimmers
<p>Yadira Gil of Flathead competes in the 50-yard freestyle race at The Summit on Saturday. Gil finished third in the first heat with a time of 47.09. Also competing were Glacier and the Missoula schools.</p>
<p>Glacier’s Jake Cirincione swims the 200-yard individual medley Saturday at The Summit. Cirincione won the first heat with a time of 2:08.07.</p>
Flathead/Glacier swim coach Dave Lillard was more than satisfied.
His boys and girls teams were back in action for the first time in three weeks after a lengthy holiday break.
And few swimmers showed any ill affects of the long layoff.
“It was a great swim meet,” Lillard said.
“We had lots of PBs (personal bests) for both teams. That was exciting.”
Joining Flathead and Glacier in the water were the three Missoula schools.
“They were excited,” Lillard said of his swimmers competing again.
“They seemed pretty relaxed. Maybe it was because it was just against Missoula, so it wasn’t a very big meet. Maybe that lack of pressure (also helped swimmers record PBs).”
Glacier’s Makenna Siebenaler broke her own school record in the 100 freestyle.
Teammates Micah Meadors, Sara Burch, John Putnam and Logan Streit all had PBs in the 50 freestyle. Streit now holds the third fastest time in the state.
Maddie Walters and Burch recorded PBs in the 100 butterfly. Walters also registered a PB in the 200 individual medley.
Jake Cirincione swam his best times of the season in the 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly. His butterfly time places him second in the state.
In the 100 freestyle, Meadors, Jackie Stenberg, Putnam and Streit all posted PBs.
Alex Augusta, 100 freestyle, and Josh Loyda and Jessica Stenberg, both in 500 freestyle, turned in PB times. Stenberg’s set a new school record.
The 200 freestyle relay team of Siebenaler, Burch, Emma Hornby and Stenberg had a PB time.
And it didn’t stop there.
Jordan Loyda, Cirincione, Streit and Josh Loyda set a new school record by .04 of a second in the 200 freestyle.
Hornby, 100 backstroke, and Tommy Briner, 100 breaststroke, both had PB times.
“I set up the boys 400 free relay so that the race would be close against two mixed varsity and JV relays,” Lillard said.
“The race was close as the third legs finished their 100. Josh Loyda needed to catch his brother Jordan, who had a lead. Josh put in great effort and swam a fast time but could not catch Jordan. I wanted the JV boys to know that they are a vital part of the team. They proved it by helping their relays place first and second.”
Lillard said he was delighted to see Flathead’s Yadira Gil and Rebecca Bruce swim their first 50 freestyle.
“Yadira did not know how to swim when she started in November,” he said. “She has worked diligently every day and learned all of the essentials to perform well in her first meet.
“In the 50 free alone, FHS had 11 personal bests.”
Ethan Timm came close to breaking 30 seconds for the first time, while Johanna Ward did break that barrier for the first time.
Cassie Krueger posted a personal best, and a top five time in the state, in that event. She also broke a minute for the first time in the 100 freestyle.
Jaycee Rocha and Darby Mackenstadt both dropped more than 10 seconds in the 100 freestyle.
And Lauren Daffern joined Johanna Ward in setting best times in the 50 and 100 freestyle.
“It’s great to see both new and veteran swimmers having best times,” Lillard said. “I’m proud of the swimmers. Their hard work in the pool is paying off in new records and personal bests.”
Josh Loyda, 200 and 500 freestyle, Cirincione, 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly, Streit, 50 freestyle, Jordan Loyda, 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke, and Stenberg, 500 freestyle, were individual winners.
Flathead and Glacier are off until the Missoula Invitational on Jan. 19.
GIRLS
Team scores: 1, Missoula Hellgate 427; 2, Missoula Sentinel 250; 3, Kalispell Flathead 167; 4, Kalispell Glacier 164; 5, Missoula Big Sky 96.
BOYS
Team scores: 1, Missoula Hellgate 303; 2, Glacier 262; 3, Missoula Big Sky 112; 4, Missoula Sentinel 71; 5, Flathead 5.
Events
Girls 200 Medley Relay — 1, Hellgate A (Hanni Leach, Hailey Jacobson, Cece Monroe, Kenndy Salonen), 1:56.95. 2, Sentinel , 2:06.90. 3, Hellgate B, 2:12.96. 4, Flathead A, 2:13.84. 5, Hellgate C, 2:22.12. 6, Big Sky/Loyola, 3:33.57.
Boys 200 Medley Relay — 1, Hellgate A (Zach Ammons, Jed Diehl, Ethan Choi, Luke Befumo), 2:00.32.
Girls 200 Freestyle — 1, Hailey Jacobson, Hellgate, 2:02.88. 2, Makayla Crist, Sentinel, 2:03.31. 3, Jessica Stenberg, Glacier, 2:07.65. 4, Amanda Kump, Hellgate, 2:24.46. 5, Maddie Archibald-Wilson, Hellgate, 2:25.51. 6, Maggie Mulcahy, Flathead, 2:26.05.
Boys 200 Freestyle — 1, Joshua Loyda, Glacier, 1:54.14. 2, Ryan Mason, Sentinel, 1:58.89. 3, Nicholas Giammona, Hellgate, 2:08.42. 4, Colter Christian, Hellgate, 2:14.21.
Girls 200 IM — 1, Cece Monroe,Hellgate, 2:23.16. 2, Andrea Schmidt, Sentinel, 2:26.15. 3, Ellen Brooks, Sentinel 2:33.30. 4, Maddie Walters, Glacier, 2:35.74. 5, Ellen Sears, Hellgate, 2:35.75. 6, Rory Anderson, Hellgate, 2:36.85.
Boys 200 IM — 1, Jake Cirincione, Glacier, 2:08.07. 2, Nate Jourdonnais, Big Sky/Loyola, 2:28.82.
Girls 50 Freestyle — 1, Kate Zimmer, Big Sky/Loyola, 25.18. 2, Cassie Krueger, Flathead, 25.56. 3, Kate Michell, Hellgate, 27.97. 4, Hailie Maas, Flathead, 28.10. 5, Kennedy Salonen, Hellgate, 28.41. 6, Baylee Everett, Hellgate, 28.70.
Boys 50 Freestyle — 1, Logan Streit, Glacier, 22.87. 2, Ethan Choi, Hellgate, 24.85. 3, Matt McKay, Big Sky/Loyola, 25.70. 4, Alex Augusta, Glacier, 26.41. 5, Zach Ammons, Hellgate, 26.66. 6, Jed Diehl, Hellgate, 27.09.
Girls 100 Butterfly — 1, Kate Zimmer, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:00.30. 2, Mary Rhoades, Hellgate, 1:03.57. 3, Kate Michell, Hellgate, 1:05.91. 4, McKenzie Lane, Flathead, 1:11.84. 5, Maddie Walters, Glacier, 1:16.30. 6, Sara Burch, Glacier, 1:17.74.
Boys 100 Butterfly — 1, Jake Cirincione, Glacier, 55.57. 2, Matt McKay, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:07.33.
Girls 100 Freestyle — 1, Hanni Leach, Hellgate, 55.80. 2, Andrea Schmidt, Sentinel, 56.95. 3, Makena Siebenaler, Glacier, 57.11. 4, Cassie Krueger, Flathead, 59.82. 5, CeCe Monroe, Hellgate, 1:01.01. 6, Rory Anderson, Hellgate, 1:01.82.
Boys 100 Freestyle — 1, Jordan Loyda, Glacier, 49.67. 2, Logan Streit, Glacier, 50.61. 3, Alex Augusta, Glacier, 59.81. 4, Zach Neumayer-Tooke, Hellgate, 1:01.81. 5, Conner Morrison, Hellgate, 1:03.59. 6, Lars Miller, Hellgate, 1:05.58.
Girls 500 Freestyle — 1, Jessica Stenberg, Glacier, 5:35.04. 2, Mary Rhoades, Hellgate, 5:51.81. 3, Kessa Juda-Nelson, Hellgate, 5:53.13. 4, McKenzie Lane, Flathead, 6:12.06. 5, Ellen Brooks, Sentinel, 6:13.69. 6, Ellen Sears, Hellgate, 6:20.04.
Boys 500 Freestyle — 1, Joshua Loyda, Glacier, 5:19.53. 2, Nicholas Giammona, Hellgate, 5:41.88. 3, Zach Ammons, Hellgate, 5:44.06.
Girls 200 Freestyle Relay — 1, Sentinel A (Andrea Schmidt, Kayla Dennis, Hailey Gray, Makayla Crist), 1:48.84. 2, Hellgate A, 1:50.12. 3, Glacier A, 1:51.04. 4, Hellgate B, 1:55.55. 5, Sentinel B, 2:02.54. 6, Hellgate C, 2:05.82.
Boys 200 Freestyle Relay — 1, Glacier A (Jordan Loyda, Jake Cirincione, Logan Streit, Joshua Loyda ), 1:31.35. 2, Hellgate A, 1:43.75. 3, Hellgate B, 1:48.29. 4, Big Sky/Loyola A, 1:49.58. 5, Sentinel, 2:01.03. 6, Glacier B, 2:04.27.
Girls 100 Backstroke — 1, Hanni Leach, Hellgate, 1:01.05. 2, Makayla Crist, Sentinel, 1:04.88. 3, Makenna Siebenaler, Glacier, 1:07.16. 4, Maddi Reynolds, Hellgate, 1:09.48. 5, Kyla Dennis, Sentinel, 1:11.17. 6, Emma Hornby, Glacier, 1:14.16.
Boys 100 Backstroke — 1, Jordan Loyda, Glacier, 57.31. 2, Ryan Mason, Sentinel, 58.20. 3, Colter Christian, Hellgate, 1:07.89. 4, Ethan Choi, Hellgate, 1:08.03. 5, Evan Carroll, Hellgate, 1:41.34.
Girls 100 Breaststroke — 1, Hailey Jacobson, Hellgate, 1:11.10. 2, Rachel Franke, Hellgate, 1:23.64. 3, Sara Jensen, Flathead, 1:27.27. 4, Jackie Stenberg, Glacier, 1:29.02. 5, Tollie Nielson, Sentinel, 1:30.03. 6, Luci Simpson, Hellgate, 1:36.48.
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke — 1, Nate Jourdonnais, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:16.26. 2, Jed Diehl, Hellgate, 1:17.13. 3, Tommy Briner, Glacier, 1:18.43. 4, Jacob Butler, Hellgate, 1:19.85. 5, Alec Dawald, Sentinel, 1:34.02.
Girls 400 Freestyle Relay — 1, Hellgate A (Hailey Jacobson, Mary Rhoades, Kate Michell, Hanni Leach,), 3:58.29. 2, Glacier A, 4:08.38. 3, Hellgate B, 4:15.40. 4, Flathead A, 4:27.36. 5, Sentinel A, 4:33.20. 6, Hellgate C, 4:33.73.
Boys 400 Freestyle Relay — 1, Hellgate A (Luke Befumo, Jed Diehl, Ethan Choi, Nolan Fromm), 3:53.28. 2, Glacier A, 4:06.83. 3, Glacier B, 4:08.74. 4, Hellgate B, 4:30.13. 5, Sentine A, 5:30.57.