SWIMMING: Glacier, Popp make big splash in first meet of season

For the first meet, Glacier’s swimmers exceeded the expectations of coach David Lillard Saturday afternoon at The Summit.

“More than I was hoping for,” Lillard said.

“We were trying to emphasize racing, working hard. For them to get best times was more than I could expect.”

Four Glacier school records were set at the Kalispell Invitational.

“That was the biggest highlight,” Lillard said.

AJ Popp set three individual marks and the girls 200 freestyle relay team of Popp, Olivia Gibson, Emma Hornby and Bailey Smith had the other record-setting performance with a time of (1:44.92). They finished seven seconds ahead of the field.

Popp led off the relay with a 100 freestyle record time (55.31). Her other record-setting firsts were in the 200 individual medley (2:13.47) and 100 backstroke (1:00.21).

Colton Babcock of Columbia Falls and Kelsey Ammons and Darragh Mahns, both of Missoula Hellgate, were the meet’s other double winners.

Babcock had event-best times in the 200 (1:48.73) and 500 freestyle (4:52.72).

Ammons won the 100 (58.22) and 200 freestyle (2:06.72) while Mahns was first in the 100 freestyle (50.25) and 100 butterfly (57.15).

Also winning individual events for Glacier were Nate Burnham, 200 individual medley (2:09.59), Olivia Gibson, 50 freestyle (25.79) and Anthony Clason, 100 breaststroke (1:04.97).

“She’s (Popp) been training with the KATS and is in good shape along with Olivia and Emma,” Lillard said.

“Bailey is a runner. I’m really pleased with their start.”

Lillard said Smith had best times in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke.

On the team front, C.M. Russell, 284 points, won the girls title while the Missoula Hellgate boys, 361, were first.

The Glacier girls, 216, were third.

“For sure, AJ will be a contender for a state championship,” Lillard said.

“The girls will be up there in the relay. That will be very exciting.”

Lillard, who also coaches Flathead, said the Braves and Bravettes have a lot of new swimmers out.

He said Madison Edwards, 100 freestyle, and Luke Barron, 100 backstroke, had best times.

Kalispell Invitational

Saturday

At The Summit

Team Totals

Girls

C.M. Russell 284, Missoula Hellgate 265, Glacier 216, Missoula Sentinel 206, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 126, Whitefish 51, Flathead 47, Columbia Falls 35, Great Falls High 32, Bigfork 6.

Boys

Missoula Hellgate 361, C.M. Russell 211, Great Falls High 181, Columbia Falls 126, Glacier 92, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 83, Missoula Sentinel 60, Flathead 58, Whitefish 48.

Events

Girls 200 Medley Relay

1, Missoula Hellgate A, 1:58.98. 2, C.M. Russell A, 2:02.91. 3, Missoula Sentinel A, 2:03.45. 4, Missoula Hellgate B, 2:05.02. 5, C.M. Russell B, 2:06.47. 6, Glacier A, 2:06.79.

Boys 200 Medley Relay

1, Missoula Hellgate A, 1:47.33. 2, C.M. Russell A, 1:50.66. 3, Missoula Hellgate B, 1:55.00. 4, Columbia Falls A, 2:02.54. 5, Flathead A, 2:05.83. 6.Missoula BigSky/Loyola A, 2:05.85.

Girls 200 Freestyle

1, Kelsey Ammons, Hellgate, 2:06.72. 2, Claire Becker, Hellgate, 2:09.09. 3, Bailey Smith, Glacier, 2:12.58. 4, Katie Fagg, Big Sky/Loyola, 2:13.48. 5, Tianna Stevens, Rustlers, 2:14.44. 6, Maddi Smith, CMR, 2:14.75.

Boys 200 Freestyle

1, Colton Babcock, CF, 1:48.73. 2, Dylan Faust, Hellgate, 1:48.98. 3, Patrick Brennan, CMR, 1:55.09. 4, Sawyer Keyes, Hellgate, 2:00.99. 5, Jared Biddle, GFH, 2:02.95. 6. Jaydan Elpel, GFH,2:07.51.

Girls 200 Yard IM

1, AJ Popp, Glacier, 2:13.47. 2, Gabby Smart, Hellgate, 2:14.73. 3, Brooklyn Leiby, Sentinel, 2:24.66. 4, Keidon Reynolds, Sentinel, 2:26.55. 5. Audrey Fero, Sentinel, 2;29.26. 6, Kate Heryla, CMR, 2:29.98. Boys 200 IM

1, Nate Burnham, Glacier, 2:09.59. 2, Colter Christian, Hellgate, 2:15.14. 3, Cody Carlson, Sentinel, 2:18.19. 4, Joseph Guter, CMR,2:18.91. 5, Zayne Friar, Cfalls High, 2:19.55. 6, Andrew Houston, CMR, 2:25.41.

Girls 50 Freestyle

1, Olivia Gibson, Glacier, 25.79. 2, Aidan Condit, Big Sky/Loyola, 26.15. 3, Ayana Gray, CMR, 26.37. 4, Olivia Bauman, CMR, 26.61. 5, Emma Hornby, Glacier, 27.67. 6, Andrea Porch, Sentinel, 28.73.

Boys 50 Freestyle

1, Finnian Westenfelder, Hellgate, 23.89. 2,Andrew Spragg, CMR, 24.29. 3, Jase Harris, GFH, 25.61. 4, Simon McMahon, Hellgate, 26.13. 5, Joseph Szekely, Big Sky/Loyola, 26.53. 6, Ethan Timm, Flathead, 26.55.

Girls 100 Butterfly

1, Brooklyn Leiby, Sentinel, 1:02.95. 2, Olivia Gibson, Glacier, 1:03.59. 3, Olivia Bauman, CMR, 1:04.50. 4, Darlene Westie, CMR, 1:06.10. 5, Megan Carroll, CMR, 1:02.21. 6, Kennedy Salonen, Hellgate, 1:08.46.

Boys 100 Butterfly

1, Darragh Mahns, Hellgate, 57.15. 2, Patrick Brennan, CMR, 57.93. 3, Jacob Butler, Hellgate, 59.21. 4, Colter Christian, Hellgate, 1:00.06. 5, Nate Jourdonnais, Big Sky/Loyola,1:03.64. 6, Andrew Houston, CMR, 1:04.32.

Girls 100 Freestyle

1, Kelsey Ammons, Hellgate, 58.22. 2, Sydney Archibald-Wilson, Hellgate, 58.57. 3, Claire Becker, Hellgate, 59.38. 4, Karyssa Nelson, CF, 59.97. 5, Malea Bauer, Glacier, 1:00.85. 6, Caroline McCormick, Sentinel, 1:01.12.

Boys 100 Freestyle

1, Darragh Mahns, Hellgate, 50.25. 2, Matthew Fritz, Hellgate, 51.70. 3, Anthony Clason, Glacier , 53.18. 4, Andrew Spragg, CMR, 54.63. 5, Nate Jourdonnais, Big Sky/Loyola, 56.23. 6, Matthew Perez, Whitefish, 57.36.

Girls 500 Freestyle

1, Katie Fagg, Big Sky/Loyola, 5:55.75. 2, Ellie D’Amico, Big Sky/Loyola, 5:58.65. 3, Tianna Stevens, CMR, 5:58.67. 4, Annie Sullivan, Whitefish, 6:00.60. 5, Morgan Duncan, CMR, 6:22.72. 6, Maggie Mulcahy, Flathead, 6:35.41.

Boys 500 Freestyle

1, Colton Babcock, CF, 4:54.72. 2, Dylan Faust, Hellgate, 4:55.46. 3, Nate Burnham, Glacier , 5:11.29. 4, Sawyer Keyes, Hellgate, 5:23.79. 5, Brandon Hanlon, GFH, 5:25.01. 6, Noah Brennan, CMR, 5:36.03.

Girls 200 Freestyle Relay

1, Glacier A (Olivia Gibson 15, Emma Hornby 17, Bailey Smith , AJ Popp), 1:44.92. 2, C.M. Russell A, 1:52.13. 3, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola A, 1:53.56. 4, Missoula Hellgate A, 1:55.52. 5, Missoula Sentinel A, 1:57.79. 6. Glacier B, 2:04.24.

Boys 200 Freestyle Relay

1, Missoula Hellgate A, 1:36.57. 2, Great Falls High A, 1:47.87. 3, Missoula Sentinel A, 1:55.61. 4, Columbia Falls A, 1:58.20. 5. Whitefish A, 1;59.57; 6. C.M. Russell A, 2:02.94.

Girls 100 Backstroke

1, AJ Popp, Glacier, 1:00.21. 2, Aidan Condit, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:02.01. 3, Sydney Archibald-Wilson, Hellgate, 1:05.11. 4, Karyssa Nelson, CF, 1:06.20. 5, Kate Heryla, CMR, 1:06.83. 6. Audrey Fero, Sentinel, 1;07.12.

Boys 100 Backstroke

1, Matthew Fritz, Hellgate, 55.79. 2, Noah Brennan, CMR, 1:00.68. 3, Simon McMahon, Hellgate, 1:01.43. 4, Dawson Grunzweig, CMR, 1:01.91. 5, Jared Biddle, GFH, 1:04.33. 6, Zayne Friar, CF, 1:04.91.

Girls 100 Breaststroke

1, Gabby Smart, Hellgate, 1:12.48. 2, Darlene Westie, CMR. 1:17.15. 3, Ingrid Shannon, Hellgate, 1:18.00. 4, Maddi Smith, CMR, 1:20.08. 5, Jasmine Fortmann, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:20.54. 6, Tollie Nielson, Sentinel, 1:23.80.

Boys 100 Breaststroke

1, Anthony Clason, Glacier, 1:04.97. 2, Jacob Butler, Hellgate, 1:09.66. 3, Joseph Guter, GFH, 1:11.16. 4, Cody Carlson, Sentinel, 1:11.42. 5, Ethan Timm, Flathead, 1:11.75. 6, Finnian Westenfelder, Hellgate, 1:13.65.

Girls 400 Freestyle Relay

1, Missoula Hellgate A, 3:51.87. 2, Glacier A, 3:53.33. 3, Missoula Sentinel A, 4:07.09. 4, C.M. Russell A, 4:10.90. 5, Great Falls High A, 4:35.81. 6. Flathead A,4:38.70.

Boys 400 Freestyle Relay

1, Missoula Hellgate A, 3:25.35. 2, 2-2 Glacier A, 3:46.58. 3, Great Falls High, 3:47.55. 4, Columbia Falls A, 3:52.56. 5, C.M. Russell B, 3:54.50. 6, C.M. Russell A, 3:54.98.