Swimming: Popp, KATS find success at Missoula Firecracker meet
MISSOULA — Over 30 teams, more than 600 swimmers, converged on the Garden City for the 34th annual Missoula Firecracker swim meet.
The Kalispell Aquatic Team had another strong showing during their 2015 campaign as 17 KATS members took to the pool in hope of improving their midseason form.
Antoinette Popp continued her dominance, winning all seven of the events she entered.
Her longest performance, the 400-meter individual medley, took just 5 minutes and 37.5 seconds.
Fellow-12-year-old Caroline Dye took home the 200-meter freestyle title. Dye won in the event 2:24.10.
Emily Cephers, 12, reached the state-cut line in all six of her events, highlighted by her ninth-place finish in the 50-meter backstroke.
On the boys side, Phillip Rhodes, 15, took sixth in he 50-meter butterfly.
Jace Reed wasn’t far behind Rhodes, finishing 12th in the same race and division.
The KATS are back in action at the Montana Long Course State Championships, July 24-26, in Bozeman.
34th annual Missoula Firecracker
Swim Meet
Missoula
June 26-28, 2015
KATS Results
Name-Age
Boys
Andrew Bouda-11
Event Time Place
100 Freestyle 1:41.72 33
100 Breaststroke 2:20.95 20
Gustavo DeSouza-13
Event Time Place
100 Freestyle 1:19.84 80
400 Freestyle 6:17.58 29
100 Breaststroke 1:49.19 50
Jace Reed-14
Event Time Place
100 Freestyle 1:04.50 36
400 Freestyle 5:07.82 18
100 Backstroke 1:11.24 20
50 Butterfly 31.68 12
Phillip Rhodes-15
Event Time Place
100 Freestyle 1:06.51 51
50 Backstroke 33.83 13
50 Butterfly 29.84 6
Jakob Sonderegger-10
Event Time Place
100 Freestyle 1:43.61 17
50 Backstroke 52.63 15
50 Breaststroke 1:04.65 21
50 Butterfly 51.07 9
Austin Strobbe-15
Event Time Place
100 Freestyle 1:00.91 22
100 Breaststroke 1:26.86 28
100 Butterfly 1:14.81 27
Ayden Strobbe-11
Event Time Place
100 Freestyle 1:27.11 26
100 Breaststroke 1:52.22 15
50 Butterfly 52.46 19
Girls
Antoinette Popp-12
Event Time Place
50 Freestyle 28.70 1
100 Freestyle 1:03.16 1
400 Freestyle 4:51.34 1
100 Backstroke 1:12.64 1
200 Backstroke 2:34.19 1
200 Ind. Medley 2:39.50 1
400 Ind. Medley 5:37.54 1
Caroline Dye-12
Event Time Place
50 Freestyle 29.46 2
100 Freestyle 1:06.67 3
200 Freestyle 2:24.10 1
400 Freestyle 5:08.11 2
50 Breaststroke 39.03 2
100 Breaststroke 1:30.21 3
200 Ind. Medley 2:49.71 3
Bailey Rhodes-14
Event Time Place
100 Freestyle 1:18.70 78
800 Freestyle 12:19.25 28
Grace Rhodes-11
Event Time Place
100 Breaststroke 2:01.30 36
Olivia Gibbons-7
Event Time Place
50 Freestyle 54.75 13
100 Freestyle 1:50.64 4
50 Breaststroke 1:05.37 3
Hannah Pieri-11
Event Time Place
100 Freestyle 1:36.48 50
100 Breaststroke 2:15.13 41
50 Butterfly 1:01.96 28
Madyson Toren-12
Event Time Place
100 Freestyle 1:09.71 7
200 Freestyle 2:34.00 6
100 Breaststroke 1:38.66 12
100 Butterfly 1:27.15 4
200 Ind. Medley 3:02.06 6
Hanna Vornbock-7
Event Time Place
50 Freestyle 53.64 12
100 Freestyle 2:05.63 11
100 Backstroke 2:22.02 6
50 Breaststroke 1:12.68 10
Emily Cephers-12
Event Time Place
100 Freestyle 1:17.69 26
50 Butterfly 39.56 9