Glacier swimmers top Flathead in crosstown meet
Glacier’s Olivia Gibbons broke a school record in the 50 freestyle to help the Wolfpack top Flathead in a crosstown swim meet on Thursday.
Gibbons, sophomore, swam a 24.59, breaking the old record (24.64).
"Liv had already posted a time of 24.67 before the school break back in December,” Karen Bouda, who coaches both Glacier and Flathead teams. “So we all knew that it was just a matter of having everything come together: a solid start, and nailing down the turn and finish.”
Gibbons also won the 500 free. Other winners for the girls were Madeline McGoughy in the 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke, Hannah Vornbrock in the 200 individual medley, and Kennadi Iten in the 100 free.
For the boys, winners were Isaac Keim in the 50 and 100 free, Xander Stout in the 100 fly, Nolan Rosenthal in the 200 free and 100 back, and Ed McNeil in the 200 IM and 100 breast.
"Ed McNeil and Nolan Rosenthal are two GHS freshmen who are really stepping up for the boys team this year,” Bouda said. “Nolan has been focused on the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke and continues to drop time in both events every single meet. Ed has 5 state qualifying times and will swim anything we ask him to.”
Glacier has 37 swimmers to Flathead’s 14, and Bouda notes that recruiting more swimmers will be a focus for next year.
“It's been tough to fill the relays,” Bouda said. “Both teams have the same coaching staff, so Crosstown Swim is more like an intersquad meet. We practice every night together, and we work in training groups based on experience and speed. So, there's really not a rivalry between the two schools when it comes to swimming."
2023 Kalispell HS Crosstown
Thursday, Jan. 19
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay
1, Glacier High School-MT 'A' 1:55.55. 2, Glacier High School-MT 'B' 2:09.20.
3, Flathead High School-MT 'A' 2:13.23. 4, Glacier High School-MT 'C' 2:22.67.
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay
1, Glacier High School-MT 'A' 1:45.01. 2, Flathead High School-MT 'A' 2:14.40.
--, Glacier High School-MT 'B' X2:01.72. --, Glacier High School-MT 'C' DQ.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle
1, Engelhardt, Sophia, Glacier-MT, 2:29.25. 2, Ashby, Lavender, Glacier-MT,
2:30.16. 3, Workswright, Eleanor, Glacier-MT, 2:32.93. 4, Armstrong, Bethany,
Flathead-MT, 2:35.75.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle
1, Rosenthal, Nolan, Glacier-MT, 2:07.53. 2, Carpenter, Owen, Glacier-MT,
2:12.46. 3, Fieldhouse, Kieler, Glacier-MT, 2:15.98. 4, Birks, Kaelan,
Glacier-MT, x2:18.72. 5, Reed, Fin, Flathead-MT, 2:41.34. --, Burger,
Garrison, Flathead-MT, DNF.
Girls 200 Yard IM
1, Vornbrock, Hanna, Glacier-MT, 2:25.65. 2, Taylor, Madison, Glacier-MT,
2:26.55. 3, Camp, Karys, Glacier-MT, 2:33.80. 4, Melnick, Lucy, Glacier-MT,
x2:37.51. 5, Grillo, Rosario, Glacier-MT, x2:45.49.
Boys 200 Yard IM
1, McNeil, Ed, Glacier-MT, 2:15.45. 2, Gautam, Madhav, Glacier-MT, 2:30.93.
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
1, Gibbons, Olivia, Glacier-MT, 24.59. 2, Dean, Maggie, Glacier-MT, 26.32. 3,
Lane, Emma, Glacier-MT, 26.63. 4, Lenz, Bristol, Flathead-MT, 29.86. 5, Alton,
Tessa, Glacier-MT, x31.56. 6, Carpenter, Marlo, Glacier-MT, x32.76. 7,
Bergman, Shelby, Glacier-MT, x33.16. 8, Boyce, Payzlee, Flathead-MT, 33.30. 9,
Randolph, Brin, Glacier-MT, x33.54. 10, Pollan, Allison, Flathead-MT, 33.80.
11, Crow, Kieara, Glacier-MT, x34.19. 12, Pitts, Morgan, Glacier-MT, x34.22.
13, Ramsey, Isabella, Glacier-MT, x35.21. 14, Bell, Claire, Glacier-MT,
x37.68. 15, Downey, Lucy, Flathead-MT, x38.01. 16, Giblin, McKenna,
Glacier-MT, x43.19. --, Geiger, Madison, Flathead-MT, DQ.
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle
1, Keim, Isaac, Glacier-MT, 22.57. 2, Melnick, Jack, Glacier-MT, 24.58. 3,
Pitts, Porter, Glacier-MT, 29.93. 4, Cox, Gus, Flathead-MT, 29.98. 5, Osiecki,
Harley, Flathead-MT, 30.59. 6, Kruz, Leif, Glacier-MT, x31.53. 7, Johnson,
Levi, Glacier-MT, x33.91. 8, Jeong, Mugang, Glacier-MT, x39.25.
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly
1, McGaughy, Madeleine, Glacier-MT, 1:01.60.
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly
1, Stout, Xander, Glacier-MT, 58.90. 2, Gautam, Madhav, Glacier-MT, 1:09.55.
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
1, Iten, Kennadi, Flathead-MT, 1:00.43. 2, Lane, Emma, Glacier-MT, 1:01.16. 3,
Engelhardt, Sophia, Glacier-MT, 1:06.25. 4, Workswright, Eleanor, Glacier-MT,
1:09.91. 5, Carpenter, Marlo, Glacier-MT, x1:12.56. 6, Woywod, Barrett,
Glacier-MT, x1:15.11. 7, Randolph, Brin, Glacier-MT, x1:15.67. 8, Pollan,
Allison, Flathead-MT, 1:17.17. 9, Boyce, Payzlee, Flathead-MT, 1:18.45. 10,
Downey, Lucy, Flathead-MT, x1:33.10.
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle
1, Keim, Isaac, Glacier-MT, 49.79. 2, Sonderegger, Jakob, Glacier-MT, 53.25.
3, Melnick, Jack, Glacier-MT, 56.22. 4, Burger, Garrison, Flathead-MT,
1:02.78. 5, Cox, Gus, Flathead-MT, 1:09.68. 6, Osiecki, Harley, Flathead-MT,
1:12.53. 7, Johnson, Levi, Glacier-MT, x1:20.16. 8, Jeong, Mugang, Glacier-MT,
x1:34.23.
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle
1, Gibbons, Olivia, Glacier-MT, 5:40.34. 2, Dean, Maggie, Glacier-MT, 5:54.86.
3, Armstrong, Bethany, Flathead-MT, 6:51.29. 4, Ashby, Lavender, Glacier-MT,
6:52.25.
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1, Glacier High School-MT 'A' 1:42.95. 2, Glacier High School-MT 'B' 1:59.64.
3, Flathead High School-MT 'A' 2:15.44. 4, Glacier High School-MT 'C' 2:15.69.
--, Glacier High School-MT 'D' DQ.
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1, Glacier High School-MT 'A' 1:38.56. 2, Glacier High School-MT 'B' 1:46.86.
Girls 100 Yard Backstroke
1, Taylor, Madison, Glacier-MT, 1:08.18. 2, Vornbrock, Hanna, Glacier-MT,
1:09.42. 3, Melnick, Lucy, Glacier-MT, 1:10.41. 4, Grillo, Rosario,
Glacier-MT, x1:12.79. 5, Alton, Tessa, Glacier-MT, x1:20.78. 6, Bell, Claire,
Glacier-MT, x1:38.42. --, Ramsey, Isabella, Glacier-MT, DQ.
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke
1, Rosenthal, Nolan, Glacier-MT, 1:04.11. 2, Carpenter, Owen, Glacier-MT,
1:07.72. 3, Fieldhouse, Kieler, Glacier-MT, 1:07.75. --, Reed, Fin,
Flathead-MT, DQ.
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke
1, McGaughy, Madeleine, Glacier-MT, 1:12.27. 2, Camp, Karys, Glacier-MT,
1:20.78. 3, Iten, Kennadi, Flathead-MT, 1:21.68. 4, Bergman, Shelby,
Glacier-MT, 1:37.36. 5, Woywod, Barrett, Glacier-MT, x1:41.92. 6, Crow,
Kieara, Glacier-MT, x1:42.22. 7, Geiger, Madison, Flathead-MT, 1:46.49.
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke
1, McNeil, Ed, Glacier-MT, 1:10.71. 2, Birks, Kaelan, Glacier-MT, 1:22.54. 3,
Kruz, Leif, Glacier-MT, 1:30.98.
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1, Glacier High School-MT 'A' 4:07.17. 2, Flathead High School-MT 'A' 4:46.18.
3, Glacier High School-MT 'B' 4:59.24. --, Glacier High School-MT 'C' DQ.
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1, Glacier High School-MT 'A' 3:36.17. --, Flathead High School-MT 'A' DQ.
Combined Team Scores - Through Event 22
1, Glacier High School, 351. 2, Flathead High School, 79.
Women - Team Rankings - Through Event 22
1, Glacier High School, 195. 2, Flathead High School, 55.
Men - Team Rankings - Through Event 22
1, Glacier High School, 156. 2, Flathead High School, 24.