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Head Coach Amy Caudill, Kaylee Hickman, Lauren York, Annie Sullivan, Sonja Ring, Jessica Young, Alice Wilde, Caroline Dye, Katy Dolan and Assistant Coach Mike Nelson. (Photo courtesy Cherry Creek Images)
The Whitefish girls swimming team put the finishing touch on a dominant season by grabbing the Class A State swim championship on Saturday.
The Lady Bulldog’s 74 points led the way overall, with Billings Central and Havre-Chinook sitting behind with 58 and 31 points for second and third place.
Caroline Dye led the way for the team in Great Falls with a third place finish in the 200 IM (2:16.94) and sixth place in the 100 butterfly (1:04.66). Jessica Young, Sonja Ring, Annie Sullivan and Dye also grabbed seventh place in the 200 medley relay (2:01.27) and fourth in the 400 freestyle relay (3:57.37). Dye’s times and the relay times set new school records.
Annie Sullivan also took fifth in the 500 freestyle and eighth in the 200 freestyle.
The boys, also led by school record performances, finished third overall with 27 points, behind Billing Central’s 80 and Columbia Falls’ 68.
The 200 medley relay team of Alex Stein, Preston Ring, Matthew Perez and Denver Dicks took ninth (1:52.12), and the 400 freestyle relay team of Ring, Perez, Dicks and Kelton Thomas finished sixth (3:32.78). Both relays set new school records.
State AA-A Swim Meet
At Great Falls High Pool
Bill Swarthout Fieldhouse
State AA-A Swim Meet
Saturday
CLASS A
Girls
Team Totals
1. Whitefish 74; 2. Billings Central 58; 3. Havre-Chinook 31.
Boys
Team Totals
1. Billings Central 80; 2. Columbia Falls 68; 3. Whitefish 27; 4. Hardin 6; 5. Havre-Chinook 4.
Individual results:
Girls 200 Medley Relay: 7th Place (School Record)
Sonja Ring, Annie Sullivan, Caroline Dye, Jessica Young
Boys 200 Medley Relay: 9th place (School Record)
Alex Stein, Preston Ring, Matthew Perez, Denver Dicks
200 Freestyle:
Annie Sullivan 8th place
200 IM
Caroline Dye 3rd place (School Record)
100Fly
Caroline Dye 6th place *school record set in prelims on Friday
500 Freestyle
Sonja Ring 10th place
Annie Sullivan 5th place
400 Freestyle Relay
4th place (School Record)
Jessica Young, Sonja Ring, Annie Sullivan, Caroline Dye
6th place (School Record)
Kelton Thomas, Preston Ring, Matthew Perez, Denver Dicks