Boys get fourth, girls sixth in pool at Missoula

Whitefish swimmers got back in the pool last week at the Missoula Invitational.

Overall, the girls took sixth and the boys fourth in the competitive meet.

Head coach Emily Von Jentzen said she was pleased with how her team performed.

“The swimmers had an amazing meet,” she said. “We saw 80 percent best times at the meet, which is a really great testament to how hard the kids have been working at practice. “

Annie Sullivan led the way for the girls, finishing fourth in the 200 individual medley (2:31.19) and the 100 breaststroke (1:18.54). Helena Kunz added a fifth place in the 100 butterfly (1:11.69) and a sixth in the 100 freestyle (1:01.87) as well.

For the boys, the swimming of Alex Stein led the way.

Stein finished with a second in the 500 freestyle (5:32.80) and a sixth in the 100 freestyle (55.02).

Matthew Perez came in fifth in the 200 individual medley (2:23.27) and seventh in the 100 backstroke (1:00.57), just behind fifth-place Preston Ring (58.68).

Zachary Meadows also came in sixth in the 200 freestyle (2:30.83).

Von Jentzen said she feels good with how her team is performing as they move into the second half of the season.

“We are five weeks out from the state championship meet and have a competition every weekend in January,” she said. “The swimmers have three more weeks of hard training leading into our taper for state and Coach Savannah and I are very happy with how both teams have been swimming thus far in the season.”

This weekend the Bulldogs will host the Dog-Cat Invite at The WAVE. That will start on Saturday at noon.

Girls

Scores: 1, Missoula Hellgate, 569. 2, Missoula Sentinel, 415. 3, Glacier, 232. 4, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola, 160. 5, Columbia Falls , 132. 6, Whitefish, 131. 7, Flathead, 109. 8, Bigfork, 81.

Events

200-yard medley relay

1, Missoula Hellgate ‘A’ 1:51.25. 2, Missoula Hellgate ‘B’ 2:03.28. 3, Missoula Sentinel ‘A’ 2:05.04. 4, Glacier School ‘A’ 2:07.18. 5, Missoula Sentinel ‘B’ 2:10.59. 6, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola ‘A’ 2:13.39.7, Whitefish ‘A’, 2:16.55. 8, Flathead ‘A’ 2:20.87.

200 individual medley

4, Annie Sullivan, Whitefish , 2:31.19.

100 butterfly

5, Helena Kunz, Whitefish, 1:11.69.

100 freestyle

6, Helena Kunz, Whitefish, 1:01.87.

200 freestyle relay

1, Missoula Hellgate ‘A’ 1:46.18. 2, Missoula Hellgate ‘B’ 1:48.53. 3, Missoula Sentinel ‘A’ 1:54.97. 4, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola ‘A’ 1:55.34. 5, Missoula Hellgate ‘C’ x2:00.45. 6, Whitefish ‘A’, 2:01.93. 7, Bigfork ‘A’ 2:05.65. 8, Missoula Sentinel ‘B’ 2:06.53.

100 breaststroke

4, Annie Sullivan, Whitefish, 1:18.54.

400 freestyle relay

1, Missoula Hellgate ‘A’ 3:43.41. 2, Missoula Hellgate ‘B’ 3:57.09. 3, Missoula Hellgate ‘C’ x4:11.72. 4, Glacier ‘A’ 4:15.37. 5, Missoula Sentinel ‘A’ 4:25.25. 6, Columbia Falls ‘A’ , 4:53.75. 7, Bigfork ‘A’, 4:55.37. 8, Glacier ‘B’ 5:09.33.

Boys

Scores: 1, Missoula Hellgate, 431. 2, Missoula Sentinel, 344. 3, Flathead, 201. 4, Whitefish, 191. 5, Glacier, 183. 6, Columbia Falls, 146. 7, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola, 132.

Events

200 medley relay

1, Missoula Hellgate ‘A’ 1:44.77. 2, Flathead ‘A’ 1:45.19. 3, Missoula Sentinel ‘A’ 1:50.85. 4, Whitefish ‘A’, 1:51.44. 5, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola ‘A’ 1:54.33. 6, Glacier ‘A’ 2:01.73. 7, Missoula Sentinel ‘B’ 2:10.69.

200 freestyle

6, Zachary Meadows, Whitefish, 2:30.83.

200 individual medley

5, Matthew Perez, Whitefish, 2:23.27.

100 freestyle

6, Alex Stein, Whitefish, 55.02.

500 freestyle

2, Alex Stein, Whitefish, 5:32.80.

200 freestyle relay

1, Missoula Hellgate ‘A’ 1:29.44. 2, Flathead ‘A’ 1:33.72. 3, Missoula Sentinel ‘A’ 1:38.27. 4, Columbia Falls ‘A’ , 1:43.97. 5, Whitefish ‘A’, 1:49.34. 6, Missoula Sentinel ‘B’ 1:51.73. 7, Missoula Sentinel ‘C’ x2:05.45. 8, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola ‘B’ 2:14.20.

100 backstroke

4, Preston Ring, Whitefish, 58.68. 7, Matthew Perez, Whitefish, 1:00.57.

400 freestyle relay

1, Missoula Hellgate ‘A’ 3:16.90. 2, Missoula Hellgate ‘B’ 3:39.86. 3, Columbia Falls ‘A’, 3:55.66. 4, Glacier High School ‘A’ 3:59.71. 5, Whitefish ‘A’, 4:10.50. 6, Missoula Sentinel ‘A’ 4:12.45. 7, Glacier ‘B’ 4:44.72. 8, Missoula Sentinel ‘B’ 4:54.90.