Swim takes third, fifth in Kalispell

The Bulldogs got a strong start to the season with third and fifth place finishes at the Kalispell Invite on Saturday.

The boys team finished fifth overall in the meet, while the girls took third behind CM Russell and Missoula Hellgate.

Ada Qunell was the overall champion in the 200 individual medley, while Helena Kunz took second in the 200 freestyle.

Whitefish’s 200 medley relay took third and the 400 freestyle relay second.

On the boys side, the 400 freestyle relay took third and the 200 medley relay fifth.

Nicholas Starling was the top individual swimmer, taking third in the 200 freestyle, followed closely by Logan Botner in fourth.

Botner also took fifth in the 500 freestyle, and Kelvin Dicks took sixth in the 100 backstroke and eighth in the 100 butterfly.

The team has a week off before their next competition, which comes on Dec. 21 at Great Falls.

Kalispell Invitational

Team Scores

Girls

1 CM Russell High School 412; 2 Missoula Hellgate 323, 3 Whitefish High School 262, 4 Glacier High School 254, 5 Missoula Sentinel 193, 6 Flathead High School 178, 7 Great Falls High School 127, 8 Bigfork High School Swim Team 96, 9 Columbia Falls High 73, 10 Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 54 Missoula Big Sky/Loyola

200 Medley relay

3. Whitefish, 4. Flathead, 6. Glacier.

200 freestyle

2. Helena Kunz, Whitefish 2:09.17;

200 Individual Medley

1 Qunell, Ada J, WHS; 5 Macintyre, Sydney WHS, 2:36.35; 7 Hanson, Nia WHS, 2:41.67;

50 freestyle

9 Henson, Jessica WHS, 28.68.

100 Butterfly

6. Henson, Jessica WHS, 1:14.30;

100 Freestyle

4 Kunz, Helena R 16 WHS, 57.81; 10 Macintyre, Sydney WHS, 1:05.19.

500 Freestyle

1 Qunell, Ada J 15 WHS, 5:21.36; 5 Hanson, Nia WHS, 6:16.56;

100 Backstroke

10 McDaniel, Patricia R WHS, 1:17.93.

100 Backstroke

11 McDaniel, Patricia R WHS, 1:25.95.

400 Freestyle Relay

2. Whitefish

Boys

1 Great Falls High School 397, 2 Missoula Sentinel 297, 3 CM Russell High School 280, 4 Glacier High School 254, 5 Whitefish High School 199, 6 Columbia Falls High 128, 6 Flathead High School 128, 8 Missoula Hellgate 90, 8 Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 90.

200 Medley relay

2. Glacier, 4. Flathead, 5. Whitefish.

200 freestyle

3. Nicholas Starring, Whitefish, 2:00.81; 4. Logan Botner, Whitefish, 2:01.02;

100 Butterfly

6. McDaniel, Jack WHS, 1:06.36; 8. Dicks, Kelvin WHS, 1:09.99.

100 Freestyle

9 Dalen, Ben WHS, 56.49

500 Freestyle

5 Botner, Logan WHS, 5:29.28

100 Backstroke

9 Dalen, Ben WHS, 1:14.96.

100 Backstroke

6 Dicks, Kelvin 17 WHS, 1:16.24; 7 Dicks, Aaron WHS, 1:19.14

400 Freestyle Relay

3. Whitefish