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Whitefish swims to second place at state: Qunell defends titles, Botner returns to top

by WHITNEY ENGLAND
Whitefish Pilot | February 16, 2022 1:00 AM

Whitefish’s Ada Qunell sealed her high school career with a couple of state titles at the All-Class State swim meet in Great Falls on Saturday.

Qunell defended her title in both the 200 IM, swimming it in 2:08.97, and also in her best event — the 500 yard freestyle race. Qunell was gunning for the state title in the race, but also for the state record. She swam the 500 free in 5:11.36 in the state meet this year, which shaved nearly 3 seconds off her time from last year, but still wasn’t quite enough to break the state record.

Qunell has won the 200 IM race every year of her high school swim career and now has back-to-back titles in the 500 free as well.

Another Bulldog swimmer to take a state title was senior Logan Botner who finished first in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 56.32. He also won this event his sophomore year. Botner was also barely edged out of another title in the 100 yard freestyle event — Billings Central’s Daniel Apostol finished in 49.12 and Botner touched the wall less than a second later swimming the laps in 50 seconds even.

In the team scoring, the Whitefish boys and girls teams both came in second place behind Billings Central. The Lady Dogs had 48 points while the Rams finished with 115 points, and the Bulldog boys squad racked up 65 points to Billings Central’s 85.

Whitefish’s Sydney Macintyre took second place in the girls 200 yard freestyle event and fourth in the 200 IM, swimming alongside teammate Qunell in the finals.

Bulldog senior Nia Hanson nabbed second place in the 500 free, going 1-2 with teammate Qunell on the podium. She swam it in 5:56.81, well ahead of the third-place finisher. Hanson also placed fourth in the 100 yard butterfly.

Whitefish’s Jack McDaniel had a nice day in the pool as well, taking a second-place finish in the boys 100 yard butterfly race. He also placed third in the 50 yard freestyle event. Freshman Lincoln Schroeder swam to third place in the 200 IM (2:23.31) and third in the 500 free (5:46.75). Noah Schroeder took fourth in the 100 fly and Logan Niles was fifth in the 50 free.

The Whitefish boys 200 yard medley relay team also beat out Billings Central for the state title, swimming the relay in 1:52.46.

All Class State swim meet

Finals - Saturday

Great Falls

Girls team scores - Class AB

  1. Billings Central 115; 2. Whitefish 48; 3. Bigfork 46; 4 Hardin 36; 5 Columbia Falls 22; 6 Havre 3; 7 Polson 2.

Individual results

Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay

  1. BCH A 2:00.08
  2. BFH A 2:03.92
  3. WHS A 2:06.60
  4. CFH A 2:14.76

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle

  1. Early, Alyson BCH 1:58.63
  2. Macintyre, Sydney WHS 2:09.66
  3. McKeon, Eloise CFH 2:12.68

Girls 200 Yard IM

  1. Qunell, Ada WHS 2:08.97
  2. Beers, Megan BCH 2:20.89
  3. Kunz, Myah BCH 2:27.04
  4. Macintyre, Sydney WHS 2:27.63

Girls 100 Yard Butterfly

  1. Logue, Sophi BFH 1:04.96
  2. Beers, Megan BCH 1:05.34
  3. Early, Kelly BCH 1:05.41
  4. Hanson, Nia WHS 1:06.09

Girls 500 Yard Freestyle

  1. Qunell, Ada WHS 5:11.36
  2. Hanson, Nia WHS 5:56.81
  3. Schafer, Victoria BCH 6:06.44

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

  1. BCH A 1:46.94
  2. HAR A 1:50.85
  3. CFH A 1:53.00
  4. WHS A 1:54.62

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

  1. BCH A 3:52.81
  2. WHS A 3:58.44
  3. BFH A 4:07.36

Boys team scores - Class AB

  1. Billings Central 85; 2. Whitefish 65; 3. Columbia Falls 38; 4. Hardin 35; 5. Polson 26; 6. Havre 23.

Individual results

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay

  1. WHS A 1:52.46
  2. BCH A 1:55.17
  3. HAR A 1:55.52
  4. CFH A 1:55.96

Boys 200 Yard IM

  1. Apostol, Daniel BCH 2:04.46
  2. Cheff, Connor CFH 2:14.18
  3. Schroeder, Lincoln WHS 2:23.31

50 Yard Freestyle

  1. Caporaso, Filippo BCH 21.78
  2. Schrader, Adam CFH 23.05
  3. McDaniel, Jack WHS 23.87
  4. Sandstrom, Carson HAV 24.23
  5. Niles, Logan WHS 25.64

Boys 100 Yard Butterfly

  1. Caporaso, Filippo BCH 52.30 7
  2. McDaniel, Jack WHS 1:00.06 5
  3. Cammon, Hiram HAV 1:05.04 4
  4. Schroeder, Noah WHS 1:11.74 3

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle

  1. Apostol, Daniel G BCH 49.12
  2. Botner, Logan WHS 50.00
  3. Ross, Christian BCH 56.94

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle

  1. Shelton, Dylan BCH 5:22.84
  2. Cheff, Connor CFH 5:24.81
  3. Schroeder, Lincoln WHS 5:46.75
  4. Sloan, Lachlan PLS 5:52.97
  5. Schroeder, Noah WHS 5:54.46

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

  1. WHS A 1:40.20
  2. HAR A 1:45.74
  3. PLS A 1:52.82

Boys 100 Yard Backstroke

  1. Botner, Logan WHS 56.32
  2. Mark, Caleb HAR 1:00.63
  3. Hertz, Gus PLS 1:01.37

Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke

  1. Kay, Christian BCH 1:10.26
  2. Mark, Toby HAR 1:11.46
  3. Hraban, Aedan BCH 1:11.93
  4. Keith, Connor CFH 1:12.90
  5. Cammon, Hiram HAV 1:13.73
  6. Dicks, Aaron WHS 1:15.69