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Qunell leads Bulldog swim in Kalispell

by WHITNEY ENGLAND
Whitefish Pilot | January 19, 2022 1:00 AM

Two first-place finishes by Whitefish senior Ada Qunell highlighted the Bulldogs performance at the Kalispell High School swim meet on Saturday at The Summit.

Qunell won the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 2:12.79 — Hellgate’s Lauren Riley finished in second place 12 seconds later. Qunell also took first in the 500 yard freestyle event. She finished in 5:18.67 with the next swimmer, Aspen McKee out of Polson, coming in at 6:46.35.

She led the Whitefish girls team to a fifth-place finish overall at the meet, and first among Class A teams. Whitefish accumulated 128 points, just behind Missoula Sentinel with 129.5 in fourth place.

Lady Bulldog Nia Hanson also had a good day in the pool, coming in second in the 200 yard freestyle race. Her teammate Sydney Macintyre was just behind her in third place in the 200 free.

The Whitefish girls team placed third in the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 4:27.47, just behind Glacier in first and Missoula Big Sky-Loyola in second.

On the boys side, the Bulldogs also took fifth place overall with 104 points. The Whitefish boys were the top Class A school at the meet as well.

Whitefish junior Jack McDaniel placed in a couple of events including third place in the 200 yard IM with a time of 2:23.72 and fifth in the 100 yard freestyle. Whitefish senior Aaron Dicks placed fourth in the 100 yard backstroke in 1:08.15 and also placed fourth in the 100 breaststroke race.

Lincoln Schroeder shined in the 500 free, taking third place in 5:57.11. Noah Schroeder took fourth in the same event.

In the 200 yard medley relay, Whitefish edged Missoula Big Sky-Loyola by a fraction of a second to take fourth place. The team swam the race in 1:58.25 and Missoula Big Sky-Loyola finished in 1:58.52.

Combined boys and girls scores Whitefish was fifth place overall.

The Bulldogs will head to Butte for the Mining City Invitational on Saturday beginning at noon.

Kalispell Invite

Saturday

Results

GIRLS

Team scores - 1, Glacier 278. 2, Missoula Hellgate 176. 3, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 157. 4, Missoula Sentinel 129. 5, Whitefish 128. 6, Bigfork 107. 7, Flathead 101. 8, Columbia Falls 81. 9, Polson 72.

200 Freestyle - 1, Kaylee Macholz, Hellgate, 2:15.71. 2, Nia Hanson, Whitefish, 2:20.59. 3, Sydney Macintyre, Whitefish, 2:23.83. 4, Taylor Walker, Hellgate, 2:25.79. 5, Kensey May, Hellgate, 2:26.13. 6, Sydney Slawter, Bigfork, 2:27.11.

200 IM - 1, Ada Qunell, Whitefish, 2:12.79. 2, Lauren Riley, Hellgate, 2:24.11. 3, Ruby Airhart, Big Sky/ Loyola, 2:44.05. 4, Aspen McKee, Polson, 3:00.72. 5, Dixie Montgomery, Polson, 3:06.75.

50 Freestyle - 1, Lily Milner, Flathead, 24.06. 2, Addy Lewis, Big Sky/Loyola, 25.02. 3, Emma Lane, Glacier, 27.46. 4, Kennadi Iten, Flathead, 28.01. 5, Isabella Lane, Glacier, 28.27. 6, Brookelyn Deaton, Sentinel, 28.36.

100 Butterfly - 1, Claire Powell, Sentinel, 1:01.82. 2, Kihla Lax, Hellgate, 1:06.00. 3, Hanna Vornbrock, Glacier, 1:06.13. 4, Karys Camp, Glacier, 1:07.51. 5, Olivia Gibbons, Glacier, 1:07.92. 6, Isabella Lane, Glacier, x1:07.93.

100 Freestyle - 1, Addy Lewis, Big Sky/ Loyola, 56.26. 2, Ella Stack, Big Sky/Loyola, 58.18. 3, Aerianna La, Sentinel, 59.24. 4, Sophi Logue, Bigfork, 59.72. 5, Madison Taylor, Glacier, 1:00.25. 6, Kennadi Iten, Flathead, 1:00.78.

500 Freestyle - 1, Ada Qunell, Whitefish, 5:18.67. 2, Aspen McKee, Polson, 6:46.35. 3, Hailey Hanson, Polson, 7:52.40. 4, Erika Dowling, Bigfork, 7:56.59. 5, Soraya Brevik, Bigfork, 8:03.09. 6, Ellena Peterson, Bigfork, 8:33.06.

100 Backstroke - 1, Lily Milner, Flathead, 57.17. 2, Claire Powell, Sentinel, 1:04.64. 3, Ella Stack, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:04.66. 4, Hanna Vornbrock, Glacier, 1:07.43. 5, Olivia Gibbons, Glacier, 1:08.46. 6, Sophi Logue, Bigfork, 1:08.79.

100 Breaststroke - 1, Lauren Riley, Hellgate, 1:15.30. 2, Karys Camp, Glacier, 1:19.71. 3, Aerianna La, Sentinel, 1:19.98. 4, Eden Maxwell, Hellgate, 1:20.69. 5, Maggie Dean, Glacier, 1:20.94. 6, Ruby Airhart, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:22.39.

200 Freestyle Relay - 1, Glacier (Madeleine McGaughy, Maggie Dean, Hanna Vornbrock, Olivia Gibbons) 1:48.25. 2, Missoula Sentinel 1:49.74. 3, Flathead 1:53.51. 4, Missoula Hellgate 1:54.08. 5, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 1:59.33. 6, Bigfork 2:02.14.

400 Freestyle Relay - 1, Glacier (Campbell Fox, Emma Lane, Olivia Gibbons, Madison Taylor) 4:11.31. 2, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 4:12.07. 3, Whitefish 4:27.47. 4, Missoula Hellgate 4:52.51. 5, Columbia Falls 5:02.59. 6, Glacier 5:12.84. 7, Polson 5:26.56. 8, Bigfork 5:36.69.

200 Medley Relay - 1, Glacier (Maggie Dean, Hanna Vornbrock, Madeleine Mc-Gaughy, Madison Taylor) 2:01.23. 2, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 2:01.31. 3, Missoula Sentinel 2:04.37. 4, Glacier 2:06.24. 5, Missoula Hellgate 2:06.47. 6, Flathead 2:12.03.

BOYS

Team scores - 1, Glacier, 256. 2, Missoula Sentinel, 165. 3, Missoula Hellgate 162. 4, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola, 132. 5, Whitefish 104. 6, Columbia Falls 93. 7, Polson 84. 8, Flathead 36.

200 Freestyle - 1, Drew Bouda, Glacier, 1:57.10. 2, Michael Parkey, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:57.29. 3, Joseph Tierney, Glacier, 2:00.69. 4, Adam Schrader, C. Falls, 2:01.65. 5, Layne Rolston-Clemmer, Big Sky/Loyola, 2:03.93. 6, Michael Schermerhorn, Hellgate, 2:07.87.

200 IM - 1, AJ McCormick, Sentinel, 2:10.37. 2, Jared Smith, Big Sky/Loyola, 2:17.86. 3, Jack McDaniel, Whitefish, 2:23.72. 4, Max Rosen, Hellgate, 2:33.04. 5, Steven Anderson, Big Sky/Loyola, 3:18.71.

50 Freestyle - 1, Jackson Moe, Sentinel, 22.39. 2, Isaac Keim, Glacier, 23.44. 3, Ayden Strobbe-Barry, Flathead, 23.47. 4, Sean Murphree, Hellgate, 23.68. 5, Connor Mizner, Sentinel, 23.87. 6, Xander Stout, Glacier, 23.95.

100 Butterfly - 1, Xander Stout, Glacier, 57.31. 2, Lachlan Sloan, Polson, 1:11.15. 3, Quinn Clark, C. Falls, 1:24.57.

100 Freestyle - 1, Jackson Moe, Sentinel, 49.38. 2, Otto Seagrave, Hellgate, 53.96. 3, AJ McCormick, Sentinel, 54.06. 4, Joseph Tierney, Glacier, 54.65. 5, Jack McDaniel, Whitefish, 54.77. 6, Jared Smith, Big Sky/ Loyola, 56.32.

100 Backstroke - 1, Isaac Keim, Glacier, 56.40. 2, Michael Parkey, Big Sky/Loyola, 56.86. 3, Jude Flake, Glacier, 1:03.62. 4, Aaron Dicks, Whitefish, 1:08.15. 5, Trae Wyman, Polson, 1:08.16. 6, Ridley Key, Hellgate, 1:08.36.

500 Freestyle - 1, Drew Bouda, Glacier, 5:12.34. 2, Luke Hommerding, Sentinel, 5:49.49. 3, Lincoln Schroeder, Whitefish, 5:57.11. 4, Noah Schroeder, Whitefish, 6:11.53. 5, Jonathan Blankenship, C. Falls 7:14.95. 6, Hayden Clairmont, Polson, 8:02.33.

100 Breaststroke - 1, Sean Murphree, Hellgate, 1:06.12. 2, Ayden, Strobbe-Barry, Flathead 1:06.86. 3, Michael Schermerhorn, Hellgate, 1:07.07. 4, Aaron Dicks, Whitefish, 1:13.15. 5, Connor Mizner, Sentinel, 1:15.02. 6, Bobby Glennon, Flathead, 1:18.50.

200 Freestyle Relay - 1, Missoula Sentinel (Luke Hommerding, Connor Mizner, AJ Mc-Cormick, Jackson Moe) 1:37.45. 2, Glacier 1:38.63. 3, Missoula Hellgate 1:38.73. 4, Columbia Falls 1:48.84. 5, Glacier 1:59.83. 6, Polson 2:05.53.

400 Freestyle Relay - 1, Glacier (Jude Flake, Jaedon Durfey, Owen Carpenter, Drew Bouda) 3:53.42. 2, Polson 4:44.47. 3, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola-MT 4:50.64.

200 Medley Relay - 1, Missoula Sentinel (Luke Hommerding, AJ McCormick, Connor Mizner, Jackson Moe) 1:48.88. 2, Glacier 1:51.59. 3, Missoula Hellgate 1:55.91. 4, Whitefish 1:58.25. 5, Missoula Big Sky/ Loyola 1:58.52. 6, Columbia Falls 2:06.34.

Combined Team Scores - 1, Glacier 534. 2, Missoula Hellgate 338. 3, Missoula Sentinel 294. 4, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 289. 5, Whitefish 232. 6, Columbia Falls 174. 7, Polson 156. 8, Flathead 137. 9, Bigfork 107.

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Whitefish's Sydney Macintyre swims in the 200 yard freestyle event at the Kalispell Invite on Saturday at The Summit. (Whitney England/Whitefish Pilot)

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Bulldog Jack McDaniel swims in the 200 yard IM at the Kalispell Invite on Saturday at The Summit. (Whitney England/Whitefish Pilot)

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Bulldog Nia Hanson swims in the 100 yard butterfly race at the Kalispell Invite on Saturday at The Summit. (Whitney England/Whitefish Pilot)

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Whitefish senior Logan Niles swims in the 100 yard freestyle event at the Kalispell Invite on Saturday at The Summit. (Whitney England/Whitefish Pilot)

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Whitefish senior Aaron Dicks swims in the mens 200 yard medley relay at the Kalispell Invite on Saturday at The Summit. (Whitney England/Whitefish Pilot)