Splash: HHS swimmers off to a strong start

In the first races of the young season, the Havre High boys and girls swim teams found out plenty about themselves by having to go up against two of the elite swimming programs in Montana.

On Saturday afternoon at the Havre Community Pool, the Blue Ponies opened their 2010-11 season by hosting Great Falls High and CMR in a double-dual meet for the 2010 Havre Invitational.

The Havre meet usually features more teams, but because some teams opted not to make the trip to Havre, the three teams swam together, but scored the meet as a double-dual. So while only one race was held in each discipline w...