Havre High swim teams dive into season at Polson Invite

Just like every other winter sport, the Havre High swim teams began their season this past weekend, and for the swim teams, that meant the Polson High School Class A Invite. At Polson, the Ponies swam against schools such as Whitefish, Polson, Columbia Falls and Bigfork. Despite the competition, the HHS girls team took first and the HHS boys team took third.

The HHS girls team won the event with a score of 363 points. Whitefish took second with 298 points, and Polson took third with a score of 221 points. The HHS boys team scored 179 points to take third behind Columbia Falls with 324 points and Whitefish with 236 points. The HHS teams had a combined score of 542 points for an overall first-place finish to start the season.

On the girls team, Aliviah Pratt had a strong day for the Ponies. She was the lone Pony to win an event as she took first in the girls 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:25.39. She also took third in the girls 200-yard intermediate with a time of 3:05.26. But she was not the only swimmer on the HHS girls team to have a strong start to the season.

In the girls 100-yard butterfly, Mackenzie Dean took second for the Ponies as she finished with a time of 1:47.20. Willow Riggin had a strong day with a third-place finish in the girls 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:38.84 and a fifth-place finish in the girls 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:57.43. Emme Lines also did well as she took fifth in the girls 200-yard breaststroke with a finish of 1:39.50 and she took sixth in the girls 200-yard freestyle with a time of 3:10.14.

Ada Pratt took fourth in the girls 50-yard freestyle with a time of 34.54 seconds. Hailey Gingery took sixth in the girls 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:37.84. Nevaeh Phillips also did well in the girls 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:39.38 to take fourth. Grace Crantz took fourth for the Ponies in the girls 500-yard freestyle with a time of 8:15.09.

The Havre girls relay teams also did well on Saturday. In the girls 200-yard medley relay, the HHS team made up of Aliviah Pratt, Crantz, Lines and Phillips took third with a time of 2:37.90. In the girls 400-yard freestyle relay, two HHS teams took third and fourth. The third-place team of Pratt, Riggin, Crantz and Lines finished with a time of 5:24.99 and the fourth-place team of Ada Pratt, Brenna Hanson, Lindsey Leinwald and Gingery finished with a time of 6:00.70.

Havre also saw two teams place in the girls 200-yard freestyle relay. A relay team of Tyley Hemmer, Phillips, Hanson and Gingery took fourth with a finish of 2:36.18 and another relay team of Chloe Shennum, Courtney Burchard, Claudia Ucin and Jayla Meldrum took sixth with a time of 2:54.91.

Several swimmers on the HHS boys team also had strong starts to the season. Hiram Cammon took third in the boys 200-yard intermediate with a time of 2:39.95, and he took fourth in the boys 100-yard breaststroke with a finish of 1:17.43. Conner McKay swam well as he took third in the boys 50-yard freestyle with a time of 26.80 seconds and third in the boys 500-yard freestyle with a time of 7:22.75.

Several other HHS boys swimmers had solid days. Koby Preputin took third in the boys 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:34.00. Chase Mariani took sixth in the boys 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:16.42 and Nate Gregoire took sixth in the boys 50-yard freestyle with a time of 36.54 seconds.

The HHS boys relay teams also had some strong finishes. The boys 400-yard freestyle relay team of McKay, Mariani, Preputin and Cammon took second with a time of 4:54.89.In the boys 200-yard freestyle relay, the team made up of McKay, Gregoire, Cammon and Mariani took third with a time of 2:02.64.

The Ponies will look to continue their strong start to the season when they next swim at the Great Falls Pre Relay Dec. 17.

Polson HS Class A Invite

Dec. 4, 2021

Girls Team Scores: Havre 363, Whitefish 298, Polson 221, Columbia Falls 209, Bigfork 170.

Boys Team Scores: Columbia Falls 324, Whitefish 324, Havre 179, Polson 160.

Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay: 1. Whitefish High School ‘A’ 2:18.75. 2. Columbia Falls High School ‘A’ 2:21.63. 3. Havre High School ‘A’ 2:37.90. 4. Polson High School ‘A’ 2:45.72.

Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay: 1. Columbia Falls High School ‘A’ 1:53.65. 2. Whitefish High School ‘A’ 1:57.40. 3. Polson High School ‘A’ 2:32.89.

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle: 1. Nia Hanson, Whitefish, 2:19.03. 2. Sydney Macintyre, Whitefish, 2:20.23. 3. Eloise McKeon, Columbia Falls, 2:20.67. 4. Aspen McKee, Polson, 2:36.12. 5. Willow Riggin, Havre, 2:57.43. 6. Emme Lines, Havre, 3:10.14.

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle: 1. Adam Schrader, Columbia Falls, 2:08.12. 2. Lincoln Schroeder, Whitefish, 2:12.96. 3. Trey Wyman, Polson, 2:21.02. 4. Johnathan Blankenship, Columbia Falls, 2:40.02.

Girls 200 Yard IM: 1. Norah Bagley, Columbia Falls, 2:50.45. 2. Aspen McKee, Polson, 3:00.00. 3. Aliviah Pratt, Havre, 3:05.26. 4. Georgia Morrell, Whitefish, 4:07.51.

Boys 200 Yard IM: 1. Connor Cheff, Columbia Falls, 2:16.72. 2. Noah Schroeder, Whitefish, 2:34.79. 3. Hiram Cammon, Havre, 2:39.95. 4. Thane Borgen, Polson, 2:40.99.

Girls 50 Yard Freestyle: 1. Eloise McKeon, Columbia Falls, 28.06. 2. Gretel Vine, Whitefish, 30.87. 3. Soraya Brevik, Bigfork, 32.79. 4. Ada Pratt, Havre, 34.54. 5. Lillian Peterson, Bigfork, 34.76. 6. Tritica Fauske, Columbia Falls, 35.56.

Boys 50 Yard Freestyle: 1. Logan Botner, Whitefish, 23.85. 2. Logan Niles, Whitefish, 25.71. 3. Conner McKay, Havre, 26.80. 4. Quinn Clark, Columbia Falls, 29.71. 5. Zachary Pierce, Columbia Falls, 31.94. 6. Nate Gregoire, Havre, 36.54.

Girls 100 Yard Butterfly: 1. Hope Morrison, Polson, 1:23.67. 2. Mackenzie Dean, Havre, 1:47.20.

Boys 100 Yard Butterfly: 1. Jack McDaniel, Whitefish, 59.51. 2. Lincoln Schroeder, Whitefish, 1:09.19. 3. Lachlan Sloan, Polson, 1:11.52.

Girls 100 Yard Freestyle: 1. Sydney Slawter, Bigfork, 1:03.45. 2. Norah Bagley, Columbia Falls, 1:09.12. 3. Emi Qunell, Whitefish, 1:10.64. 4. Maddie Moultray, Columbia Falls, 1:11.14. 5. Linnea McCrady, Whitefish, 1:13.48. 6. Soraya Brevik, Bigfork, 1:14.85.

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle: 1. Logan Botner, Whitefish, 53.09. 2. Adam Schrader, Columbia Falls, 54.49. 3. Logan Niles, Whitefish, 59.07. 4. Conner Keith, Columbia Falls, 1:00.41. 5. Trey Wyman, Polson, 1:02.84. 6. Chase Mariani, Havre, 1:16.42.

Girls 500 Yard Freestyle: 1. Nia Hanson, Whitefish, 6:10.40. 2. Hope Morrison, Polson, 7:17.02. 3. Dixie Montgomery, Polson, 7:45.24. 4. Grace Crantz, Havre, 8:15.09. 5. Kaija Adams, Polson, 8:16.37. 6. Madison Ypma, Columbia Falls, 8:33.53.

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle: 1. Lachlan Sloan, Polson, 6:18.53. 2. Johnathan Blankenship, Columbia Falls, 7:05.95. 3. Conner McKay, Havre, 7:22.75. 4. Quinn Clark, Columbia Falls, 7:28.74.

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Whitefish High School ‘B’ 2:11.21. 2. Bigfork High School ‘A’ 2:15.47. 3. Columbia Falls High School ‘A’ 2:23.60. 4. Havre High School ‘B; 2:36.18. 5. Polson High School ‘A’ 2:45.16. 6. Havre High School ‘C’ 2:54.91.

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Whitefish High School ‘A’ 1:40.06. 2. Columbia Falls High School ‘A’ 1:53.08. 3. Havre High School ‘A’ 2:02.64. 4. Polson High School ‘A’ 2:25.37.

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke: 1. Sydney Slawter, Bigfork, 1:11.87. 2. Emi Qunell, Whitefish, 1:20.23. 3. Gretel Vine, Whitefish, 1:23.94. 4. Linnea McCrady, Whitefish, 1:27.53. 5. Hailey Hanson, Polson, 1:33.84. 6. Hailey Gingery, Havre, 1:37.84.

Boys 100 Yard Backstroke: 1. Thane Borgen, Columbia Falls, 1:09.59. 2. Noah Schroeder, Whitefish, 1:15.32. 3. Koby Preputin, Havre, 1:34.00. 4. Zachary Pierce, Columbia Falls, 1:35.31. 5. Josh Reed, Polson, 2:03.68.

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke: 1. Aliviah Pratt, Havre, 1:25.39. 2. Sydney Macintyre, Whitefish, 1:28.32. 3. Willow Riggin, Havre, 1:38.84. 4. Nevaeh Phillips, Havre, 1:39.38. 5. Emme Lines, Havre, 1:39.50. 6. Maddie Moultray, Columbia Falls, 1:40.95.

Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke: 1. Connor Cheff, Columbia Falls, 1:07.77. 2. Jack McDaniel, Whitefish, 1:12.68. 3. Keith Conner, Columbia Falls, 1:15.90. 4. Hiram Cammon, Havre, 1:17.43. 5. Hayden Clairmont, Polson, 1:46.89.

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Whitefish High School ‘A’ 4:55.58. 2. Polson High School ‘A’ 4:59.94. 3. Havre High School ‘A’ 5:24.99. 4. Havre High School ‘C’ 6:00.70.

Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Columbia Falls High School ‘A’ 4:19.29. 2. Havre High School ‘A’ 4:54.89.