KALISPELL -- The Missoula Hellgate boys' swim team picked up right where it left off last season, winning the Kalispell Invite on Saturday with 361 points, over 100 more than second-place C.M. Russell.

The Knights won the 200 medley relay with a time of 1 minute, 47.33 seconds to start things off, then got wins in the 50 freestyle (Finnian Westenfelder, 23.89), 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly (Darragh Mahns, 50.25 and 57.15), and the 100 backstroke (Matthew Fritz, 55.79). 

Fritz also placed second in the 100 free, while Dylan Faust snagged a second-place finish in the 500 freestyle.

Hellgate also swept the rest of the relays, taking top honors in the 200 and 400 freestyle relays.

Missoula Big Sky/Loyola placed sixth in the meet, the first of the season, and Missoula Sentinel took seventh. Big Sky's top swimmer, Adam Zimmer, did not compete on Saturday. 

 

Hellgate's girls, meanwhile, took second overall at the meet, falling to C.M. Russell 285-264. Sentinel's girls came in fourth with a score of 206, while Big Sky/Loyola was right behind in fifth.

Kelsey Ammons won the 200 freestyle for the Knights in 2:06.72, with teammate Claire Becker following her in second just three ticks later. Ammons won again a few events later, this time taking top honors in the 100 freestyle, and again a Knight took second behind her, this time Sydney Archibald-Wilson.

Gabby Smart rounded out the Knights' winners, taking top honors in the 100 breaststroke in 1:12.48.

Katie Fagg found Big Sky/Loyola's only win of the day in the 500 freestyle, which she finished in 5:55.75, while Brooklyn Leiby of Sentinel scored a win in the 100 butterfly (1:02.95). 

Like the boys, the Knights' girls swept all three relay events.

Kalispell Invitational

Kalispell Invitational

Saturday

At The Summit

Team Totals

Girls

C.M. Russell 284, Missoula Hellgate 265, Glacier 216, Missoula Sentinel 206, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 126, Whitefish 51, Flathead 47, Columbia Falls 35, Great Falls High 32, Bigfork 6.

Boys

Missoula Hellgate 361, C.M. Russell 211, Great Falls High 181, Columbia Falls 126, Glacier 92, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 83, Missoula Sentinel 60, Flathead 58, Whitefish 48.

Girls 200 Medley Relay - 1, Missoula Hellgate A, 1:58.98. 2, C.M. Russell A, 2:02.91. 3, Missoula Sentinel A, 2:03.45. 4, Missoula Hellgate B, 2:05.02. 5, C.M. Russell B, 2:06.47. 6, Glacier A, 2:06.79.

Boys 200 Medley Relay - 1, Missoula Hellgate A, 1:47.33. 2, C.M. Russell A, 1:50.66. 3, Missoula Hellgate B, 1:55.00. 4, Columbia Falls A, 2:02.54. 5, Flathead A, 2:05.83. 6.Missoula BigSky/Loyola A, 2:05.85.

Girls 200 Freestyle - 1, Kelsey Ammons, Hellgate, 2:06.72. 2, Claire Becker, Hellgate, 2:09.09. 3, Bailey Smith, Glacier, 2:12.58. 4, Katie Fagg, Big Sky/Loyola, 2:13.48. 5, Tianna Stevens, Rustlers, 2:14.44. 6, Maddi Smith, CMR, 2:14.75.

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle - 1, Colton Babcock, CF, 1:48.73. 2, Dylan Faust, Hellgate, 1:48.98. 3, Patrick Brennan, CMR, 1:55.09. 4, Sawyer Keyes, Hellgate, 2:00.99. 5, Jared Biddle, GFH, 2:02.95. 6. Jaydan Elpel, GFH,2:07.51.

Boys 200 IM - 1, Nate Burnham, Glacier, 2:09.59. 2, Colter Christian, Hellgate, 2:15.14. 3, Cody Carlson, Sentinel, 2:18.19. 4, Joseph Guter, CMR,2:18.91. 5, Zayne Friar, Cfalls High, 2:19.55. 6, Andrew Houston, CMR, 2:25.41.

Girls 50 Freestyle - 1, Olivia Gibson, Glacier, 25.79. 2, Aidan Condit, Big Sky/Loyola, 26.15. 3, Ayana Gray, CMR, 26.37. 4, Olivia Bauman, CMR, 26.61. 5, Emma Hornby, Glacier, 27.67. 6, Andrea Porch, Sentinel, 28.73.

Boys 50 Freestyle - 1, Finnian Westenfelder, Hellgate, 23.89. 2,Andrew Spragg, CMR, 24.29. 3,Jase Harris, GFH, 25.61. 4, Simon McMahon, Hellgate, 26.13. 5,Joseph Szekely, Big Sky/Loyola, 26.53. 6, Ethan Timm, Flathead, 26.55.

Girls 100 Butterfly - 1, Brooklyn Leiby, Sentinel, 1:02.95. 2, Olivia Gibson, Glacier, 1:03.59. 3, Olivia Bauman, CMR, 1:04.50. 4, Darlene Westie, CMR, 1:06.10. 5, Megan Carroll, CMR, 1:02.21. 6, Kennedy Salonen, Hellgate, 1:08.46.

Boys 100 Butterfly - 1, Darragh Mahns, Hellgate, 57.15. 2, Patrick Brennan, CMR, 57.93. 3, Jacob Butler, Hellgate, 59.21. 4, Colter Christian, Hellgate, 1:00.06. 5, Nate Jourdonnais, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:03.64. 6, Andrew Houston, CMR, 1:04.32.

Girls 100 Freestyle - 1, Kelsey Ammons, Hellgate, 58.22. 2, Sydney Archibald-Wilson, Hellgate, 58.57. 3, Claire Becker, Hellgate, 59.38. 4, Karyssa Nelson, CF, 59.97. 5, Malea Bauer, Glacier, 1:00.85. 6, Caroline McCormick, Sentinel, 1:01.12.

Boys 100 Freestyle - 1, Darragh Mahns, Hellgate, 50.25. 2, Matthew Fritz, Hellgate, 51.70. 3, Anthony Clason, Glacier , 53.18. 4, Andrew Spragg, CMR, 54.63. 5, Nate Jourdonnais, Big Sky/Loyola, 56.23. 6, Matthew Perez, Whitefish, 57.36.

Girls 500 Freestyle - 1, Katie Fagg, Big Sky/Loyola, 5:55.75. 2, Ellie D'Amico, Big Sky/Loyola, 5:58.65. 3, Tianna Stevens, CMR, 5:58.67. 4, Annie Sullivan, Whitefish, 6:00.60. 5, Morgan Duncan, CMR, 6:22.72. 6, Maggie Mulcahy, Flathead, 6:35.41.

Boys 500 Yard Freestyle - 1, Colton Babcock, CF, 4:54.72. 2, Dylan Faust, Hellgate, 4:55.46. 3, Nate Burnham, Glacier , 5:11.29. 4, Sawyer Keyes, Hellgate, 5:23.79. 5, Brandon Hanlon, GFH, 5:25.01. 6, Noah Brennan, CMR, 5:36.03.

Girls 200 Freestyle Relay - 1, Glacier A (Olivia Gibson 15, Emma Hornby 17, Bailey Smith , AJ Popp), 1:44.92. 2, C.M. Russell A, 1:52.13. 3, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola A, 1:53.56. 4, Missoula Hellgate A, 1:55.52. 5, Missoula Sentinel A, 1:57.79. 6. Glacier B, 2:04.24.

Boys 200 Freestyle Relay - 1, Missoula Hellgate A, 1:36.57. 2, Great Falls High A, 1:47.87. 3, Missoula Sentinel A, 1:55.61. 4, Columbia Falls A, 1:58.20. 5. Whitefish A, 1;59.57; 6. C.M. Russell A, 2:02.94.

Girls 100 Backstroke - 1, AJ Popp, Glacier, 1:00.21. 2, Aidan Condit, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:02.01. 3, Sydney Archibald-Wilson, Hellgate, 1:05.11. 4, Karyssa Nelson, CF, 1:06.20. 5, Kate Heryla, CMR, 1:06.83. 6. Audrey Fero, Sentinel, 1;07.12.

Boys 100 Backstroke - 1, Matthew Fritz, Hellgate, 55.79. 2, Noah Brennan, CMR, 1:00.68. 3, Simon McMahon, Hellgate, 1:01.43. 4, Dawson Grunzweig, CMR, 1:01.91. 5, Jared Biddle, GFH, 1:04.33. 6, Zayne Friar, CF, 1:04.91.

Girls 100 Breaststroke - 1, Gabby Smart, Hellgate, 1:12.48. 2, Darlene Westie, CMR. 1:17.15. 3, Ingrid Shannon, Hellgate, 1:18.00. 4, Maddi Smith, CMR, 1:20.08. 5, Jasmine Fortmann, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:20.54. 6, Tollie Nielson, Sentinel, 1:23.80.

Boys 100 Breaststroke - 1, Anthony Clason, Glacier, 1:04.97. 2, Jacob Butler, Hellgate, 1:09.66. 3, Joseph Guter, GFH, 1:11.16. 4, Cody Carlson, Sentinel, 1:11.42. 5, Ethan Timm, Flathead, 1:11.75. 6, Finnian Westenfelder, Hellgate, 1:13.65.

Girls 400 Freestyle Relay - 1, Missoula Hellgate A, 3:51.87. 2, Glacier A, 3:53.33. 3, Missoula Sentinel A, 4:07.09. 4, C.M. Russell A, 4:10.90. 5, Great Falls High A, 4:35.81. 6. Flathead A,4:38.70.

Boys 400 Freestyle Relay - 1, Missoula Hellgate A, 3:25.35. 2, 2-2 Glacier A, 3:46.58. 3, Great Falls High, 3:47.55. 4, Columbia Falls A, 3:52.56. 5, C.M. Russell B, 3:54.50. 6, C.M. Russell A, 3:54.98.

Girls 200 Yard IM - 1, AJ Popp, Glacier, 2:13.47. 2, Gabby Smart, Hellgate, 2:14.73. 3, Brooklyn Leiby, Sentinel, 2:24.66. 4, Keidon Reynolds, Sentinel, 2:26.55. 5. Audrey Fero, Sentinel, 2;29.26. 6, Kate Heryla, CMR, 2:29.98.