Karyssa Nelson and Tyler Langton shined at the state AA swim meet July 30-31 in Chinook. Nelson snared five gold medals, and Langton had four gold medals and a silver.

Swimming in the boys 8-and-under division, Langton won the 25 and 50 meter freestyle and the 25 meter backstroke and was a member of the champion 100 meter medley relay. Langton joined James Role, Cooper Babcock and Bryce Dunham in the 100 meter medley relay.

Nelson won the girls 11-12 age group 200 meter intermediate medley, the 50 meter freestyle and the 100 meter freestyle and was a member of the championship 200 meter freestyle relay and the championship 200-meter medley relay. In the relays, Nelson joined teammates Ashley Caffrey, Analise Henjum and Leanne Marino.

Langton set a new pool record in the 50 freestyle, and Nelson set a pool record in the 100 free.

The week before at divisionals, Nelson broke two state federation records in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle in the 11-12 age group. She swam the 50 in 27.28 seconds and the 100 free in 1:01.45 seconds.

Langton and teammate Cooper Babcock were both first and second in high point honors. Colton Babcock won high point honors in the boys 11-12 age group.

"I'm proud of them," coach Mike Nelson said of his swimmers. "They did a good job."

Columbia Falls took second at divisionals behind Bitterroot and fourth at state. Bitterroot won the state AA championship.

For complete divisional results, visit online at www.hungryhorsenews.com.

State results:

Male 8-and-under 100 Free

2, A team Cooper Babcock, Kelton Thomas, Tyler Langton, James Role 1:27.46.

Female 8-and-under 100 Free

10, A team Kaylee Kurkowski, Jasmine Marino, Madeline Swaney, Eddie Mae Chisholm 2:32.02.

Male 9-10 100 Free

6, A team Russell Albin, Ansen Ingraham, Garrett Caffrey, Bryce Dunham 1:31.94.

Male 11-12 200 Free

4, A team Zayne Friar, Jacob Hohman, Danny Henjum, Colton Babcock 2:35.34.

Female 11-12 200 Free

1, A team Karyssa Nelson, Ashley Caffrey, Analise Henjum, Leanne Marino 2:22.56.

Male 13-14 200 Free

5, A team Colter Norick, Colin Norick, Logan Stephens, Henry Chisholm 2:28.84.

Male 15-19 200 Free

7, A team Garrett Role, Dalton Nelson, Vincent Erickson, Zayne Brunz 2:03.82.

Male 8-and-under 100 IM

3, Cooper Babcock, 2:01.41S.

Male 9-10 100 IM

7, Danny Henjum, 1:47.97S. 9, Jacob Hohman, 1:59.87S.

Male 11-12 200 IM

2, Colton Babcock, 3:02.91S. 6, Logan Stephens, 3:34.83S.

Female 11-12 200 IM

1, Karyssa Nelson, 2:58.54S. 9, Analise Henjum, 3:47.27S. 10, Meghan McCallum, 3:51.79S. 13, Ava Chisholm, 4:42.75S.

Male 13-14 200 IM

8, Zayne Brunz, 3:12.75S.

Female 13-14 200 IM

9, Casey Shea, 3:31.51S.

Male 15-19 200 IM

10, Vincent Erickson, 2:53.84S.

Male 8-and-under 25 Free

1, Tyler Langton, 18.79S.

Female 11-12 50 Free

1, Karyssa Nelson, 30.13S.

Male 8-and-under 25 Breast

2, Cooper Babcock, 26.54S. 3, James Role, 27.97S. 7, Connor Cheff, 31.52S.

Female 8-and-under 25 Breast

8, Kaylee Kurkowski, 30.82S.

Male 9-10 50 Breast

3, Danny Henjum, 51.84S.

Male 11-12 50 Breast

2, Colton Babcock, 41.89S. 6, Logan Stephens, 45.11S.

Female 11-12 50 Breast

10, Analise Henjum, 46.21S.

Male 13-14 100 Breast

8, Henry Chisholm, 1:34.90S.

Male 15-19 100 Breast

3, Vincent Erickson, 1:18.99S.

Female 15-19 100 Breast

12, Katie Donner, 1:35.83S.

Male 8-and-under 50 Free

1, Tyler Langton, 38.31S.

Male 9-10 100 Free

11, Russell Albin, 1:36.30S.

Male 11-12 100 Free

7, Zayne Friar, 1:17.48S.

Female 11-12 100 Free

1, Karyssa Nelson, 1:08.33S.

Male 13-14 100 Free

12, Henry Chisholm, 1:14.18S.

Male 8-and-under 25 Back

1, Tyler Langton, 22.95S. 9, James Role, 29.19S.

Male 9-10 50 Back

9, Russell Albin, 55.39S.

Male 13-14 100 Back

12, Colter Norick, 5:00.00S.

Female 13-14 100 Back

9, Casey Shea, 1:34.70S.

Male 15-19 100 Back

5, Vincent Erickson, 1:18.10S.

Male 8-and-under 25 Fly

5, Cooper Babcock, 25.69S. 11, Kelton Thomas, 34.51S.

Male 9-10 50 Fly

7, Danny Henjum, 54.10S. 9, Jacob Hohman, 1:06.26S. 10, Garrett

Caffrey, 5:00.00S.

Male 11-12 50 Fly

2, Colton Babcock, 35.91S. 7, Zayne Friar, 39.22S. 12, Logan Stephens, 50.04S.

Female 11-12 50 Fly

8, Leanne Marino, 41.03S.

Male 13-14 50 Fly

12, Colter Norick, 39.24S.

Female 15-19 50 Fly

6, Katie Donner, 36.58S.

Male 15-19 400 Free

8, Garrett Role, 5:18.74S.

Female 15-19 400 Free

13, Lexi Brunz, 6:18.18S.

Male 8-and-under 100 Medley

1, A team Tyler Langton, James Role, Cooper Babcock, Bryce Dunham 1:40.98.

Female 8-and-under 100 Medley

8, A team Eddie Mae Chisholm, Madeline Swaney, Kaylee Kurkowski, Jasmine Marino 2:53.24.

Male 9-10 100 Medley

5, A team Russell Albin, Danny Henjum, Jacob Hohman, Garrett Caffrey 1:44.09.

Male 11-12 200 Medley

4, A team Colin Norick, Logan Stephens, Colton Babcock, Zayne Friar 2:56.63.

Female 11-12 200 Medley

1, A team Karyssa Nelson, Analise Henjum, Leanne Marino, Ashley Caffrey 2:42.64.

Male 15-19 200 Medley

8, A team Vincent Erickson, Henry Chisholm, Garrett Role, Zayne Brunz 2:26.25.

Male 13-14 100 Fly

6, Colter Norick, 1:28.42S.

Male 15-19 100 Fly

6, Garrett Role, 1:17.42S.

Female 15-19 100 Fly

5, Katie Donner, 1:28.40S.