The long layoff over the holidays turned out to be more of a positive than a negative for swimmers from Flathead and Glacier high schools on Saturday.

Flathead individuals turned in 32 season-best times while Glacier had 25 at the Kalispell Invitational at The Summit.

“A meet with a lot of best times,” Flathead/Glacier swim coach Dave Lillard said.

“A great meet.”

The last competition for the two schools, along with Bigfork, Columbia Falls and Whitefish, was the Great Falls Invitational back on Dec. 20.

“Overall, we’re proud of how hard they are working,” Lillard said.

“Practices have gotten harder and harder and they continue to get stronger and stronger.”

Lillard said “we’re starting to make our selections for state,” so a lot of swimmers were really motivated to perform well at this outing.

The State Meet is Feb. 13-14 in Missoula.

On the team front, the Flathead boys (163) finished second behind Missoula Hellgate (356).

Hellgate (432) also won the girls team title with Glacier (190) third.

Individually, Glacier’s Nate Burnham was a double winner with event-best times in the 50 freestyle (23.61) and mixed 500 freestyle (5:12.35). The 500 freestyle time is a new school record.

Columbia Falls’ Colton Babcock won the 100 freestyle (49.92).

Glacier finished first in the 200 freestyle relay (1:50.37) with Jessica Loyda, Bailey Smith, Emma Hornby and Olivia Gibson. That time is one second off the school record.

Those same four swimmers placed second in the 400 freestyle relay.

Glacier’s James Bouda was second in the 200 individual medley (2:08.08) and the 100 backstroke (55.84) and Columbia Falls’ Zayne Friar was the runner-up in the 100 butterfly (59.71).

Bouda’s times in both events are top five statewide.

Placing third were Smith in the 200 freestyle (2:18.95), Friar in the 200 freestyle (2:01.63), Glacier’s Carley Denton in the 100 butterfly (1:13.86), Flathead’s Sara Jensen in the 100 breaststroke (1:24.95) and Babcock in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.65).

Posting best time were ...

Glacier

Bailey Smith — dropped six seconds in the 200 freestyle;

Jackie Stenberg — dropped four seconds in the freestyle and three in the 100 breaststroke;

James Bouda — in the 200 IM and 100 backstroke;

Nate Burnham — in the 50 and 500 freestyle;

Olivia Gibson — dropped eight seconds in 500 free, best time in the 100 backstroke;

Keegan Mackenstadt — dropped 24 seconds in the 100 breaststroke;

Kenna Bemis — dropped four second in the 200 freestyle and four seconds in the 100 backstroke;

Meg Hornby — trimmed three seconds off her 200 freestyle time and shaved seven seconds off her previous best in the 100 breaststroke;

Flathead

Maggie Mulcahy — in the 200 freestyle;

Darby Mackenstadt — personal best time by six seconds in the 200 freestyle;

Luke Darron — dropped seven seconds in the 200 freestyle;

Nathan Moon — best time in 50 freestyle;

Brian Towner — best time in 100 freestyle;

Sara Jensen — best time in 100 freestyle;

Greta Cole — best time by 10 seconds in the 100 backstroke;

Kendra Leaming — nine-second improvement in the 100 breaststroke;

Tor Jackola — best time in 100 freestyle by two seconds;

Daniel Olszewski — best time in 100 freestyle by 11 seconds;

Maddie Huestis — best time in 500 freestyle by 14 seconds.

Up next for the local swimmers is the Missoula Invitational on Saturday.

Kalispell Invitational

Saturday

At The Summit

Team Totals

Girls

Missoula Hellgate 432, Missoula Sentinel 200, Glacier 190, Flathead 156, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 68, Whitefish 51, Bigfork 21, Columbia Falls 13.

Boys

Missoula Hellgate 356, Flathead 163, Missoula Sentinel 157, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola 145, Columbia Falls 123, Glacier 83, Whitefish 44

Events

Girls 200 Medley Relay

1, Missoula Hellgate A (Hanni Leach, Mari Aoki, Jadyn Stroh, J. Sophia), 1:55.24. 2, Missoula Sentinel A, 2:07.64. 3, Missoula Hellgate B, 2:12.88. 4, Flathead A, 2:15.89. 5, Missoula Hellgate C, 2:19.78. 6, Glacier A, 2:20.88.

Boys 200 Medley Relay

1, Missoula Hellgate A (Cale Berkoff, Brendon Campbell, Matthew Fritz, D. Mahns), 1:46.59. 2, Missoula Sentinel A, 1:56.31. 3, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola A, 1:57.25. 4, Columbia Falls A, 1:58.43. 5, Glacier A, 2:02.03. 6, Missoula Hellgate B, 2:17.86.

Girls 200 Freestyle

1, Sophia Layton, Hellgate, 2:05.95. 2, Ellee Becker, Hellgate, 2:12.35. 3, Bailey Smith, Bailey, Glacier, 2:18.95. 4, Maggie Mulcahy, Flathead, 2:21.75. 5, Taylor Schaeffer, Sentinel, 2:26.54. 6, Andrea Porch, Sentinel, 2:32.55.

Boys 200 Freestyle

1, Brendon Campbell, Hellgate, 1:52.63. 2, Ryan Mason, Sentinel, 1:58.16. 3, Zayne Friar, Columbia Falls, 2:01.63. 4, Nick Giammona, Hellgate, 2:05.46. 5, Jacob Hohman, Columbia Falls, 2:10.04. 6, Zach Neumayer-Tooke, Hellgate, 2:11.75.

Girls 200 IM

1, Hanni Leach, Hellgate, 2:20.98. 2, Andrea Schmidt, Sentinel, 2:24.30. 3, Julian Fee, Hellgate, 2:30.15. 4, Shayna Albright, Hellgate, 2:35.70. 5, Emma Hornby, Glacier, 2:39.08. 6, Kyla Dennis, Sentinel, 2:40.74.

Boys 200 IM

1, Adam Zimmer, Big Sky/Loyola, 2:02.31. 2, James Bouda, Glacier, 2:08.08. 3, Darrah Mahns, Hellgate, 2:13.16. 4, Colter Christian, Hellgate, 2:15.10. 5, Nate Jourdonnais, Big Sky/Loyola, 2:19.20. 6, Cody Carlson, Sentinel, 2:20.18.

Girls 50 Freestyle

1, Jadyn Stroh, Hellgate, 26.21. 2, Avery Vernon, Hellgate, 27.35. 3, Rory Anderson, Hellgate, 27.91. 4, Emma Hornby, Glacier, 28.54. 5, Hayden Pierce, Columbia Falls, 29.03. 6, Elise Woehler, Sentinel, 29.58.

Boys 50 Freestyle

1, Nate Burnham, Glacier, 23.61. 2, Nick Giammona, Hellgate, 24.92. 3, Colter Christian, Hellgate, 25.51. 4, Uriah Kreilick, Hellgate, 25.61. 5, Ryan Dykstra, Hellgate, 26.42. 6, Ethan Timm, Flathead, 26.81.

Girls 100 Butterfly

1, Kennedy Salonen, Hellgate, 1:06.37. 2, Rory Anderson, Hellgate, 1:12.10. 3, Carley Denton, Glacier, 1:13.86. 4, Baylee Everett, Hellgate, 1:16.11. 5, Delanie Eliason, Flathead, 1:20.53. 6, Rhiley Livingston, Whitefish High, 1:30.68.

Boys 100 Butterfly

1, Cale Berkoff, Hellgate, 57.66. 2, Zayne Friar, Columbia Falls, 59.71. 3, Thomas Fallon, Sentinel, 1:02.43. 4, Matthew Fritz, Hellgate, 1:03.08. 5, Jacob Butler, Hellgate, 1:05.08. 6, Jacob Hohman, Columbia Falls, 1:17.80.

Girls 100 Freestyle

1, Sophia Layton, Hellgate, 57.10. 2, Kelsey Ammons, Hellgate, 59.32. 3, Mari Rizzuto, Hellgate, 59.39. 4, Julian Fee, Hellgate, 1:02.05. 5, Lauren Harmon, Glacier, 1:02.56. 6, Georgia Littig, Hellgate, 1:08.32.

Boys 100 Freestyle

1, Colton Babcock, Columbia Falls, 49.92. 2, Ryan Mason, Sentinel, 52.67. 3, Nate Jourdonnais, Big Sky/Loyola, 57.54. 4, Thomas Fallon, Sentinel, 57.80. 5, Granger Eichhorn, Hellgate, 58.35. 6, Brian Towner, Flathead, 1:01.79.

Mixed 500 Freestyle

1, Nate Burnham, Glacier, 5:12.35. 2, Andrea Schmidt, Sentinel, 5:34.04. 3, Uriah Kreilick, Hellgate, 5:34.29. 4, Olivia Gibson, Glacier 5:48.54. 5, Mari Rizzuto, Hellgate, 5:52.63. 6, Maggie Mulcahy, Flathead, 6:23.34.

Girls 200 Freestyle Relay

1, Glacier A (Jessica Loyda, Bailey Smith, Emma Hornby, Olivia Gibson), 1:50.37. 2, Missoula Hellgate A, 1:51.00. 3, Missoula Hellgate B, 1:54.75. 4, Missoula Sentinel A, 1:57.20. 5, Missoula Sentinel B, 2:03.07. 6, Missoula Hellgate C, 2:04.32.

Boys 200 Freestyle Relay

1, Missoula Hellgate A (Jacob Butler, Colter Christian, Granger Eichhorn, Granger, Nick Giammona), 1:38.79. 2, Missoula Big Sky/Loyola A, 1:45.59. 3, Columbia Falls High A, 1:45.80. 4, Missoula Sentinel A, 1:53.87. 6, Flathead, 2:04.61.

Girls 100 Backstroke

1, Hanni Leach, Hellgate, 1:00.11. 2, Ellee Becker, Hellgate, 1:04.97. 3, Jadyn Stroh, Hellgate, 1:06.13. 4, Olivia Gibson, Glacier, 1:06.43. 5, Kelsey Ammons, Hellgate,1:07.59. 6, Shayna Albright, Hellgate, 1:09.81.

Boys 100 Backstroke

1, Cale Berkoff, Hellgate, 54.53. 2, James Bouda, Glacier, 55.84. 3, Matthew Fritz, Hellgate, 1:01.28. 4, Darrah Mahns, Hellgate, 1:01.85. 5, Jacob Butler,Hellgate, 1:07.29. 6, Chris Harper, Sentinel, 1:17.52.

Girls 100 Breaststroke

1, Avery Vernon, Hellgate, 1:14.20. 2, Tollie Nielson, Sentinel, 1:20.69. 3, Sara Jensen, Flathead, 1:24.95. 4, Jackie Stenberg, Glacier, 1:25.89. 5, Baylee Everett, Hellgate, 1:26.27. 6, Bailey Mohorcich, Hellgate, 1:28.06.

Boys 100 Breaststroke

1, Adam Zimmer, Big Sky/Loyola, 59.27. 2, Brendon Campbell, Hellgate, 1:03.32. 3, Colton Babcock, Columbia Falls, 1:04.65. 4, Cody Carlson, Sentinel, 1:12.30. 5, Ethan Timm, Flathead, 1:14.43. 6, Gabe Jourdonnais, Big Sky/Loyola, 1:15.56.

Girls 400 Freestyle Relay

1, Missoula Hellgate A (Jadyn Stroh, Sophia Layton, Mari Aoki, M. Hanni), 3:54.26. 2, Glacier A, 4:08.69. 3, Missoula Hellgate B, 4:12.38. 4, Missoula Hellgate C, 4:26.87. 5, Flathead A, 4:34.81. 6, Missoula Hellgate D, 4:49.30.

Boys 400 Freestyle Relay

1, Missoula Hellgate A (Cale Berkoff, Matthew Fritz, Darrah Mahns, Brendon Campbell, ), 3:28.98. 2, Missoula Hellgate B, 3:44.80. 3, Missoula Hellgate C, 4:08.93. 4, Flathead A, 4:12.89. 5, Glacier A, 4:17.76. 6, Missoula Sentinel A, 4:43.18.