The Whitefish High School swim team jumped into its first meet of the season at the Polson Class A Invite on Saturday.

The Bulldog boys and girls teams combined took second to Havre High School. The girls team finished second behind Havre, while the boys team was runner-up to Columbia Falls in their respective categories.

The Whitefish girls’ relay teams dominated the pool taking first in all three events — the 200 yard medley relay, the 200 yard freestyle relay and the 400 free relay.

Nia Hanson and Sydney Macintyre also went 1-2 in the girls 200 yard freestyle with Hanson edging her teammate by less than a second. Hanson took first place in the 500 freestyle as well, she swam it in 6:10.40.

Whitefish sophomore Emi Qunell swam in two of the first place relay races and also took second in the 100 yard backstroke and third in the 100 free.

Bulldog Gretel Vine represented her team in the 50 yard freestyle race, coming in second with a time of 30.87 seconds. Macintyre also placed second in the 100 yard breaststroke.

On the boys side, Whitefish senior Logan Botner took first in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 23.85 seconds, and his teammate Logan Niles was just behind him for second place. Botner also placed on top in the 100 yard freestyle race.

Jack McDaniel had a nice day in the pool as well, taking first in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 59.51; Bulldog swimmer Lincoln Schroeder took second in that race. McDaniel also took second in the 100 breaststroke while Shroeder placed second in the 200 free.

Noah Schroeder came in second in both the 200 yard IM and 100 yard backstroke events.

The boys relay team also placed first in the 200 freestyle relay, with Columbia Falls coming in second 13 seconds later.

The Whitefish swim team competes again on Saturday at the Kalispell Invite at The Summit.

Polson Invite

Dec. 4

Team Scores

Girls - 1 Havre High School 363; 2 Whitefish High School 298; 3 Polson High School 221; 4 Columbia Falls High 209; 5 Bigfork High School 170.

Boys - 1 Columbia Falls High 324; 2 Whitefish High School 236; 3 Havre High School 179; 4 Polson High School 160.

Individual Scores

Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay

1. WHS A (Emi Qunell, Sydney Macintyre, Nia Hanson, Linnea McCrady) 2:18.75

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle

1. Nia Hanson WHS 2:19.03; 2. Sydney Macintyre WHS 2:20.23.

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle

1. Lincoln Schroeder WHS 2:12.96

Boys 200 Yard IM

1. Noah Schroeder WHS 2:34.79

Girls 50 Yard Freestyle

1. Gretel Vine WHS 30.87

Boys 50 Yard Freestyle

1. Logan Botner WHS 23.85; 2. Logan Niles WHS 25.71

Boys 100 Yard Butterfly

1. Jack McDaniel WHS 59.51; 2. Lincoln Schroeder WHS 1:09.19

Boys 100 Yard Freestyle

1. Logan Botner WHS 53.09; 3. Logan Niles WHS 59.07

Girls 500 Yard Freestyle

1. Nia Hanson WHS 6:10.40

Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. WHS B (Vine, Adeline Taylor, Georgia Morrell, Hanson) 2:11.21

Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay

1. WHS A (Jack McDaniel, Lincoln Schroeder, Logan Niles, Logan Botner) 1:40.06 32

Girls 100 Yard Backstroke

1. Emi Qunel WHS 1:20.24; 3. Gretel Vine WHS 1:23.94; 4. Linnea McCrady WHS 1:27.53

Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke

1. Sydney Macintyre WHS 1:28.32

Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke

1. Jack McDaniel WHS 1:12.68

Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay

1 WHS A (McCrady, Taylor, Qunell, Macintyre) 4:55.58