Swimmers Strong in Plentywood

The Glasgow Kiwanis Swim Team competed in Plentywood June 23 and 24, and finished with a strong performance from the two dozen swimmers that attended, according to head coach Nicole Arnold. With just one-third of the team competing, they secured third-place hardware. Senior swimmer Katie Kaiser swept her events for the second week in a row, earning high point in her age group.

Arnold highlighted the swimmers that led the team with first-place finishes: Jordan Billingsley (100m backstroke), Rachel Billingsley (200m individual medley), Peyten Birkoski (25m freestyle and 25m backstroke), Kaiser (50m freestyle, 100m backstroke and 400m freestyle), Ben Miller (100m breaststroke), Dalton Sand (100m butterfly), and Natosha Sand (100m butterfly).

"Other noteworthy performances came from the Sand siblings, Dalton and Natosha, as they took down very strong competition in their 100m butterfly races," said Arnold. "Jordan Billingsley also showed true grit in his 100m backstroke where he PR'ed by three seconds and put up a great time for this early in the season."

This week's GKST Athlete of the Week, voted on by the coaches, goes to Peyten Birkoski (8). According to Arnold, Birkoski had a breakout performance at the swim meet in the Bantam age division. "This was the first swim meet where she was able to place in the top three of all of her individual events," she explained. Additionally, she was able to drop a substantial amount of time in those events and swim a very competitive leg on a girls 9-10 relay. "Her hard work was displayed this weekend as she not only was the second-highest point earner for Glasgow," she said, "She was also the second-highest place earner in the entire Bantam girls' age division."

Relay Results

Girls 9-10 100m freestyle relay: 5th, 1:39.63 (Emersyn Tofte, Kaylly Turner, Sophia Larson, Myli Swindler)

Boys 13-14 200m freestyle relay: 1st, 2:20.96 (Damian Cable, Zavier Urbin, Dalton Sand, Bergen Miller)

Girls 13-14 200m freestyle relay: 4th, 2:41.05 (Emmah Mix, Abigail Kulczyk, Ava Reyes, Haylly Turner)

Girls 15-19 200m freestyle relay: 1st, 2:16.75 (Rachel Billingsley, Tommi Prewett, Katie Kaiser, Natosha Sand)

Girls 9-10 100m medley relay: 5th, 1:45.89 (Sophia Larson, Myli Swindler, Kaylly Turner, Peyten Birkoski)

Boys 13-14 200m medley relay: 1st, 2:37.68 (Bergen Miller, Dalton Sand, Noah Lippert, Zavier Urbin)

Girls 13-14 200m medley relay: 5th, 3:12.43 (Haylly Turner, Ava Reyes, Emmah Mix, Abigail Kulczyk)

Girls 15-19 200m medley relay: 1st, 2:40.55 (Tommi Prewett, Natosha Sand, Rachel Billingsley, Katie Kaiser)

Individual Meet Results

Jordan Billingsley -

Boys 15-19 50m freestyle: 3rd, 30.74

Boys 15-19 100m freestyle: 4th, 1:11.89S

Boys 15-19 100m backstroke: 1st, 1:19.29S

Rachel Billingsley -

Girls 15-19 200m individual medley: 1st, 3:49.01S

Girls 15-19 100m breaststroke: 4th, 1:58.49S

Girls 15-19 100m butterfly: 4th, 1:47.89S

Peyten Birkoski -

Girls 8 & Under 25m freestyle: 1st, 23.06S

Girls 8 & Under 50m freestyle: 3rd, 57.03S

Girls 8 & Under 25m backstroke: 1st, 26.65S

Torrance Braaten -

Girls 11-12 50m freestyle: 8th, 46.95S

Girls 11-12 50m backstroke: 9th, 1:06.43S

Girls 11-12 50m butterfly: 7th, 1:05.38S

Damian Cable -

Boys 13-14 50m freestyle: 7th, 48.57S

Boys 13-14 100m freestyle: 8th, 1:48.29S

Boys 13-14 50m butterfly: 5th, 1:08.83S

Katie Kaiser -

Girls 15-19 50m freestyle: 1st, 30.34S

Girls 15-19 100m backstroke: 1st, 1:20.44S

Girls 15-19 400m freestyle: 1st, 5:32.42S

Abigail Kulczyk -

Girls 11-12 200m individual medley: 4th, 4:00.09S

Girls 11-12 50m breaststroke: 4th, 54.21S

Girls 11-12 50m butterfly: 3rd, 45.20S

Nicholas Kulczyk -

Boys 8 & Under 25m freestyle: 11th, 29.55S

Boys 8 & Under 50m freestyle: 11th, 1:08.27S

Boys 8 & Under 25m backstroke: 9th, 37.09S

Sophia Larson -

Girls 9-10 100m individual medley: 4th, 1:51.26S

Girls 9-10 50m freestyle: 6th, 40.34S

Girls 9-10 50m breaststroke: 2nd, 51.92S

Noah Lippert -

Boys 13-14 50m freestyle: 6th, 42.11S

Boys 13-14 100m breaststroke: 3rd, 1:53.43S

Boys 13-14 100m freestyle: 6th, 1:46.87S

Ben Miller -

Boys 15-19 50m freestyle: 2nd, 29.86S

Boys 15-19 100m breaststroke: 1st, 1:29.42S

Boys 15-19 100m freestyle: 2nd, 1:08.87S

Bergen Miller -

Boys 13-14 200m individual medley: 6th, 3:13.10S

Boys 13-14 100m breaststroke: 2nd, 1:34.39S

Boys 13-14 100m freestyle: 2nd, 1:16.12S

Emmah Mix -

Girls 11-12 50m freestyle: 3rd, 45.33S

Girls 11-12 50m backstroke: 7th, 1:03.20S

Girls 11-12 50m butterfly: 6th, 1:02.13S

Tommi Prewett -

Girls 13-14 200m individual medley: 3rd, 3:14.45S

Girls 13-14 100m breaststroke: 3rd, 1:40.29S

Girls 13-14 50m butterfly: 4th, 38.51S

Ava Reyes -

Girls 13-14 50m freestyle: 9th, 36.68S

Girls 13-14 100m breaststroke: 5th, 1:53.53S

Girls 13-14 100m backstroke: 4th, 1:38.50S

Dalton Sand -

Boys 13-14 200m individual medley: 2nd, 2:45.96S

Boys 13-14 50m butterfly: 2nd, 32.32S

Boys 13-14 100m butterfly: 1st, 1:15.29S

Natosha Sand -

Girls 15-19 100m freestyle: 3rd, 1:17.67S

Girls 15-19 50m butterfly: 4th, 41.65S

Girls 15-19 100m butterfly: 1st, 1:35.06S

Myli Swindler -

Girls 9-10 50m breaststroke: 7th, 58.33S

Girls 9-10 50m butterfly: 5th, 1:03.43S

Emersyn Tofte -

Girls 8 & Under 25m freestyle: 12th, 33.46S

Haylly Turner -

Girls 13-14 100m breaststroke: 4th, 1:50.52S

Girls 13-14 100m freestyle: 11th, 1:33.54S

Zavier Urbin -

Boys 13-14 200m individual medley: 5th, 3:12.78S

Boys 13-14 100m freestyle: 3rd, 1:19.70S

Boys 13-14 200m freestyle: 3rd, 2:52.14S