Glasgow Kiwanis Thunder Hosts Swim Meet

The Glasgow Kiwanis Swim Team (GKST) hosted its home swim meet on June 15 and 16 at the City Pool.

Other than an unexpected thunderstorm Sunday afternoon, the meet went smoothly, according to head coach Nicole Arnold. "The meet was cancelled with only about an hour left of competition," she explained, adding that the backstroke and the butterfly races did not take place on Sunday. For those swimmers who were unable to race in their events on Sunday, their preliminary times from Saturday were used to determine final standings.

The meet was the biggest one of the season so far with 245 swimmers participating in the two-day event. Glasgow had 38 swimmers competing with nine first-year swimmers making a splash in the pool. Arnold highlighted the newbie swimmers: Heath Hankins, Kacie Hankins, Halle Hunter, Jack Miller, Molly Miller, Shonna Taylor and Toni Williams. "These seven swimmers all swam their very best with giant smiles on their faces and the GKST can't wait to see how these up-and-coming swimmers are going to benefit our team in the future."

She also noted the efforts of Mitchel Winchester, who returned to swim team after a five-year hiatus: "He had a great first meet. He finds himself in a very competitive 15-19 age group. However, Mitchel held his own and placed in all three of his freestyle races."

"The last shout-out goes to Aubrey Farrar," continued Arnold, "who is a second-year swimmer that swam the breaststroke legally in her 50-breast exhibition race and on a medley relay. On top of this, Aubrey placed in all three of her individual events despite being at the bottom of her age group." 

Leading the team with top three finishes were Rachel Billingsley, Raelee Dowden, Holt Huntsman, Trevor Johnson, Katie Kaiser, Abigail Kulczyk and Dalton Sand. Kaiser and Sand both earned high-point honors in their respected age groups by placing first in each of their three events for the weekend.

This week's GKST Athlete of the Week, voted on by the coaches, goes to Holt Huntsman. "Holt is our second Bantam of the year to receive this award," explained Arnold. "It was a very difficult decision this week since we had 38 athletes competing at our home swim meet. However, Holt was chosen because he not only had fantastic races Saturday but came back Sunday and continued to beat his P.R.s. that he had just set the day prior. In all of his races on Sunday he cut off time and even moved up one to two places in his events. Holt not only had strong individual performances but relay performances as well. Holt was on the Bantam boys free relay and medley relay that placed second both days with very promising times for the season."

Arnold is excited to see how the season progresses, especially with such an eager group of swimmers under her charge. "We're very excited to see what they can accomplish as they all make strides learning the strokes and perfecting their techniques."

The GKST will be competing in Roundup on Saturday and Sunday, June 22 and 23.

Team Scores

1 Scobey 763

2 Sidney 678

3 Lewistown 530

4 Glendive 473

5 Glasgow 444

6 Chinook 420

7 Harlem 215

8 Roundup 172

9 Plentywood 162

10 Malta 124

Relay results

Boys 8 & Under 100m freestyle – 2; Holt Huntsman, Heath Hankins, Nicholas Kulczyk, Aaron Zoanni; 1:45.27

Girls 9-10 100m freestyle – 4; Kolbi Ross, Haleigh Huntsman, Kaylly Turner, Grace Reyes; 1:52.03.

7; Aubrey Farrar, Shonna Taylor, Emersyn Tofte, Peyten Birkoski; 1:33.70

Girls 11-12 200m freestyle – 2; Abigail Kulczyk, Sophia Larson, Addison Zoanni, Allie Palm; 2:29.45

6; Myli Swindler, Kacie Hankins, Carly Sawyer, Abigail Kirchoerfer; 3:18.65

Girls 13-14 200m freestyle – 5; Haylly Turner, Torrance Braaten, Kimber Dulaney, Ava Reyes; 2:39.75

Boys 8 & Under 100m medley – 2; Nicholas Kulczyk, Aaron Zoanni, Holt Huntsman, Heath Hankins; 2:20.80

Girls 9-10 100m medley – 4; Kaylly Turner, Haleigh Huntsman, Grace Reyes, Halle Hunter; 1:43.12

6; Shonna Taylor, Aubrey Farrar, Peyten Birkoski, Emersyn Tofte; 1:47.91

Girls 11-12 200m medley – 3; Abigail Kulczyk, Addison Zoanni, Allie Palm, Sophia Larson; 3:10.05

6; Carly Sawyer, Abigail Kirchoerfer, Myli Swindler, Kacie Hankins; 4:07.80

Girls 13-14 200m medley – 4; Kimber Dulaney, Haylly Turner, Ava Reyes, Torrance Braaten; 3:06.20

Individual results

Rachel Billingsley (Girls 15-19) 200m IM – 3, 3:37.67; 100m breaststroke – 3, 1:56.912; 100m butterfly – 2, 1:42.19

Peyten Birkoski (Girls 9-10) 50m backstroke – 6, 57.99

Torrance Braaten (Girls 13-14) 50m butterfly – 8, 1:00.03

Raelee Dowden (Girls 15-19) 200m IM – 2, 3:15.71; 100m breaststroke – 2, 1:38.22; 100m butterfly – 1, 1:28.89

Kimber Dulaney (Girls 11-12) 50m freestyle – 10, 40.32

Aubrey Farrar (Girls 9-10) 50m freestyle – 11, 51.96; 100m freestyle – 12, 2:02.60; 50m backstroke – 11, 1:04.86

Heath Hankins (Boys 8 & Under) 25m freestyle – 12, 33.65

Halle Hunter (Girls 9-10) 50m freestyle - 10, 49.99

Haleigh Huntsman (Girls 9-10) 100m IM – 12, 2:23.06; 50m breaststroke – 10, 1:04.32; 50m backstroke – 10, 1:04.42

Holt Huntsman (Boys 8 & Under) 25m freestyle – 4, 23.30; 50m freestyle – 3, 51.26; 25m butterfly – 3, 37.17

Trevor Johnson (Boys 15 & Over) 50m freestyle – 2, 26.98; 100m freestyle – 3, 1:03.85; 50m butterfly – 2, 31.21

Katie Kaiser (Girls 15 & Over) 50m freestyle – 1, 30.16; 100m backstroke - 1, 1:20.52; 50m butterfly - 1, 35.81

Abigail Kulczyk (Girls 11-12) 200m IM – 3, 3:42.05; 50m breaststroke – 1, 45.88; 50m backstroke – 9, 48.23

Nicholas Kulczyk (Boys 8 & Under) 25m freestyle - 7, 24.07; 50m freestyle - 7, 55.71; 25m backstroke – 8, 39.21

Sophia Larson (Girls 11-12) 50m breaststroke - 4, 50.61; 100m freestyle - 6, 1:24.60; 200m freestyle – 4, 3:22.36

Jack Miller (Boys 9-10) 50m backstroke – 10, 1:10.50

Allie Palm (Girls 11-12) 50m freestyle – 6, 37.43; 100m freestyle – 7, 1:24.84; 50m butterfly – 8, 45.29

Ava Reyes (Girls 13-14) 50m freestyle – 9, 36.96; 100m freestyle – 7, 1:23.13; 100m backstroke – 5, 1:34.36

Grace Reyes (Girls 9-10) 100m IM – 8, 2:08.18; 50m breaststroke – 6, 1:01.58; 50m butterfly – 9, 1:12.11

Kolbi Ross (Girls 9-10) 100m IM – 9, 2:08.63

Dalton Sand (Boys 13-14) 200m IM – 1, 2:47.97; 100m freestyle – 1, 1:02.90; 50m butterfly – 1, 32.14

Haylly Turner (Girls 13-14) 100m breaststroke – 4, 1:44.57; 100m freestyle – 8, 1:24.46; 200m freestyle – 5, 3:19.16

Mitchel Winchester (Boys 15 & Over) 50m freestyle – 9, 39.45; 100m freestyle – 8, 1:29.43; 400m freestyle – 5, 7:18.70

Aaron Zoanni (Boys 8 & Under) 25m freestyle – 5, 23.32; 50m freestyle – 4, 54.15

Addison Zoanni (Girls 11-12) 50m breaststroke – 9, 55.43; 200m freestyle – 6, 3:50.40