Masters swim at Polson meet
<p>Kylie Richter/ Lake County Leader Matt Seeley competes in the mixed 400 yard IM Saturday afternoon in Polson at the Masters state championships. Kylie Richter/ Lake County Leader Matt Seeley competes in the mixed 400 yard IM Saturday afternoon in Polson at the Masters state championships.</p>
By Kylie Richter
Lake County Leader
This past weekend in Polson, swimmers from all over the state converged on the Mission Valley Aquatics center to compete in the Swim Montana Masters championship swim meet. The event started Saturday morning and continued in to Sunday.
The event was hosted by the Lake Monsters swim team, and included live music Saturday evening at the Lake Bar and Grill.
In the team competition, The Bozeman Masters took home first place, with the Missoula team finishing second, and the Lake Monsters of Polson finishing in third place. All together 17 teams scored points in the competition.
The competition was split up into men’s and women’s competitions, and then split again by age categories.
Montana Master Meet
1 Bozeman Masters Bozeman Masters 2,915, 2 Missoula 1,672, 3 Lake Monsters Lake Monsters 1,570, 4 Helena 1,213, 5 Hamilton 1,179, 6 Kalispell Masters Kalispell Masters 622, 7 Great Falls Great Falls 579, 8 Flathead Lake Open Water Swimm Flathead Lake Open Water Swimm 268, 9 Billings 148, 10 Butte Butte 116, 11 Gold Coast Masters Gold Coast Masters 100, 12 Troy 80, 13 Havre 74, 14 Plains 68, 15 Virginia Masters Swim Team Virginia Masters Swim Team 57, 16 Dillon 51, 17 Bigfork 40.