Glacier dominates Kalispell swim meet

The Glacier boys and girls swim teams dominated the Kalispell High School Invitational swim meet on Saturday.

The girls racked up 373 points and the boys scored 353.

The girls were nearly double the point total of second place Whitefish, which had 195. The Columbia Falls girls were third with 144 and Bigfork scored 135. The Polson girls finished seventh with 85 points.

On the boys side, Whitefish was second at 205 and Columbia Falls was third at 158. Sentinel was fourth with 151. Polson was seventh with 23.

The relays were huge for Glacier, according to coach Karen Douda.

“A first place in the relays is 32 points and a first place in an individual event is 16 … so relays are critical in high school swimming,” she said.

Both teams won every relay — 200 free, 200 medley and 400 free.

Double winners for the Wolfpack were Drew Bouda (200 free and 500 free), Madison Taylor (200 free and 500 free) and Isaac Keim (50 free and 100 backstroke).

Combined team scores

Glacier 726, Whitefish 400, Columbia Falls 302, Hellgate 138, Bigfork 135, Big Sky-Loyola 124, Flathead 117, Polson 108, Sentinel 51.

Girls team scores

Glacier 373, Whitefish 195, Columbia Falls 144, Bigfork 135, Big Sky-Loyola 118, Hellgate 98, Polson 85, Flathead 76

Boys team scores

Glacier 353, Whitefish 205, Columbia Falls 158, Sentinel 51, Flathead 41, Hellgate 40, Polson 23, Big Sky-Loyola 6