Nelson and Langton bring home gold
Karyssa Nelson and Tyler Langton shined at the state AA swim meet July 30-31 in Chinook. Nelson snared five gold medals, and Langton had four gold medals and a silver.
Swimming in the boys 8-and-under division, Langton won the 25 and 50 meter freestyle and the 25 meter backstroke and was a member of the champion 100 meter medley relay. Langton joined James Role, Cooper Babcock and Bryce Dunham in the 100 meter medley relay.
Nelson won the girls 11-12 age group 200 meter intermediate medley, the 50 meter freestyle and the 100 meter freestyle and was a member of the championship 200 meter freestyle relay and the championship 200-meter medley relay. In the relays, Nelson joined teammates Ashley Caffrey, Analise Henjum and Leanne Marino.
Langton set a new pool record in the 50 freestyle, and Nelson set a pool record in the 100 free.
The week before at divisionals, Nelson broke two state federation records in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle in the 11-12 age group. She swam the 50 in 27.28 seconds and the 100 free in 1:01.45 seconds.
Langton and teammate Cooper Babcock were both first and second in high point honors. Colton Babcock won high point honors in the boys 11-12 age group.
"I'm proud of them," coach Mike Nelson said of his swimmers. "They did a good job."
Columbia Falls took second at divisionals behind Bitterroot and fourth at state. Bitterroot won the state AA championship.
For complete divisional results, visit online at www.hungryhorsenews.com.
State results:
Male 8-and-under 100 Free
2, A team Cooper Babcock, Kelton Thomas, Tyler Langton, James Role 1:27.46.
Female 8-and-under 100 Free
10, A team Kaylee Kurkowski, Jasmine Marino, Madeline Swaney, Eddie Mae Chisholm 2:32.02.
Male 9-10 100 Free
6, A team Russell Albin, Ansen Ingraham, Garrett Caffrey, Bryce Dunham 1:31.94.
Male 11-12 200 Free
4, A team Zayne Friar, Jacob Hohman, Danny Henjum, Colton Babcock 2:35.34.
Female 11-12 200 Free
1, A team Karyssa Nelson, Ashley Caffrey, Analise Henjum, Leanne Marino 2:22.56.
Male 13-14 200 Free
5, A team Colter Norick, Colin Norick, Logan Stephens, Henry Chisholm 2:28.84.
Male 15-19 200 Free
7, A team Garrett Role, Dalton Nelson, Vincent Erickson, Zayne Brunz 2:03.82.
Male 8-and-under 100 IM
3, Cooper Babcock, 2:01.41S.
Male 9-10 100 IM
7, Danny Henjum, 1:47.97S. 9, Jacob Hohman, 1:59.87S.
Male 11-12 200 IM
2, Colton Babcock, 3:02.91S. 6, Logan Stephens, 3:34.83S.
Female 11-12 200 IM
1, Karyssa Nelson, 2:58.54S. 9, Analise Henjum, 3:47.27S. 10, Meghan McCallum, 3:51.79S. 13, Ava Chisholm, 4:42.75S.
Male 13-14 200 IM
8, Zayne Brunz, 3:12.75S.
Female 13-14 200 IM
9, Casey Shea, 3:31.51S.
Male 15-19 200 IM
10, Vincent Erickson, 2:53.84S.
Male 8-and-under 25 Free
1, Tyler Langton, 18.79S.
Female 11-12 50 Free
1, Karyssa Nelson, 30.13S.
Male 8-and-under 25 Breast
2, Cooper Babcock, 26.54S. 3, James Role, 27.97S. 7, Connor Cheff, 31.52S.
Female 8-and-under 25 Breast
8, Kaylee Kurkowski, 30.82S.
Male 9-10 50 Breast
3, Danny Henjum, 51.84S.
Male 11-12 50 Breast
2, Colton Babcock, 41.89S. 6, Logan Stephens, 45.11S.
Female 11-12 50 Breast
10, Analise Henjum, 46.21S.
Male 13-14 100 Breast
8, Henry Chisholm, 1:34.90S.
Male 15-19 100 Breast
3, Vincent Erickson, 1:18.99S.
Female 15-19 100 Breast
12, Katie Donner, 1:35.83S.
Male 8-and-under 50 Free
1, Tyler Langton, 38.31S.
Male 9-10 100 Free
11, Russell Albin, 1:36.30S.
Male 11-12 100 Free
7, Zayne Friar, 1:17.48S.
Female 11-12 100 Free
1, Karyssa Nelson, 1:08.33S.
Male 13-14 100 Free
12, Henry Chisholm, 1:14.18S.
Male 8-and-under 25 Back
1, Tyler Langton, 22.95S. 9, James Role, 29.19S.
Male 9-10 50 Back
9, Russell Albin, 55.39S.
Male 13-14 100 Back
12, Colter Norick, 5:00.00S.
Female 13-14 100 Back
9, Casey Shea, 1:34.70S.
Male 15-19 100 Back
5, Vincent Erickson, 1:18.10S.
Male 8-and-under 25 Fly
5, Cooper Babcock, 25.69S. 11, Kelton Thomas, 34.51S.
Male 9-10 50 Fly
7, Danny Henjum, 54.10S. 9, Jacob Hohman, 1:06.26S. 10, Garrett
Caffrey, 5:00.00S.
Male 11-12 50 Fly
2, Colton Babcock, 35.91S. 7, Zayne Friar, 39.22S. 12, Logan Stephens, 50.04S.
Female 11-12 50 Fly
8, Leanne Marino, 41.03S.
Male 13-14 50 Fly
12, Colter Norick, 39.24S.
Female 15-19 50 Fly
6, Katie Donner, 36.58S.
Male 15-19 400 Free
8, Garrett Role, 5:18.74S.
Female 15-19 400 Free
13, Lexi Brunz, 6:18.18S.
Male 8-and-under 100 Medley
1, A team Tyler Langton, James Role, Cooper Babcock, Bryce Dunham 1:40.98.
Female 8-and-under 100 Medley
8, A team Eddie Mae Chisholm, Madeline Swaney, Kaylee Kurkowski, Jasmine Marino 2:53.24.
Male 9-10 100 Medley
5, A team Russell Albin, Danny Henjum, Jacob Hohman, Garrett Caffrey 1:44.09.
Male 11-12 200 Medley
4, A team Colin Norick, Logan Stephens, Colton Babcock, Zayne Friar 2:56.63.
Female 11-12 200 Medley
1, A team Karyssa Nelson, Analise Henjum, Leanne Marino, Ashley Caffrey 2:42.64.
Male 15-19 200 Medley
8, A team Vincent Erickson, Henry Chisholm, Garrett Role, Zayne Brunz 2:26.25.
Male 13-14 100 Fly
6, Colter Norick, 1:28.42S.
Male 15-19 100 Fly
6, Garrett Role, 1:17.42S.
Female 15-19 100 Fly
5, Katie Donner, 1:28.40S.