Pirate swimmers place well, Sloan medals twice

 by John Heglie

 
In its inaugural season debut, the Polson swim team added a couple of other firsts to its list. Due to scheduling changes related to the virus pandemic, the Pirates became host for the State A-B swim meet held at Mission Valley Aquatics and Fitness the first weekend of March. They also crowned one of their own twice state champion when Mason Sloan captured medalist honors with first place finishes in both the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke. Trey Wyman would place fifth in the 100 backstroke and finish sixth in the 50 freestyle.

A trio of Lady Pirate swashbucklers just missed making the grid. Aspen McKee was just seven hundredths of a second from placing in the 200 freestyle and less than nine hundredths off the pace from placing in the 500 freestyle.
Hope Morrison was a mere three tenths of a second from squeezing into the top six in the girls 50 freestyle and less than five tenths off the pace in the 100 butterfly. Freshman Isabel Seeley trailed Morrison by mere fractions of a second in both events.

The inaugural Polson Pirate swim team might have been small in numbers, but much like the penchant of proverbial pirates in pursuit of treasures, they turned their disadvantage in numbers into a rewarding acquisition which in this case yielded a pair of state champion finishes as well as associated all-state credentials for two of their swimmers.

 
Girls

Team scores

1, Billings Central 102; 2, Bigfork 52; 3, Whitefish 42; 4, Hardin 34; 5, Havre 30.5; 6, Columbia Falls 11.5; dnp: Polson (Pol), East Helena.

Individual event results for Polson

200yd Freestyle – 9, Aspen McKee (Pol) 2:31.53

50yd Freestyle – 9, Hope Morrison (Pol) 29.26; 13, Isabel Seeley (Pol) 31.23

100yd Butterfly – 10, Hope Morrison (Pol) 1:20.89; 16, Isabel Seeley (Pol) 1:31.86

500yd Freestyle – 8, Aspen McKee (Pol) 6:45.02
 
Boys

Team scores

1, Billings Central 74; 2, Whitefish 71; 3, Columbia Falls 43; 4, Havre 35; 5, Hardin 20; 6, Polson (Pol) 17; 7, East Helena 1.
 
Individual event results for Polson

200yd Freestyle – 1, Mason Sloan (Pol) 1:52.97.

50yd Freestyle – 6, Trey Wyman (Pol) 27.99.

100yd Backstroke – 5, Trey Wyman (Pol) 1:08.51.

100yd  Breaststroke – 1, Mason Sloan (Pol) 1:05.18.

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