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STATS:
State champion 50 freestyle & 100 freestyle | Third place 400 freestyle relay
Growing up, as early as he can remember Colton loved to swim. He competed for club teams and developed into a state standout, but when he arrived at Columbia Falls High School, he was afraid he wouldn’t get to represent his school in the pool because there wasn’t a team. With the enthu- siasm and support of Colton and others, the school added a swim program last year. And after only two seasons, they’ve already made their school and hometown proud. Colton won a pair of indi- vidual state championships this winter and guided the Columbia Falls boys team to its rst title. Babcock won the boys 50 freestyle in 21.95 and the 100 freestyle in 46.91. The boys team trailed Bill- ings Central by one point enter- ing the nal competition at state, the 400 freestyle relay. Colum- bia Falls — Babcock, Zayne Friar, Sage Wanner and Jacob Hohman — set a school record, taking third in 3:33.31.
COLTON BABCOCK
SCHOOL | Columbia Falls
CLASS | Junior
STATS:
Third place 500 freestyle Fourth place 200 IM
Fourth place 200 freestyle relay Third place 200 freestyle relay
AJ swam every event in the pool this winter and excelled just about every stroke of the way. Only 13 years old, the freshman phenom rewrote every single individual swimming record at Glacier High School. This winter she swam the 200 freestyle in 1:59.21; the 200 IM in 2:13.47; the 50 free- style in 24.50; the 100 butter y in 1:02.08; the 100 freestyle in 55.21; the 500 freestyle in 5:22.94; the 100 backstroke in 1:00.21; and the 100 breastroke in 1:14.67. She also led the relays to school records; the 200 freestyle relay hit 1:44.22 and the 400 freestyle relay swam 3:49.28. At the state swim meet, she was her normal calm self and brought home a pair of individual all-state medals and another pair of relay medals. She continues to swim year-round with the goal of adding many more medals and records to her resume.
AJ POPP
SCHOOL | Glacier
CLASS | Freshman
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