Plains Piranhas rule the seas in Fort Benton
<p>Hondo Ryan works out at the EL Johnson Memorial Pool as part of the Piranhas Swim Team. The team from Plains will next compete in Conrad this weekend.</p>
PLAINS- The Piranhas of Plains continue to drop seconds from their times as the team swarmed into Fort Benton over the weekend with 24 swimmers competing. According to Swim Coach Rachel Cremer, the team keeps upping the ante against stiff competition from more experienced teams around the region.
“What a great meet,” said Cremer. “We took 24 swimmers to Fort Benton and saw some of the best swims of the season. We saw 18 of our swimmers make it into the finals.”
Kendra Newman dominated in the pool once again placing third in the 100-meter freestyle, second in the 50-meter butterfly and bringing home first place in the 50-meter freestyle.
Grace Alexander placed first in the girls 11-12 100-meter backstroke and Isaac Cremer took third in the boys 11-12 50-meter breaststroke.
In one of the more remarkable performances, Cooper Szafryk shaved off a whopping 14 seconds from his 100-meter freestyle race. Szafryk is a first year swimmer and had one of the largest time drops of the meet for the Piranhas.
“We are so proud of the swimmers and the parents who came out to Fort Benton,” said Cremer. “This week we will continue to work on stroke technique and speed work as we look forward to traveling to Conrad this weekend.”
Race results: Grace Alexander; girls 11-12 50-meter freestyle third place; 50-meter backstroke first place; Dewey Arnold; boys 13-14 100-meter freestyle eighth place; Logan Benson; boys 13-14 50-meter butterfly seventh place; Josh Connolly; boys 13-14 100-meter freestyle seventh place; Darian Cremer; girls 9-10 50-meter breaststroke twelfth place; Isaac Cremer; boys 11-12 100-meter freestyle sixth place; 50-meter breaststroke third place; Noah Cremer; boys eight and under 25-meter breaststroke fourth place; Genevieve Deschamps; girls eight and under 100-meter IM fifth place; 25-meter butterfly fourth place; Natalee Deschamps; girls 11-12 50-meter butterfly twelfth place; Jacelynn DuBois; girls 11-12 200-meter IM sixth place; 50-meter butterfly fifth place; Makiya DuBois; girls 9-10 50-meter freestyle sixth place; 50-meter butterfly fifth place; Alexis Helterline; girls eight and under 100-meter IM seventh place; Grace Horton; girls eight and under 100-meter IM sixth place; Wyatt Horton; boys 11-12 50-meter breaststroke tenth place; Emma Mortenson; girls 9-10 100-meter freestyle tenth place; Kendra Newman; girls 9-10 100-meter freestyle third place; 50-meter butterfly second place; 50-meter freestyle first place; Elijah Pomije; boys 11-12 50-meter breaststroke twelfth place; Cooper Szafryk; boys 13-14 100-meter freestyle tenth place.