Piper Lynch, HLST, was elected the new Montana Swimming Finance Vice Chair. All sanction fees, meet fees, amd any other payments should be mailed to Piper at the following address: Piper Lynch PO Box 936 Helena, MT 59624 If your teams wishes to pay by ACH, contact treasurer Matt Yovich.

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The following officer positions were elected/appointed at the Montana Swimming Fall HOD meeting: Finance Vice Chair: Piper Lynch (HLST). Her address is PO Box 936, Helena, MT 59624. Mail all checks to Piper. Program Operations (Zones) Vice Chair: Kim Jakub (BAC). Secretary: Susan Huckeby (BTST). Coach Representative: Kristen Wyatt (BY) and Brady Baughman (MYST). DDEI Chair: Susan Huckeby (BTST. Appointed positions: Safe Sport Chair: Dave Dorak (GAC) Technical Planning Chair: Jessica Marshall (BAC). Registration Chair: Susan Huckeby and Jay Friend. Operational Risk/Safety Chair: Pat Gilmatin (LAKE) Program Development Vice Chair:...

Montana Swimming is pleased to announce that two of our athletes have qualified for the 2024-2025 USA Swimming Scholastic All America team: Billings Aquatic Club’s Sy Pizzolato and Billings YMCA’s Daniel Apostol. Both are not only fast, but smart as well! Congratulations! Sy is a 2025 graduate of Billings Senior High School and has a 4.0 gpa. Sy’s coach is Sean Marshall. Daniel is a 2025 graduate of Billings Central High School and has a 4.0 gpa. Daniel’s coach is Kristen Wyatt. To qualify athletes must have completed the 9th,...

Katharine Berkoff is the new world champion in the 50 meter backstroke. Berkoff swam to the gold medal in 27.08 seconds to win the 50 LCM backstroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore! Congratulations Katharine!! Katharine’s mom Shirley was celebrating in the stands. Regan Smith captured the silver medal with a time of 27.25 seconds. In the 100 meter backstroke, Regan Smith won the silver medal, and Katharine Berkoff won the bronze medal. Photo courtesy Judy Gustafson Facebook post

It's official, Sy Pizzolato (BAC) has been named to represent Team USA in the Tokyo Deaflympics, Nov 2025! Through the approval and support of his college coach this coming fall, Sy will briefly interrupt his collegiate swim season to compete in Tokyo in November. Sy will be swiming in college at Augustana University. Sy must pay his own way to compete as a member of Team USA so a fundraiser has been set up to assit him and his family to travel to Tokyo. If you would like to support...

Analise Belasco, Bozeman Barracudas, and Michael Schermerhorn, Missoula YMCA Swim Team, were named the 2023-2024 Montana Swimming Sportspersons of the Year during the recent Montana Swimming House of Delegates meeting. The award honors high school juniors and seniors who show outstanding leadership, sportsmanship, team spirit, and service to their clubs and Montana Swimming. Analise served as the Montana Swimming athlete representative for two years. She served as an athlete representative and group leader at the recent Montana – Wyoming Swimposium in Cody, WY. The Bozeman High School senior will be...

The 2025 Western Zone Short Course Championships will be held on February 14 - 17, 2025, in Irvine. The Montana High School State Swimming Meet is scheduled for the same date. This decision was approved at the Western Zone House of Delegates in September, 2023, to be more inclusive of California teams - athletes, coaches, officials - who have not yet had full access to this event, due to scheduling conflicts of High School Swimming in California. The Steering Committee recognizes that most Senior Zone-level athletes are likely to be...