Once again former Missoula Aquatic Club swimmer Katharine Berkoff is the fastest American woman in the 50 LCM backstroke! At the USA Swimming Toyota National Championships in Indianapolis on June 5, Berkoff easily won the preliminary heats. Then in the finals she swam a record breaking time of 26.97 seconds becoming the first American woman to post a sub-27 second time. The previous record of 27.10 was held by Reagan Smith who took second in the event. Berkoff also broke the US Open record (fastest time set on US soil)...

Montana Swimming is pleased to recognize our athletes of the year, sportspersons of the year and the outstanding volunteer of the year. Cavan O’Connor (BOZ) and Kaia Lyons (BOZ) were named the 2025 Montana Swimming Male and Female Athletes of the Year. Both have the highest power point total form five events of any athlete sin the state. Congratulations on your outstanding performances, Cavan and Kaia. Daniel Apostol (BY) and Aeri La (MYST) were named the 2025 Montana Swimming Sportspersons of the Year. Both are seniors in high school and...

2025 University of Utah Swim Camps Join Utah Swim Camps this summer and be coached by 2008 Olympian, and Utah Head Coach, Jonas Persson. Jonas just finished 10 years at Utah and three as head coach. He finished 5th at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. He is also an European Champion and 13-time All-American. Spots for Utah Swim Camps this summer are filling up quickly. We are 75% full right now. WWW.UTAHUTESSWIMCAMPS.COM. Start & Turn June 5-6 Overnight, Extended Day & Day Camp June 19-13 Start & Turn...

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...

Everyone, I wanted to send out a reminder about fees owed to Montana Swimming including meet sanction fees, per swimmer meet fee, meet entry fees. All swim meet fees and sanction fees must be paid to Montana Swimming by 20 days after the conclusion of the meet. Fill out the athlete information on the meet financial report and send it and your check to Beth Storey, MT Swimming Finance Vice Chair, 3267 Cabernet Dr, Helena, MT 59601. Your meet financial report is due within 45 days after the conclusion of...

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 Montana Swimming Short Course State Championships and the 2025 Montana Swimming Junior BC Championships will both be held at the Butte Family YMCA. A specific date has not been set for the two swim meets. The two championship meets will be held between February 20 and March 9. At issue is when to schedule the two meets without conflicting with another meet. The 2025 MHSA High School state meet is February 13-15 in Great Falls. The 2025 YMCA Regional Championships are February 28 and March 1-2 in Boise....

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...