On November 11, we honor the bravery and sacrifice of those who have served America in the armed forces. It is also a time to appreciate the commitment of our active military personnel and their dedicated families. Let us honor their courage. This Veterans Day, Montana Swimming asks you to join us in remembering and thanking our brave Veterans. Thank you for your service.

Montana Swimming is proud to recognize our Native American athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers, and families this month. The month of November is known as Native American Heritage Month or Indigenous Peoples Month. The purpose of this month is to focus national attention to Indigenous communities across the United States to recognize their history and significant contributions to the founding and growth of the United States. This celebratory month began as one specific day at the turn of the 20th century, but after numerous attempts to the United States Congress, it...

The Billings Fire Department hosted an award ceremony October 18 honoring two teenage girls and six firefighters for their acts of bravery this year. The girls, Sadie DeBusk and Hallelujah McPherson, were awarded with Citizen Service Medals for helping to rescue a 10-year-old girl and her father who fell off thier floatation devices in Lake Elmo on July 27. The incident involved the rescue of nine people, three of which were hospitalized. DeBusk and McPherson, who did not know each other before this occurred, had been floating in the lake....

As you think about donating food, keep the following in mind: Here are some suggestions from people getting food at a food bank and here are some things I learned from those in need: 1. Everyone donates Kraft Mac and Cheese in the box. They can rarely use it because it needs milk and butter which is hard to get from regular food banks. 2. Boxed milk is a treasure, as kids need it for cereal which they also get a lot of. 3. Everyone donates pasta sauce and spaghetti...

Coach, officials, and non-athletes, as a part of your 2026 membership, you may request, without additional cost, one 2026 USA Swimming Rulebook. Use the link below to request either the regular-size rulebook or the mini-rulebook. https://fs22.formsite.com/usaswimming/k8u6vvjyhw/index You will need your USA Swimming ID number to complete the form. The order form must be completed no later than Monday, December 1, 2025. After this date, the rulebook will need to be purchased through SwimOutlet.

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.

Jos Smith Associate Head Swim Coach The University of Utah Mobile 801-209-5668 jsmith@huntsman.utah.edu

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: This position is open. Contact Jay Friend if you are interested in serving. 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....

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