Swim claims 12 event victories in sole home meet Saturday

Sandpoint swim team hosted its only home meet of the season Saturday and the Bulldogs didn’t disappoint the roaring crowd that filled the Litehouse YMCA to cheer them on.

It was senior day and Mikayla Schoening, one of Sandpoint’s star swimmers, left her mark in her final home event taking first in the girls 100 and 200 freestyle.

“Mikayla Schoening in both her 200 free and 100 free was amazing,” Sandpoint swim head coach Greg Jackson said after the meet. “She beat some really strong 5A competitors in the process.”

As a combined boys and girls team at the meet, Sandpoint finished second behind Lake City who edged out the Bulldogs 262-255. On the boys side, the Bulldogs took first by three points over Lake City and the girls fell 10 points short of the Timberwolves and claimed second.

“I was really happy with their performance [Saturday],” Jackson said. “Everyone one of them performed well one way or another.”

Along with Sandpoint and Lake City, Bonners Ferry, Lewiston and Wallace also competed. Overall, the Bulldogs won five of the six relays and won seven of the 16 individual events.

Sophomore Jack Grzincic competed in four events in the meet and had his strongest individual performance in the boys 100 backstroke where he finished first with a time of 1:09.57.

“I had a huge amount of respect for what Jack Grzincic brought to the table,” Jackson said. “He really showed up in his 100 back.”

In the boys 200 free, the Norling brothers battled it out and finished first and second as Caleb edged out his older brother Hayden by just over one second.

“I thought the Norling boys came in and really swam well,” Jackson said. “They pushed each other in the 200 free.”

On the girls side, junior Kate Bokowy shined with a time of 2:42.48 to take first in the 200 individual medley. Junior Autumn Morgan claimed wins in the 100 fly and 100 breaststroke to round out the team’s individual victories at the meet.

Jackson said his team showed a lot of depth during the event.

“We had a lot of support,” he said. “A lot of good performances from up and comers like Maren Davidson, Jacob Slocum, Emily Ballard and the rest of the team really helped support.”

Moving forward, Jackson said he is looking for the boys to continue to work on their technique and the girls to keep getting better.

“The girls are familiar with hard work, they did it last year and they’re doing it again this year,” he said. “They’re starting to really hone in on some of their technique and we saw a lot of that [Saturday] and so as long as they continue down that path I think we have a lot of room for improvement.”

Last year, the Bulldogs’ girls and boys teams finished third and fourth respectively at state and Jackson said the Bulldogs on track to finish even higher this season.

“I think we’re ahead of where we were at state last year,” he said.

Sandpoint returns to the pool Saturday, Oct. 12, to compete against Lake City, Lewiston, Post Falls and Wallace at the University of Idaho.

Sandpoint athletes in bold

GIRLS RESULTS

200 medley relay — 1, Sandpoint (Kaya Wright, Autumn Morgan, Kate Bokowy, Mikayla Schoening), 2:12.34.

200 freestyle — 1, Mikayla Schoening, Sandpoint, 2:21.81. 2, Julia Pierce, Lake City, 2:21.86. 3, Camryn Carr, Lake City, 2:30.79.

200 IM — 1, Kate Bokowy, Sandpoint, 2:42.48. 2, Nikki Cicero, Lake City, 2:46.25. 3, Emma Fritz, Lake City, 2:52.76.

50 freestyle — 1, Hailey Pierce, Lake City, 29.36. 2, Julia Cummings, BFHS, 29.37. 3, Zannah Castaneda, Lake City, 30.80.

100 butterfly — 1, Autumn Morgan, Sandpoint, 1:15.02. 2. Camryn Carr, Lake City, 1:20.60. 3. McKinley Jensen, Sandpoint, 1:43.95.

100 freestyle — 1, Mikayla Schoening, Sandpoint, 1:03.99. 2, Julia Pierce, Lake City, 1:04.60. 3, Nikki Cicero, Lake City, 1:08.52.

400 freestyle — 1, Ryan Heick, Lake City, 5:13.95. 2, Ayiana Prevost, Sandpoint, 5:23.69. 3, Emily Ballard, Sandpoint, 5:24.85.

200 freestyle relay — 1, Lake City, 2:03.97.

100 backstroke — 1, Hailey Pierce, Lake City, 1:11.34. 2, Julia Cummings, BFHS, 1:12.19. 3, Avery Gephart, Lake City, 1:16.18.

100 breaststroke — 1, Autumn Morgan, Sandpoint, 1:26.62. 2, Ryan Heick, Lake City, 1:28.64. 3, Sabrina Wilson, Sandpoint, 1:30.57.

400 freestyle relay — 1, Sandpoint (Autumn Morgan, Laila Black, Kate Bokowy, Mikayla Schoening), 4:26.76.

BOYS RESULTS

200 medley relay — 1, Sandpoint (Jack Grzincic, Hayden Norling, Aidan Nielsen, Jake Aitken), 2:02.51.

200 freestyle — 1, Caleb Norling, Sandpoint, 2:09.07. 2, Hayden Norling, Sandpoint, 2:10.32. 3, Dylan Opp, Lake City, 2:25.64.

200 IM — 1, Lance Mielke, Lake City, 2:30.61. 2, Hayden Leavitt, Sandpoint, 2:32.96. 3, Duke Mcfarland, Lake City, 2:50.48.

50 freestyle — 1, Haden Kenner, Lewiston, 26.53. 2, Aidan Nielsen, Sandpoint, 27.31. 3, Cameron Craigie, Lake City, 27.39.

100 butterfly — 1, Logan Robillard, Lake City, 1:03.48. 2, Aidan Nielsen, Sandpoint, 1:05.26. 3, Paul Janke, Lake City, 1:15.37.

100 freestyle — 1, Haden Keener, Lewiston, 1:00.06. 2, Jake Aitken, Sandpoint, 1:02.45. 3, Jack Grzincic, Sandpoint, 1:03.79.

400 freestyle — 1. Logan Robillard, Lake City, 4:25.90. 2, Caleb Norling, Sandpoint, 4:35.30. 3, Hayden Leavitt, Sandpoint, 4:41.72.

200 freestyle relay — 1, Sandpoint (Hayden Leavitt, Jake Aitken, Caleb Norling, Aidan Nielsen), 1:50.14.

100 backstroke — 1, Jack Grzincic, Sandpoint, 1:09.57. 2, Zachary Castaneda, Lake City, 1:14.36. 3, Paul Janke, Lake City, 1:17.44. 3, Cameron Craigie, Lake City, 1:17.44.

100 breaststroke — 1, Lance Mielke, Lake City, 1:14.93. 2, Hayden Norling, Sandpoint, 1:17.10. 3, Dylan Opp, Lake City, 1:23.83.

400 freestyle relay — 1, Sandpoint (Hayden Leavitt, Jack Grzincic, Caleb Norling, Hayden Norling), 4:01.19.