Swim Team Sends Seven to State Meet

The Malta Swim Team will be sending seven swimmers to the Montana Federation of Swimmer State Swim Meet this weekend in Lewistown.

The team qualified seven out of ten swimmers that competed in the Eastern Divisional Meet in Plentywood, which started on Friday, July 29, and concluded on Saturday, July 30.

“The first day was pretty long because there were a lot more kids than I expected,” Malta Head Coach Darrow Messerly said. “There were like 350 kids.”

The Malta boys were tenth with 58 points and the girls were also tenth with 28 points.

“It was a big learning curve for our kids b...