2025 Swim Season Recap
Hello Rapids!
What a season! From thrilling meets to personal breakthroughs, the 2025 Rapids made this summer unforgettable. As we wrap up, we want to celebrate the highlights, thank our supporters, and share some great off-season info for those who want to keep swimming.
This is going to be the last email of the season. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]
From a records perspective, the Rapids completed their first winning season since 2018, finishing 4–1—a huge milestone! To give you a sense of how long ago that was: back in 2018, our graduating senior and Junior Coach Jacob was still swimming in the 11–12 age group.
To top it off, we also won Relay Carnival for the first time in over a decade—an incredible team achievement! But beyond the records, what matters most is that we had fun, supported one another, and grew stronger as a team. It’s been an exceptional year, and everyone should be proud of what we accomplished together.
Divisionals – Results Recap
🔥 69 Personal Bests! 🔥
Congratulations to our Rapids event winners:
- Kyla Blaney – 50 Back & 25 Fly
- Abby Bockman – 100 IM
- Catherine Gates – 25 Breast
- Henry Ohlhorst – 25 Back & 25 Free
- Layla Sacks – 25 Back & 25 Fly
We believe the Rapids had the most swimmers competing at Divisionals this year—including more than 15 alternates who bid in! What a way to finish the season strong.
- Division Results are attached
- The final 2025 Rapids Ladder is also attached
- Divisional Personal Bests are attached
Individual All-Star Qualifiers
🎉 Congratulations to our Rapids swimmers who qualified for Individual All-Stars!
- Kyla Blaney – 50M Backstroke (and alternate for 25M Butterfly)
- Benjamin Bertin – 50M Backstroke & 50M Butterfly
- Luka Beslic – 50M Breaststroke
- Layla Sacks – 25M Butterfly & 50M Butterfly
We are so proud of these swimmers for achieving All-Star qualifying times—what an amazing capstone to the season!
Banquet Recap
We had a GREAT time celebrating at the banquet last night!
A HUGE shout-out to our Banquet Sponsors:
- 🍺 Dynasty Brewing – for providing a huge discount on amazing craft beer
- 🍷 The Wine Outlet – Great Falls – for donating ALL the wine for the evening
- 🍽️ BRX Bistro – for catering the event and providing food & service at a deep discount
Thank you to Ivy for coordinating everything, and to all the volunteers who helped pull it off—despite the challenging weather!
To those who made it: we’re so glad you came.
To those who couldn’t due to the storm: we missed you!
Awards & Slideshow
🏅 All of the award winners are now posted on SwimTopia:
👉 2025 Rapids Awards
🎬 The season slideshow is also available online:
👉 Rapids Slideshow & Videos
(Take a trip down memory lane by checking out the other videos too!)
Thinking About Year-Round Swimming?
As Coach Dylan reminded us, the best way to get ready for next summer is to swim year-round!
Many of our Rapids swim during the off-season with local teams:
- 🏊♂️ Machine Aquatics
- Coaches Dylan & Jason both coach full-time with Machine
- 20–30 Rapids already swim with them
- Visit Machine Aquatics
- You can reach out directly to Coach Dylan, Coach Jason, or contact Machine via the website
- 🐟 The FISH
- Another strong program with many Rapids swimmers
- Visit The FISH
- Questions? Ask the Jen Bockmans or Elizabeth Wiley-Jimenez for their experience!
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
In addition to our Banquet sponsors, we couldn’t do this season without the incredible support of our team sponsors. Their generosity allows us to hire the best coaches and keep registration fees affordable:
- ✈️ Archer Luxury Travel – Contact Ivy Dastur for all your travel planning needs!
- 🌿 Rosen Landscaping – A long-time Rapids supporter.
- 🍦 The Great Falls Creamery – Locally owned by a member of the club—visit for a milkshake or scoop of something sweet!
- 🌮 Chuy’s – While not at the banquet this year, they provided Swimmer of the Week gift cards all season!
Post-Season Pickups & Rapids Reunion
We’ll find a time later this summer for a "Rapids Reunion" for families to:
- 🛍️ Pick up any remaining merch that was purchased but not collected
- 🎁 Grab some extra free Rapids gear we have left over
- 🎖️ Pick up final Personal Best ribbons from the season
We’re so proud of this team, and grateful for the amazing support from our families, swimmers, coaches, and sponsors.
Have a great rest of the summer – and we’ll see you in 2026!
Go Rapids!
Your Team Reps
Mandy, Noelle, and Shaq