Twelve swimmers rang in 2021 by swimming in the Ed Kellner New Year’s Eve Mile Swim (1800-yard swim) at the Helena Family YMCA on December 31, 2020. The YMCA Mile Swim is held in honor of Ed Kellner, who inspired others to swim by mapping his miles along several U.S. waterways, including all 2,341 miles of the Missouri River.

This year’s top finisher was Helena Lions Swim Team swimmer Teagan Boyson, with a time of 23:23, finishing second was Helena Lions Swim Team swimmer Everson Connors, at 23:37, and Pog Wong rounding out the top three with a time of 29.34.

Results are listed below:

• Teagan Boyson    23:23
• Everson Connors 23:39
• Poy Wong            29:34
• Peggy Stringer    29.57.89
• Katie Steinhoff     31:00
• Karen Simpson    31:22.96
• Sydney Lamping  31:33
• Jim Dole               32:0
• Josh Pallister       38:40
• Colleen Purcell    41:33
• Margaret Corcoran  50:13
• Charlotte Sanddal   1:22:27.84

Thanks to all the finishers for the 2020 YMCA Ed Kellner Mile Swim fundraiser. Your efforts and donations are greatly appreciated. We hope to see everyone again in 2021’s Annual New Year’s Eve Mile Swim!