Breaking barriers

For 4 1/2 hours Saturday at Legends Stadium, Eureka's Emylyn Bentley was in constant motion.

The talented junior competed in five events, placing first four times, which resulted in two District 8-B meet records, and was second once.

Bentley ran four of her races in a span of three hours. She then had an 1 1/2 hour break between her fourth, the 800, and her final event, the 1,600 relay.

"I wasn't too excited when I saw that," said Bentley of the meet's schedule for events.

"I knew it was going to be tough."

She only had a 25-minute breather between the 1,600 and 400. The 800, the event she was focusing on the most, was an hour later.

"My plan was to go hard for the record," she said of the 800

"So I held back in the mile and just paced myself."

But she said her 1,600 strategy went out the window heading into the final 100 meters of the race and with her running third.

"I just had to get first; I'm too competitive," she said.

So she sprinted past Dwy Simpson of Thompson Falls and Mandi Truman of Eureka to win it with a time of 2:21.8.

She followed that with a second-place time in the 400, 1:03.86.

"Not my best of the season," she said of the 400.

But she made up for that by winning the 800 and setting a meet record with a time of 2:21.8. Tami Heckman of Plains held the old mark, 2:23, set in 1994.

"My favorite event," she said.

"I just love it."

There's also some family history attached to the 800 as well. Her two older brothers - Cole and Luke - and older sister - Holly -competed in that event for Eureka. And her younger brother Caleb, a seventh grader, is now running it.

Bentley opened the meet at 11:05 a.m. running a leg on Eureka's winning 400 relay, 52.30. She closed it out at 3:40 p.m. by anchoring the 1,600 relay to a meet record time of 4:16.09.

"It was fun," said Bentley of her busy, but productive day.

She scored 33 points for the Lions, who claimed the district title.

"I like it when I don't have to wait all day for my first event.

"I would love to (do six, or more events)," she continued.

"But I can only do five (the maximum allowed by the Montana High School Athletic Association for single day meets). I always wanted to do the javelin. I like the jumps."

Bentley did long and triple jump in the past, but the finals in those events always conflicted with her running.

Eureka finished with 153 points to top Thompson Falls, 130, for the girls title.

Thompson Falls, however, ran away with the boys crown, amassing 257 points. Eureka was second with 88.

There were four meet marks set with Eureka responsible for all.

Matt DeLong broke his brother's (Jacob's) 300 hurdle district mark (40.04) with a time of 39.82.

DeLong also won the 110 hurdles.

And Stephanie Sanders lowered her 100 hurdle time from 16.01 last year to 15.86.

The top five individuals and relays advance to the Western B Divisional in Polson Friday and Saturday.

District 8-B Track

Saturday at Legends Stadium

Kalispell

Girls

Team Totals

Eureka 153, Thompson Falls 130, Plains 95, Troy 83, Arlee 57

Individual Events

100 - 1. Elisha Kampfe, T, 12.89. 2. Laura Cameron, E, 13.26. 3. Rebecca Preleyko, P, 13.43. 4. Sam Tameler, A, 13.54. 5. Krista Kakuk, E, 13.59. 6. Lisa Bache, TF, 13.61.

200 - 1. Elisha Kampfe, T, 27.54. 2. Rebecca Preleyko, P, 27.98. 3. Melanie Finch, E, 28.79. 4. Hiddi Wood, TF, 29.20. 5. Rebecca Kovarik, TF, 29.37. 6. Sam Tameler, A, 29.45.

400 - 1. Barbie Steward, P, 1:01.98. 2. Emylyn Bentley, E, 1:03.86. 3. Melanie Finch, E, 1:04.03. 4. Rebecca Kovarik, TF, 1:05.65. 5. Lisa Padden, TF, 1:06.94. 6. Eryn Adams, E, 1:10.30.

800 - 1. Emylyn Bentley, E, 2:21.80 (meet record, old record 2:23 by Tami Heckman, Plains, 1994)

. 2. Barbie Steward, P, 2:37.70. 3. Dwy Simpson, TF, 2:49.90. 4. Stacy Steinbach, TF, 2:55.70. 5. Brittany Birrell, E, 2:56.40. 6. Sarah Flanary, E, 3:07.10.

1,600 - 1. Emylyn Bentley, E, 5:58.30. 2. Dwy Simpson, TF, 5:59.60. 3. Mandi Truman, E, 6:03.90. 4. Laura Finley, T, 6:15.30. 5. Jubi Anderson, TF, 6:27.00. 6. Megan Loehr, E, 6:33.00.

3,200 - 1. Mandi Truman, E, 13:14.40. 2. Dwy Simpson, TF, 13:35.30. 3. Laura Finley, T, 14:13.10. 5. Sieni Sacchi, TF, 15:53.30. 5. Deanna Satcher, TF, 16:06.10. 6. No placer.

400 relay - 1. Eureka (Krista Kakuk, Emylyn Bentley, Laura Cameron, Stephanie Sanders), 52.30. 2. Thompson Falls, 53.26. 3. Plains, 53.29. 4. Arlee, 55.20. 5. Troy, 1:02.84.

1,600 relay - 1. Eureka (Laura Cameron, Melanie Finch, Stephanie Sanders, Emylyn Bentley), 4:16.09 (meet record, old record 4:18.6 by Bigfork (Sheri Nevins, Jada Congdon, Breeze Hovland, Dana Macaluso), 1994). 2. Plains, 4:21.60. 3. Thompson Falls, 4:25.28. 4. No placer.

100 hurdles - 1. Stephanie Sanders, E, 15.86 (meet record, old record 16.01 by Sanders, 2004). 2. Laura Cameron, E, 16.88. 3. Amber Harvey, P, 17.06. 4. Kimberly Blonshine, E, 17.60. 5. Lucy Davis, T, 18.52. 6. Callie Block, TF, 19.33.

300 hurdles - 1. Laura Cameron, E, 47.29. 2. Stephanie Sanders, E, 47.42. 3. Amber Harvey, P, 49.83. 4. Kimberly Blonshine, E, 52.08. 5. Callie Block, TF, 56.13. 6. Heather Schramm, TF, 1:04.05.

Long jump - 1. Elisha Kampfe, T, 16-3. 2. Lucy Davis, T, 14-7 1/2. 3. Amber Harvey, P, 14-5 1/2. 4. Melanie Finch, E, 14-5 1/4. 5. Adrianna Willoughby, A, 14-1 3/4. 6. Lisa Padden, TF, 13-10 3/4.

Shot put - 1. Amber Larsen, T, 32-3 1/2. 2. Alyssa O'Neil, A, 31-7 3/4. 3. Rebecca Preleyko, P, 31-0. 4. Tala Dandan, E, 30-1 1/2. 5. Megan Hanay, E, 30-0. 6. Miranda Meidinger, A, 28-4.

Discus - 1. Melissa French, P, 108-0. 2. Alyssa O'Neil, A, 100-0. 3. Miranda Meidinger, A, 96-2. 4. Stephanie Butler, TF, 93-1 1/2. 5. Megan Hanay, E, 91-2. 6. Amber Larsen, T, 89-9.

Triple jump - 1. Elisha Kampfe, T, 33-0. 2. Amber Grazier, TF, 32-5 3/4. 3. Lisa Padden, TF, 30-9. 4. Lucy Davis, T, 29-11 1/2. 5. Sam Kujala, P, 29-11 1/2. 6. Ashton Vulles, P, 29-4 1/2.

Javelin - 1. Lisa Bache, TF, 113-8. 2. Rebecca Kovarik, TF, 113-2 1/2. 3. Ashton Vulles, P, 110-9. 4. Barbie Steward, P, 101-10. 5. Sam Kujala, P, 101-7. 6. Rayme Bringel, A, 92-0.

High jump - 1. Amber Grazier, TF, 5-1. 2. Lisa Padden, TF, 4-10. 3. Elisha Kampfe, T, 4-8. 4. Jonnell Wieder, A, 4-4. 5. Hiddi Wood, TF, 4-4. 6. Rayme Bringel, A, 4-4.

Pole vault - 1. Annie Rice, A, 9-0. 2. Adrianna Willoughby, A, 8-6. 3. Eryn Adams, E, 7-6. 4. Lisa Padden, TF, 7-0. 5. Callie Block, TF, 6-6. 6. Heather Schramm, TF, 6-0.

Boys

Team Totals

Thompson Falls 257, Eureka 88, Plains 86, Arlee 65, Troy 28

Individual Events

100 - 1. Ryan Dorrian, TF, 11.45. 2. Tony Kazmierczak, TF, 11.68. 3. Seth Hershman, A, 11.89. 4. Tony Molzhon, TF, 12.32. 5. Brandon Damaskas, TF, 12.33. 6. Zane Cooper, E, 12.34.

200 - 1. Ryan Dorrian, TF, 22.64. 2. Tony Kazmierczak, TF, 22.98. 3. Matt DeLong, E, 23.83. 4. Danny Miles, A, 24.27. 5. Seth Hershman, A, 24.86. 6. Erik Schutz, TF, 24.98.

400 - 1. Ryan Dorrian, TF, 50.39. 2. Tony Kazmierczak, TF, 50.48. 3. Ryan Broyhill, TF, 52.79. 4. Coyote Fairbank, TF, 53.40. 5. Thane Adams, E, 53.61. 6. Erik Schutz, TF, 54.64.

800 - 1. Dane Steward, P, 2:03.70. 2. Ryan Broyhill, TF, 2:07.90. 3. Coyote Fairbank, TF, 2:10.34. 4. Theron Truman, E, 2:11.93. 5. Robert Childress, P, 2:15.01. 6. Nate Cole, Plains, 2:16.48.

1,600 - 1. Dane Steward, P, 4:28.45. 2. Derek Naegeli, TF, 4:42.00. 3. Jacob Naegeli, TF, 4:44.00. 5. Theron Truman, E, 4:47.00. 5. Shane Donaldson, TF, 4:54.00., 6. Robert Childress, P, 5:03.00.

3,200 - 1. Dane Steward, P, 10:24.40. 2. Derek Naegeli, TF, 10:40.00. 3. Theron Truman, E, 10:43.40. 4. Shane Donaldson, TF, 10:52.60. 5. Edwin Ayala, T, 11:15.80. 6. John Gibbons, E, 11:24.90.

400 relay - 1. Thompson Falls (Tony Molzhon, Tony Kazmierczak, Ryan Dorrian, Brandon Damaskas), 45.16. 2. Arlee, 47.09. 3. Eureka, 47.76. 4. Plains, 48.90. 5. Troy, 49.68.

1,600 relay - 1. Thompson Falls (Ryan Broyhill, Ryan Dorrian, Erik Schutz, Tony Kazmierczak), 3:34.30. 2. Plains, 3:42.22. 3. Eureka, 3:51.40. 4. Arlee, 3:51.70. 5. Troy, 4:14.86.

110 hurdles - 1. Matt DeLong, E, 15.67. 2. Thane Adams, E, 17.22. 3. Ryan Brunett, T, 17.24. 4. Cory Greenwood, E, 17.34. 5. Ryan Morehouse, TF, 17.78. 6. Greg Flaherty, TF, 19.91.

300 hurdles - 1. Matt DeLong, E, 39.82 (meet record, old record 40.04 by Jacob DeLong, Eureka, 2002). 2. Thane Adams, E, 42.82. 3. Ryan Morehouse, TF, 43.12. 4. Jeremy McKeen, TF, 44.45. 5. Cory Greenwood, E, 44.95. 6. Greg Schenavar, TF, 45.73.

Long jump - 1. Danny Miles, A, 19-5 1/2. 2. Ryan Morehouse, TF, 18-2 1/4. 3. Marcus Heisler, TF, 18-1. 4. D.J. Sharp, T, 17-9 1/2. 5. Elijah Necessary, P, 17-4. 6. Matt Baker, A, 17-1.

Shot put - 1. Richard Cork, TF, 46-7. 2. Nate Bache, TF, 45-5. 3. Nick Taylor, P, 45-2 1/2. 4. Graham Cook, E, 44-6. 5. Colton Stoltz, TF, 43-8. 6. Brandon Thompson, P, 42-10.

Discus - 1. Brandon Thompson, P, 147-10. 2. Richard Cork, TF, 135-9. 3. Nick Taylor, P, 135-4 1/2. 4. Graham Cook, E, 134-1. 5. Travis Larson, P, 124-4. 6. Keith Molzhon, TF, 120-5.

Triple jump - 1. Danny Miles, A, 41-9 1/2. 2. Marcus Heisler, TF, 39-4 1/2. 3. Ryan Morehouse, TF, 38-0. 4. Matt Baker, A, 36-9. 5. Nate Bache, TF, 36-8 1/2. 6. D.J. Sharp, T, 36-1 1/2.

Javelin - 1. Nate Bache, TF, 198-6. 2. Brandon Thompson, P, 170-5. 3. Kevin Ng, TF, 154-3. 4. Brandon Roy, P, 146-6. 5. Greg Schenavar, TF, 142-11. 6. John Horodyski, P, 122-7.

High jump - 1. Nate Bache, TF, 5-8. 2. Danny Miles, A, 5-6. 3. (tie) D.J. Sharp, T, and Ryan Brunett, T, 5-4. 5. Matt Baker, A, 5-2. 6. Tyler Janssen, T, 5-2.

Pole vault - 1. Greg Schenavar, TF, 12-6. 2. Brian Schevavar, TF, 11-0. 3. Jacob Santos, A, 10-0. 4. Greg Morehouse, TF, 9-6. 5. Jobi Armstrong, E, 9-0. 6. No placer.