Flathead rules first day of Western AA track

| May 21, 2005 1:00 AM

The Daily Inter Lake

MISSOULA - Flathead put itself in good position to capture the boys and girls titles at the Western AA Divisional track meet on Friday.

The Bravettes, led by double winner Zoe Nelson and Liz Myers, rolled up 78 points while the Braves had two individual winners - Seth Grossman and Ryan Ross - and totaled 64 points.

Nelson won the 800 (2:19.63) and 3,200 (11:03.21). Myers posted the top time in the 300 hurdles (47.25).

The meet concludes today.

BOYS

Team Totals: Flathead 64, Butte 35, Helena High 28, Helena Capital 27, Missoula Hellgate 16, Missoula Big Sky 15, Missoula Sentinel 1.

800 - 1, Clint Choquette, But, 1:57.78; 2, Taylor Streit, Fla, 1:58.62; 3, Bryan Ferriter, HH, 1:59.43; 4, John Fairweather, Fla, 2:01.15; 5, Todd Hildreth, But, 2:01.23; 6, James Allred, Cap, 2:01.36.

3,200 - 1, Seth Grossman, Fla, 9:50.59; 2, Carl Nystuen, Fla, 9:50.92; 3, Jason Ames, HH, 9:51.25; 4, Elliot Welder, Fla, 9:51.89; 5, Jon Metropoulos, HH, 9:52.83; 6, Kyle Anderson, BSky, 9:53.37.

300 hurdles - 1, Ryan Ross, Fla, 39.48; 2, Scott Peterson, Cap, 39.51; 3, David Schelin, But, 39.75; 4, Jordan Allred, Cap, 41.00; 5, Kyle Klaudt, BSky, 41.10; 6, Riley Gravelle, Fla, 42.01.

400 relay - 1, Butte (NIck Haynes, Ryan Dennehy, David Schelin, Aaron Merrick) 43.12; 2, Hellgate 43.30; 3, Flathead 43.68; 4, Helena 43.94; 5, Big Sky 44.15; 6, Sentinel 45.03.

Javelin - 1, Bob Biskupiak, Cap, 180-10; 2, Conner VanFossen, Hgt, 171-3; 3, Brock Jahner, Fla, 168-10; 4, David Sebastian, Cap, 163-10; 5, Damian Farrier, Fla, 163-0; 6, John Farrier, Fla, 159-3.

High jump - 1, Andrew Mozer, HH, 6-4; 2, Jace Palmer, BSky, 6-2; 3, Adam Bleken, But, 6-2; 4, John Farrier, Fla, 6-2; 5, Ty Palmer, BSky, 6-0; 6, Tyler Gilder, But, 6-0.

GIRLS

Team Totals: Flathead 78, Missoula Big Sky 51, Helena High 43, Helena Capital 14, Missoula Hellgate 11, Butte 11, Missoula Sentinel 9.

800 - 1, Zoe Nelson, Fla, 2:19.63; 2, Kim Tritz, BSky, 2:21.28; 3, Shannon Ross, Fla, 2:21.76; 4, Kayla Jaquet, But, 2:22.08; 5, Elysia Andrews, Fla, 2:23.58; 6, Briana Ori, Fla, 2:25.24.

3,200 - 1, Zoe Nelson, Fla, 11:03.21; 2, Chelsea Burfeind, Fla, 11:31.68; 3, Kim Tritz, BSky, 11:36.65; 4, Alyssa Bossler, HH, 11:47.81; 5, Katie Gilboy, Cap, 11:51.46; 6, Tara Klein, Fla, 12:03.68.

300 hurdles - 1, Liz Myers, Fla, 47.25; 2, Ashley Wamsley, BSky, 48.19; 3, Caitlin Molloy, HH, 48.27; 4, Chelsea Hart, Fla, 48.37; 5, Jessie Gosselin, BSky, 49.18; 6, Shara Flores, HH, 49.27.

400 relay - 1, Flathead (Sarah Griffith, Jenae Lister, Cricket Johnston, Liz Myers) 49.48; 2, Big Sky 50.22; 3, Butte 50.60; 4, Helena 50.64; 5, Capital 50.81; 6, Hellgate 52.35.

Javelin - 1, Anna Brooks, HH, 134-9; 2, Tabitha Spencer, Fla, 118-5; 3, Erica Rominger, Sent, 107-7; 4, Amanda Bly, Fla, 105-5; 5, Breckan Jahner, Fla, 105-1; 6, Katelyn Vaala, But, 103-8.

Shot put - 1, Annie Seaman, Hgt, 37-9; 2, Aimee Morrison, HH, 36-4 3/4; 3, Emily Schwenk, BSky, 34-11 3/4; 4, Lily Peterson, Cap, 34-10 1/2; 5, Ali Mittlestadt, Sent, 34-7; 6, Erica Rominger, Sent, 34-3 1/2.

Long jump - 1, Whitney Haseman, HH, 17-1; 2, Ali Dombrouski, BSky, 16-9; 3, Ashley Kropp, Cap, 16-3 1/4; 4, K.C. Dahlgren, BSky, 16-3; 5, Samantha Gunlikson, Fla, 16-2 1/2; 6, Rachel Hansen, BSky, 15-10 3/4.