Bravettes make it six titles in a row

The Daily Inter Lake

Flathead boys 2nd in divisional track

BUTTE - Make that six straight.

The Flathead High School girls track team celebrated another Western AA divisional track and field championship on Saturday.

The Bravettes, who came into the competition heavy favorites and winners of this event the five previous years, did not disappoint by nearly doubling the score on runner-up Butte.

The FHS girls finished the two-day meet with 185 points. Butte followed with 94.

"We had a perfect day," said FHS coach Jerry Boschee.

"Our kids got up this morning and they were ready. Our goal was to double our point total (from Friday) and we more than did that."

Flathead led after Friday's competition with 69 points.

The Bravettes were paced on the final day by event winners Elizabeth Myers, 100 (12.56); Chelsea Hart, 100 hurdles (15.77); and Ally Krautbauer, high jump (5-0).

Myers also placed second in the 200 and the triple jump and added a third place in the 100 hurdles. She won the 300 hurdles on Friday.

Jenae Lister placed second in the 400, Kelsie Norwood was second in the high jump and Rebecca Johnson was the runner-up in the discus.

The Bravettes' 1,600 relay team also took a second.

The FHS girls scored in all nine events held Saturday. They had three placers in three events - 100, 100 hurdles and triple jump - and finished 2-3-4-6 in the 200.

"Our depth won it," said Boschee.

"Our kids were mentally prepared. They were not going to be denied. It was pretty amazing how focused they were."

All total, the Bravettes qualified 17 athletes in 14 events for the state track meet, which begins Friday in Helena.

The Flathead boys, surprising divisional winners a year ago, had to settle for second best this time around.

The Braves had one first on Saturday - the 400 relay team of Garrett Smith, Sean Clark, John Fairweather and Reed Watkins - in falling short of Helena Capital, 119-116 2/3. They were timed in 3:24.94.

Fairweather also placed second in the 1,600 and Beau Watkins was the runner-up in the 200 and placed third in the 100.

"In a whole meet like this, all it takes is some place along the line where we finish one place ahead of a Capital kid and it gives us two points and takes two away from them," said FHS boys coach Dan Hodge of how close it was.

"That's all."

Still, it was a successful weekend for the Braves. They will have 16 athletes competing in 14 events at the state meet .

"Capital, they were steady," said Hodge.

"We didn't do real well in a couple of events. That cost us. That happens sometimes in a track meet.

"We got enough kids to go to state next week to maybe make an impact."

Hodge said the relay team set a season best time by three seconds. He also said Beau Watkins ran well in the sprints.

Nine events were held on the final day and the Braves scored in seven.

BOYS

Team Totals

1, Helena Capital 119. 2, Flathead 116 2/3. 3, Butte High 94. 4, Missoula Big Sky 80 1/3. 5, Missoula Hellgate 58. 6, Helena High 52. Missoula Sentinel 6.

Individual Events

100 - 1, Corey Peterson, Capital, 11.10. 2, Nick Haynes, Butte, 11.12. 3, Beau Watkins, Flathead, 11.15. 4, Micah Horner, Big Sky, 11.21. 5, Justin Maes, Helena, 11.24. 6, Conner VanFossen, Hellgate, 11.25.

200 - 1, Nick Haynes, Butte, 22.76. 2, Beau Watkins, Flathead, 22.89. 3, Corey Peterson, Capital, 22.96. 4, Justin Maes, Helena, 22.98. 5, Micah Horner, Big Sky, 23.00. 6, Conner VanFossen, Hellgate, 23.04.

400 - 1, James Allred, Capital, 50.59. 2, Reed Watkins, Flathead, 50.90. 3, Chris Vanhorsen, Helena, 51.06. 4, Bret Hubber, Helena, 51.40. 5, Sean Clark, Flathead, 51.50. 6, Tony Cuneen, Butte, 51.54.

1,600 - 1, Hunter Nelson, Big Sky, 4:27.41. 2, John Fairweather, Flathead, 4:31.01. 3, Kyle Anderson, Big Sky, 4:33.20. 4, Eric Larson, Big Sky, 4:33.38. 5, Carl Nystuen, Kaliell, 4:33.65. 6, Seth Grossman, Flathead, 4:34.94.

110 hurdles - 1, Tony Cuneen, Butte, 15.08. 2, Jared Hunt, Capital, 15.18. 3, Tymon Gleason, Capital, 15.57. 4, Brandon Penrose, Butte, 15.94. 5, Clint Manning, Flathead, 15.95. 6, Mike Devlin, Big Sky, 16.19.

1,600 relay - 1, Flathead (Garrett Smith, Sean Clark, John Fairweather, Reed Watkins) 3:24.94. 2, Helena 3:27.11. 3, Capital 3:28.11. 4, Butte 3:28.48. 5, Big Sky 3:30.72. 6, Hellgate 3:33.23. 7, Sentinel 3:41.32.

Pole vault - 1, Bob Biskupiak, Capital, 15-0. 2, Tyler Brown, Capital, 14-0. 3, Eric Malstrom, Capital, 13-6. 4, Bryce Foley, Butte, 13-6. 5 (tie), Chris Crawford, Capital, Lance Carl, Big Sky, and Justin Maes, Helena, 13-0.

Triple jump - 1, Christian Segota, Hellgate, 44-10. 2, Mike Devlin, Big Sky, 41-11. 3, Conner O'Neill, Butte, 41-1. 4, Richie Carter, Flathead, 40-8. 5, Reed Watkins, Flathead, 40-6. 6, Matt Komac, Helena, 40-4.

Discus - 1, Andrew Woods, Hellgate, 156-0. 2, Francis, Reishus, Capital, 149-5. 3, Nick Kessler, Capital, 147-2. 4, Brian Ellingwood, Butte, 146-2. 5, Jason Russell, Flathead, 143-9. 6, Kyle Caldwell, Butte, 140-7. 7, Alex Smith, 140-5.

GIRLS

Team Totals

1, Flathead 185. 2, Butte High 94. 3, Helena High 82. 4, Missoula Hellgate 57. 4, Helena Capital 57. 6, Missoula Sentinel 31. 7, Missoula Big Sky 21.

Individual Events

100 - 1, Elizabeth Myers, Flathead, 12.56. 2, Shani Sullivan, Bute, 12.62. 3, Melissa Jenkins, Hellgate, 12.68. 4, Chelsea Hart, Flathead, 12.72. 5, Kendalyn Habel, Flathead, 12.74. 6, Whiteny Haseman, Helena, 12.87.

200 - 1, Melissa Jenkins, Hellgate, 25.61. 2, Elizabeth Myers, Flathead, 25.91. 3, Chelsea Hart, Flathead, 26.20. 4, Jenea Lister, Flathead, 26.31. 5, Whitney Haseman, Helena, 26.68. 6, Kendalyn Habel, Flathead, 26.81.

400 - 1, Melissa Jenkins, Hellgate, 58.38. 2, Jenae Lister, Flathead, 58.92. 3, Chantel Grey, Sentinel, 1:00.56. 4, Kendalyn Habel, Flathead, 1:01.46. 5, Morgan Schutte, Hellgate, 1:01.73. 6, Molly Briggeman, Hellgate, 1:03.01.

1,600 - 1, Kala Jauquet, Butte, 5:20.37. 2, Katie Gilboy, Capital, 5:20.38. 3, Kaci Hockaday, Butte, 5:24.60. 4, Elysia Andrews, Flathead, 5:27.21. 5, Alyssa Bossler, Helena, 5:31.15. 6, Mandi Jourdonnais, Capital, 5:32.00.

100 hurdles - 1, Chelsea Hart, Flathead, 15.77. 2, Gwenn Abbott, Butte, 16.13. 3, Elizabeth Myers, Flathead, 16.18. 4, Kassie Krpan, Helena, 16.46. 5, Samantha Gunliikson, Flathead, 16.50. 6, Lora Weitzel, Butte, 17.08.

1,600 relay - 1, Helena High (Whitney Haseman, Mackenzie Hilger, Erin Smith, Kassie Krpan) 4:07.00. 2, Flathead 4:07.4. 3, Butte 4:07.43. 4, Sentinel 4;08.01. 5, Hellgate 4:10.49. 6, Big Sky 4:19.13 7, Capital4:19.95.

High jump - 1, Ally Krautbauer, Flathead, 5-0. 2, Kelsie Norwood, Flathead, 5-0. 3, Jordyn Pillatzke, Helena, 5-0. 4, Gwenn Abbott, Butte, 5-0 5, Katelyn Vaala, Butte, 4-10. 6, Kristen Vaculick, Hellgate, 4-10.

Triple jump - 1, Asia Graham, Sentinel, 35-9. 2, Elizabeth Myers, Flathead, 35-6 1/2. 3, Sarah McGree, Butte, 35-2 1/2. 4, Samantha Gunlikson, Flathead, 35-0 1/2. 5. Megan Coleman, Sentinel, 34-10. 6, Kayla Smart, Flathead, 33-8.

Discus - 1, Aimee Morrison, Helena, 129-3. 2, Rebecca Johnson, Flathead, 118-2. 3, Kiandra Rajala, Hellgate, 114-3. 4, Christine Coppock, Hellgate, 111-7. 5, Joey O'Neill, Butte, 110-7. 6, Tasia Kain, Big Sky, 110-1.