Clark, Ogden state champs

Flathead girls second, boys third in AA track

The Daily Inter Lake

HELENA - Flathead's Sean Clark and Dan Ogden were event winners Friday during first-day action at the Class AA state track and field meet at Vigilante Stadium.

Clark won the 800 with a personal-best time of 1:56.49 while Ogden had a personal best in the shot put with a distance of 57-1.

Ogden, who came in with a 54-3 1/2 best effort, won state by five feet.

"He had five throws that would have won the competition," said Flathead boys coach Dan Hodge of Ogden.

"His third throw (was his best)."

Hodge said Ogden's winning distance will rank him either third or fourth in school history.

Clark's previous best time in the 800 was 1:57.2.

"Sean led from start to finish," said Hodge.

"He really had to push it the last 100 meters."

The Flathead boys are sitting third in the team standings with 35 points. Billings West leads with 66 and Helena Capital is second with 46.

"We placed in all of our events today that we competed in except for one," said Hodge.

"That was the 400 relay. We blew a handoff for the first time in 4-5 years."

Coming in, the relay team had the fourth best time. They were leading Friday after the first two handoffs.

Flathead's other top finishes were turned in by Seth Grossman and Carl Nystuen, who placed third and fourth, respectively, in the 3,200.

The Flathead girls had no individual winners, but still managed to pile up the second most point total with 41. Billings West leads the standings with 59.

The Bravettes had two individual runners-up in Elizabeth Myers, 300 hurdles; and Ally Krautbauer, high jump.

Her time, 45.21, was a personal best

The Bravettes' 400 relay team also finished second. Running on that were Chelsea Hart, Jenae Lister, Kendalyn Habel and Myers.

Hart also placed third in the 300 hurdles.

Her time, 45.96, was a personal best.

The FHS girls are defending state champions.

"I think we had probably as good a performance as we could have," said Flathead girls coach Jerry Boschee.

"We have a couple kids that were disappointed in what they did, but overall, the coaches are really happy with what they saw."

Class AA

At Helena

Boys

Team Totals

1. Billings West 66; 2. Helena Capital 46; 3. Flathead 35; 4. Missoula Big Sky 33.50; 5. Bozeman 22; 6. Butte 21; 7. Great Fallls 21; 8. Helena 18; 9. Missoula Hellgate, 15; 10. Billings Skyview 14.50; 11. C.M. Russell, 10; 12. Billings Senior 8

Individual Results

300 hurdles - 1. Logan Polkow, Skyview, 39.49; 2. Bret Hubber, Helena, 39.60; 3. Kyle Klaudt, Big Sky, 39.65; 4. Josh Stuberg, Helena, 40.02; 5. Justin, Hickert, Boz, 40.61; 6. Layne Scheveck, Skyview, 41.57.

400 relay - 1. West, 42.99; 2. Butte, 43.24; 3. Big Sky, 39.65; 4. CMR 43.67, 5. Helena 43.69; 6. Hellgate, 43.73.

800 - 1. Sean Clark, Flathead, 1:56.49; 2. Nathan Adams, Boz, 1:56.57; 3. James Allred, Capital, 1:56.58; 4. Eric Larson, Big Sky, 1:57.47; 5. Kenny Hornung, Skyview, 1:57.91; 6. John Fairweather, Flathead, 1:57.98.

Long jump - 1. Corey Peterson, Cap, 22-4; 2. Chris Wells, West, 20-7 1/2; 3. Christian Segota, Hellgate, 20-5 1/2; 4. Jase Muri, West 20-5; 5. Bob Biskupiak, Cap, 20-1 3/4; 6. Adam Bleken, Butte, 20-1 1/2.

100 - 1. Aaron Booth, Great Falls, 11.08; 2. Nate Neujahr, West 11.09; 3. Christian Prosperie, CMR, 11.09, 4. Micah Horner, Big Sky, 11.15; 5. Corey Peterson, Cap, 11.18; 6. Josh Colvin, Senior, 11.19.

400 - 1. Chris Carlson, West, 50.41; 2. Nate Neujahr, West, 50.42; 3. James Allred, Cap, 50.46; 4. Chris Van Horssen, Helena, 50.86; 5. Josh Colvin, Senior 50.93; 6. Reed Watkins, Flathead, 51.04.

High Jump - 1. Adam Bleken, Butte, 6-5; 2. Christian Segota, Hellgate, 6-4; 3. Kevin Corwin, GFH, 6-2; 4. Kevin Henry, Skyview, 6-0; 6. Terrence Tolson, Big Sky

Shot put - 1. Dan Ogden, Flathead, 57-1; 2. Brand Quessenberry, West, 52; 3. Darby Reardon, GFH, 51-2 1/2; 4. Michael Sisk, West, 50-3 1/2; 5. Nick Kessler, Cap, 49-9; 6. Damian Farrier, Flathead, 49-6 3/4.

3200 - 1. Hunter Nelson, Big Sky, 9:34.55; 2. Kyle Anderson, Big Sky, 9:34.97; 3. Seth Grossman, Flathead, 9:39.21; 4. Carl Nystuen, Flathead, 9:40.87; 5. Devin Cowan, Boz, 9:41.07; 6. Elliot Welder, Flathead, 9:42.59.

Discus - 1. Nick Kessler, Cap, 161-2; 2. Francis Reishus, Cap, 152-11; 3. Jordan Eavaert, West, 148-11; 4. James Cole, Boz, 148-1; 5. Brian Ellingwood, Butte, 145-8; 6. Jason Russell, Flathead, 139-9.

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Girls

Team Totals

1. Billings West 59; 2. Flathead 41; 3. Bozeman 39; 4. Helena 30; 5. Billings Senior 29; Missoula Hellgate 26; C. M. Russell 25; Butte 15; Helena Capital 10; Billings Skyview 4; Missoula Sentinel 1.

Individual Results

300 hurdles - 1. Shantell Marquis, CMR, 44.55; 2. Elizabeth Myers, Flathead, 45.21; 3. Chelsea Hart, Flathead; 4. Loney Salone, Skyview, 46.14; 5. Kassie Krpan, Helena, 46.62; 6. Sarah Carrier, Sentinel; 47.57.

400 relay - 1. Bozeman, 48.88; 2. Flathead 49.16; 3. Hellgate, 49.70; 4. West 49.72; 5. Butte 50.27; 6. CMR 50.53.

Discus - 1. Aimee Morrison, Helena, 137; 2. Lexi Halvorson, West, 136-3; 3. Kelsey Hopkins, CMR, 128-10; 4. Kirsten Tilleman, Boz, 123-1; 5. Cortney Zappe, West, 121; 6. Emily Willmuth, Boz, 114-10.

200 - 1. Melissa Jenkins, Hellgate, 25.95; 2. Kelsey Ham, Boz, 26.03; 3. Leslie Saunders, Boz, 26.19; 4. Lauryn McKay, West, 26.22; 5. Elizabeth Myers, Flathead, 26.29; 6. Chelsea Hart, Flathead, 26.48

High jump - 1. Gwen, Abbott, Butte, 5-2; 2. Ally Krauthauer, Flathead, 5-2; 3. Jordyn Pillatzke, Helena; 4. Kylie Edinger, Senior, 5-0; 5. Brianna Perry, CMR; 6. Jessica Leslie, West; 5-0.

1600 - 1. Bridgette Hoenke, Senior, 5:06.91; 2. Carly Selleck, West, 5:12.79; 3. Auriele Fain, Senior, 5:13.78; 4. Elysia Andrews, Flathead, 5:14.11; 5. Kate Dolan, Boz, 5:15.26; 6. Kayla Jaquet, Butte, 5:15.65

400 - 1. Melissa Jenkins, Hellgate, 57.60; 2. Kelsey Ham, Boz, 58.02; 3. Lauryn McKay, West, 58.21; 4. Jenae Lister, Flathead, 59.11; 5. Shantell Marquis, CMR, 59.52; 6. Kelly O'Malley, Senior 1:00.18.

Long jump - 1. Jessica Leslie, West, 17-6 3/4; 2. Courtney Kosovich, Senior 17-5 1/2; 3. Whitney Haseman, Helena, 17-4 1/2; 4. Callie Muri, West 16-9 1/2; 5. Shani Sullivan, Butte, 16-7; 6. Ashley Kropp, Cap, 16-4 3/4

Shot put - 1. Cortney Zappe, West, 40-8 1/4; 2. Lily Peterson, Cap, 38-8; 3. Aimee Morrison, Helena, 37-8; 4. Kelsey Hopkins, CMR, 37; 5. Lexi Halvorson, West, 37-4; 6. Nicole Becker, Cap, 35-6 1/2.