Bravettes place 5th at invitational

The Daily Inter Lake

GREAT FALLS - Jerry Boschee was right - at least for now.

The Flathead Bravette head track coach predicted before the season began that Bozeman would be the team in Class AA to beat. And right behind the Hawks, Boschee listed Billings West, Billings Senior, Butte and Flathead.

That's exactly the order in which those five teams finished at Saturday's 37th annual Great Falls Optimist Club Invitational.

The Bravettes scored 55 points to finish fifth. Bozeman was first with 124, followed by Billings West, 108, Billings Senior, 78, and Butte, 60.

"The biggest positive is we placed in 12 of 17 events," Boschee said.

"The events we didn't place in, we were pretty conservative with our athletes. We didn't run all our athletes in their usual events."

Samantha Gunlikson led the Bravettes by placing in three events. She was fourth in triple jump, fifth in long jump and seventh in 100 hurdles.

Shannon Ross had the highest placing for the Bravettes. She garnered a third in the 800 (2:23.19).

37th Great Falls Optimist Club Invitational

Saturday in Great Falls

At Memorial Stadium

Team scores

Bozeman 124, Billings West 108, Billings Senior 78, Butte High 60, Flathead 55, C.M. Russell High 53, Helena High 52, Missoula Big Sky 52, Helena Capital 24, Missoula Hellgate 19, Great Falls High 18, Havre 11, Missoula Sentinel 8, Billings Skyview 1

Individual results

100 - 1. Leslie Saunders, Bozeman, 12.88; 2. Melissa Jenkins, Big Sky, 12.91; 3. Kelsey Ham, Bozeman, 12.94; 4. Jessica Leslie, West, 13.04; 5. Whitney Haseman, Helena, 13.08; 6. Bobbi Furrer, Hellgate, 13.21; 7. Jayna Zevkovich, Butte, 13.22; 8. Kate Striepe, CMR, 13.10.

200 - 1. Melissa Jenkins, Big Sky, 26.00; 2. Lauryn McKay, West, 26.38; 3. Leslie Saunders, Bozeman, 26.60; 4. Whitney Haseman, Helena, 26.61; 5. Jessica Leslie, West, 26.70; 6. Emilee Grubb, Bozeman, 27.10; 7. Megan Davis, Bozeman, 27.30; 8. Molly Briggeman, Hellgate, 27.60.

400 - 1. Kelsey Ham, Bozeman, 59.00; 2. Melissa Jenkins, Big Sky, 59.50; 3. Lauryn McKay, West, 59.63; 4. Jenae Lister, Flathead, 59.77; 5. Kaitlin Carey, Bozeman, 1:01.33; 6. Coriann Clark, Bozeman, 1:01.40; 7. Demi Wignot, Helena, 1:01.46; 8. Erin Smith, Helena, 1:02.33.

800 - 1. Auriele Fain, Senior, 2:21.06; 2. Elizabeth Spartas, Bozeman, 2:21.75; 3. Shannon Ross, Flathead, 2:23.19; 4. Kayla Jaquet, Butte, 2:24.60; 5. Keli Dennehy, Butte, 2:24.97; 6. Bridgette Hoenke, Senior, 2:25.03; 7. Amanda Barringer, CMR, 2:26.10; 8. Candace Burner, Capital, 2:27.26.

1,600 - 1. Alexa Aragon, Senior, 5:13.53; 2. Carly Selleck, West, 5:14.77; 3. Bridgette Hoenke, Senior, 5:15.11; 4. Auriele Fain, Senior, 5:16.67; 5. Kayla Jaquet, Butte, 5:17.67; 6. Keli Dennehy, Butte, 5:20.04; 7. Elizabeth Spartas, Bozeman, 5:23.69; 8. Keely West, CMR, 5:24.99.

3,200 - 1. Carly Selleck, West, 11:26.16; 2. Alexa Aragon, Senior, 11:26.56; 3. Keely West, CMR, 11:43.93; 4. Tera Klein, Flathead, 11:57.41; 5. Katie Gilboy, Capital, 12:04.48; 6. Sierra Kamplain, Bozeman, 12:05.86; 7. Tayte Cranston, Bozeman, 12:11.02; 8. Liz Mancuso, Skyview, 12:12.89.

100 hurdles - 1. Gwen Abbott, Butte, 16.00; 2. Lindsey Hall, Big Sky, 16.07; 3. Cassie Holm, West, 16.33; 4. Jessie Gosselin, Big Sky, 16.63; 5. Mikal Chancy, Capital, 16.97; 6. Coriann Clark, Bozeman, 17.17; 7. Samantha Gunlikson, Flathead, 17.20; 8. Angela Morasco, Big Sky, 17.33.

300 hurdles - 1. Jayme Hill, CMR, 48.83; 2. Kassie Krpan, Helena, 49.08; 3. Kirsten Tilleman, Bozeman, 49.55; 4. Gwen Abbott, Butte, 49.65; 5. Lindsey Dolan, West, 49.75; 6. Ashley Younkin, Flathead, 49.84; 7. Jessie Gosselin, Big Sky, 50.01; 8. Cassie Holm, West, 50.58.

400 relay - 1. Bozeman (Grubb, Carey, Ham, Saunders) 50.12; 2. West 50.22; 3. CMR 51.15; 4. Helena 51.19; 5. Flathead 51.23; 6. Big Sky 51.25; 7. Hellgate 51.40; 8. Butte 51.95.

1,600 relay - 1. Bozeman (Clark, Carey, Davis, Ham) 4:06.27; 2. Flathead 4:06.57; 3. CMR 4:09.50; 4. Helena 4:10.03; 5. Butte 4:15.08; 6. West 4:18.68; 7. Hellgate 4:18.88; 8. Senior 4:21.15.

Pole vault - 1. Courtney Kosovich, Senior, 12-3 (meet record, old record 11-6, Suzanne Krings, Capital, 1998); 2. Kaycee Gillespie, Capital, 10-6; 3. Rebekka Chambers, Senior, 10-0; 4. Diana Dimarco, Bozeman, 9-6; 5. Kendalyn Habel, Flathead, 9-6; 6. Mandy Evenson, Helena, 9-6; 7. Christina Tally, Butte, 9-0; 8. Libby Madison, GFH, 9-0.

Long jump - 1. Jessica Leslie, West, 17-10 (meet record, old record 17-7?, Sharie Shelton, Flathead, 1979); 2. Courtney Kosovich, Senior, 17-3; 3. Whitney Haseman, Helena, 17-?; 4. Callie Muri, West, 16-1?; 5. Samantha Gunlikson, Flathead, 16-1; 6. Carmen Nuens, Havre, 15-11?; 7. Breanna Winters, Bozeman, 15-10?; 8. Kirsten Tilleman, Bozeman, 15-8?.

High jump - 1. Brittany Kaelberer, Bozeman, 5-5; 2. Jessica Leslie, West, 5-4; 3. Brianne Holland-Stergar, Butte 5-2; 4. Jordyn Pillatzke, Helena, 5-0; 5. Kylie Edinger, Senior, 5-0; 6. Hillary Thompson, Helena, 5-0; 7. Kendalyn Habel, Flathead, 5-0; 8. Billie Loewen, Big Sky, 5-0.

Triple jump - 1. Kirsten Tilleman, Bozeman, 35-1?; 2. Asia Graham, Sentinel, 34-5; 3. Ali Dombrouski, Big Sky, 34-1?; 4. Samantha Gunlikson, Flathead, 34-1; 5. Brianne Holland-Stergar, Butte, 33-2; 6. Sarah Griffith, Flathead, 33-0; 7. Callie Muri, West, 32-9?; 8. Ali Armstrong, Flathead, 31-9.

Shot put - 1. Kelsey Hopkins, CMR, 39-6?; 2. Elisa Woods, West, 37-10?; 3. Kristina Teasley, GFH, 36-2?; 4. Kiandra Rajala, Hellgate, 35-7; 5. Sheena Broadwater, Helena, 34-11; 6. Tara Udall, GFH, 34-5; 7. Emily Willmuth, Bozeman, 33-10?; 8. Laura Temple, Helena, 33-7?.

Javelin - 1. Kalli McCloskey, Butte, 136-2; 2. Tara Udall, GFH, 116-9; 3. Hannah Stanton, Senior, 112-11; 4. Ali Wardell, West, 111-11; 5. Kaytlyn Kapphan, Capital, 111-9; 6. Breckan Jahner, Flathead, 111-5; Katie Gannon, Hellgate, 109-9; 8. Kristen Tuttle, CMR, 108-7.

Discus - 1. Kelsey Hopkins, CMR, 137-5; 2. Lena Suek, Havre, 128-6; 3. Emily Willmuth, Bozeman, 124-10; 4. Jessica Sharbano, West, 117-4; 5. Kiandra Rajala, Hellgate, 108-7; 6. Kayla Eichenfels, Capital, 108-0; 7. Elisa Woods, West, 106-2; 8. Steph Harvey, Senior, 103-6.

Meet awards:

Outstanding sprinter - Melissa Jenkins, Big Sky

Outstanding distance runner - Carly Selleck, West; Alexa Aragon, Senior

Outstanding field event performer - Kelsey Hopkins, CMR