No B, just A vs. AA dual

The Daily Inter Lake

What was billed as the Class B Meet at Legends Stadium on Tuesday turned out to be a non-scoring dual between Class A Ronan and Class AA Flathead.

Those were the only two school to show up on a perfect day for a track meet.

With plenty of sunshine and the temperature flirting with the 80-degree mark, this was easily the best day of the spring season for runners, throwers and jumpers.

"The heat, for the first time, shocks kids," Flathead coach Dan Hodge said.

"For distance runners, it's too hot mentally.

"Too many kids like to sun bathe and exhaust themselves before the event," Hodge continued.

"The kids who have two and three years (of track experience) take advantage of the shade that's available."

Still, the weather was a blessing, considering snow is in the forecast later in the week.

"We were happy to have the meet on a beautiful day," Hodge said.

The Flathead boys 400 relay team - Calvin Athy, George Sherwood, Ian Damon and Andrew Esch - turned in their fastest time of the season, winning in 44.92.

Flathead's Mike VanArendonk matched the state qualifying mark in high jump by clearing 6-2. That was also good for first place.

Hodge said Jesse Bennett turned in his first 400, winning it in 52.62.

"We've been running him in the 800, 1,600," Hodge said.

"Today we had him run the 400 and he had a decent time. It shows he's a capable distance runner. He has some speed."

Flathead's Tyler Thomas doubled up with wins in the weight events, throwing the shot put 48-6 and the discus 125-4. Duncan Aylor won both hurdle races, 110 in 16.33 and 300 in 41.65.

Leif Castren, who won the Summit Classic 5K on Sunday in 17:37, turned around to win the 1,600 on Tuesday, 4:54.13.

Tess Brenneman led the FHS girls, winning the high jump, 5-0, and 200, 26.93.

Heidi Windauer had a busy day for the Bravettes, winning the 300 hurdles, 50.45, and placing second in 100 hurdles by six hundredths of a second.

The Flathead boys compete in the Swede Dahlberg Invitational on Saturday in Butte, while the FHS girls are at the Great Falls Invitational.

Boys

400 relay - 1. Flathead (Calvin Athy, George Sherwood, Ian Damon, Andrew Esch), 44.92.

110 hurdles - 1. Duncan Aylor, F, 16.33; 2. Jamie Engeldrum, R, 16.83; 3. Casey Bardwell, F, 17.84.

100 - 1. Ian Damon, F, 11.62; 2. Calvin Athy, F, 11.75; 3. George Sherwood, F, 12.02.

Shot put - 1. Tyler Thomas, F, 48-6; 2. Adam Skogen, R, 43-4; 3. Loucas Scholer, F, 42-9 1/4.

Pole vault - 1. Dominic Eickert, F, 11-0; 2. Josh Turner, F, 11-0; 3. Austin Bowen, F, 9-6.

Triple jump - 1. Bryant Eickert, F, 37-0; 2. Nolan Grosswiler, F, 35-11; 3. Lynn Birthmark, R, 35-8 1/2.

300 hurdles - 1. Duncan Aylor, F, 41.65; 2. Jamie Engeldrum, R, 42.43; 3. Evan Waldron, R, 45.45.

400 - 1. Jesse Bennett, F, 52.62; 2. Marcus Hungerford, R, 56.73; 3. Eric Malmquist, R, 58.36.

800 - 1. Danny Beavers, R, 2:18.52; 2. Keifer Wills, F, 2:18.89; 3. Hunter Schutt, F, 2:20.90.

Discus - 1. Tyler Thomas, F, 125-4; 2. Adam Skogen, R, 123-10; 3. Paul Stretch, F, 118-10.

1,600 - 1. Leif Castren, F, 4:54.13; 2. Hunter Schutt, F, 5:01.66; 3. Erik Patyk, F, 5:02.22.

200 - 1. George Sherwood, F, 24.09; 2. Calvin Athy, F, 24.41; 3. Andrew Edsall, F, 24.43.

3,200 - 1. Erik Patyk, F, 11:34.21; 2. Danny Beavers, R, 11:38.27; 3. Andy Wilson, F, 12:01.87.

Long jump - 1. Evan Waldron, R, 18-10 1/2; 2. Calvin Athy, F, 18-8 1/4; 3. Bryant Eickert, F, 18-7.

Javelin - 1. Evan Waldron, R, 154-6; 2. Adam Skogen, R, 147-2; 3. Karl Ingram, F, 146-6.

1,600 relay - 1. Flathead (Duncan Aylor, Ian Damon, Jesse Bennett, Andrew Edsall), 4:30.78.

High jump - 1. Mike VanArendonk, F, 6-2; 2. Leif Castren, F, 5-9; 3. (tie) Travis Andrus, F, and Jordan Franklin, R, 5-7.

Girls

400 relay - 1. Ronan, 53.20.

100 hurdles - 1. Sadie McMillan, R, 16.70; 2. Heidi Windauer, F, 16.76; 3. Annie Cronk,

F, 18:57.

100 - 1. Kathleen Barth, F, 13.39; 2. Samantha Thompson, F, 14.65; 3. Megan Clingensmith, F, 14.66.

Triple jump - 1. Dessa Durglo, R, 34-1 1/2; 2. Sarah Aylor, F, 30-1/2; 3. Samantha Thompson, F, 28-7.

Discus - 1. Brittany Earnest, F, 82-8; 2. Lisa Larsson, R, 73-2; 3. Anika Thorderson, F, 73-0.

400 - 1. Tabitha Carlson, R, 1:02.94; 2. Carlie Andrews, F, 1:10.57; 3. Christiana Williams, R, 1:12.26.

1,600 - 1. Sierra Maxwell, F, 6:05.32; 2. Hilary Heskett, F, 6:12.61; 3. Rose Byrne, F, 6:16.79.

800 - 1. Rachel Otto, F, 2:44.27; 2. Kathleen Barth, F, 2:44.64; 3. Adriana Saunderson, F, 2:53.61.

High jump - 1. Tess Brenneman, F, 5-0; 2. Sadie McMillan, R, 5-0; 3. Dessa Durglo, R, 4-9.

Shot put - 1. Kelsey Davis, F, 32-2 1/2; 2. Karolina Tvrznikova, F, 28-3 3/4; 3. Chaela Liss, F, 28-0.

300 hurdles - 1. Heidi Windauer, F, 50.45; 2. Annie Cronk, F, 52.87; 3. Sarah Aylor, F, 55.60.

200 - 1. Tess Brenneman, F, 26.93; 2. Heidi Windauer, F, 28.37; 3. Taylor Linse, R, 30.00.

Pole vault - 1. Ashley Hightower, F, 7-0; 2. Samantha Thompson, F, 7-0; 3. Kassidy Zimmerman, F, 6-6.

3,200 - 1. Bailey Hughes, F, 12:52.58; 2. Paige Bouma, F, 13:22.79; 3. Rose Bear Don't Walk, 14:53.44.

Long jum p - 1. Sadie McMillan, R, 16-3/4; 2. Dessa Durglo, R, 14-6 1/2; 3. Jessica Buck, F, 14-3 1/2.

Javelin - 1. Marissa Stivers, F, 111-2; 2. Ariel Johnson, F, 102-4; 3. Lisa Larsson, R, 99-11.

1,600 relay - 1. Ronan, 11:57.49.

Glacier vs. Whitefish

WHITEFISH - Glacier's Maddey Frey sprinted to victories in the 100 (12.73) and 200 (27.71) and also had the best distance in the long jump (15-4) to pace all performers at a non-scoring dual track meet.

Glacier's Emilee Hashley won the shot put (37-8 1/2) and javelin (118-0), and teammate Heather Fraley took firsts in the 800 (2:35.23) and 1,600 (5:47.74).

There were two double winners in the boys competition - Glacier's Ben Cutler in the sprints, 200 (23.25) and 400 (50.81), and Shane Freese in the jumps, high (6-0) and long (19-10).

This meet was rescheduled from April 2, when it was snowed out.

Girls

100 - 1. Maddey Frey, G, 12.73; 2. Nicole Hall, G, 13.03; 3. Amanda Foley, W, 13.09.

200 - 1. Maddey Frey, G, 27.71; 2. Nicole Hall, G, 27.80; 3. Amanda Foley, W, 28.12.

400 - 1. Becca Strellnauer, W, 1:04.80; 2. Jacque Willich, G, 1:10.50; 3. Becca Eisenman, G, 1:14.07.

800 - 1. Heather Fraley, G, 2:35.23; 2. Halle Wilson, G, 2:41.6; 3. Kearston Hedges, G, 2:43.09.

110 hurdles - 1. Megan Apple, W, 17.53; 2. Ariel Ducote, W, 18.11; 3. Roo Johnson, G, 18.18.

300 hurdles - 1. Patty Hughes, G, 50.9; 2. Ariel Ducote, W, 51.81; 3. Megan Apple, W, 52.89.

1,600 - 1. Heather Fraley, G, 5:47.74; 2. Jesse Sagen, W, 5:55.71; 3. Jackie Cassidy, W, 5:55.78.

3,200 - 1. Rachael Hart, G, 12:59.97; 2. Loni Hanson, W, 13:08.00; 3. Brit Clark, G, 13:36.62.

400 relay - 1. Glacier, 51.41.

1,600 relay - 1. Glacier, 4:35.10.

High jump - 1. Natalie Kerns, G, 4-8; 2. Kadie Latimer, G, 4-8; 3. Olivia Nagler, W, 4-8.

Triple jump - 1. Heather Melcer, W, 32-3; 2. Kayla Smart, G, 32-1; 3. Leah Engebretson, g, 31-8.

Long jump - 1. Maddey Frey, G, 15-4; 2. Nicole Hall, G, 14-11 3/4; 3. Leah Engebretson, G, 14-5 1/2.

Pole vault - 1. Stacey Pitt, G, 9-0; 2. Marnic Mann, G, 8-0; 3. Elizabeth King, W, 7-6.

Discus - 1. Olivia Nagler, W, 103-0; 2. Katie Pilsch, 97-11; 3. Cori Mower, G, 78-9.

Shot put - 1. Emilee Hashley, G, 37-8 1/2; 2. Kate Pilsch, G, 32-7; 3. Amy Kollman, G, 29-10 1/2.

Javelin - 1. Emilee Hashley, G, 118-0; 2. Katie Latimer, G, 106-1; 3. Lindsay Maslow, G, 104.

Boys

100 - 1. Anto Daoud, W, 11.46; 2. Jake Ronen, G, 11.54; 3. (tie) Josh Neiman, G, and B.J. Corpron, G, 11.61.

200 - 1. Ben Cutler, G, 23.25; 2. Taylor Hart, G, 23.54; 3. Anto Daoud, W, 23.75.

400 - 1. Ben Cutler, G, 50.81; 2. Jake Glasman, G, 52.89; 3. Bart Tobiason, G, 55.49.

800 - 1. Mark Fallon, G, 2:12.56; 2. Tim Doepker, G, 2:20.5; 3. Jacob Leininger, G, 2:23.8.

110 hurdles - 1. Jacob Leininger, G, 15.50; 2. Colt Idol, W, 16.41; 3. Derek Critteden, W, 16.58.

300 hurdles - 1. Seth Wiley, W, 42.02; 2. Sam Wiley, W, 42.70; 3. George Werk, G, 43.43.

1,600 - 1. Dan Burfeind, G, 4:51.61; 2. Mark Fallon, G, 5:05.13; 3. Richie Boyer, G, 5:06.52.

3,200 - 1. Drew Coco, W, 10:11.95; 2. Richie Boyer, G, 11:04.00; 3. Garrett Foot, G, 11:06.69.

1,600 relay - 1. Glacier, 3:33.13.

400 relay - 1. Glacier, 44.90.

High jump - 1. Shane Freese, G, 6-0; 2. Willie Roche, W, 5-10; 3. Carson Sneed, G, 5-6.

Triple jump - 1. Taylor Hart, G, 38-1 1/3; 2. Aaron Tkachyk, W, 37-10; 3. Kalin Hale, W, 37-3.

Long jump - 1. Shane Freese, G, 19-10; 2. Josh Neiman, G, 19-1; 3. Kyle Montini, G, 18-5 1/2.

Pole vault - 1. Chance Stupack, G, 11-0; 2. Andy Erickkson, W, 11-0; 3. Tyler Lincoln, G, 10-6.

Discus - 1. Tanner Morrison, G, 131-3; 2. Tanner Benedict, W, 114-5 1/2; 3. Cam Clark, G, 110-8.

Shot put - 1. Matt Russell, G, 40-4 1/2; 2. Derek Crittenden, W, 39-8; 3. Joel Horn, G, 39-7.

Javelin - 1. Dusty Beck, W, 153-1; 2. Garrett Conners, G, 151-0; 3. Bart Tobiason, G, 146-3.