Glacier wins Archie Roe

On the day before Mother's Day, Troy's Aaron Palmer got the best advice from who else, his mom.

"Right before I threw, she just said, 'Relax,'" said the senior javelin thrower.

After that, Palmer went out and threw the javelin farther than anyone else in the state.

The winning throw of 205-4 was one foot short of tying the meet record at the 35th annual Archie Roe Invitational track meet on a sunny Saturday.

Everyone at Legends Stadium got their time in the spotlight and probably got a good sunburn along with it.

The Glacier boys and Missoula Big Sky girls stole the show in a field of 17 teams and roughly 1,000 competitors.

The Big Sky girls totaled 126 points to win for the second year in a row.

The Wolfpack cruised with 108 points and had four first-place finishes - Ben Cutler (200, 400), Dan Burfeind (3,200) and Kyle Montini (triple jump). The Glacier boys more than tripled their score of 33 points from last year and had four more athletes qualify for state.

"We'll take it," Glacier boys coach Arron Deck said. "The seniors provided some good leadership out there. It's a good place to be."

Burfeind showed fans and teammates how to win the 3,200 race the hard way, not that there's any other way. In the first lap, Burfeind found himself boxed in almost 10 people behind the lead runner and spent the next seven laps earning the comeback. In the final stretch, he caught Flathead's Leif Castren, and for the first time all race, had no one to look at in front.

"That's where you get tough and gut it out," said Burfeind, who went on to win by 12 seconds.

The Glacier girls earned second place with 82 points and had victories in the 400 relay and long jump, which freshman Lexy Boschee won at 5-4.

Flathead, a longtime winner on the boys side, took third with 64 points and received first-places from Jesse Bennett (800) and Duncan Aylor (110 hurdles).

The Bravettes finished fourth with 39 points. Freshman Tess Brenneman maxed out her state plans after a 16-8 3/4 leap in the long jump that qualified her for state. That makes five events that Brenneman has qualified in, the most allowed.

The Whitefish boys, the Class A defending state champions, tied for fourth overall but took first among Class A teams with 42 points. Aaron Tkachyk kept hold of the top spot in the long jump for the second year in a row. The defending state champion has lost only once in the long jump in the last two years, he said. Whitefish distance runner Drew Coco ran away with the 1,600 title for the second straight year as well.

Polson's Loni Havlovick won the girls shot put to lead the defending state champion Pirates to a fifth-place finish overall.

The lone meet record to fall on Saturday was in the girls 400. Missoula Sentinel's Chantelle Grey needed every last inch of the track to beat Brenneman. Both girls passed the old record, but Grey's winning time of 57.29 replaced former Polson runner Kasey Harwood's 2004 time of 58.3. Brenneman ran a 58.17.

Missoula Sentinel's Lindsey Hall won four events on the day (100 and 300 hurdles, triple and long jump). Cut Bank's Deni Fitzpatrick won both the girls 100 and 200.

35th annual Archie Roe

Legends Stadium

GIRLS

Team Totals

Missoula Big Sky (MB) 126, Glacier (GL) 82, Missoula Sentinel (MS) 48, Flathead (FL) 39, Polson (POL) 36, Ronan-St. Ignatius (RST) 25, Cut Bank (CB) 25, Bigfork (BF) 24 1/2, Missoula Hellgate (MH) 23 1/2, Missoula Loyola Sacred Heart (LOY) 20, Thompson Falls (TF) 17, Lincoln County (LC) 12, Libby (LIB) 6, Whitefish (WF) 6, Columbia Falls (CF) 4, Plains (PL) 2.

Events

100 - 1, Deni Fitzpatrick, CB, 12.66; 2, Sadie McMillan, RST, 13.00; 3, Maddey Frey, GL, 13.01; 4, Chantelle Grey, MS, 13.06; 5, Bobbi Furrer, MH, 13.35; 6, Nicole Hall, GL, 13.37.

200 - 1, Deni Fitzpatrick, CB, 26.03; 2, Tess Brenneman, FL, 26.31; 2, Chantelle Grey, MS, 26.31; 4, Ellie Tinkle, MB, 27.02; 5, Molly Briggeman, MH, 27.26; 5, Mallory Knoll, BF, 27.26.

400 - 1, Chantelle Grey, MS, 57.29(new meet record, old record 58.3, Kasey Harwood, Polson, 2004); 2, Tess Brenneman, FL, 58.17; 3, Ellie Tinkle, MB, 58.43; 4, Sierra Pete, POL, 1:01.01; 5, Bailey Malecha, LC, 1:01.09; 6, Chelsey Schwindt, CB, 1:01.76.

800 - 1, Bailey Malecha, LC, 2:24.45; 2, McCall Hasquet, MS, 2:27.17; 3, Beca Gunderson, TF, 2:27.81; 4, Stella Holt, WF, 2:28.64; 5, Shelby Malin, MS, 2:30.05; 6, Hillary Heskett, FL, 2:30.65.

1600 - 1, Kayla Carlson, BF, 5:28.25; 2, Shelby Malin, MS, 5:35.21; 3, Heather Fraley, GL, 5:42.24; 4, Taylor Rather, MB, 5:43.08; 5, Beca Gunderson, TF, 5:44.29; 6, Sara Coonce, MB, 5:46.56.

3200 - 1, Taylor Rather, MB, 11:48.33; 2, Kayla Carlson, BF, 11:51.86; 3, Sara Coonce, MB, 12:13.56; 4, Megan Herring, MS, 12:17.43; 5, Bailey Eaton, WF, 12:22.18; 6, Bailey Hughes, FL, 12:22.64.

100 hurdles - 1, Lindsey Hall, MB, 14.45; 2, Sadie McMillan, RST, 15.23; 3, Heidi Windauer, FL, 16.36; 4, Breanne Kelley, POL, 16.40; 5, Mallory Knoll, BF, 16.42; 6, Emily Harris, MB, 16.53.

300 hurdles - 1, Lindsey Hall, MB, 45.46; 2, Heidi Windauer, FL, 47.49; 3, Morgan Struble, MB, 47.70; 4, Sadie McMillan, RST, 47.95; 5, Mallory Knoll, BF, 48.41; 6, Lauren Partridge, MS, 48.68.

400 relay - 1, Glacier 'A' (Kayla Smart, Maddey Frey, Nicole Hall, Rachael Cutler), 50.04; 2, Missoula Big Sky 'A', 50.50; 3, Missoula Hellgate 'A', 51.00; 4, Cut Bank 'A', 51.07; 5, Polson 'A', 52.26; 6, Bigfork 'A', 52.43.

1600 relay - 1, Missoula Big Sky 'A' (Eryn Boyer, Morgan Struble, Natalie Zimmer, Katie McKay), 4:08.82; 2, Missoula Sentinel 'A' , 4:12.12; 3, Glacier 'A', 4:17.68; 4, Missoula Hellgate 'A', 4:18.54; 5, Polson 'A', 4:20.04; 6, Flathead 'A', 4:20.22.

High jump - 1, Lexy Boschee, GL, 5-04; 2, Lindsey Hall, MB, 5-02; 3, Amy Mclaughlin, MB, J5-02; 4, Adessa Durgla, RST, 5-00; 5, Stacey Pitt, GL, J5-00; 6, Kristen Daugherty, MB, J5-00.

Pole vault - 1, Liz Valentino-Manno, MH, 10-00; 2, Tara Johnson, POL, J10-00; 3, Stacey Pitt, GL, 9-06; 4, Ketti Wilhelm, CF, J9-06; 5, Marisa Arneson, MS, 9-00; 6, Rheanna Padden, TF, J9-00.

Long jump - 1, Lindsey Hall, MB, 16-09.50; 2, Tess Brenneman, FL, 16-08.75; 3, Maddey Frey, GL, 16-06; 4, Kristen Daugherty, MB, 16-03.50; 5, Rachael Cutler, GL, 15-11.75; 6, Lauryn Dombrouski, MB, 15-11.25.

Triple jump - 1, Lindsey Hall, MB, 37-01; 2, Lexy Boschee, GL, 35-00.50; 3, Kayla Smart, GL, 34-03.25; 4, Ali Armstrong, GL, 34-02; 5, Kristen Daugherty, MB, 34-00.25; 6, Adessa Durgla, RST, 33-06.50.

Shot put - 1, Loni Havlovick, POL, 36-08.50; 2, Sara Feilzer, MB, 34-07.50; 3, Katie Pilsch, GL, 34-06; 4, Ashley Medeiros, LOY, 33-11; 5, Christina Medeiros, LOY, 33-10; 6, Emma Ehret, PL, 33-01.50.

Discus - 1, Sara Feilzer, MB, 111-03; 2, Loni Havlovick, POL, 108-00; 3, Stephany Kluver,LIB, 106-06; 4, Christina Medeiros, LOY, 105-04; 5, Tana Hansen, MS, 105-00; 6, Katie Pilsch, GL, 103-07.

Javelin - 1, Kiernan Haggerty, LOY, 126-01; 2, Rheanna Padden, TF, 122-03; 3, Reegan Bennett, GL, 112-11; 4, Chanell Tobin, MH, 111-07; 5, Kadie Latimer, GL, 109-08; 6, Heather Earhart, PL, 107-09.

Boys

Team Totals

Glacier 108, Missoula Big Sky 79, Flathead 64, Whitefish 42, Missoula Sentinel 42, Plains 29, Columbia Falls 26 1/2, Missoula Hellgate 22, Polson 21 1/2, Thompson Falls 19, Troy (TR) 18, Lincoln County 12, Loyola Sacred Heart 12, Bigfork 10, Shelby (SH) 10, Libby 10, Ronan-St. Ignatius 1, Cut Bank 1.

Events

100 -1, Casey Nickol, SH, 11.31; 2, Brooks Nuanez, MB, 11.46; 3, Dean Phillips, CF, 11.61; 4, Jordan Tripp, MB, 11.62; 5, Calvin Athy, FL, 11.65; 6, Stephen Baumgarter, CF, 11.69; 6, Joel Ballard, CF, 11.69.

200 - 1, Ben Cutler, GL, 22.86; 2, Drew Owens, MB, 23.14; 3, Jason Bowman, POL, 23.42; 4, George Sherwood, FL, 23.43; 5, Stephen Baumgarter, CF, 23.54; 6, Jordan Tripp, MB, 23.66.

400 -1, Ben Cutler, GL, 50.44; 2, Anto Daoud, WF, 51.27; 3, Michael Duncan, MB, 52.87; 4, Tyler Jacobson, MS, 52.91; 5, Andrew Edsall, Flathead, 53.32; 6, Derrick Williams, CF, 53.48.

800 - 1, Jesse Bennett, FL, 2:01.13; 2, Jake Glasman, GL, 2:01.68; 3, Stephen Block, TF, 2:01.77; 4, Patric Jessat, CF, 2:05.38; 5, Kaleb Johnson, CF, 2:05.74; 6, Shawn Whitman, CF, 2:07.35.

1600 - 1, Drew Coco, WF, 4:36.76; 2, Leif Castren, FL, 4:45.67; 3, Michael Bowles, MH, 4:48.70; 4, Dan Burfeind, GL, 4:49.64; 5, Josh Kornish, MS, 4:51.25; 6, Richie Boyer, GL, 4:52.47.

3200 - 1, Dan Burfeind, GL, 10:07; 2, Leif Castren, FL, 10:19; 3, Michael Bowles, MH, 10:22; 4, Josh Kornish, MS, 10:23; 5, Mike Evans, LOY, 10:28; 6, Mark Fallon, GL, 10:31

110 hurdles - 1, Duncan Aylor, FL, 15.79; 2, Dan Miller, MB, 15.92; 3, Kramer Wilson, GL, 16.00; 4, Sam Wiley, WF, 16.01; 5, Chris Judge, MS, 16.33; 6, Jamie Engledrum, RST, 16.37.

300 hurdles - 1, Drew Owens, MB, 39.62; 2, Duncan Aylor, FL, 40.53; 3, Taylor Hart, GL, 40.71; 4, Seth Wiley, WF, 41.50; 5, Dan Miller, MB, 42.67; 6, Kramer Wilson, GL, 42.92.

400 relay - 1, Missoula Big Sky 'A' (Drew Owens, Thayne Palmer, Jordan Tripp, Brooks Nuanez), 44.21; 2, Glacier 'A' , 44.51; 3, Flathead 'A', 44.72; 4, Columbia Falls 'A', 44.79; 5, Missoula Sentinel 'A', 44.85; 6, Bigfork 'A', 45.64.

1600 relay - 1, Missoula Big Sky 'A' (Jordan Tripp, Brian Wheeler, Michael Duncan, Drew Owens), 3:31.52; 2, Glacier 'A', 3:31.88; 3, Flathead 'A', 3:34.64; 4, Columbia Falls 'A', 3:34.99; 5, Whitefish 'A', 3:37.45; 6, Thompson Falls 'A', 3:42.16.

High jump - 1, Dillon Fryxell, PL, 6-06; 2, Seth Wright, LIB, J6-06; 3, Aaron Palmer, TR, 6-04; 4, Jeremiah Rittel, MH, J6-04; 5, Shane Freese, Gl, 6-02; 6, Garrett Pewe, BF, J6-02.

Pole vault - 1, Joey Petritz, MB, 13-06; 2, Trae Fouty, POL, 13-00; 3, Ryan Kelley, POL, J13-00; 4, Kaleb Prestegaard, WF, 12-06; 5, Joel Ballard, CF, J12-06; 5, Ty Fouty, POL, J12-06.

Long jump - 1, Aaron Tkachyk, WF, 21-05.50; 2, Taylor Graham, GL, 20-10.25; 3, Zane Reneau, MS, 20-01.50; 4, Ben Cutler, GL, 20-00.50; 5, Scotty Harper, TR, 20-00; 6, Shane Freese, GL, 19-10.50.

Triple jump - 1, Kyle Montini, GL, 42-09; 2, Taylor Graham, GL, 42-04; 3, Brendan Gragg, MH, 41-11.50; 4, Zane Reneau, MS, 41-11.25; 5, Seth Wright, LIB, 41-06.25; 6, Logan Quay, GL, 40-07.75.

Shot put - 1, Zach Balcom,LOY, 53-02; 2, Luke Truman, LC, 47-01; 3, Donny Tudahl, BF, 46-09; 4, Trent Thompson, PL, 46-07; 5, Ed Apostal, MB, 46-00; 6, Shay Smithwick-Hann, GL, 45-08.50.

Discus - 1, Brian Maus, MS, 159-08; 2, Eugene Benesch, TF, 158-09; 3, Ethan Harvey, PL, 155-09.50; 4, Luke Truman, LC, 155-09; 5, Donny Tudahl, BF, 151-08; 6, Trent Thompson, PL, 150-07.

Javelin - 1, Aaron Palmer, TR, 205-04; 2, Justin Meyer, MS, 183-02; 3, Trent Thompson, PL, 181-11; 4, Will Dalby, TF, 181-08; 5, Mitch Thompson, PL, 181-00; 6, Orin Johnson, CB, 179-04.