History beats weather at Glacier

Usually "hitting the wall" means experiencing a sudden loss of energy, but at the Glacier High track on Thursday it meant something all together different.

"With the wind, it was just like hitting a wall when I came around that corner," Glacier's Nicole Hall said of the 400 race, which she pushed through and won in 1:03.85.

The weather was less than welcoming at the non-scoring dual meet between Class A Columbia Falls and Class AA Glacier, which was the first ever event held at the school's track.

On the bright side, it was a chance for athletes like Hall to get one last race in before divisionals while making history along the way.

"It's fun that it's the first meet here, so they're all meet records," said Hall, smiling after the 400.

With less than a week before the divisionals, this was a final tune-up and warm-up for both teams.

The state's second fastest 400 relay team, the Wolfpack girls made up of Hall, Maddey Frey, Rachel Cutler and Kayla Smart, won in 51.10.

Frey, who has the fastest 100 time in the state in AA, beat the wind in the 200 and cruised to a victory as well.

"The meet went well even though we had a couple whips with the weather," Glacier girls coach Jerry Boschee said. "It was a perfect ending to the regular season."

Gusting winds didn't seem to bother the lot, especially near the jumping pits.

Glacier's Ben Cutler won the long jump and qualified for state at the same time.

In the girls long jump, Glacier's Lexy Boschee added another event to her state plans with a qualifying victory. That makes three events the freshman has qualified for state in this season; the high, long and triple jumps.

In the triple jump on the girls side on Thursday, Columbia Falls' Kayla DeWit went leap for leap with Smart and Glacier's Ali Armstrong. DeWit won with one less jump and earned the victory. At the same time, Smart and Armstrong topped the AA qualifying standard.

"I love meets like this," Columbia Falls head coach Jamie Heinz said. "You get great, friendly competition with the AA school and it pushes your kids without it being overly competitive."

As the final event of the day kicked off, the 1600 relay, the rain came pouring down.

But after the race finished, the same teachers, coaches and volunteers that had started setting up early in the morning were still there helping wrap up history.

"If you take a look around and see how far we've come, exactly a year ago, the hurdlers were running on grass," Glacier boys coach Arron Deck said. "So many people have a hand in where we're at today. It's just neat to see."

Glacier/Columbia Falls Dual

GIRLS

100 - 1, Sophia Lewis Peterson, CF, 13.44; 2, McKenzie Reeve, CF, 13.71; 3, Baily Pisk, GL, 14.27.

200 - 1, Maddey Frey, GL, 27.06; 2, Rachel Cutler, GL, 28.16; 3, Heather Hoff, GL, 30.61.

400 - 1, Nicole Hall, GL, 1:03.85; 2, Kayla Byle, GL, 1:07.59; 3, Cedar Jordt, CF, 1:08.07.

800 -1, Halle Wilson, GL, 2:30.38; 2, Kearston Hedges, GL, 2:35.64; 3, Makayla Mitchell, GL, 2:37.48.

1600 - 1, Brit Clark, GL, 6:03; 2, Ashli Fairbank, CF, 6:12; 3, Halle Wilson, GL, 6:13.

3200 - 1, Emily Lynch, GL, 13:46; 2, Brittany Fischer, GL, 14:02.

100 hurdles - 1, Hailey Liss, GL, 18.99; 2, Cami Cassazza, CF, 19.13; 3, McKenzie Reeve, CF, 19.47.

300 hurdles - 1, Hailey Liss, GL, 51.27; 2, Patty Hughes, GL, 51.39; 3, Leah Engebretson, GL, 51.99.

400 relay - 1, Glacier 'A' (Rachel Cutler, Nicole Hall, Kayla Smart, Maddey Frey), 51.10; 2, Columbia Falls 'A', 52.88.

1600 relay - 1, Columbia Falls 'A', 4:29.70.

High jump - 1, Lexy Boschee, GL, 5-02; 2, Chelsea Rosean, GL, 4-10; 3, Stacey Pitt, GL, J4-10.

Pole vault - 1, Stacey Pitt, GL, 9-06; 2, Ketti Wilhelm, CF, 9-06; 3, Marnic Mann, GL, 8-06.

Long jump -1, Lexy Boschee, GL, 17-03; 2, Maddey Frey, GL, 16-01 1/2; 3, Nicole Hall, GL, 15-08 1/2.

Triple jump - 1, Kayla DeWit, CF, 34-10; 2, Kayla Smart, GL, J34-10; 3, Ali Armstrong, GL, 34-09 1/2.

Shot put - 1, Kate Pilsch, GL, 33-01; 2, Kate Tilleman, GL, 32-02; 3, Amy Kollman, GL, 31-07 1/2.

Discus - 1, Kyrsten Pilsch, GL, 87-10; 2, Alissa Prangley, GL, 84-00; 3, Ashlee Waggener, GL, 83-09.

Javelin - 1, Reegan Bennett, GL, 109-04; 2, Kyrsten Pilsch, GL, 100-09; 3, Kayla Nostrum, GL, 76-11 1/2.

BOYS

100 - 1, Stephen Baumgarter, CF, 11.87; 2, Joel Ballard, CF, 11.88; 3, BJ Corpron, GL, 11.91.

200 - 1, Patric Jessat, CF, 23.57; 2, Taylor Graham, GL, 23.65; 3, BJ Corpron, GL, 23.78.

400 - 1, Jake Konen, GL, 57.03; 2, Kyle Montini, GL, 57.90; 3, Bart Tobiason, GL, 58.00; 4, Brandon Munroe, GL, 59.20.

800 - 1, Patric Jessat, CF, 2:05.47; 2, Dan Burfeind, GL, 2:06.41; 3, Shawn Whitman, CF, 2:07.88.

1600 - 1, Mark Fallon, GL, 4:58; 2, Joe Gross, CF, 5:06; 3, Tim Chopper, CF, 5:11.

3200 - 1, Richie Boyer, GL, 10:45; 2, Garrett Foot, GL, 10:47; 3, Michael Pachnik, GL, 11:26.

110 hurdles - 1, Jacob Leininger, GL, 16.63; 2, Kramer Wilson, GL, 17.66; 3, Sam Kuhlin, GL, 17.73.

300 hurdles - 1, Taylor Hart, GL, 42.29; 2, Kramer Wilson, GL, 43.52; 3, George Werk, GL, 44.56.

400 relay - 1, Glacier 'A' (Taylor Graham, Taylor Hart, BJ Corpron, Ben Cutler), 44.60; 2, Columbia Falls 'A', 45.52.

1600 relay - 1, Glacier 'A', (Ben Cutler, George Werk, Jake Glassman, Taylor Hart) 3:38.31; 2, Columbia Falls 'A', 3:57.10.

High jump - 1, Cody Grosswiler, GL, 5-06; 2, Devin Iverson, CF, 5-02; 3, Sean Peters, GL, 4-10.

Pole vault - 1, Mike Sistok, GL, 12-00; 2, Tyler Lincoln, GL, 12-0; 3, Brandon Calvert, CF, 12-0.

Long jump - 1, Ben Cutler, GL, 20-09 3/4; 2, Michael Stephen, CF, 17-06; 3, Patrick King, GL, 17-05 1/2.

Triple jump - 1, Nate Thompson, CF, 40-10 3/4; 2, Kyle Howell, CF, 40-05 1/2; 3, Cody Grosswiler, GL, 38-03.

Shot put - 1, Shay Smithwick-Hann, GL, 45-01; 2, Matt Russell, GL, 41-11 1/2; 3, Mike Macijanus, CF, 41-01 1/2.

Discus - 1, Tanner Morrison, GL, 131-10; 2, Daniel Jones, CF, 125-03; 3, Justin Livingston, CF, 124-10.

Javelin - 1, Garrett Conners, GL, 150-03; 2, Jeremy Leopold, GL, 138-07; 3, Bart Tobiason, GL, 137-11.