Glacier boys leading early in Western AA track

| May 23, 2009 1:00 AM

The Daily Inter Lake

MISSOULA - In the words of Glacier boys track coach Arron Deck, "The kids got off the bus and were ready to go."

The Wolfpack boys jumped out to the lead on the first day of the Western AA divisional meet at Missoula County Stadium on Friday.

Shane Freese won the high jump, Taylor Graham placed first in the long jump followed by teammate Ben Cutler, and Glacier came away with 58.5 points through 9 of 17 events.

Helena Capital sits close behind with 49.5 points followed by Helena High at 48. The meet wraps up today and the qualifiers move on to next week's state meet in Kalispell.

"I think the kids might have had a little extra punch today with state being in their hometown," Deck said. "Hopefully we'll finish strong tomorrow."

Flathead junior Jesse Bennett won the 800 (1:59.61), Leif Castren took second in the 3,200 and Duncan Aylor finished second in the 300 hurdles as the Braves currently sit in fourth place with 46 points.

The Glacier girls put themselves in a good position after eight events and currently hold second place with 52 points behind Missoula Big Sky's 62.

The 400 relay team broke the divisional record previously held by Flathead. Nicole Hall, Kayla Smart, Maddey Frey and Rachel Cutler ran a winning-time of 49.23 to break the 2003 mark set by Flathead's Brittany Berger, Cricket Johnson, Molly Burt and Krista Jimenez.

Coincidentally, current Glacier girls coach Jerry Boschee was there for both records. Boschee coached the Flathead girls for several years before moving to Glacier.

"It was a great day, a little unorthodox for how we arrived, but overall we're happy," Boschee said.

Glacier junior Kyrsten Pilsch, who is in her first year of track, won the javelin on her sixth and final throw while sister Katie placed fourth in the shot put.

Western AA divisional

at Missoula County Stadium

Friday

GIRLS

Team scores (through 8 of 17 events): Missoula Big Sky 62, Glacier 52, Missoula Sentinel 31, Flathead 29, Helena Capital 29, Helena High 25, Missoula Hellgate 20.

800 - 1, Tara Will, Cap, 2:21.96; 2, McCall Hasquet, Sent, 2:25.32; 3, Camille Seed, Hel, 2:26.15; 4, Hillary Heskett, Flat, 2:27.15; 5, Rachel Otto, Flat, 2:29.11. 6, Kelton Enich, BS, 2:30.72.

3,200 - 1, Taylor Rather, BS, 12:07.51; 2, Sara Coonce, BS, 12:08.56; 3, Paige Bouma, Flat, 12:14.31; 4, Sierra Maxwell, Flat, 12:14.42; 5, Megan Herring, Sent, 12:17.87; 6, Bailey Hughes, Flat, 12:21.77.

300 hurdles - 1, Lindsey Hall, BS, 45.63; 2, Sarah Lidstrom, BS, 47.18; 3, Lauren Partridge, Sent, 47.35; 4, Morgan Struble, BS, 47.37; 5, Heidi Windauer, Flat, 48.78; 6, Bailey Branson, Sent, 49.55.

400 relay - 1, Glacier (Nicole Hall, Rachael Cutler, Kayla Smart, Maddey Frey), 49.23 (meet record; old mark, 49.26, Flathead, 2003); 2, Big Sky, 50.15; 3, Sentinel, 50.31; 4, Helena, 50.57; 5, Hellgate, 50.69; 6, Capital, 51.46.

Javelin - 1, Kyrsten Pilsch, Gla, 112-7; 2, Chanell Tobin, Hgt, 112-2; 3, Reegan Bennett, Gla, 111-7; 4, Kadie Latimer, Gla, 111-1; 5, Marissa Stivers, Flat, 110-9; 6, Corri Blair, BS, 108-8.

Shot put - 1, Taylor Kanthack, Hel, 34-4; 2, Tayulor Corne, Cap, 34-31Ú4; 3, Amy Kollman, Gla, 33-91Ú2; 4, Katie Pilsch, Gla, 33-41Ú4; 5, Sara Feilzer, BS, 33-1Ú2; 6, Kate Tilleman, Gla, 32-41Ú2.

Long jump - 1, Lindsey Hall, BS, 18-7; 2, Tess Brenneman, Flat, 17-4; 3, Lexy Boschee, Gla, 16-111Ú2; 4, Allison Morrison, Hel, 16-111Ú2; 5, Bobbi Furrer, Hgt, 16-10; 6, Maddey Frey, Gla, 16-8.

Pole vault - 1, Sara Lubke, Cap, 11-6; 2, Liz Valention-Manno, Hgt, 10-6; 3, Marisa Arneson, Sent, 10-0; 4, Stacey Pitt, Gla, 9-6; 5, Mariah Arneson, Sent, 8-6; 6, Deven Johnson, Hel, 8-6.

BOYS

Team scores (through 9 or 17 events): Glacier 58.5, Helena Capital 49.5, Helena High 48, Flathead 46, Missoula Big Sky 46, Missoula Sentinel 21, Missoula Hellgate 10.

800 - 1, Jesse Bennett, Flat, 1:59.61; 2, Jacob Kearney, Hel, 2:00.28; 3, Jake Glasman, Gla, 2:00.73; 4, Dan Osborne, Hel, 2:01.20; 5, Kaden Danielson, Cap, 2:02.33; 6, Chris Nichols, Cap, 2:03.92.

3,200 - 1, Dan Osborne, Hel, 9:56.64; 2, Leif Castren, Flat, 9:57.42; 3, Matt Barker, Hel, 10:04.48; 4, Dan Burfeind, Gla, 10:07.88; 5, Hunter Schutt, Flat, 10:21.05; 6, John Gilboy, Cap, 10:34.57.

300 hurdles - 1, Drew Owens, BS, 38.60; 2, Duncan Aylor, Flat, 39.82; 3, Taylor Hart, Gla, 39.99; 4, Reece Easterling, Cap, 40.28; 5, Koleman Gross, Hel, 40.44; 6, Jacob Leininger, Gla, 41.61.

400 relay - 1, Big Sky (Drew Owens, Thayne Palmer, Jordan Tripp, Brooks Nuanez), 43.30; 2, Flathead, 43.65; 3, Glacier, 43.67; 4, Capital, 43.78; 5, Helena, 43.81; 6, Sentinel, 44.75.

Javelin - 1, Brenden Gragg, Hgt, 175-5; 2, Justin Meyer, Sent, 167-6; 3, Howard Juneau, Sent, 165-10; 4, Matt Reyant, Cap, 165-2; 5, Duncan Aylor, Flat, 161-0; 6, Eric Denault, BS, 160-2.

Shot put - 1, Louie Blood, Cap, 52-11; 2, Logan Nathe, Cap, 50-63Ú4; 3, Tyler Thomas, Flat, 48-83Ú4; 4, Ed Apostol, BS, 48-11Ú2; 5, Toby Erickson, Hel, 47-1Ú4; 6, Shay Smithwick-Hann, 46-13Ú4.

High jump - 1, Shane Freese, Gla, 6-6, 2, Garrett Mitchell, Hel, 6-4; 3, Zack Wagenmann, Sent, 6-2; 4, Dan Miller, BS, 6-0; 5, Travis Andrus, Flat, 6-0; 6, Brandt Montelius, BS, 5-10.

Long jump - 1, Taylor Graham, Gla, 21-41Ú2; 2, Ben Cutler, Gla, 21-4; 3, Thayne Palmer, BS, 20-11; 4, Isaac Obrigewitch, Cap, 20-8; 5, Kyle Montini, Gla, 20-61Ú2; 6, (tie) Cody Hanson, Cap, and Shane Freese, Gla, 20-6.

Pole vault - 1, Joey Petritz, BS, 14-3; 2, Jason Wardell, Cap, 14-0; 3, Jake Reidelbach, Hel, 12-6; 4, Mike Sistok, Gla, 12-6; 5, Tait Strom, Cap, 12-6; 6, Seth Bourquin, Cap, 12-0.