Jumping into season

Flathead’s Matt Quist came into Tuesday’s Flathead A Invitational at Legends Stadium with some doubts.

“I didn’t feel good, it was cold,” he said.

“I was watching a lot of people not having as good a day (in their events) as in the past.”

Those early indicators could have been a troubling sign for the senior. But as things turned out, they had no bearing on what he would achieve this day.

Quist cleared a personal best 6-6 on his third attempt and followed with three near-misses at 6-7 to win the high jump.

“I caught it with my butt,” he said of his efforts at 6-7.

He was that close.

He just ran out of attempts.

Entering the competition, Quist was one of four jumpers in Montana to have made a state-best 6-3 this spring. Now he’s easily the state leader.

“This raises the bar for my goals,” he said.

His biggest goal — 6-11. That would give him the school record. Troy Wassink currently holds that standard at 6-10 1/2 set in 2002.

“I was happy with my approach,” Quist said afterwards.

His jump coach — Bill Epperly — also helped him make slight adjustments with his form as the bar was raised higher and higher.

“He’s phenomenal,” Quist said of Epperly.

“He pays attention to all the little details.”

Epperly was also Wassink’s jump coach.

Quist started his day at 5-9. His first miss came at 6-6.

“The one thing I like about jumping in Kalispell is everyone is so supportive,” he said.

“All the teams from around the Flathead Valley are that way.”

Glacier’s Lonnie Sherman tried for a personal best in the pole vault, but for a second-straight meet settled for a winning height of 13-6.

The senior had two solid vaults at 14-0, but failed to clear it.

He started at 13-0 and made 13-6 with ease on his second attempt. That might have been his best jump of the day form wise.

“Yeah, it’s more mental,” he said of his 14-0 barrier in meets.

“In practice I make it every day. I want everything to be perfect (during the vault), but it doesn’t have to be.”

Coming in, Sherman was tied with four other vaults for the top height in the state at 13-6.

For Whitefish’s Marlow Schulz, it appears she’s way ahead of schedule.

The senior sprinter, despite not being challenge, ripped off a 58.7 time to win the 400. She also anchored the 400-relay team to a second-place finish.

 It was her first meet of the season.

“I’m excited about that,” she said of her 400 time.

“Especially in these conditions for as cold as it is. That’s what I’m usually running about mid-season.”

Schulz is a three-time Class A state champ in the 100 and has won state in the 200 and 400 the past two years.

She won state in the 800 her freshman season.

Her margin of victory Tuesday was nearly five seconds.

“I’m kind of used to that,” she said of not being pushed.

“I’m able to push myself. I do a lot of training alone.”

Schulz is hoping to dip under 56 seconds in the 400 and turn in a time between 2:10 and 2:15 in the 800.

“Those are events I will be doing in college (at St. John’s),” she said.

“So I’m focusing on the 400 and 800 this year.”

The invitational had one individual win three events — Glacier’s Evan Epperly. The senior sprinter had the top times in the 100 (11.38), 200 (23.5) and 400 (50.47).

Winning two events were Sylas Schutt of Flathead, 1,600 (4:35.8) and 3,200 (10:03.72); Monica White of Flathead, 100 (13.31) and 200 (28.13); Bailey Smith of Glacier, 800 (2:29.49) and 1,600 (5:32.90); and Shauna Williams of Glacier, discus (118-1) and long jump (16-10.5).

Flathead A Invitational

Tuesday

At Legends Stadium

No Team Totals Kept

Girls

100 — 1, Monica White, Fla, 13.31. 2, Ellie Johnson, CF, 13.76. 3, Mary Baker, CF, 13.77. 4, Pheobe Guercio, Pheobe, 13.78. 5, Allie Schulz, Wfsh, 14.00. 6, Laker Flores, Gla, 14.07.

200 — 1, Monica White,  Fla, 28.13. 2, Megan Russell, Fla, 28.27. 3, Micheela Dalla, Fla, 29.04. 4, Zoee Boschee, Gla, 29.17. 5, Liz Chmielewski, Fla, 29.86. 6, Emily Cheroske, Bfk, 30.05.

400 — 1, Marlow Schulz, Wfsh, 58.70. 2, Emily Cheroske,  Bfk, 1:03.36. 3, Sarah Latcham, Wfsh, 1:04.69. 4, Emily Calderwood, CF, 1:05.01. 5, Chloe Hensley, Gla, 1:07.16. 6, Marissa Wenum, Gla, 1:08.68.

800 — 1, Bailey Smith, Gla, 2:29.49. 2, Elizabeth Thompson,  Fla, 2:37.83. 3, Johanna Lembke, Fla, 2:40.71. 4, Miranda Champion, Gla, 2:41.08. 5, Tiana Johnson, Fla, 2:44.08. 6, Natalie Jeude, Fla, 2:46.47.

1,600 — 1, Bailey Smith, Gla, 5:32.90. 2, Alex Bartmess, Eureka, 5:49.11. 3, Nicole Bouma, Fla, 5:49.71. 4, Barrett Gray,  Wfsh, 5:59.53. 5, Miranda Champion, Gla, 6:06.67. 6, Hanna Maxwell, Fla, 6:07.27.

3,200 —  1, Samantha Mundel, CF, 12:25.69. 2, Nicole Bouma, Fla, 12:48.25. 3, Barrett Gray, Wfsh, 13:01.78. 4, Julian Kaptanian, Fla, 13:50.29. 5, Kodee Wagner, Fla, 14:11.32. 6, Mackenzie Bouma, Fla, 14:19.14.

100 hurdles — 1, Rhiannon Sturgess, Fla, 15.87. 2, Brynn McChesney, Gla, 16.95. 3, Carla Nicosia,  CF, 17.18. 4, Mattie Mazur, Fla, 17.20. 5, Marissa Hiza, Bfk, 17.22. 6, Stevi Johnson, Eureka, 17.50.

300 hurdles — 1, Rhiannon Sturgess, Fla, 48.12. 2, Madison McAnally, Bfk, 49.53. 3, Brynn McChesney, Gla, 50.86. 4, Megan Pancoast, Bfk, 54.37. 5, Lilly Sherman, Fla, 54.45. 6, Meredith Wilson, Fla, 55.75.

400 relay — 1, Glacier, 51.77. 2, Whitefish, 51.99. 3, Flathead, 52.86. 4, Columbia Falls, 53.90. 5, Eureka, 55.25. 6, Glacier B, 56.21.

1,600 relay — 1, Glacier, 4:24.69. 2, Bigfork, 4:31.68. 3, Glacier B, 4:33.54. 4, Flathead, 4:36.11. 5, Columbia Falls, 4:38.49. 6, Flathead B, 4:42.44.

High jump — 1, Janae Moon, Fla, 4-11. 2, Kate Doorn, Wfsh, 4-9. 3, Marissa Hiza, Bfk, 4-9. 4, Katie Wiley, Gla, 4-9. 5, Mattie Mazur, Fla, 4-9. 6, Zoee Boschee, Gla, 4-9.

Pole vault — 1, JoJo Sherman, Gla, 8-0. 2, Meredith Wilson,  Fla, 8-0. 3, Brielle Birgensmith, Wfsh, 8-0. 4, Rachael Pacella, Eureka, 7-6. 5, Bekah Weaver, Wfsh, 7-6. 6, (tie) Megan Pancoast, Bfk, Madison McAnally, Bfk, 7-0 each.

Long jump — 1, Shauna Williams, Gla, 16-10.5. 2, Emma Andrews, Fla, 16-06. 3, Brielle Bumgarner, Gla, 16-5.25. 4, Megan Russell, Fla, 15-6.5. 5, Ellie Johnson, CF, 15-1.25. 6, Pheobe Guercio, Wfsh, 14-11.75.

Triple jump — 1, Zoee Boschee, Gla, 33-8.5. 2, Janae Moon, Fla, 33-8. 3, Abi Fiske, Gla, 32-9.5. 4, Caitlynn Douglas, Gla, 32-7. 5, (tie) Taylor Loomis, Gla, , Brielle Bumgarner, Brielle, Gla, 32-.5 each.

Shot put — 1, Emily Billow,  Eureka, 36-11. 2, Tessa Krueger,  Gla, 35-7. 3, Brianna Smith, Fla, 33-9. 4, Keyawna  Larson, Gla, 33-2. 5, Eviann Reynolds, Wfsh, 32-11.25. 6, Jenessa Heine, Fla, 32-9.

Discus — 1, Shauna Williams, Gla, 118-1. 2, Emily Billow, Eureka, 113-5. 3, Andrea Getts, CF, 108-3. 4, Tessa Krueger, Gla,  102-5. 5, Tessa Robertson,  Bfk, 99-1. 6, Katie Weed,Fla, 95-0.

Javelin — 1, Keyawna Larson, Gla, 125-5. 2, Katie Weed, Fla, 110-4. 3, Lizzie Sherwood, Fla, 106-10. 4, Brianna Smith, Fla, 101-3. 4, Dani Miller, Gla, 101-3. 6, Kelsey Weed, Fla, 101-2.

Boys

100 — 1, Evan Epperly, Gla, 11.38. 2, Logan Jones, Gla, 11.55. 3, Christian Langston, Eureka, 11.58. 4, Sean Foley, Wfsh, 11.79. 5, Jed Nagler, Wfsh, 11.83. 6, Easton Johnson, Fla, 11.96.

200 — 1, Evan Epperly, Gla, 23.5. 2, Logan Jones, Gla, 23.87. 3, Scout Willcut, Gla, 24.54. 4, Christian Langston, Eureka, 24.55. 5, Cameron Nissen, Bfk, 24.62. 6, Jesse Mueller,  Bfk, 24.77.

400 — 1, Evan Epperly, Gla, 50.47. 2, Emmett DustyBull, Bro, 52.97. 3, Nathan Connell, Nathan, 54.04. 4, Connor Mayberry,  Fla, 54.64. 5, Cain Boschee, Gla, 55.13. 5, Mason Haidle, Eureka, 55.13.

800 — 1, Emmette DustyBull, Bro, 2:06.40. 2, Kade McCutcheon, Gla, 2:12.09. 3, Jake Perrin, Jake, Fla, 2:13.00. 4, Colton Gorian, Gla, 2:13.31. 5, Justice McManus, CF, 2:14.66. 6, Walter Holliday, Wfsh, 2:14.67.

1,600 — 1, Sylas Schutt, Fla, 4:35.80. 2, Chance Kittle, Fla, 4:42.30. 3, Brock Sandry, Gla, 4:42.31. 4, Emmette DustyBull, Bro, 4:46.86. 5, Logan Harmon, Gla, 4:48.00. 6, Colton Gorian, Gla, 4:54.03.

3,200 — 1, Sylas Schutt, Fla, 10:03.72. 2, Cody Lucke, Bro, 11:01.27. 3, Jacob Calles, Fla, 11:01.99. 4, Garret Ruud, 11:04.98. 5, Gavin Ruud, Fla, 11:05.96. 6, Thomas Henson, Wfsh, 11:08.33.

110 hurdles — 1, Dillon Thomas, Fla, 15.70. 2, Chade Gonter, Fla, 15.73. 3, Keaton Grove, Wfsh, 15.87. 4, Brandon Conard, Eureka, 16.22. 5, Denver Dicks, Wfsh, 17.59. 6, A.J. Robinson, Gla, 17.97.

300 hurdles — 1, Chade Gonter, Fla, 42.33. 2, Keaton Grove, Wfsh, 42.50. 3, Dillon Thomas, Fla, 44.06. 4, Carson Cantrell, Bfk, 44.26. 5, Austin Cook, Gla, 44.39. 6, Micah Sobczak, CF, 45.25.

400 relay — 1. Whitefish, NA; 2. Glacier,  NA. 3. Flathead, NA. (4. 5. 6. NA)

1,600 relay — 1, Glacier, 3:38.94. 2, Bigfork, 3:40.29. 3, Flathead, 3:40.36. 4, Columbia Falls, 3:45.90. 5, Flathead B, 3:56.45. 6, Eureka, 3:58.30.

High jump — 1, Matt Quist, Fla, 6-6. 2, Josh Sandry, Bfk, 6-1. 3, (tie) Chade Gonter, Fla, Jed Nagler, Wfsh, Cameron Nissen, Bfk, 5-11 each. 6, (tie) Tanner Olsen,  Gla, Dillon Thomas, Fla, 5-7 each.

Pole vault — 1, Lonnie Sherman, Gla, 13-6. 2, E.J. Havens, Wfsh, 12-6. 2, Sean Foley,  Wfsh, 12-6. 4, Tobias Barton, Fla, 12-0. 4, Carson Cantrell,   Bfk, 12-0. 4, Cole Jankovsky, Eureka, 12-0.

Long jump — 1, Jess Beaman, Fla, 21-9. 2, Sean Foley, Wfsh, 21-1. 3, Logan Jones, Gla, 20-8.25. 4, Austin Cook, Gla, 20-2. 5, Matt Quist, Fla, 19-10.25. 6, Easton Johnson, Fla, 19-7.25.

Triple jump — 1, Nakia Alexander, CF, 42-11. 2, Khaz Yanak, Eureka, 41-10.75. 3, E.J. Havens, Wfsh, 41-1.75. 4, Keaton Krantz, Fla, 40-11.75. 5, Cain Boschee, Gla, 40-7. 6, Tucker Rauthe,  Gla, 39-10.5.

Shot put — 1, Gage Smith, Wfsh, 46-2. 2, Tyler Iverson,  Bfk, 45-7. 3, Jess Beaman,Fla, 44-1.25. 4, Harrison Kauffman, Gla, 42-11.5. 5, Eli Brown, Fla, 42-10. 6, Zach Dennehy, Gla, 40-11.50.

Discus — 1, Zach Dennehy, Gla, 147-4. 2, Caleb McCracken, Fla, 143-8. 3, Gage Smith, Wfsh, 137-5. 4, Sam Nelson, Gla, 135-0. 5, Harrison Kauffman, Gla, 134-11. 6, Koler Kanistanaux, Wfsh, 134-4.

Javelin — 1, Luke May, Wfsh, 170-9. 2, Jared Trinastich,  CF,  155-1. 3, Richard Owens, Gla, 150-11. 4, Kaden Bradley, CF, 143-11. 5, Cade Thurston, Fla, 141-0. 6, Kodi Pletcher, CF, 140-0.