Flathead, Glacier on the track for crosstown dual
Look for records to be challenge, athletes to turn in top performances and a close battle on the team front today for the seventh annual crosstown track meet at Legends Stadium.
The action pitting Flathead versus Glacier will begin at 3 p.m.
Flathead’s girls won last year, 85-60, giving the Bravettes a 5-1 edge in the series.
Glacier’s boys came out on top last year, 94-51, but the Braves still lead the series 4-2.
The boys set seven meet records last year while the girls broke three.
“We’re at home, that’s the special thing,” Flathead boys coach Dan Hodge said.
“The kids are friends, but when they get on the track they want the bragging rights not so much for the team, but to say I’m the best in the 1,600, the high jump or the long jump.”
The crosstown was held at Legends Stadium the first there years. It has alternated back and forth between Glacier and Legends since then.
Hodge said with three meets on Flathead’s schedule this week, and having just competed at the Harry Swede Dahlberg Invitational on Saturday in Butte, “we’re doing a little specialization” for the crosstown.
“We don’t want to wear the kids out by having them run all their events,” he said.
Hodge says Glacier will have the “upper hand” in this dual as “they have the sprinters and that accounts for a lot of points.”
Flathead’s strongest event on the track is the hurdles. Four Braves placed in the 110s in Butte.
For the girls, Glacier coach Jerry Boschee expects a close meet.
“It should be fun,” he said.
“It could come down to the very end, the last two events (3,200 and 1,600 relay).
Like Hodge, Boschee will scale back the work load for most his athletes.
“I’m running my girls in two, three events, not loading them up,” he said.
Flathead heads to Missoula for a triangular with Hellgate and Sentinel on Thursday. Flathead and Glacier finish the week on Saturday at the ARM Invitational in Whitefish.
Crosstown Track Records
Boys
100 — Ian Damon, Flathead, 11.38, 2009
200 — Ben Cutler, Glacier, 22.74, 2009
400 — Taylor Hart, Glacier, 52.94, 2009
800 — Troy Fraley, Glacier, 2:00.24, 2012
1,600 — Zach Perrin, Flathead, 4:29.07, 2010
3,200 — Zach Perrin, Flathead, 9:06.13, 2013
110 hurdles — Duncan Aylor, Flathead, 15.70, 2009
300 hurdles — Adam Cebulla, Glacier, 40.70, 2013
400 relay — Flathead, 44.26, 2009
1,600 relay — Glacier, 3:32.53, 2013
Shot put — Connor Thomas, Flathead, 50-3 1/2, 2011
Discus — Josh Harris, Flathead, 155-3, 2008
Javelin — Todd Ogden, Glacier, 190-1, 2013
Pole vault — Dylan Creek, Flathead, 14-0, 2013
Long jump — Matt Tokarz, Flathead, 21-8 1/2, 2013
Triple jump — Matt Tokarz, Flathead, 45-2 1/4, 2012
High jump — Matt Quist, Flathead, 6-3, 2013
Girls
100 — Tess Brenneman, Flathead, 2009, and Maddey Frey, Glacier, 2010, 12.96
200 — Tess Brenneman, Flathead, 26.17, 2010
400 — Tess Brenneman, Flathead, 59.89, 2011
800 — Anna Deleray, Glacier, 2:24.33, 2011
1,600 — Heather Fraley, Glacier, 5:26.22, 2011
3,200 — Rachael Hart, Glacier, 12:06.69, 2011
100 hurdles — Lexy Boschee, Glacier, 15.72, 2012
300 hurdles — Kywn Johnson, Flathead, 47.37, 2013
400 relay — Flathead, 50.25, 2013
1,600 relay — Flathead, 4:08.77, 2012
Shot put — Emilee Hashley, Glacier, 36-7, 2008
Discus — Shauna Williams, Glacier, 112-0, 2013
Javelin — Kelsey Davis, Flathead, 119-01, 2012
Pole vault — Monique Cannady, Glacier, 9-6, 2011
Long jump — Tess Brenneman, Flathead, 18-7 3/4, 2012
Triple jump — Kwyn Johnson , Flathead, 37-0, 2012
High jump — Lexy Boschee, Glacier, 5-2, 2009