Glacier runs past Flathead
<p>Flathead's Chade Gotner attempts to clear 6' 3 3/4" Tuesday afternoon during the crosstown track meet at Legends Stadium. April 29, 2014 in Kalispell, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
<p>A Flathead athlete watches as Glacier's Shauna Williams (right) leads the last leg of the 400-meter White Tuesday afternoon during the crosstown track meet at Legends Stadium. April 29, 2014 in Kalispell, Montana. (Patrick Cote/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
Glacier swept the annual crosstown track dual, setting a handful of records in the process, at Legends Stadium on Tuesday.
Wolfpack senior Evan Epperly won both the 200- and 400-meter dashes, setting the meet record in the latter with a time of 50. 64 seconds. The time blew away the old mark of 52.94 set by Glacier’s Taylor Hart in 2009.
“Beautiful weather, track was good,” Epperly said. “I just want to come out here and compete. It’s crosstown, you want to win your events.”
The Glacier boys won 11 of the 17 events at the meet, taking the team title by a score of 82-63. Nathan Connell in the 800, Zach Dennehy in the discus and Brock Sandry in the 3,200 all set state qualifying marks.
Flathead’s Dillon Thomas also set a new record at the meet, crossing the line in the 110 hurdles in 15.49, the first athlete to set a state qualifying mark in the event at the crosstown meet. Thomas’ time passed former Brave Duncan Aylor’s mark of 15.70 set in 2009.
Flathead’s Sylas Schutt also set a state mark with a win in the 3,200.
Glacier’s girls won 10 of the 17 events in the dual, but it was their depth that won the day.
Senior thrower Tessa Krueger was the only double-winner for the Wolfpack, winning the shot put and the discus. Her discus throw of 120 feet, 5.5 inches far surpassed classmate Shauna Williams’ old meet record set last year of 112 feet. Williams, who finished second on Tuesday in both the shot put and discus, also beat her old discus record with a throw of 118-10.
Keyawna Larson continued her strong start to the season with a record throw of 134-3 in the javelin, passing Flathead’s Kelsey Davis’ mark of 119-1 set in 2012.
Flathead’s Rhiannon Sturgess won both the 100 and 300 hurdles, topping the meet record in the 300 my nearly a second. Sturgess topped the mark of 47.37 set last year by the Bravettes’ Kwyn Johnson with a time of 46.48.
“I didn’t even know what the meet record was, it’s a good surprise,” Sturgess said. “It was perfect weather for the 300s today. I hit all the hurdles with my right leg so that really helped me out.”
Bravettes teammate Megan Russell set a state qualifying mark with a win in the long jump.
Both teams are back on the track on Saturday for the ARM Invitational in Whitefish.
Crosstown Track Dual
Legends Stadium, Kalispell
Tuesday
BOYS
Team Scores — Glacier 82, Flathead 63
100 — 1, Logan Jones, G, 11.50. 2, Easton Johnson, F, 11.76. 3, Casey Kostecki, G, 12.07.
200 — 1, Evan Epperly, G, 23.57. 2, Scout Willcut, G, 24.13. 3, Tucker Rauthe, G, 24.35.
400 — 1, Evan Epperly, G, 50.64. 2, Scout Willcut, G, 53.42. 3, Connor Mayberry, F, 54.31.
800 — 1, Nathan Connell, G, 2:00.74. 2, Chance Kittle, F, 2:04.02. 3, Jake Perrin, F, 2:05.34.
1600 — 1, Kade McCutcheon, G, 4:42.28. 2, Jacob Calles, F, 4:42.47. 3, Logan Harmon, G, 4:46.06.
3200 — 1, Sylas Schutt, F, 9:56.34. 2, Brock Sandry, G, 10:03.13. 3, Tevyn Stetson, G, 10:29.63.
110 Hurdles — 1, Dillon Thomas, F, 15.49. 2, Chade Gonter, F, 15.55. 3, Josh Osborne, F, 16.04.
300 Hurdles — 1, Chade Gonter, F, 41.85. 2, A.J. Robinson, G, 43.27. 3, Josh Osborne, F, 43.76.
4x100 Relay — 1, Glacier ‘A’ 44.46. 2, Flathead ‘A’ 45.32. --, Glacier ‘B’ DQ. --, Flathead ‘B’ DQ.
4x400 Relay — 1, Glacier ‘A’ 3:33.30. 2, Flathead ‘A’ 3:36.65. --, Glacier ‘B’ DQ. --, Flathead ‘B’ DQ.
High Jump — 1, Chade Gonter, F, 6-1. 2, Cain Boschee, G, 5-11. 2, Connor Mayberry, F, 5-11.
Pole Vault — 1, Lonnie Sherman, G, 13-6. 2, Tobias Barton, F, 11-0. 3, Tyler Davis, F, J11-0.
Long Jump — 1, Jess Beaman, F, 20-6.25. 2, Logan Jones, G, 20-5.5. 3, Easton Johnson, F, 19-5.75.
Triple Jump — 1, Devin Cochran, G, 39-2. 2, Easton Johnson, F, 38-2.5. 3, Austin Cook, G, 37-10.5.
Shot Put — 1, Eli Brown, F, 44-6. 2, Harrison Kauffman, G, J44-6. 3, Jess Beaman, F, 44-5.
Discus — 1, Zach Dennehy, G, 154-5. 2, Caleb McCracken, F, 153-1. 3, Sam Nelson, G, 139-1.
Javelin — 1, Richard Owens, G, 147-8. 2, Jonathon Centner, F, 147-1. 3, Sam Nelson, G, 136-1.
GIRLS
Team Scores — Glacier 83, Flathead 68
100 — 1, Shauna Williams, G, 13.22. 2, Monica White, F, 13.44. 3, Zoee Boschee, G, 13.81.
200 — 1, Monica White, F, 27.63. 2, Alysha Smith, G, 28.20. 3, Brynn McChesney, G, 28.72.
400 — 1, Ahna Kreitenger, G, 1:03.04. 2, Alysha Smith, G, 1:03.72. 3, Chloe Hensley, G, 1:04.49.
800 — 1, Bailey Smith, G, 2:26.27. 2, Elizabeth Thompson, F, 2:27.34. 3, Mercede Erickson, G, 2:29.82.
1600 — 1, Nicole Bouma, F, 5:41.83. 2, Corrine Hamilton, G, 5:48.25. 3, Mackenzie Bouma, F, 5:55.52.
3200 — 1, Corrine Hamilton, G, 12:40.90. 2, Nicole Bouma, F, 12:55.98. 3, Julian Kaptanian, F, 13:30.36.
100 Hurdles — 1, Rhiannon Sturgess, F, 15.88. 2, Mattie Mazur, F, 16.69. 3, Brynn McChesney, G, 16.76.
300 Hurdles — 1, Rhiannon Sturgess, F, 46.48. 2, Hailee Bennett, G, 48.79. 3, Amy Braig, G, 52.84.
4x100 Relay — 1, Glacier ‘A’ 51.91. 2, Flathead ‘A’ 52.16.
4x400 Relay — 1, Flathead ‘A’ 4:17.59. 2, Glacier ‘A’ 4:17.87. --, Glacier ‘B’ DQ. --, Flathead ‘B’ DQ.
High Jump — 1, Mattie Mazur, F, 4-11. 1, Emma Andrews, F, 4-11. 1, Janae Moon, F, 4-11.
Pole Vault — 1, Katelyn Parmelee, G, 8-6. 2, Meredith Wilson, F, 8-0. 2, JoJo Sherman, G, 8-0.
Long Jump — 1, Megan Russell, F, 16-9. 2, Zoee Boschee, G, 15-11.5. 3, Shauna Williams, G, 15-2.5.
Triple Jump — 1, Abi Fiske, G, 33-11. 2, Janae Moon, F, 33-7.5. 3, Brielle Bumgarner, G, 32-9.
Shot Put — 1, Tessa Krueger, G, 36-1. 2, Shauna Williams, G, 34-6. 3, Jenessa Heine, F, 33-7.5.
Discus — 1, Tessa Krueger, G, 120-5.5. 2, Shauna Williams, G, 118-10. 3, Courtney Mundhenke, F, 95-10.
Javelin — 1, Keyawna Larson G, 134-3. 2, Jenessa Heine, F, 105-0. 3, Katie Weed, F, 104-4.