Schulz, Epperly leaders at Archie Roe Invitational track meet

The weather didn’t cooperate and either did the track’s electronic timing device, but there was no dip in quality at the Archie Roe Invitational track meet on Saturday at Legends Stadium.

Whitefish senior Marlow Schulz, who was named the meet’s top female athlete for the third time in four years, nearly overtook her record-setting day from a year ago, despite inclement weather and low temperatures for mid-May. After setting new meet-bests in three events last season, Schulz nearly topped her record mark in the 100-meter dash, but wasn’t awarded a record because of a malfunction with the electronic timing device. The 100 and 800 had to be hand timed, throwing off the official marks.

Schulz still managed to finish in a hand-timed 12.50 seconds, matching her time from last season. She also won the 200 and 400, sweeping the races for the third time at the meet. The only year she didn’t, she was sick.

“I love running this meet,” Schulz said. “The conditions weren’t great in the beginning of the day but I was happy towards the end of the day.”

The sun came out for the 200 and 1,600 relay at the end of the meet.

“I’ve been struggling a little bit with a nagging injury, but when it came to today, I was running,” Schulz said.

“I can take next week off. I love Archie.”

Bigfork’s Makena Morley nearly set a record in the 800, crossing the line in a hand-timed 2:16.2, unofficially a tenth of a second faster than the meet record. Morley, who ran the Bloomsday race in Spokane last week, said she wasn’t feeling at her best despite the winning mark.

“I was hoping to run a little faster,” Morley said. “I ran 2:12 last Tuesday (at the Top 10 in Missoula).

“You always have those days. There’s always a day where everything doesn’t go quite how you want it to go.”

Morley ran just the 800 and 1,600 relay, in hopes to stay fresher towards the end of the season.

“I’ve been trying to focus on the 800 this year,” she said.

“Just to kind of help my speed a little bit because that will help everything.

“I feel really good,” she added.

“Everything feels way better than it normally does.”

Flathead’s Rhiannon Sturgess won both the 100 and 300 hurdles with ease in the absence of Plains’ Hailey Phillips, the state leader in the 300.

Glacier senior Evan Epperly, who was named the top male athlete, had his fastest 100 of the season called back when the clock malfunctioned mid-race, but won the second heat in 11.3 seconds. He also finished second in the 200 and led off the winning Glacier 400 relay.

Flathead’s Jess Beaman won the long and triple jumps.

Flathead won the boys team title and Glacier the girls.

Archie Roe Invitational

Saturday

Legends Stadium, Kalispell

BOYS

Team Scores

Flathead 122.75, Glacier 108, Hellgate 70, Whitefish 69, Bigfork 35.25, Polson 32.25, Columbia Falls 23, Thompson Falls 17, Frenchtown 14, Plains 12, Browning 10, Fort Benton 6.25, Eureka 5.5, Cut Bank 2, Shelby 0, Libby 0.

Events

100 — 1, Evan Epperly, Glacier, 11.30. 2, Koler Kanistanaux, Whitefish, 11.40. 3, Gharret Olson, Frenchtown, 11.50. 3, Dylan Vaught, Thompson Falls, 11.50. 5, Easton Johnson, Flathead, 11.60. 5, Christian Langston, Eureka, 11.60.

200 — 1, Colin Dolese, Hellgate, 22.53. 2, Evan Epperly, Glacier, 22.83. 3, Jed Nagler, Whitefish, 23.57. 4, Easton Johnson, Flathead, 23.83. 4, Connor Mayberry, Flathead, 23.83. 6, Mike Sandefer, Columbia Falls, 24.17.

400 — 1, Luke Cardon, Whitefish, 52.47. 2, Casey Kostecki, Glacier, 52.98. 3, Connor Mayberry, Flathead, 53.09. 4, Scout Willcut, Glacier, 53.80. 5, Jed Nagler, Whitefish, 53.80. 6, Christian Langston, Eureka, 55.19.

800 — 1, Emmitte DustyBull, Browning, 1:59.79. 2, Tel Motichka, Polson, 2:01.49. 3, Jake Perrin, Flathead, 2:02.86. 4, Chance Kittle, Flathead, 2:03.70. 5, Andrew Honken, Frenchtown, 2:05.48. 6, William Cronk, Flathead, 2:06.00.

1,600 — 1, Nathan Connell, Glacier, 4:30.41. 2, Christopher Herrick, Hellgate, 4:31.38. 3, Sylas Schutt, Flathead, 4:36.31. 4, Logan Morley, Bigfork, 4:37.24. 5, Sam Barrett, Hellgate, 4:38.79. 6, Chance Kittle, Flathead, 4:38.81.

3,200 — 1, Christopher Herrick, Hellgate, 9:37.87. 2, Logan Morley, Bigfork, 9:45.18. 3, Sylas Schutt, Flathead, 9:45.71. 4, Sam Barrett, Hellgate, 10:02.10. 5, Danny Provo, Hellgate, 10:05.50. 6, Jacob Calles, Flathead, 10:05.57.

110 Hurdles — 1, Dillon Thomas, Flathead, 15.52. 2, Jacob Clairmont, Polson, 15.86. 3, Keaton Grove, Whitefish, 16.07. 4, Ben Hulme, Fort Benton, 16.28. 5, Alex Wilson, Whitefish, 16.33. 6, Josh Osborne, Flathead, 16.39.

300 Hurdles — 1, Colin Dolese, Hellgate, 39.12. 2, Jacob Clairmont, Polson, 41.24. 3, Chade Gonter, Flathead, 41.27. 4, Alex Wilson, Whitefish, 42.82. 5, Austin Cook, Glacier, 43.41. 6, Keaton Nicholson, Whitefish, 43.46.

400 Relay — 1, Glacier ‘A’ (Evan Epperly, Cain Boschee, Riley Connell, Logan Jones), 44.15. 2, Thompson Falls ‘A’, 44.68. 3, Whitefish ‘A’, 44.98. 4, Flathead ‘A’, 45.24. 5, Columbia Falls ‘A’, 45.55. 6, Bigfork ‘A’, 45.55.

1,600 Relay — 1, Glacier ‘A’ (Casey Kostecki, Nathan Connell, Riley Connell, Scout Willcut), 3:34.62. 2, Bigfork ‘A’, 3:35.79. 3, Flathead ‘A’, 3:36.53. 4, Columbia Falls ‘A’, 3:37.38. 5, Fort Benton ‘A’ 3:41.58. 6, Frenchtown ‘B’, 3:42.24.

Shot Put — 1, Zayne Babbitt, Hellgate, 53-8.25. 2, Ben Gorham, Plains, 47-10. 3, Harrison Kauffman, Glacier, 45-10. 4, Dieterich House, Thompson Falls, 45-5.75. 5, Nolan Hofstee, Eureka, 44-1.25. 6, Braden Thier, Eureka, 43-8.

Discus — 1, Zach Dennehy, Glacier, 155-6. 2, Caleb McCracken, Flathead, 154-7. 3, Gage Smith, Whitefish, 144-3. 4, Ben Gorham, Plains, 143-11. 5, Koler Kanistanaux, Whitefish, 141-5. 6, Sam Nelson, Glacier, 140-0.

Javelin — 1, Luke May, Whitefish, 185-11. 2, Todd Ogden, Glacier, 183-3. 3, Josh Sandry, Bigfork, 161-2. 4, Jared Trinastich, Columbia Falls, 155-11. 5, Jonathan Gragg, Hellgate, 151-3. 6, Ty Morgan, Columbia Falls, 149-7.

High Jump — 1, Matt Quist, Flathead, 6-5. 2, Josh Sandry, Bigfork, 6-3. 3, Chade Gonter, Flathead, 6-3. 4, Tristan Gray, Hellgate, 6-1. 5, Jed Nagler, Whitefish, 6-1. 6, Jorden Smith, Hellgate, 5-11.

Long Jump — 1, Jess Beaman, Flathead, 21-1. 2, Jacob Clairmont, Polson, 20-4.25. 3, Austin Cook, Glacier, 20-0.5. 4, Nakia Alexander, Columbia Falls, 19-9.5. 5, Keaton Krantz, Flathead, 19-9. 6, Logan Jones, Glacier, 19-9.

Triple Jump — 1, Jess Beaman, Flathead, 45-0. 2, Nakia Alexander, Columbia Falls, 43-3. 3, Bobby Erbaugh, Frenchtown, 41-10.5. 4, Keaton Krantz, Flathead, 41-8.5. 5, Cain Boschee, Glacier, 41-4.25. 6, Jorden Smith, Hellgate, 41-0.

Pole Vault — 1, Lonnie Sherman, Glacier, 14-6. 2, Tobias Barton, Flathead, 13-6. 3, Tristan Gray, Hellgate, 13-0. 4, Sean Foley, Whitefish, 12-6. 5, Jared Berkram, Cut Bank, 12-6. 6, Carson Cantrell, Bigfork, 11-6. 6, Tyler Davis, Flathead, 11-6. 6, Jared Rubel, Polson, 11-6. 6, Kyle Evans, Fort Benton, 11-6.

GIRLS

Team Scores

Glacier 98, Flathead 91, Whitefish 79, Plains 59, Hellgate 51, Columbia Falls 49, Thompson Falls 26, Bigfork 26, Eureka 23, Polson 18, Frenchtown 4, Fort Benton 2, Cut Bank 1, Shelby 0, Browning 0, Libby 0.

Events

100 — 1, Marlow Schulz, Whitefish, 12.50. 2, Moncia White, Flathead, 12.70. 3, Nicole Rehbein, Plains, 12.90. 4, Grace Kurtz, Whitefish, 12.90. 5, Shauna Williams, Glacier, 12.90. 6, Alysha Smith, Glacier, 13.30.

200 — 1, Marlow Schulz, Whitefish, 25.82. 2, Nicole Rehbein, Plains, 27.20. 3, Grace Kurtz, Whitefish, 27.36. 4, Megan Russell, Flathead, 27.72. 5, Shannon Dimond, Plains, 28.29. 6, Ahna Kreitenger, Glacier, 28.36.

400 — 1, Marlow Schulz, Whitefish, 57.50. 2, Grace Kurtz, Whitefish, 1:02.29. 3, Tiara Duford, Polson, 1:02.69. 4, Alysha Smith, Glacier, 1:02.82. 5, Miranda Livingston, Columbia Falls, 1:03.30. 6, Ahna Kreitenger, Glacier, 1:03.37.

800 — 1, Makena Morley, Bigfork, 2:16.20. 2, Bailey Smith, Glacier, 2:23.40. 3, Claudia Hewston, Polson, 2:24.00. 4, Elizabeth Thompson, Flathead, 2:25.90. 5, Kaitlyn Bird, Fort Benton, 2:26.10. 6, Mercede Erickson, Glacier, 2:27.00.

1,600 — 1, Bailey Smith, Glacier, 5:24.62. 2, Samantha Sayer, Hellgate, 5:27.76. 3, Samantha Mundel, Columbia Falls, 5:29.94. 4, Kimberly Earhart, Plains, 5:37.24. 5, Alex Bartmess, Eureka, 5:37.65. 6, Nicole Bouma, Flathead, 5:42.57.

3,200 — 1, Samantha Sayer, Hellgate, 11:23.00. 2, Miranda Foster, Hellgate, 11:38.98. 3, Samantha Mundel, Columbia Falls, 12:01.70. 4, Corrine Hamilton, Glacier, 12:02.98. 5, Alex Bartmess, Eureka, 12:07.41. 6, Nicole Bouma, Flathead, 12:23.73.

100 Hurdles — 1, Rhiannon Sturgess, Flathead, 15.38. 2, Mattie Mazur, Flathead, 16.21. 3, Carla Nicosia, Columbia Falls, 16.29. 4, Brynn McChesney, Glacier, 16.52. 5, Mary Baker, Columbia Falls, 16.57. 6, Phoebe Guercio, Whitefish, 16.65.

300 Hurdles — 1, Rhiannon Sturgess, Flathead, 46.66. 2, Phoebe Guercio, Whitefish, 48.88. 3, Hailee Bennett, Glacier, 49.00. 4, Mattison McAnally, Bigfork, 49.67. 5, Lexi Pluid, Eureka, 50.51. 6, Hailey Collins, Cut Bank, 51.93.

400 Relay — 1, Glacier ‘A’ (Zoee Boschee, Laker Flores, Brynn McChesney, Alysha Smith), 51.28. 2, Flathead ‘A’, 52.30. 3, Columbia Falls ‘A’, 52.77. 4, Polson ‘A’, 53.30. 5, Plains ‘A’, 53.62. 6, Eureka ‘A’, 56.24.

1,600 Relay — 1, Flathead ‘A’ (Kelsey Noland-Gillespie, Moncia White, Elizabeth Thompson, Liz Chmielewski), 4:12.08. 2, Glacier ‘A’, 4:12.72. 3, Whitefish ‘A’, 4:15.99. 4, Bigfork ‘A’, 4:19.41. 5, Columbia Falls ‘A’, 4:25.84. 6, Plains ‘A’, 4:33.02.

Shot Put — 1, Emily Billow, Eureka, 39-6. 2, Tessa Krueger, Glacier, 37-11. 3, Leah Thompson, Plains, 37-3.50. 4, Jenessa Heine, Flathead, 36-0.50. 5, Tessa Robertson, Bigfork, 34-5.50. 6, Haley Belgarde, Columbia Falls, 34-5.

Discus — 1, Leah Thompson, Plains, 128-6. 2, Shauna Williams, Glacier, 116-10. 3, Emily Billow, Eureka, 116-5. 4, Kayla Holmes, Plains, 115-0. 5, Andrea Getts, Columbia Falls, 112-11. 6, Tessa Krueger, Glacier, 107-0.

Javelin — 1, Carley VonHeeder, Plains, 131-8. 2, Taylor Pfister, Hellgate, 127-4. 3, Kimberly Earhart, Plains, 122-0. 4, Lacey Hochhalter, Frenchtown, 111-9. 5, Katie Weed, Flathead, 109-0. 6, Mariah Corrigan, Polson, 105-0.

High Jump — 1, Autrey Hannum, Thompson Falls, 5-5. 2, Shey Hannum, Thompson Falls, 5-1. 3, Marissa Hiza, Bigfork, 4-11. 4, Mattie Mazur, Flathead, 4-9. 4, Zoee Boschee, Glacier, 4-9. 6, Kidron Lee, Polson, 4-9.

Long Jump — 1, Megan Russell, Flathead, 16-9.25. 2, Phoebe Guercio, Whitefish, 16-3.75. 3, Ellie Johnson, Columbia Falls, 15-10.5. 3, Emma Andrews, Flathead, 15-10.5. 5, Brielle Bumgarner, Glacier, 15-8.5. 6, Carla Nicosia, Columbia Falls, 15-6.75.

Triple Jump — 1, Carla Nicosia, Columbia Falls, 35-3. 2, Autrey Hannum, Thompson Falls, 34-8.75. 3, Zoee Boschee, Glacier, 33-8.5. 4, Abi Fiske, Glacier, 33-7.5. 5, Katie Wiley, Glacier, 33-5.75. 6, Phoebe Guercio, Whitefish, 33-2.75.

Pole Vault — 1, Charlotte Langer, Hellgate, 9-6. 2, Bekah Weaver, Whitefish, 9-0. 2, Allie Trent, Hellgate, 9-0. 4, JoJo Sherman, Glacier, 8-6. 5, Brooke Neater, Flathead, 8-6. 5, Meredith Wilson, Flathead, 8-6.