Glacier boys, girls blow by Flathead
Glacier High School’s Hunter Nicholson competes in the long jump in a meet with Flathead at Glacier High School on Tuesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead High School’s Jessica Barnhart anchors the girls’ 4x100 meter relay team during a meet with Glacier at Glacier High School on Tuesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier and Flathead boys compete in the 3,200 meter run during a meet at Glacier High School on Tuesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead High School’s Chance Sheldon-Allen finishes in the boys’ 4x100 meter relay during a meet with Glacier at Glacier High School on Tuesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier High School’s Evan Todd competes in the javelin during a meet with Flathead High School at Glacier High School on Tuesday. Todd’s throw measured 160.9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead High School’s Jessica Barnhart anchors the girls’ 4x100 meter relay team during a meet with Glacier at Glacier High School on Tuesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead High School’s Cain Roettig competes in the pole vault during a meet with Glacier at Glacier High School on Tuesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier High School’s Faith Brennan completes the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 16.64 in a meet with Flathead High School at Glacier High School on Tuesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier High School’s Bennett McChesney competes in the javelin during a meet with Flathead High School at Glacier High School on Tuesday. McChesney’s throw measured 163.4. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Flathead High School’s Ryan Vosen competes in the pole vault during a meet with Glacier at Glacier High School on Tuesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier’s Dusty Turner competes in the pole vault during a meet with Flathead High School at Glacier High School on Tuesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier High School’s Jackson Pepe competes in the long jump in a meet with Flathead at Glacier High School on Tuesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Glacier High School’s Hunter Nicholson competes in the long jump in a meet against Flathead High School at Glacier High School on Tuesday. Nicholson’s jump measured 21 feet 9 inches. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Most track and field teams dread the conditions both teams experienced at the Glacier-Flathead Dual at Glacier High School on Tuesday afternoon.
Though temperatures were relatively mild and the air mostly dry, the gusting wind made posting fast times and long marks even more difficult than normal.
But Glacier was right at home, both literally and figuratively.
“We love training and competing at our place, because it’s like that every day,” Glacier boys coach Arron Deck said. “It was just another day at work for us. We live it every day, and our kids have learned real quick that we don’t talk about it too much. We just try to go out and take care of business.”
The Wolfpack did exactly that versus their crosstown rivals.
Glacier’s girls earned a 84-66 win over the Bravettes, and the boys bested Flathead 100-45.
“The wind is at your back for 200 meters, so it’s awesome,” said Glacier’s Annie Hill, who won the 800- and 1600-meter runs in her final crosstown dual. “Then you turn and just have to fight through it.”
Hill and sprinter Adrian Schnee, both seniors, led the Glacier girls to their victory with a combined four wins.
Schnee won the 100- and 400-meter dashes and also placed second in the 200-meter dash.
“She has consistently gotten better,” Glacier girls coach Jerry Boschee said of Schnee. “It doesn’t matter what I’ve asked her to do; she’s kind of taken it in stride.”
The senior trio Deck refers to as the “Big 3” paced the Wolfpack boys in their rout over the Braves.
“Drew Turner and Hunter Nicholson and Elijah Boyd, they’re kind of our workhorses and our captains and our leaders,” Deck said. “It showed with their performances today.”
Turner swept with dashes with wins in the 100, 200 and 400. Nicholson breezed to a sweep of the jumps, winning the long jump, triple jump and high jump. Boyd finished second in the 1600.
Glacier dominated the sprints, taking the top five places in both the 100 and 200. The Wolfpack also four of the top five spots in both the long jump and triple jump.
Dawson Rinehart and Michael Lee were highlights for Flathead.
Rinehart won both the 110- and 300-meter hurdles. Lee took top honors in the shot put and discus by wide margins.
“Considering the headwind, I ran a pretty good time,” Rinehart said. “It’s pretty good just to win, even if it’s not my best. Still a little salty just not being able to give it my best.”
Rinehart’s sentiment seemed to echo trough all athletes and coaches, who were disappointed conditions might have kept some athletes from their best but also happy with the chance to compete.
“It’s like running into a brick wall for the kids (with the wind),” Flathead boys coach Dan Hodge said. “It definitely has an effect, a big effect.
“You have to learn to run in all kinds of weather, because when it gets down to divisionals and it gets down to state, they don’t postpone. You run through the storm.”
“Today was one of those day that you’re competing for places,” Deck added. “You know you’re not going to set a record.”
Boys
Team scores
Glacier 100, Flathead 45.
Events
100 —1, Drew Turner, Glacier, 11.95. 2, Preston Blain, Glacier, 12.04. 3, Adam Bartlett, Glacier, 12.12. 4, Dyllyn Stabler, Glacier, 12.13. 5, Clark Rianda, Glacier, 12.14.
200 —1, Drew Turner, Glacier, 24.17. 2, Adam Bartlett, Glacier, 25.35. 3, Cole Crosby, Glacier, 25.85. 4, Clark Rianda, Glacier, 26.42. 5, Casey Peiffer, Glacier, 26.48.
400 — 1, Drew Turner, Glacier, 52.59. 2, Drew Deck, Glacier, 54.29. 3, Dyllyn Stabler, Glacier, 56.27. 4, Kyle Fear, Flathead, 59.24. 5, Kaden Wills, Flathead, 59.66.
800 — 1, Keaton Fischer, Flathead, 2:09.97. 2, James Duram, Glacier, 2:13.38. 3, Zach Gillespie, Glacier, 2:14.19. 4, Ben Schwaller, Glacier, 2:18.84. 5, Simon Hill, Glacier, 2:22.60.
1600 — 1, Ben Perrin, Flathead, 4:38.92. 2, Elijah Boyd, Glacier, 4:44.94. 3, Joseph VandenBos, Glacier, 4:50.16. 4, Aren Alexander-Battee, Glacier, 5:01.38. 5, Nash Grafe, Glacier, 5:04.84.
3200 — 1, Simon Hill, Glacier, 10:27.95. 2, Joseph VandenBos, Glacier, 10:35.61. 3, Aren Alexander-Battee, Glacier, 10:38.86. 4, Keaton Fischer, Flathead, 10:39.05. 5, Nash Grafe, Glacier, 10:49.44.
110 Hurdles — 1, Dawson Rinehart, Flathead, 16.06. 2, Drew Deck, Glacier, 16.60. 3, Camas Rinehart, Flathead, 16.84. 4, Mason Naomi, Glacier, 20.27. 5, Ryan Vosen, Flathead, 20.93.
300 Hurdles — 1, Dawson Rinehart, Flathead, 42.90. 2, Preston Blain, Glacier, 46.00. 3, Jake Smith, Glacier, 48.04. 4, Ryan Vosen, Flathead, 51.68. 5, Jaxson Olson, Glacier, 53.13.
4x100 Relay — 1, Flathead ‘A’ 45.13. 2, Glacier ‘A’ 45.23.
4x400 Relay — 1, Glacier ‘A’ 3:38.07. 2, Flathead ‘A’ 3:44.72.
High Jump — 1, Hunter Nicholson, Glacier, 5-11. 2, Marc James, Glacier, 5-09. 3, Cooper Smith, Flathead, 5-07. 3, Logan Gunderson, Flathead, 5-07. 3, Seth Moon, Flathead, 5-07.
Pole Vault — 1, Kyle Mulcahy, Glacier, 12-00. 2, Bentley Boone, Flathead, 11-06. 2, Darrock Jackson, Flathead, 11-06. 4, Nick Leopold, Glacier, 10-06. 5, David Skwarchuk, Glacier, 9-08.
Long Jump — 1, Hunter Nicholson, Glacier, 21-09. 2, Sean Hegstad, Glacier, 20-11. 3, Chance Sheldon-Allen, Flathead, 20-07. 4, Logan Slocum, Glacier, 20-02. 5, Caden Harkins, Glacier, 19-09.
Triple Jump —1, Hunter Nicholson, Glacier, 42-10. 2, Caden Harkins, Glacier, 40-07. 3, Cooper Smith, Flathead, 39-00.50. 4, Jackson Pepe, Glacier, 38-11. 5, Sean Hegstad, Glacier, 38-07.
Shot Put —1, Michael Lee, Flathead, 53-09. 2, Tre Krause, Glacier, 47-05. 3, Cody Hartsoch, Glacier, 45-02. 4, Jared Brendan, Glacier, 43-01. 5, Cole Smith, Flathead, 42-03.
Discus —1, Michael Lee, Flathead, 145-06. 2, Jared Brendan, Glacier, 136-02. 3, Cole Smith, Flathead, 132-01. 4, Brooks Michaels, Glacier, 105-02. 5, Patrick Connolly, Glacier, 102-01.
Javelin —1, Bennett McChesney, Glacier, 177-00. 2, Evan Todd, Glacier, 160-09. 3, Bryan Baker, Flathead, 156-00. 4, Blake Rausch, Flathead, 150-05. 5, Sean Cox, Flathead, 141-04.
Girls
Team scores
Glacier 84, Flathead 66.
Events
100 — 1, Adrian Schnee, Glacier, 13.39. 2, Kennedy Kanter, Flathead, 13.65. 3, Jessica Barnhart, Flathead, 13.75. 4, Mikayla Shinn, Flathead, 13.90. 5, Lexey Macura, Glacier, 14.01.
200 — 1, Jessica Barnhart, Flathead, 28.35. 2, Adrian Schnee, Glacier, 28.40. 3, Kennedy Kanter, Flathead, 28.66. 4, Madison Boles, Flathead, 28.90. 5, Lexey Macura, Glacier, 29.36.
400 — 1, Adrian Schnee, Glacier, 1:02.47. 2, Kaylee Fritz, Glacier, 1:09.74. 3, Kacey Hill, Glacier, 1:09.91. 4, Adison Powell, Glacier, 1:10.24. 5, Kylie Anderson, Glacier, 1:10.33.
800 — 1, Annie Hill, Glacier, 2:27.70. 2, Kaitlin Wride, Flathead, 2:33.43. 3, Caroline Dye, Glacier, 2:39.97. 4, Makenna Kauffman, Glacier, 2:40.77. 5, Mara Lorch, Flathead, 2:42.01.
1600 —1, Annie Hill, Glacier, 5:29.67. 2, Tori Noland-Gillespie, Flathead, 5:45.12. 3, Meaghan Fisher, Flathead, 5:54.06. 4, Sadie Wilson, Flathead, 6:08.38. 5, Kami Darrow, Flathead, 6:17.07.
3200 —1, Hannah Perrin, Flathead, 12:38.01. 2, Kinzie Peterson, Glacier, 12:51.05. 3, Avril Baines, Glacier, 13:40.70. 4, Yazmin Benkstein, Glacier, 14:09.60. 5, Reese Koester, Glacier, 14:16.71.
100 —1, Faith Sullivan-Brennan, Glacier, 16.64. 2, Skyleigh Thompson, Flathead, 17.58. 3, Aubry Grame, Glacier, 17.83. 4, Cheyanne Arndt, Flathead, 18.47. 5, Sarabeth Rogge, Flathead, 19.27.
300 —1, Aubry Grame, Glacier, 51.64. 2, Skyleigh Thompson, Flathead, 51.82. 3, Faith Sullivan-Brennan, Glacier, 52.63. 4, Misty Greene, Flathead, 53.31. 5, Taylor Brisendine, Glacier, 54.45.
4x100 Relay —1, Flathead ‘A’ 51.62. 2, Glacier ‘A’ 53.04.
4x400 Relay —1, Flathead ‘A’ 4:27.97. 2, Glacier ‘A’ 4:30.75.
High Jump —1, Madison Boles, Flathead, 5-05. 2, Aubrie Rademacher, Glacier, 4-09. 3, Taylor Brisendine, Glacier, 4-07.
Pole Vault —1, Megan Rieke, Flathead, 8-06. 2, Alivia Johnson, Glacier, 7-06. 3, Lauren Harmon, Glacier, 7-00. 3, Morgan Hernandez, Glacier, 7-00. 5, Hailey Gardner, Flathead, 6-06. 5, Emily Lembke, Flathead, 6-06. 5, Morgan Jones, Glacier, 6-06.
Long Jump — 1, Kennedy Kanter, Flathead, 16-11.75. 2, Faith Sullivan-Brennan, Glacier, 16-08. 3, Jenna Johnson, Flathead, 16-00. 4, Lexey Macura, Glacier, 15-07. 5, Kennedy Crosby, Glacier, 15-05.
Triple Jump —1, Kennedy Crosby, Glacier, 33-11.50. 2, Aubrie Rademacher, Glacier, 33-04. 3, Emily Lembke, Flathead, 32-11. 4, Jessy Peterson, Glacier, 32-04. 5, Sage Thompson, Flathead, 31-03.
Shot Put —1, Mya Mcneely, Glacier, 35-04. 2, Cameron Gilman, Glacier, 32-10. 3, Kenzie Williams, Glacier, 31-02. 4, Katie Dixon, Glacier, 30-05.50. 5, Hannah Heath, Flathead, 30-02.
Discus —1, Samantha Waters, Flathead, 90-07. 2, Hannah Heath, Flathead, 82-10. 3, Cameron Gilman, Glacier, 78-08. 4, Mya Mcneely, Glacier, 76-11. 5, Paige Sweem, Flathead, 75-01.
Javelin —1, Katie Dixon, Glacier, 108-02. 2, Samantha Waters, Flathead, 105-03. 3, Kenzie Williams, Glacier, 104-07. 4, Cameron Gilman, Glacier, 86-08. 5, Paige Sweem, Flathead, 84-05.