Wolfpack, Bravettes win rainy Roe titles

The 44th Archie Roe Invitational track and field meet was going to get run, rain or shine. You know which thing happened Saturday.

Hundreds of competitors crowded the rain-soaked track at Legends Stadium, and if the elements were putting up a fight there were still some hot races.

Glacier’s boys and Flathead’s girls rolled to the varsity team titles, for the record. But the 800 boys featured a nice cross-section of talent. Flathead sophomore Kasen Kaster took over the lead from Missoula Hellgate’s Finneas Colescott late on the first lap and held on, winning in 2 minutes, 19.15 seconds.

That’s just .02 off his personal record. “In the rain, which is pretty cool,” he said.

The race also featured Hellgate’s Ridley Key, Whitefish senior Nate Ingelfinger and Bigfork junior Jack Jensen going 2-3-4. All three did PR: Ingelfinger met the qualifying standard and his time of 2:00.88 sits fourth in Class A; Jensen pushed his 800 time down to 2:01.70, which qualifies for the State B meet and sits second in his classification.

Sentinel and Helena have some serious 800 runners and weren’t here Saturday, but an Archie Roe title is no easy feat. Colescott, whom Kastner was seeing for the first time since last fall, won the 3,200 to start the meet, by the way.

“He’s pretty far ahead of me in cross country,” Kastner said. “He was ahead of me on the first lap. I was going to stay with him; coming in, my time was (better) so I had the inside line. He normally takes off pretty hard.”

Flathead got a long and triple jump sweep from Brody Thornsberry and won the long relay, but Glacier was very strong on this day.

Jeff Lillard swept the 200 and 400 and Ethan Anderson scored a hurdles sweep for the Wolfpack, which piled up 154 points to 133 for Hellgate and 109 for Flathead.

Kash Goicoechea won the 100 in 11.22 seconds — Columbia Falls’ Malaki Simpson had a nice lean at the end and clocked 11.23 — and Aiden Krause unleashed a winning discus throw of 162 feet, 11 inches, which makes him the third AA thrower to cross the 160-foot mark.

Ben Winters set a PR in the shot put while finishing second at 48-9.

On a cold day, Goicoechea stepped out of the 400 relay and Kole Johnson stepped in. The Pack won that in 43.03. That race and Lillard’s winning 400 time of 49.98 were about the closest anyone came to a meet record.

Thornsberry had the best triple jump of his career for Flathead, marking 43-4.25 and winning the event. He sits third in AA.

Plains’ Mason Elliott sits fifth in B after his PR of 42.98 in the 300 hurdles that Anderson won in 41 seconds flat,

The Flathead Bravettes won the girls title with 143 points. Hellgate had 107, Whitefish 71, Columbia Falls 53.5 and Glacier 41.

There were the usual suspects — Kennedy Moore won the high jump, Tali Miller took the javelin, and Alivia Rinehart and Bristol Lenz went 1-2 in the 100 hurdles — and some serious depth. As in Afton Wride, Mia Stephan and Alice Dolezal finishing 2-4-5 in the triple jump.

Whitefish, the defending State A champion, saw Brooke Zetooney win a quick 100 meters in 12.62 seconds; Columbia Falls’ Ally Sempf, who would later win the 200, was second at 12.74.

Zetooney, a junior, also anchored the Bulldogs’ short relay that won in 50.76.

“Not our best, but not terrible considering the bad handoffs we had,” Zetooney said. “Terrible.

“I was, I think, third (when she got the baton). With maybe a 15, 20-meter gap ahead of us.”

She was able to catch Flathead’s Akilah Kubi; the Bravettes, who were also second in the long relay, came across in 50.92.

Whitefish still has potential to score big at the State A meet, and will have to with the way Corvallis has been running.

“They’re a pretty solid team,” Zetooney said. “It’s definitely going to be a close competition but I think we can do it.”

It helps that Hailey Ells keeps bumping down her 100-meter hurdles times (16.43 Saturday, fifth in A); Ells also held off the Flathead tandem of Zoey Bortz and Rinehart to win the 300s.

Also encouraging for Whitefish was junior Maeve Ingelfinger’s second–place finish in the 800; only one Class A runner has been faster than her time of 2:21.88 this season.

Besides Sempf, Columbia Falls had a strong performance from Siri Erickson, who was third in the 1,600 while running the second-fastest time in Class A (5:22.27). The Wildkats also saw Emma McAllister PR in the triple jump.

Glacier’s Kai Johnson won a duel with Bigfork’s Scout Nadeau in the shot, continuing her amazingly consistent season with a winning mark of 39-10.5

Nadeau, meanwhile, put almost two feet between her previous PR, set a week ago at the Whitefish ARM Invitational. She marked 39-9.5.

She didn’t win Saturday, but Thompson Falls’ Ellie Baxter ran PRs in all three distance races, including a second-place finish to Hellgate’s Rose Wiltse in the 3,200. Baxter’s time of 11:51.18 is fourth in Class B.

So maybe it wasn’t too bad out there for the distance runners.

“If it would stop raining,” Kastner, who wasn’t having it, said. “The rain was killing us.”

Archie Roe Invitational

Saturday, Legends Stadium

BOYS

Team scores — Glacier 154, Missoula Hellgate 133, Flathead 109, Whitefish 27, Columbia Falls 23, Bigfork 19, Shelby 14, Plains 6, Fort Benton 4, Thompson Falls 3, Libby 3, Cut BAnk 1.

100 — 1, Kash Goicoechea, Gla, 11.22; 2, Malaki Simpson, CF, 11.23; 3, Evan Barnes, Gla, 11.44; 4, Kai Golan, CF, 11.50; 5, Kole Johnson, Gla, 11.57; 6, Brody Thornsberry, Fla, 11.58.

200 — 1, Jeff Lillard, Gla, 23.55; 2, William Hollensteiner, Fla, 23.99; 3, Ben Bliven, Fla, 24.07; 4, Taylor Dana, Fla, 24.64; 5, Randon Richman, She, 24.88; 6, Nathan Dunham, FB, 24.92.

400 — 1, Jeff Lillard, Gla, 49.98; 2, Jackson Walker, Fla, 52.11; 3, Randon Richman, She, 52.53; 4, Isak Soyland, CF, 53.11; 5, Shae Warner, Gla, 53.22; 6, Landis Arganbright, FB, 54.46.

800 — Kasen Castner, Fla, 1:59.15; 2, Ridley Key, Hgt, 2:00.26; 3, Nate Ingelfinger, Wfh, 2:00.88; 4, Jack Jensen, Bfk, 2:01.70; 5, Finneas Colescott, Hgt, 2:01.80; 6, Wilson Derry, Hgt, 2:04.82.

1,600 — 1, Daniel Wiltse, Hgt, 4:31.17; 2, Owen Thiel, Gla, 4:33.30; 3, Kasen Kastner, Fla, 4:36.75; 4, Ridley Key, Hgt, 4:38.07; 5, Mason Genovese, Wfh, 4:38.56; 6, Simon Douglas, Wfh, 4:41.87.

3,200 — 1, Finneas Colescott, Hgt, 9:26.37; 2, Wilson Derry, Hgt, 9:55.03; 3, Bauer Hollman, Fla, 9:59.26; 4, Mason Genovese, Wfh, 10:06.05; 5, Jack Baumes, Hgt, 10:26.72; 6, James Greene, CB, 10:27.55.

110 hurdles — 1, Ethan Anderson, Gla, 15.22; 2, Wyatt Johnson, Bfk, 15.84; 3, Alex Hausmann, Gla, 16.27; 3, Jacob Dolezal, Fla, 16.32; 5, Carson Krack, Wfh, 17.15; 6, Isak Epperly, Wfh, 17.15.

300 hurdles — 1, Ethan Anderson, Gla, 41.00; 2, Alex Hausmann, la, 42.71; 3, Mason Elliott, Pla, 42.98; 4, Michael Manning, Fla, 45.19; 5, Emmett Zander, Hgt, 45.94; 6, Chandler Noland-Gillespie, Fla, 46.83.

400 relay — 1, Glacier (Kole Johnson, Ethan Anderson, Jeff Lillard, Evan Barnes) 43.03; 2, Flathead 44.76; 3, Whitefish 45.54; 4, Columbia Falls 46.23; 5, Thompson Falls 46.84; 6, Fort Benton 47.13.

1,600 relay — 1, Flathead (Trevor Burke, Kason Kastner, Jackson Walker, Brody Thornsberry) 3:33.97; 2, Glacier 3:35.01; 3, Hellgate 3:36.84; 4, Shelby 3:47.15; 5, Whitefish 3:47.20; 6, Fort Benton 3:53.29.

Discus — 1, Aiden Krause, Gla, 162-11; 2, Ben Parks, Hgt, 140-5; 3, Micah Gross, Hgt, 135-8; 4, Kitar Olsen, Wfh, 125-11; 5, Alex Shields, Hgt, 10-5; 6, Henry Sellards, Gla, 117-11.

Javelin — 1, Aiden Nichols, Hgt, 159-10; 2, Tibur Nilson, Hgt, 158-3; 3, Joseph Farrier, Bfk, 149-3;45, Carter Lapke, Gla, 139-4; 5, Kyle McDermott, She, 134-7; 6, Trent Riddel, Lib, 131-2.

Shot put — 1, Alex Shields, Hgt, 53-2; 2, Ben Winters, Gla, 48-9; 3, Henry Sellards, Gla, 48-8; 4, Ben Parks, Hgt, 45-10; 5, Micah Gross, Hgt, 45-9.5; 6, Lane Voermans, CF, 44-5.5.

High jump — 1, Hunter Preston, Hgt, 6-2; 2, Emmett Zander, Hgt, 6-0; 3, Craig Allmacher, Hgt, 6-0-; 4, William Hollensteiner, Fla, 5-10; 5, Tristan Anderson, Lib, 5-10; 6, Xavier Stout, Gla, 5-10.

Long jump — 1, Brody Thornsberry, Fla, 20-9.75; 2, Caleb Brannan, Gla, 20-9.25; 3, Xavier Stout, Gla, 20-9; 4, Jeff Lillard, Gla, 20-2.75; 5, Stanley Stremick, CF, 19-11.75; 6, Breck Ferris, TF, 19-8.25.

Triple jump — 1, Brody Thornsberry, Fla, 43-4.25; 2, Stephen Riley, Fla, 41-45.5; 3, Skeet Scharfe, Hgt, 41-4; 4, Kaidrian Buls, Gla, 41-3; 5, Ty Olsen, Gla, 40-5.25; 6, Michael Manning, Fla, 39-8.25.

Pole vault — Not contested.

JV team scores — Glacier 203, Flathead 91, Hellgate 59, Bigfork 50, Thompson Falls 28, Columbia Falls 20, Whitefish 12, Browning 11, Libby 6, Cut Bank 5, Shelby 3.

Freshman team scores — Flathead 115.16, Glacier 100, Hellgate 67.16, Bigfork 60.5, Whitefish 42.16, Fort Benton 41, Shelby 30, Thompson Falls 14, Columbia Falls 6, Heritage Academy 5, Browning 4, Cut Bank 1. (full results can be found at Athletic.net).

GIRLS

Team scores — Flathead 143, Missoula Hellgate 107, Whitefish 71, Columbia Falls 53.5; 5, Glacier 44, Bigfork 27, Thompson Falls 16, Plains 15.5; Libby 14, Shelby 4, Cut Bank 1.

100 — 1, Brooke Zetooney, Wfh, 12.62; 2, Ally Sempf, CF, 12.74; 3, Rachael Wilmot, Wfh, 13.02; 4, Kelcey Copping, Fla, 13.08; 5, Sofia Szollosi, Hgt, 13.10; 6, Hailey Ells, Wfh, 13.12.

200 — 1, Ally Sempf, CF, 26.38; 2, Rachael Wilmot, Wfh, 26.90; 3, Bristol Lenz, Fla, 27.61; 4, Rylee Boltz, Lib, 28.21; 5, Zeila Wagner, Gla, 28.34; 6, Zoey Bortz, Gla, 28.34.

400 — 1, Sophia Miller, Hgt, 60.96; 2, Peyton Walker, Fla, 61.48; 3, Bailey Wride, Fla, 62.64; 4, Carmen Eddy, Gla, 6y2.85; 5, Grace Boyles, Hgt, 63.68; 6, Trinity Riffle, TF, 64.11.

800 — 1, Kaitlyn Skinner, Hgt, 2:18.99; 2, Maeve Ingelfinger, Wfh, 2:21.88; 3, Jamison Molloy, Hgt, 2:22.29; 4, Bailey Wride, Fla, 2:23.19; 5, Alyssa Vollrtsen, Gla, 2:25.58; 6, Stella Diaz, Hgt, 2:26.61.

1,600 — 1, Kaitlyn Skinner, Hgt, 5:19.96; 2, Rose Wiltse, Hgt, 5:20.91; 3, Siri Erickson, CF, 5:22.27; 4, Maeve Ingelfinger, Wfh, 5:27.84; 5, Stella Diaz, Hgt, 5:29.63; 6, Anna Terrtter, Gla, 5:33.57.

3,200 — 1, Rose Wiltse, Hgt, 11:46.55; 2, Ellie Baxter, TF, 11:51.18; 3, Lillli Rumsey Eash, Fla, 11:52.07; 4, Audrey Baldwin, Hgt, 12:00.20; 5, Annika Kendrick, Hgt, 12:10.42; 6, Madelaine Jellison, Fla, 12:18.84.

100 hurdles — 1, Alivia Rinehart, Fla, 16.15; 2, Bristol Lenz, Fla, 16.22; 3, Hailey Ells, Wfh, 16.43; 4, Addison Richman, She, 17.80; 5 (tie), Courtney Hussion, CF, and Kalli Tuma, Pla, 17.81.

300 hurdles — 1, Hailey Ells, Wfh, 47.46; 2, Zoey Bortz, Fla, 48.00; 3, Alivia Rinehart, Fla, 48.84; 4, Bailey Gable, Gla, 49.61; 5, Coutney Hussion, CF, 51.00; 6, Harlie Roth, Fla, 51.39.

400 relay — 1, Whitefish (Rachael Wilmot, Hailey Ells, Mila Maddock, Brooke Zetooney) 50.72; 2, Flathead 50.92; 3, Hellgate 51.71; 4, Columbia Falls 51.80; 5, Glacier 53.11; 6, Bigfork 53.28.

1,600 relay — 1, Hellgate (Sophia Miller, Anneliese Bessette, Grace Boys, Kaitlyn Skinner) 4:12.31; 2, Flathead 4:13.61; 3, Whitefish 4:14.32; 4, Columbia Falls 4:23.36; 5, Glacier 4:28.85; 6, Thompson Falls 4:40.96.

Discus — 1, Alexis Deming, Pla, 10-5;4 2, Ella Halliburton, Gla, 102-0; 3, Scout Nadeau, Bfk, 101-11.5; 4, Maddy Moy, Fla, 101-5; 5, Kai Johnson, Gla, 96-8; 6, Ellie Stutsman, CF, 82-1.

Javelin — 1, Taliana Miller, Fla, 112-10; 2, Callie Gembala, Bfk, 103-0; 3, Chesney Lowe, TF, 97-5; 4, Zoey Albert, Bfk, 94-10; 5, Charlotte Osler, Gla, 93-3; 6, Darci Littrell, CB, 90-3.

Shot put — 1, Kai Johnson, Gla, 39-11.5; 2, Scout Nadeau, Bfk, 39-9.5; 3, Ellie Sutsman, CF, 33-8; 4, Alexis Deming, Pla, 33-3; 5, Brooke Zetooney, Wfh, 33-1; 5, Ella Halliburton, Gla, 32-10.

High jump — 1, Kennedy Moore, Fla, 5-2; 2, Rylee Boltz, Lib, 5-0; 3, Elly Reed, Hgt, 4-10; 4, Jaidyn Pevey, Gla, 4-10; 5, Lillie Lambert, Hgt, 4-8; 6, Peyton Walker, Fla, 4-8.

Long jump — 1, Payzlee Boyce, Fla, 17-0; 2, Akilah Kubi, Fla, 16-11.75; 3, Alix Mund, Hgt, 16-8; 3, Courtney Hussion, CF, 16-2; 5, Bergen Fortner, Liub, 15-8; 6, Mia Septhan, Fla, 15-6.5.

Triple jump — 1, Alix Mund, Hgt, 35-7; 2, Afton Wride, Fla, 34-4; 3, Emma McAllister, CF, 34-4; 4, Mia Stephan, Fla, 33-2.5; 5, Alice Dolezal, Fla, 32-5.5; 6, Soli Bullemer, CF, 32-3.

Pole vault — not contested.

JV team scores — Glacier 120, Flathead 92, Hellgate 69, Bigfork 52, Cut Bank 41, Columbia Falls 37, Whitefish 19, Thompson Falls 10, Libby 10, Fort Benton 8, Shelby 4, Browning 1.

Freshman team scores — Glacier 74, Bigfork 54, Columbia Falls 52, Fort Benton 47, Hellgate 47, Flathead 39, Whitefish 34, Cut Bank 33, Thompson Falls 24, Heritage Academy 18.