Krause lets it fly at Divisionals

Glacier's Aiden Krause releases a throw of 193'8" for a first place finish in the boys discus at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Alivia Rinehart took first place in the girls 200 meter run with a time of 25.35 at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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The Flathead trio of Ben Bliven, center, Brody Thornsberry, left, and Will Hollensteiner, right, placed first, second and fourth respectively in the boys 200 meter run at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Kai Johnson releases a throw in the girls discus at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. Johnson placed first with a throw of 119' 4".(Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Will Hollensteiner took first place in the boys 400 meter run with a time of 48.54 at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Ethan Anderson clears a hurdle en route to a first place finish in the boys 100 meter hurdles at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Kennedy Moore competes in the high jump at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. Moore placed second with a jump of 5'2".(Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Owen Thiel took second place in the boys 1600 meter run with a time of 4:18.93 at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Alivia Rinehart clears a hurdle en route to a third place finish in the girls 100 meter hurdles at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Cooper Pelc competes in the boys triple jump at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. Pelc finished fourth with a jump of 44' 2.5". (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Brody Thornsberry competes in the boys triple jump at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. Thornsberry placed sixth with a jump of 43'4". (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Zeila Wagner took third place in the girls 100 meter run at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Will Hollensteiner takes the baton from Ben Bliven to run the anchor leg of the boys 4x400 relay for a first place finish with a time of 3:21.66 with teammates Lane Chivers and Kasen Kastner at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Lauren Bissen took second place in the girls 1600 meter run with a time of 5:16.51 at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Rylee Bigelow releases a throw in the girls discus at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. Bigelow placed second with a throw of 113'. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Zoey Bortz runs to a sixth place finish in the girls 400 meter run at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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by JON ALLEN
Staff Writer | May 19, 2024 12:00 AM

It happened: Aiden Krause set a new personal best and unofficial state record in the discus with a 193 feet, eight-inch throw at the Western AA divisional meet Saturday at Legends Stadium.

The throw is the farthest on record — Missoula Hellgate’s Dan Tabish threw 193-7 at the State AA meet in 1982 — by one inch. This is the third time Krause cleared the 190-foot mark this spring.

His victory in the event — and second of the meet after winning Friday’s shot put — helped Glacier to a second-place finish in the team competition for the boys with 98 points.

Flathead scored 131 points to win the boys competition. Helena Capital finished third with 84 points and Helena High scored 65 points for fourth.

Ben Bliven and Brody Thornsberry helped the Braves to the team title with a pair of 1-2 finishes in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Bliven got the better of his teammate in both races.

“We were all really, really tight around the 50-meter mark,” Bliven said. “I was able to kick it into second gear even though it’s a little tough with the head wind, but I’m really happy me and Brody were able to do that. It’s what we were hoping for.”

Flathead also secured a 1-2 finish in the 400 meters with William Hollensteiner setting a new personal best of 48.54 for the win, and Lane Chivers clocking a personal record 49.61 in second.

“I tried to come out hard out of the blocks and keep that speed down the back stretch,” Hollensteiner said. “It’s hard sometimes because you know no one is pushing you, but you have to keep up the mentality and keep on pushing yourself.”

Chivers and Hollensteiner also ran on the Flathead 1,600 relay team that took the victory in 3:21.66.

Glacier’s Ethan Anderson grabbed the victory in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.51 for his second victory of the meet — he also won the 300-meter hurdles Friday.

“I knew it was going to be competitive,” Anderson said. “I didn’t get out (of the blocks) quick enough, but luckily I hit the first hurdle well. The middle of the race I was cruising and felt really good, then the last hurdle I kind of nicked with my trail leg and stumbled across the finish line.”

Flathead also grabbed the team title in the girls competition with a total of 111.75 points, ahead of Hellgate (104), Glacier (90.5), and Helena (82).

Alivia Rinehart picked up a victory in the 200-meter dash for the Bravettes with a personal best 25.35 — good enough for second best in the state this spring.. She also finished third in the 100-meter hurdles ahead of teammate Bristol Lenz in fourth. That was after winning the 300 hurdles Friday.

Flathead also won the girls 1,600-meter relay with a time of 4:05.83 — the third best time in the state this season. Glacier finished third behind Hellgate with a time of .4:14.38.

The Wolfpack grabbed a 1-2 finish in the girls discus with Kai Johnson winning with a 119-4 throw. Rylee Bigelow finished second at 113-0.

Western AA Divisional

Legends Stadium

BOYS

Team results — 1, Flathead 131; 2, Glacier 98; 3, Capital 84; 4, Helena 65; 5, Sentinel 60.5; 6, Big Sky 40; 7, Butte 29; 8, Hellgate 17.5.

100 — 1, Ben Bliven, Fla 11.00; 2, Brody Thornsberry, Fla. 11.11; 3, Cooper Nelson, Cap. 11.17; 4, Evan Barnes, Gla. 11,18; 5, Jacob Paugh, MBS 11.25; 6, Drew Almquist, Cap. 11.30; 7, Luke Ruch, Hel. 11.33; 8, Gavin Ulland, MBS 11.35.

200 — 1, Ben Bliven, Fla. 22.02; 2, Brody Thornsberry, Fla. 22.39; 3, Kash Goicoechea, Gla. 22.61; 4, William Hollensteiner, Fla. 22.64; 5, Cooper Nelson, Cap. 22.76; 6, Luke Ruch, Hel. 22.84; 7, Jacob Dolezal, Fla. 22.93; 8, Drew Almquist, Cap. 22.96.

400 — 1, William Hollensteiner, Fla. 48.54; 2, Lane Chivers, Fla. 49.61; 3, Luke Ruch, Hel. 50.17; 4, Peyton Nelson, Cap. 50.53; 5, Shae Warner, Snt. 51.16; 6, Shae Warner, Gla. 51.35; 7, Ben Shaules, Snt. 51.37; 8, Travis Ryland-Davis, Hel. 51.61.

1,600 — 1, Quinn Newman, Snt. 4:16.62; 2, Owen Thiel, Gla. 4:18.93; 3, Elliot Stimpson, Hel. 4:24.30; 4, Henry Sund, Hel. 4:24.33; 5, Tyler Inabnit, Snt. 4:25.27; 6, Kasen Kastner, Fla. 4:29.51; 7, Isaiah Cowan, MBS 4:30.88; 8, Dylan Hill, Hel. 4:33.67.

110 hurdles — 1, Ethan Anderson, Gla. 14.51; 2, Gavin Mow, Cap. 15.02; 3, Oliver Simianer, MBS 15.19; 4, Corbin Weltzien, Hgt. 15.22; 5, Sam Henderson, Butte 15.31; 6, Jacob Dolezal, Fla. 15.47; 7, Kellan Krueger, MBS 15.63; 8, Evan Barnes, Gla. 15.63.

1,600 relay — 1, Flathead 3:21.66; 2, Capital 3:23.80; 3, Helena 3:28.25; 4, Sentinel 3:28.39; 5, Glacier 3:29.97; 6, Big Sky 3:30.92; 7, Butte 3:40.12; 8, Hellgate 3:40.41.

Discus — 1, Aiden Krause, Gla. 193-8; 2, Danny Sirmon, Snt. 175-1; 3, Kyler Stenson, Butte 163-7; 4, Cole Dawes, Cap. 162-7; 5, Barrett Hageman, Cap. 158-0; 6, Dylan Smith, Gla. 145-0; 7, Sam Sirmon, Snt. 142-9; 8, Henry Sellards, Gla. 141-9.

Triple jump — 1, Sam Henderson, Butte 45-7.5; 2, Aayden Simmons, Hel. 45-1; 3, Jeremiah Saari, Cap. 44-8; 4, Cooper Pelc, Gla. 44-2.5; 5, Porter Gibbs, MBS 43-10; 6, Brody Thornsberry, Fla. 43-4; 7, Trey Peterson, Hel. 43-4; 8, Jacob Dolezal, Fla. 42-9.

GIRLS

Team results — 1, Flathead 117.75; 2, Hellgate 104; 3, Glacier 90.5; 4, Helena 82; 5, Sentinel 59.75; 6, Capital 43; 7, Big Sky 29; 8, Butte 5.

100 — 1, Sofia Szollosi, Hgt 12.92; 2, Brooklyn Ludemann, MBS 13.02; 3, Zelia Wagner, Gla. 13.24; 4, Dylann Bartoletti, Butte 13.45; 5, Shaylee Soule, Cap. 13.49; 6, Afton Wride, Fla. 13.52; 7, Briel Powers, Snt. 13.54; 8, Kiera Sullivan, Gla. 13.63.

200 — Alivia Rinehart, Fla. 25.35; 2, Madilyn Todorovich, Hel. 25.82; 3, Brooklyn Ludemann, MBS 27.05; 4, Shaylee Soule, Cap. 27.15; 5, Juliette Burbidge, Cap. 27.53; 6, Carmen Eddy, Gla. 27.59; 7, Briel Powers, Snt. 27.87; 8, Mia Carrell, Hel. 27.89.

400 — 1, Sophia Miller, Hgt. 59.63; 2, Hazel Bishop, Hel. 59.82; 3, Kaitlyn Skinner, Hgt 59.94; 4, Mia Swartz, Snt. 1:00.49; 5, Reghan Skogen, Hel. 1:00.54; 6, Zoey Bortz, Fla. 1:00.75; 7, Shaylee Soule, Cap. 1:00.87; 8, Dacia Benkelman, Gla. 1:01.35.

1,600 — 1, jamison Molloy, Hgt. 5:11.93; 2, Lauren Bisson, Gla. 5:16.51; 3, Stella Diaz, Hgt. 5:17.75; 4, Mikenna Conan, Fla. 5:21.09; 5, Josie Wilson, Fla. 5:21.62; 6, Kintla Thomas, Hgt. 5:22.08; 7, Kortney McKay, Hel. 5:25.39; 8, Alyssa Vollertsen, Gla. 5:27.05.

100 hurdles — 1, Logan Todorovich, Hel. 14.68; 2, Emily McElmurry, Snt. 14.76; 3, Alivia Rinehart, Fla. 14.82; 4, Bristol Lenz, Fla. 15.39; 5, Isabelle Linder, Cap. 16.13; 6, Isabella Grutsch, MBS 16.32; 7, Gracelee Banna, MBS, 16.4; 8, Zoey Bortz, Fla. 16.47.

1,600 relay — 1, Flathead 4:05.83; 2, Hellgate 4:06.95; 3, Glacier 4:14.38; 4, Big Sky 4:16.61; 5, Capital, 4:19.07; 6, Helena 4:20.37; 7, Sentinel 4:21.26; 8, Butte 4:29.38.

Discus — 1, Kai Johnson, Gla. 119-4; 2, Rylee bigelow, Gla. 113-0; 3, Bryar Michalson, Cap. 107-8; 4, Brooklen Kopp; Hgt. 106-6; 5, Willa Bishop, Hel. 104-1; 6, Selene Morrell, Butte 103-3; 7, MaKaelyn Hutchinson, Cap. 103-2; 8, Katie Kananen, Cap. 101-10.

High jump — 1, Logan Todorovich, Hel. 5-4; 2, Kennedy Moore, Fla. 5-2; 3, Britton Heuiser, Hel. 5-2; 4, Alice Dolezal, Fla. 5-0; 4, Sienna LaChance, Gla. 5-0; 4, Jaidyn Pevey, Gla. 5-0; 4, Ava Kellenberg, Snt. 5-0; 8, Annika Nehring, Hel. 5-0.

Triple jump — Emily McElmurry, Snt. 38-9.5; 2, Ava Kellenberg, Snt. 38-9.5; 3, Afton Wride, Fla. 35-2; 4, Alix Mund, Hgt. 35-0; 5, June Lay, Cap. 34-5; 6, Mia Stephan, Fla. 34-3.5; 7, Juliette Burbidge, Cap. 34-3; 8, Isabella Grutsch, MBS 34-0.

Glacier's Zeila Wagner took third place in the girls 100 meter run at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Zoey Bortz runs to a sixth place finish in the girls 400 meter run at the Western AA Divisionals at Legends Stadium on Saturday, May 18. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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