AA track: Braves get off to flying start

GREAT FALLS — It was a fantastic start for the Flathead Braves Friday at the State AA track and field meet at Memorial Stadium. The finish was pretty amazing, too.

If there was a hiccup in the middle — a false start — it might just buff out by the end of Saturday’s action.

The Braves’ 400-meter relay team of Jacob Dolezal, William Hollensteiner, Ben Bliven and Brody Thornsberry won the first timed event final of the meet in 41.47 seconds on Friday. That was fast enough to take a 15-year-old, all-class record off the books, if narrowly (Billings West clocked 41.48 in 2009).