Bravettes, Pack go 4-5 at Optimists meet

GREAT FALLS — While the Gallatin Raptors soared the Glacier Wolfpack and Flathead Bravettes didn’t lag very far back on Friday. 

Gallatin won the Great Falls Optimist Club track and field meet with 87 points. Helena High was next at 67, one of six teams to score at least 50 points. Billings West was third at 63.5 and Flathead was a tight fourth at 62; then came Glacier at 59. 

Flathead’s Alivia Rinehart set two personal records at the annual all-girls meet, which drew all 16 Class AA programs. Her time in the 200 was 25.24 seconds; she also won the 110-meter hurdles in 14.61, the best mark in AA. Rinehart was third in the 100 meters, clocking 12.66.