Western AA marks fall on first day
Glacier junior Annie Hill made her goal for this weekend, breaking her own Western AA meet record on a fast day at Legends Stadium.
The Wolfpack phenom ran the 800 meters in 2:08.69 to set a new divisional record and personal best.
“I had a plan,” Hill said. “I wanted a really good first lap. I got to the line I was pretty fast. All I had to do was run a 66 (seconds) and I’ll be there. It was fun.
“I kept tensing up, I had to focus on my form and make it to the finish line.”
The Glacier girls are in second place after the first day.
Nikki Krueger won the shot put with a throw of 41 feet, 3/4 inches to help the Wolfpack to 61 points.
The Glacier boys lead the team race after the first round with three wins out of the nine events to run finals.
Wolfpack senior Tadan Gilman won the javelin with a throw of 181-0. He also finished second in shot put.
Hunter Nicholson won the long jump with a leap of 21-7 1/2 and the boys 4x100 relay team won in 42.26 seconds, the fastest time in the state this season.
Flathead is in second place, just 13 points back of the Wolfpack.
Braves junior Chad Hemsley set his own personal best in the 300 hurdles, winning the event in 39.55 seconds, the best time in Class AA this season.
“(My goal was) to go sub-40,” Hemsley said.
“It wasn’t too clean but not bad.”
Braves senior Micah Bucy set a personal best in the high jump, clearing 6 feet, 7 inches before just missing on 6-9 and finishing second. Helena freshman Trey Tintinger won by clearing 6-9 on his final attempt and just missed on three tries at a meet record 7-1/2.
“It was satisfying,” Bucy said. “I’ve been working on that all season. I got 6-5 in Helena and almost got 6-7. I’ll try to get 6-9 next week. Train all week, go jump.”
The meet concludes today beginning at 11:30 a.m. with the 110- and 100-meter hurdles finals. The top six finishers in every event earn an automatic bid into the state tournament if they hadn’t already met a qualifying mark earlier in the season.
Western AA Divisional
Friday at Legends Stadium, Kalispell
BOYS
Team Scores — Glacier 76, Flathead 63, Helena 52, Helena Capital 41, Missoula Sentinel 19, Missoula Big Sky 16, Missoula Hellgate 12.
Individual Results
800 — 1, Iain Anderson, Helena, 1:54.80; 2, Jaden Anderson, Flathead, 1:56.51; 3, Elijah Boyd, Glacier, 1:59.50; 4, Tyler Combs, Glacier, 2:00.80; 5, Kyle Calles, Flathead, 2:00.99; 6, Will Dauenhauer, Hellgate, 2:01.21.
3,200 — 1, Ben Perrin, Flathead, 9:17.88; 2, Marshall Beatty, Sentinel, 9:27.61; 3, Isaac Schmidt, Hellgate, 9:40.95; 4, Morris Wecker, Hellgate, 9:49.17; 5, Simon Hill, Glacier, 9:53.18; 6, Ian Curtis, Hellgate, 10:02.98.
300 hurdles — 1, Chad Hemsley, Flathead, 39.55; 2, Derrick Olsen, Helena, 40.55; 3, Scout Willcut, Glacier, 41.06; 4, Zach Huth, Helena, 41.08; 5, Jakub Bunch, Big Sky, 41.15; 6, Dennis Krueger, Big Sky, 41.36.
400 relay — 1, Glacier (Scout Willcut, Ethan Larson, Jackson Pepe, Drew Turner), 42.26; 2, Helena, 42.59; 3, Sentinel, 43.21; 4, Big Sky, 43.82; 5, Helena Capital, 44.04; 6, Flathead, 44.16.
Shot Put — 1, Justin Jenks, Helena Capital, 59-0.75; 2, Tadan Gilman, Glacier, 51-10; 3, Conor Quick, Helena Capital, 49-8.5; 4, Michael Lee, Flathead, 49-0.75; 5, Dan Stockton, Helena, 49-0.25; 6, Kory Broussard, Helena Capital, 46-2.5.
Javelin — 1, Tadan Gilman, Glacier, 181-0; 2, Bennett McChesney, Glacier, 178-5; 3, Evan Todd, Glacier, 170-11; 4, Rylan Ortt, Sentinel, 170-6; 5, Kory Broussard, Helena Capital, 161-3; 6, Seth Schneider, Helena Capital, 159-4.
High Jump — 1, Trey Tintinger, Helena, 6-9; 2, Micah Bucy, Flathead, 6-7; 3, Hunter Nicholson, Glacier, 6-5; 4, Aidan Fitzgerald, Helena, 6-3; 5, Andy Thomas, Flathead, 6-3; 6, Pascual Gutierrez, Big Sky, 6-3.
Pole Vault — 1, Ethan Mackay, Helena Capital, 13-6; 2, Jacob Hofer, Helena Capital, 13-0; 3, Caleb Ferguson, Helena, 13-0; 4, Rylan Wilcox, Big Sky, 13-0; 5, Jaden MacNeil, Flathead, 12-6; 6, Tehl King, Helena Captial, 12-0.
Long Jump — 1, Hunter Nicholson, Glacier, 21-7.5; 2, Bobby Lowry, Flathead, 21-0.5; 3, Trae Vasquez, Flathead, 20-6.25; 4, Josh Malone, Big Sky, 20-3; 5, Andy Thomas, Flathead, 20-1.25; 6, Jason Shooshtari, Sentinel, 19-11.25.
GIRLS
Team Scores — Missoula Sentinel 75, Glacier 61, Missoula Hellgate 48, Helena 38, Helena Capital 14, Missoula Big Sky 9, Flathead 3
Individual Results
800 — 1, Annie Hill, Glacier, 2:08.69; 2, Madeline Hamilton, Sentinel, 2:16.28; 3, Bailey Smith, Glacier, 2:21.62; 4, Aine Lawlor, Helena, 2:25.46; 5, Madi Provo, Hellgate, 2:28.31; 6, Makenna Kauffman, 2:30.79.
3,200 — 1, Ella Degrandpre, Hellgate, 11:12.32; 2, Ellee Becker, Hellgate, 11:34.94; 3, Elise Sterns, Hellgate, 11:37.68; 4, Katie Munro, Hellgate, 11:37.88; 5, Makenna Edwards, Big Sky, 11:39.37; 6, Alyssa Plant, Helena, 11:49.04.
300 hurdles — 1, Syd Steele, Sentinel, 45.62; 2, Ahna Kreitinger, Glacier, 45.67; 3, Ashley McElmurry, Sentinel, 45.69; 4, Abigail Harmon, Helena Capital, 46.55; 5, Aubry, Grame, Glacier, 47.89; 6, Kelsey Gillespie, Flathead, 48.23.
400 relay — 1, Helena Capital (Sydnee Tjaden, Elena Carter, Abigail Harmon, Audrey Bloomquist), 49.22; 2, Sentinel, 49.93; 3, Big Sky, 50.00; 4, Glacier, 50.16; 5, Helena, 50.85; 6, Hellgate, 50.97.
Shot Put — 1, Nikki Krueger, Glacier, 41-0.75; 2, Emily Malone, Sentinel, 38-0.25; 3, Kindra Dunlap, Helena, 36-10; 4, Mya McNeely, Glacier, 36-3; 5, Megan Tolman, Helena, 36-1; 6, Brooke Kearns, Big Sky, 35-10.25.
Javelin — 1, Emily Malone, Sentinel, 134-9; 2, Kylie Frohlich, Sentinel, 131-3; 3, Lauren Jacobs, Glacier, 123-6; 4, McKenna Hulslander, Glacier, 122-3; 5, Sierrah Hardy, Hellgate, 121-11; 6, Kelli Cheff, Hellgate, 121-2.
Pole Vault — 1, Kamden Hilborn, Helena, 11-0; 2, Kahsiah Benson, Helena, 10-0; 3, Keidon Reynolds, Sentinel, 10-0; 4, Mabel Gardner, Hellgate, 9-6; 5, Savannah Cheff, Flathead, 9-0; 6, Lindsey Roosa, Sentinel, 8-6.
Long Jump — 1, Severine Armstrong, Hellgate, 17-2.5; 2, Lauren Heggen, Sentinel, 16-9; 3, Brynn McChesney, Glacier, 16-5; 4, Kamden Hilborn, Helena, 16-4.25; 5, Ashley McElmurry, Sentinel, 16-1; 6, Emily Pizzini, Helena, 16-1.