HHS track teams run well

Both Havre High track teams are young and both would receive an eye-opening experience at the Gallatin Valley Invitational in Belgrade, according to head coach John Ita.

That’s because the level of competition was much more difficult in Belgrade this past Saturday, than what the Blue Ponies are used to. Yet, despite that, Ita’s young teams acquitted themselves well.

The Pony girls finished in sixth place at the meet with a total of 42 points. Laurel won the girls meet with 81 points, Livingston was second with 62 and Manhattan was third with 61.5.

On the boys side of things, HHS took eighth with 28 points. Manhattan won the meet with 115 points. Belgrade finished second with 90 and Dillon was third with 76.

“I was very pleased with our girls team, I thought that was the story coming out of Belgrade, it was the performance of our girls team,” Ita said. “The boys team just doesn’t have a lot right now. That’s just where we’re at, but both teams did well.”

A number of girls placed for Havre, but only one managed to place in multiple events and that was sophomore Logan Huebsch, who finished second in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 48.98 and sixth in the triple jump with a jump of 31-02.

Ireland Coyne was another top performer for the Ponies as she finished second in the 100 hurdles with a time of 17.5. Naomi Terry finished fourth in the 200 with a time of 27.47, while Rachel David was sixth in the 400 after finishing the race in 1:04.12.

Freshman Sarah Faber impressed with a fourth-place showing in the high jump, on a jump of 4-08. Loni Waid was fourth in the pole vault with a vault of 8-0 and the 400 relay team finished fourth, followed by a second-place finish for the 1,600 relay team. The two relay teams finished with times of 53.12 and 4:31.12.

“We really had young girls have good performances,” Ita said. “Logan PR’d in the hurdles by almost a second. I think she kind of surprised herself there. Ireland Coyne also got second in the hurdles. Naomi ran well. Then, we put Sarah Faber in the high jump and she jumped a 4-08 on a bad day for weather and ended up getting getting four points. Loni Waid was another that did well in the pole vault. So yeah, there was a lot to be happy about.”

The Pony boys, who were without usual point scorers Ivar Aageson and Nik Keller due to injury, didn’t score as much as the girls team, but still had some good performances, none better than Nate Rismon, who placed in both the 200 and the 400.

Rismon posted a third-place finish in the 200 with a time of 23.11 and a third-place finish in the 400 with a time of 52.68. Havre did well in other running events as Luke Karnauskas was fourth in the 800 with a time of 2:05.91 and Jacob LaBrie was fifth in the same event, finishing just behind his teammate with a time of 2:05.96.

Michael Loftus notched a fifth-place showing in the 200 with a time of 23.40. Both boys relay teams finished fourth. The Ponies posted a time of 45.26 in the 400 relay and a time of 3:44.29 in the 1,600.

“We had a couple of events that really showcased Havre,” Ita said. “The 200 had three Havre kids that finished well. Then in the 800 we had Luke Karnauskas and Jacob LaBrie. They both competed really hard. Seriously, when you watch two kids run the way they did and see the way they competed it almost makes your eyes tear up. Neither one of them was going to give in. It was fun to watch.

“There were a lot of positives from both teams,” He added. “But we still have a lot of things to work on, but I think both our teams, especially our girls are looking promising.”

Havre will be back in action Tuesday, when both teams will visit Malta for the Malta Invitational.

Gallatin Valley Invitational

at Belgrade

GIRLS

Team scores: 1. Laurel 81; 2. Park 62; 3. Manhattan 61.5; 4. Broadview 45; 5. Manhattan Christian 43; 6. Havre 42; 7. Dillon 41.5; 8. Butte Central 32; 9. Billings Central 30; 10. Harlowton 27; 11. Fergus 23; 12. Belgrade 14; 13. North Star 10; 14. Townsend 6; 15. Simms 4; 16. Jefferson 3; 17. Gardiner 1.

100 - 1, Alexa Arthun, Man, 13.07; 2, Taylor Ludwig, Lau, 13.20; 3, Parker Edwins, Bel, 13.22; 4, Ally Martin, Har, 13.30; 5, Whitney McGree, ButC, 13.34; 6. Madison Patrick, Park, 13.35.

200 - 1, Ally Martin, Har, 27.21; 2, Madison Patrick, Park, 27.37; 3, Taylor Ludwig, Lau, 27.45; 4, Naomi Terry, Hav, 27.47; 5, Brenna Beckett, Broad, 28.18; 6, Morgan Lucas, BilC, 28.45.

400 - Alex Veltkamp, MC, 1:00.97; 2, Ally Martin, Har, 1:01.72; 3, Brenna Beckett, Broad, 1:02.14; 4, Caitlin Hoeffner, Tow, 1:02.79; 5, Taylor Ludwig, Lau, 1:03.03; 6, Rachel David, Hav,1:04.12.

800 - 1, Alex Veltkamp, MC, 2:22.91; 2, Grace McDonald, Broad, 2:28.74; 3, Kendyl Pierson, Park, 2:29.34; 4, Catrina Schuchard, Har, 2:30.16; 5, Ella McKenzie, Park, 2:34.78; 6, Abby McGee, ButC, 2:35.37.

1,600 - 1, Kendyl Pierson, Park, 5:50.33; 2, Grace Wyse, Tow, 5:51.05; 3, Grace McDonnel, Broad, 5:51.73; Ella McKenzie, Park, 5:52.62; 5, Larissa Saarel, Park, 5:57.90; 6, Catrina Schuchard, Har, 6:00.44.

3,200 - 1, Hanna Madsen, Man, 12:35.35; 2, Larissa Saarel, Park, 13:25.32; 3, Emma Adams, MC, 13:34.40; 4, Jorday Wyse, Man, 13:39.67; 5, Bailee Field, Tow, 13:43.42; 6, Madison Rodger, Fer, 13:46.86.

100 hurdles - 1, Alexa Arthun, Man, 15.24; 2, Ireland Coyne, Hav, 17.50; 3, Hailey Garrison, Dil, 18.23; 4, Jordyn McKay, Dil, 18.39; 5, Kaitleyn Anderson, Dil, 18:44; 6, McKenna Gopettlich, Lau, 18.71.

300 hurdles - 1, Alexa Arthun, Man, 46.75; 2, Logan Huebsch, Hav, 48.98; 3, McKenna Goettlich, Lau, 51.80; 4, Olivia Hanser, BilC, 54.23; 5, Caila Macomber, Lau, 54.49; 6, Emma Stout, Jeff, 55.50.

400 relay - 1, Butte Central 52.23; 2, Billings Central 53.00; 3, Laurel 53.01; 4, Havre 53.12; 5, Dillon 54.11; 6, Gardiner 56.37.

1,600 relay - 1, Manhattan Christian 4:29.81; 2, Havre 4:31.12; 3, Manhattan 4:35.92; 4, Laurel 4:42.94; 5, Broadview 5:01.98.

Shot put - 1, Lauren Emter, Park, 35-07; 2, Anna Zimmer, Fer, 35-00; 3, Lindsay Benson, MC, 33-10.50; 4, Abbie Lohof, Lau, 33-03; 5, Graysen Spicher, NS, 31-06.50; 6, Olivia Harold, Broad, 31-05.50.

Discus - 1, Lauren Emter, Park, 125-10; 2, Abbie Lohof, Lau, 118-11; 3, Paige O'Toole, Lau, 113-00; 4, Kylie Christiansen, Dil, 112-03; 5, Alayna Johnson, Jeff, 103-00; 6, Lindsay Benson, MC, 99-03.

Javelin - 1, Kylie Christiansen, Dil, 113-03; 2, Graysen Spicher, NS, 103-02; 3. Mikayla Kroll, Lau, 97-00; 4, Maddie Bloom, Simms, 91-09; 5, Sheanna Larson, Fer, 91-01; 6, Hope Welhaven, BilC, 91-00.

High jump - 1, Jade Smith, BilC, 5-01; 2, Marissa James, Fer, 4-06; 3, Callie Allen, Lau, 4-06; 4, Sarah Faber, Hav 4-06; 5, Aly Karhi, Fer, 4-06; 6, Bethany Down, Park, 4-06.

Pole vault - 1, Bailey Allen, Lau, 8-06; 2, Alysa Henry, Bel, 8-00; 3, Kyndall Petersen, Dil, 8-00; 4, Loni Waid, Hav, 8-00; 5, Cassidy McCarthy, Man, 7-06; 5. Christian Restani, Dil, 7-06.

Long jump - 1, Rachael McGree, ButC, 17-01; 2, Brenna Beckett, Broad, 15-03.50; 3, Taylor Ludwig, Lau, 15-01.50; 4, Alissia Comstock, BilC, 14-11.50; 5, Britany Curtiss, BilC, 14-08.50; 6, Lindsay McGree, ButC, 14-08.

Triple jump - 1, Alexa Arthun, Man, 35-03.25; 2, Rachael McGree, ButC, 33-08; 3, Kyra Wood, Dil, 33-01; 4, Brenna Beckett, Broad, 32-03; 5, Ashley Brand, Fer, 31-03; 6, Logan Huebsch, Hav, 31-02.

BOYS

Team scores: 1. Manhattan 115; 2. Belgrade 90; 3. Dillon 76; 4. Jefferson 60; 5. Laurel 36; 6. Broadview 33; 7. Fergus 30; 8. Havre 28; 9. Manhattan Christian 18; 10. Billings Central 14; 11. Simms 10; 12. Park 9; 13. Whitehall 4; 14(tie). Gardiner and Townsend 2.

100 - 1, Haiden Collins, Fer, 11.31; 2, Troy Andersen, 11.39; 3, Conner Cross, Man, 11.45; 4, Colin Marks, Park, 11.48; 5, Nick Winfield, Jeff, 11.49; 6, Tracer Stone, Man, 11.57.

200 - 1, Troy Andersen, Dil, 22.78; 2, Conner Cross, Man, 23.02; 3, Nate Rismon, Hav, 23.11; 4, Nick Winfield, Jeff, 23.25; 5, Mike Loftus, Hav, 23.40; 6, Rahkei Eyer, Jeff, 23.47.

400 - 1, Caleb Neth, Man, 50.96; 2, Rahkei Eyer, Jeff, 51.39; 3, Nate Rismon, Hav, 52.68; 4, Jered Padmos, Jeff, 53.27; 5, Justin Kingma, Gar, 53.63; 6, Ty Parsons, Fer, 54.28.

800 - 1, Jacob Grinwis, Bel, 1:59.18; 2, Kyle McLaughlin, Bel, 2:00.51; 3, Ty Parsons, Fer, 2:01.97; 4, Luke Karnauskas, Hav, 2:05.91; 5, Jacob Labrie, Hav, 2:05.96; Tommy Frost, Broad, 2:06.26.

1,600 - 1, Byant Edgerton, Broad, 4:38.59; 2, AJ Eckmann, Jeff, 4:41.13; 3, Levi Taylor, Lau, 4:48.43; 4, Hunter Flynn, White, 4:52.72; 5, Colter Barney, Man, 4:54.84; 6, Zak Meeker, Man, 4:58.92.

3,200 - 1, Bryant Edgerton, Broad, 9:55.80; 2, Levi Eckmann, Jeff, 10:22.02; 3, Levi Taylor, Lau, 10:27.90; 4, Devin Nelson, Park, 10:35.00; 5, Noah Majerus, Fer, 10:35.31; 6, Colter Barney, Man, 10:35.70.

110 hurdles - 1, Caleb Neth, Man, 15.61; 2, Jacob Grinwis, Bel, 15.61; 3, Zach Smith, Bel, 16.58; 4, Joel Nelson, Broad, 16.86; 5, Colt Spencer, Lau, 17.16; 6, Chris Abell, Lau, 17.53.

300 hurdles - 1, Jacob Grinwis, Bel, 41.96; 2, Zach Smith, Bel, 43.84; 3, Colt Spencer, Lau, 45.00; 4, Joel Nelson, Broad, 45.58; 5, Chris Abell, Lau, 46.03; 6, Tyson Racht, Broad, 46.13.

400 relay - 1, Manhattan 43.51; 2, Jefferson 43.73; 3, Dillon 44.90; 4, Have 45.26; 5, Fergus 45.71; 6, Belgrade 45.77.

1,600 relay - 1, Jefferson 3:32.29; 2, Manhattan 3:33.89; 3, Belgrade 3:38.35; 4, Havre 3:44.29; Manhattan Christian 3:45.65; 6, Townsend 3:48.65.

Shot put - 1, Alec Nehring, Man, 55-00; 2, Matt Harrison, Fer, 46-01; 3, Chase Barta, Man, 45-01; 4, Scott Bymaster, Broad, 44-11.50; 5, Micah Holt-Seavy, BilC, 44-08; 6, Brenan Hammer, Dil, 44-07.50.

Discus - 1, Alec Nehring, Man, 165-04; 2, Patrick Griffin, Dil, 145-00; 3, Matt Smith, Bel, 137-06; 4, Morgan Eitel, Bel, 137-05; 5, Brad Kamps, MC, 133-00; 6, Matt Harrison, Fer, 129-08.

Javelin - 1, Patrick Griffin, Dil, 154-07; 2, Evan Luhrsen, Bel, 145-01; 3, Erik Pschernig, Simms, 144-04; 4, Tyler Gray, BilC, 141-06; 5, Jordan Delgatty, Man, 141-03; 6, Jered Padmos, Jeff, 136-11.

High jump - 1, Isaiah Girard, Dil, 6-02; 2, Jacob Hadley, BilC, 6-02; 3, Josh Eckmann, Jeff, 6-00; 4, Cordell McGinley, Dil, 6-00; 5, Kevin Blanksma, MC, 6-00; 6, Dawson Fowler, Bel, 5-10.

Pole vault - 1, Shondel Connerton, Man, 13-06; 2, Carver Thompson, Lau, 12-00; 3, Matt Penner, Bel, 10-00; 4, Colton Atkinson, Lau, 10-00; 5, Sam Wandishin, Man, 10-00; 6, Gabe Castillo, Park 9-06.

Long jump - 1, Caleb Neth, Man, 22-04; 2, Luke Harper, Dil, 20-02.50; 3, Morgan Eitel, Bel, 20-02.50; 4, Kevin Blanksma, MC, 19-11.75; 4, 5, Shondel Connerton, Man, 19-08.75; 6, Jared Schmidlin, Dil, 18-11.

Triple jump - 1, Luke Harper, Dil, 42-04.50; 2, Kevin Blanksma, MC, 41-09.50; 3, Alec Nehring, Man, 41-05.50; 4, Logan Rushton, Simms, 40-07.50; 5, Dawson Fowler, Bel, 40-03.50; 6, Erik Marquis, Lau, 38-11.50.