Ponies thrive at Top 10 Meet

The annual Glasgow Top 10 Meet is a fun, but competitive day, for not only the Havre Blue Ponies, but many area track athletes.

And this year's Top 10 Meet, held in Glasgow Tuesday, was held under perfect conditions, and it showed, as many Blue Ponies, Chinook Sugarbeeters, Harlem Wildcats, Turner Tornadoes and Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds, produced great times and distances.

The meet, which also included the likes of Glasgow and Sidney, as well as several other local Class C schools, was a very good one for Havre High, which had top finishes all over.

On the girls side, junior Naomi Terry continued her incredible season by sweeping the 100- and 200-meter sprints. Terry won the 100 with a time of 13:09, while Chinook's Kailey Kleinjan finished fourth at 13.22. Terry also won the 200 in 27.05, while Kleinjan finished fifth at 27.97.

Havre got a standout, second-place finish by Rachel David in the 800 (2:29.13), while Megan Erickson placed sixth in the 1,600 (5:56.75). The pony girls were also strong in the field events as Ireland Coyne (17.07) and Logan Huebsch (17.10) went fourth and fifth, respectively in the 100 hurdles, while Huebsch placed fourth in the 300 hurdles (48.96). Loni Waid added a second-place finish in the pole vault topping out at 8-6, while Kristen Nash was third in the discus at 99-4. The Ponies also placed fourth in the 1,600 relay.

Chinook added a second place from Kourtney Hanson (5:52.10) in the 1,600, while Abigal Ellison placed second in the triple jump at 39-2, and the Beeters finished third in the 1,600 relay as well.

On the boys side, Havre's runners came up big. Michael Loftus took second in the 100 with a time of 11.44, while he placed third in the 200 at 23.31. Nate Rismon came in second in the 200 (23.27) and Jacob LaBrie added a fifth in the 400 (53.50), while Luke Karnauskas finished second in the 800 (2:02.43). Austin Jones was sixth in the 3,200.

In the field, Karnauskas placed fifth in the high jump at 5-10, while Rismon finished third (12-0) and Ivar Aageson fourth (11-6) in the pole vault. Thomas Keith added a fifth place in the shot put with a throw of 43-11. And, Havre also came in first in the line relay as well.

It was also a good day for Harlem's Damon Adams, who placed fifth in the 200 (23.59) and second in the 400 (52-10), while Turner's Eddie Harmon finished third in the 800 (2:02.76). Chinook's Kyler Johnson ran to a sixth in the 1,600 at 4:48.20 and he finished fifth in the 3,200. HLP's Isaiah Runs Above rounded out the local scoring with a third in the 3,200.

Havre is back on the track this weekend for its final regular season meet. The Blue Ponies are at home to host Lewistown and Malta Saturday. Meanwhile, the annual District 9C track meet is set for next Wednesday at the Havre Middle School Track.