Fast Times: Havre track teams score at state

The Havre High track teams came into the Class A state track meet with expectations of doing well and scoring points. What the Blue Ponies didn’t expect was to win state championships in two different events.

As well as a number of Havre athletes did, though the weekend really belonged to senior Nate Rismon, who won Class A’s 400-meter dash with a time of 50.33. Rismon was also a key part of the 1,600 relay team that won that event Saturday to cap the meet with another state title after a time of 3:25. Joining Rismon on the state-champion relay team were Luke Karnauskas, Michael Loftus and Jacob LaBrie.

With two first-place finishes to their credit, the Havre boys finished with a total of 25 points, which was good enough for ninth. Dillon won the state title with 84 points. Columbia Falls was second with 66 and Corvallis was third with 45.33.

“It was a lot of fun,” HHS head coach John Ita said. “That Nate Rismon, he had a heck of a track meet.”

Rimson put together a memorable performance because, in addition to winning the 400 and being part of the 1,600 relay, Rismon also ran the 200 in 22.66 to finish fourth. He was also a member of the 400 relay team that earned a sixth-place finish after posting a season-best time of 44.20.

“The 400 relay team, that was one of the real surprises,” Ita said. “They had not been under 45 seconds all year. And for them to come out and perform the way they did and to get them up on that podium was great to see.”

While the Havre girls were nowhere near the point in terms of team points, the Ponies did manage to score a total of four points, after scoring none at state track a season ago. Corvallis ended up taking home the team title with 67 points. Columbia Falls was second with 57 and Hamilton was a close third with 56.

The points that Havre scored came from two of its stalwarts in senior Rachel David and junior Naomi Terry. David, who has had a decorated career with the Ponies, had never placed at state prior to the 2016 meet. Yet, she broke that streak as she finished fifth in the 800 after running a 2:25.42.

“It was really special for Rachel to be able to get up on the podium,” Ita said. “She was close before, but always just finished outside of it. And this year, the competition was just so tough among the distance runners.”

Terry also finished off her stellar junior season by finishing fifth in the 200 with a time of 26.91. Terry, a junior, will be counted on to lead the team into next season, Ita said.

“It’s going to be her time next year,” Ita said. “She is going to have to step into that leadership role, but it’s going to be her time to shine.”

While the two Havre tracks teams failed to contend for a team trophy this weekend, the Ponies did score a total of 29 points, which was a vast improvement on the two points Havre managed to get from both teams a season ago.

“I think we are right on track for where I wanted us to be at this point,” Ita said. “I wanted to build a team around 400 runners, both on the boys and the girls. If you can get 400 runners, you can have middle distance and we wanted to be strong in those 1,600 relays. That has been an emphasis every since I took over. So that’s something I feel good about. But, we need to develop more in our field events. If we can do that and get some more out of our throwers, we might be able to do some things in a year or two.”

State A/Bozeman

BOYS

Team scores – 1. Dillon 84; 2. Columbia Falls 66; Corvallis 45.33; 4. Sidney 36.67; 5. Polson 36; 6. Belgrade 34; 7. Glendive 32; 8. Lewistown Fergus 31; 9. Havre 25; 10. Billings Central 24; 10. Laurel 24; 12. Frenchtown 22; 13. Hamilton 21; 14. Whitefish 18; 15. Stevensville 12; 16. Livingston 10; 17. Miles City 4; 18. Butte Central 2

100 –1. Troy Andersen, DIL, 11.12; 2. Michael McGinnis, SID, 11.32; 3. Tanner Dana, CFL, 11.33; 4. Colin Marks, LIV, 11.35; 5. Braxton Reiten, CFL, 11.41; 6. Hayden Van Winkle, BEL, 11.42.

200 – 1. Troy Andersen, DIL, 22.42; 2. Tanner Dana, CFL, 22.54; 3. Colin Marks, LIV, 22.63; 4. Nate Rismon, HAV, 22.66; 5. Andrew King, FTW, 22.98; 6. Hayden Van Winkle, BEL, 23.26.

400 –1. Nate Rismon, HAV, 50.331; 2. Bruce Thomas, COR, 50.66; 3. Jacob Grinwis, BEL, 50.99; 4. Tanner Dana, CFL, 51.29; 5. Hunter Casey, STV, 51.61; 6. Milo Carpenter, LAU, 51.70.

800 –1. Hunter Casey, STV, 1:56.68; 2. Ashton Jones, GLN, 1:58.14; 3. Tristan Hilgart, GLN, 1:58.76; 4. Josh Jessop, CRV, 1:58.85; 5. Jacob Grinwis, BEL, 1:58.97; 6. Kyle McLaughlin, BEL, 1:59.14.

1600 – 1. Cameron Meikle, HAM, 4:27.15; 2. Josh Jessop, COR, 4:27.64; 3. Sage Wanner, CFL, 4:30.77; 4. Ashton Jones, GLN, 4:32.31; 5. Kyle McLaughlin, BEL, 4:33.41; 6. Levi Taylor, LAU, 4:37.97.

3200 – 1. Sage Wanner, CFL, 9:48.15; 2. Sawyer Degan, BEL, 9:59.42; 3. Cameron Meikle, HAM, 10:01.34; 4. Levi Taylor, LAU, 10:06.44; 5. Ronald Venema, CRV, 10:07.31; 6. Matt Wilson, HAM, 10:13.89.

110 hurdles –1. Jacob Clarmont, POL, 14.95; 2. Haiden Collins, LEW, 15.44; 3. Zach smith, BEL, 15.65; 4. Andrew King, FTW, 15.72; 5. Jansen Anderson, WTF, 15.83; 6. Tyler Burk, MCY, 16.03.

300 hurdles – 1.Haiden Collins, LEW, 39.46; 2. Jacob Clairmont, POL, 39.50; 3. Anders Westman, DIL, 40.31; 4. Parker Spadt, FTW, 41.36; 5. Danny DiGiallonardo, POL, 42.05; 6. Tyler Burk, MCY, 42.08.

4x100 relay –1. Columbia Falls 43.45; 2. Polson 43.85; 3. Sidney 43.87; 4. Dillon 43.99; 5. Butte Central 44.16; 6. Havre 44.20.

4x400 relay – 1. Havre (Nate Rismon, Luke Karnauskas, Jacob Labrie, Mike Loftus) 3:25.77; 2. Columbia Falls 3:26.44; 3. Corvallis 3:28.02; 4. Lewistown 3:29.69; 5. Whitefish 3:30.72; 6. Belgrade 3:32.34.

High jump –1. Parker Spadt, FTW, 6-6; 2. Cordell McGinley, DIL, 6-4; 3. Jacob Hadley, BLC, 6-2; 4. Isaiah Girard, DIL, 6-0; 5. Kyler Burns, CFL, 6-0; 6. Ridge Albright, COR, 5-10; 6. Jared Steinbeisser, SID, 5-10; 6. Michael McGinnis, SID, 5-10.

Pole vault –1. Garrison Hughes, SID, 15-0; 2. Jacob Clairmont, POL, 14-0; 3. Marvin Reynoso, COR, 13-0; 4. Matt Brewer, WHF, 13-0; 5. Ty McKay, DIL, 13-0; 6. Jared Craig, LAU, 12-6.

Long jump – 1. Carson Oakland, GLN, 21-4.75; 2. Casey Cole, LAU, 21-1; 3. Jacob Hadley, BLC, 20.10; 4. Morgan Eitel, BEL, 20-10; 5. Logan Stephens, CFL, 20-6; 6. Jared Craig, LAU, 20-4.75.

Triple jump – 1. Luke Harper, DIL, 44-5; 2. Jacob Hadley, BLC, 43-10; 3. Michael McGinnis, SID, 43-1; 4. Carson Oakland, GLN, 42-10; 5. Jacob Price, FTW, 42-10; 6. Braxton Roth, CRV, 42-89.25.

Shot put –1. Kyle Finch, DIL, 49-7; 2. Matt Harrison, FER, 48-3.5; 3. Carter Hughes, SID, 47-0.25; 4. Micah Holt-Seavy, BLC, 47-0; 5. Cord Murray, MLC, 45-11.75; 6. Blake Arneson, CFL, 45-11.

Discus –1. Patrick Griffin, DIL, 149-7; 2. Skylar Jessop, CRV, 148-4; 3. Kyle Finch, DIL, 146-5; 4. Jaylen Taggart, HAM, 146-3; 5. Morgan Eital, BEL, 144-1; 6. Matt Harrison, HAV, 141-9.

Javelin –1. Luke May, WTF, 203-6; 2. Casey Cole, LAU, 196-5; 3. Dakota Bridwell, CFL, 183-0; 4. Patrick Griffin, DIL, 170-5; 5. Zach Jessop, CRV, 170-4; 6. Logan Kolodejchuk, CFL, 168-0

GIRLS

Team scores – 1. Corvallis 67; 2. Hamilton 53; 2. Columbia Falls 53; 3. Belgrade 41; 5. Laurel 38; 6. Lewistown Fergus 34; 6. Whitefish 34; 8. Butte Central 30; 9. Sidney 29; 10. Stevensville 28; 11. Livingston 24; 12. Miles City 21; 13. Polson 19; 14. Hardin 16; 15. Billings Central 14; 16. Havre 10; 17. Dillon 8; 18. Frenchtown 4; 18. Glendive 4.

100 – 1. Jaree Mane, Lew, 12.78; 2. Taylor Ludwig, Lau, 12.79; 3. Penny Jessop, Cor, 12.92; 4. Mary Baker, CF, 13.02; 5. Allie Schulz, WF, 13.09; 6. Whitney McGree, BTC, 13.10.

200 – 1. Jaree Mane, Lew, 26.02; 2. Taylor Ludwig, Lau, 26.40; 3. Penny Jessop, Cor, 26.45; 4. Madison, Liv, 26.77; 5. Naomi Terry, Hav, 26.91; 6. Whitney McGree, BTC, 27.12.

400 –1. Pipi Eitel, BEL, 58.55; 2. Madison Patrick, LIV, 1:00.23; 3. Heidi Nisly, COR, 1:00.71; 4. Penny Jessop, COR, 1:00.93; 5. Taylor Ludwig, LAU, 1:00.99; 6. Lydia Kryshak, WHF, 1:02.14.

800 – 1. Pipi Eitel, Belgrade, 2:16.81; 2. Heidi Nisly, COR, 2:18.23; 3. Jessica Elmer, LAU, 2:20.70; 4. Bea Frissell, POL, 2:24.14; 5. Rachel David, HAV, 2:25.42; 6. Heather Baker MCY, 2:28.86.

1600 – 1. Jacie Schmalz, Ham, 5:15.94; 2. Jessica Elmer, Lau, 5:16.50; 3. Heidi Nisly, Cor, 5:17.53; 4. Bea Frissell, Pol, 5:25.41; 5. Kendyl Pierson, Liv, 5:27.43; 6. Morgan Volser, MCY, 5:27.56.

3200 – 1. Jacie Schmalz, HAM, 11:46.75; 2. Barrett Gray, WHF, 11:54.56; 3. Morgan Vosley, MCY, 11:55.79; 4. Kendyl Pierson, LIV, 12:17.55; 5. Molly Sitter, POL, 12:29.58; 6. Albany Jessop, COR, 12:35.73.

100 hurdles – 1. Rachael McGree, BTC, 14.48; 2. Allie Schulz, WF, 15.40; 3. Taylor Bess, Ham, 15.73; 4. Mary Baker, CF, 15.75; 5. Kaitlyn Casazza, CF, 15.80; 6. Megan Pendergast, Ste, 16.07.

300 hurdles – 1. Pipi Eitel, Bel, 46.06; 2. Megan Pendergast, Ste, 47.35; 3. Kaitlyn Casazza, CF, 47.67; 4. Jaley Wyse, Gle, 47.74; 5. Marissa James, Lew, 48.67; 6. Mikayla Jefferson, Har, 48.72.

4x100 relay – 1. Columbia Falls, 50.23; 2. Butte Central, 50.29; 3. Whitefish, 50.61; 4. Billings Central 50.83; 5. Lewistown, 50.92; 6. Belgrade, 51.21.

4x400 relay – 1. Belgrade, 4:05.62; 2. Columbia Falls, 4:09.51; 3. Whitefish, 4:10.51; 4. Laurel, 4:10.76; 5. Corvallis, 4:11.18; 6. Hamilton, 4:11.79.

High jump –1. Jade Smith, BLC, 5-8.25; 2. Kacia Guisinger, HAM, 5-2; 3. Marissa James, FRG, 5-2; 4. Ashlee Searle, HAM, 5-0; 5. Kate Doorn, WHF, 5-0; 6. Ashley Venable, MCY, 5-0.

Pole vault – 1. Aubrey Kessel, SID, 10-6; 2. Harmony Hampton, SID, 10-6; 3. Taylor Bess, HAM, 10-6; 4. Myka Steinbeisser, SID, 10-0; 4. Lydia Bowman, POL, 10-0; 6. Ashley Caffrey, CFL, 9-6.

Long jump – 1. Rachael McGree, BTC, 17-1; 2. Taylor Bess, HAM, 15-10.75; 3. Mariah Hanson, STV, 15-10; 4. Mary Baker, CFL, 15-4; 5. Halie Warren, MCY, 15-3.5; 6. Ellie Johnson, CFL, 15-2.5.

Triple jump – 1. Hannah Fry, Ste, 35-10½; 2. Brooke Franklin, Sid, 34-10¾; 4. Kyrstyn Price, Har, 34-2; 5. Sabrina Wolcott, Lau, 33-11; 6. Elissa Lind, Har, 33-6½.

Shot put – 1. Keaunna Mason, HDN, 42-2.5; 2. Allyson Gimbel, CFL, 39-7; 3. Savanna Walker, MCY, 37-3.5; 4. Adeline Richardson, FTW, 36-8.5; 5. Anna Zimmer, FRG, 36.8.25; 6. Makenna Benbrook, WHF, 35.8.

Discus – 1. Calla Haldorson, Cor, 129-5; 2. Brookelyn Palin, Cor, 127-7; 3. Lauren Emter, Liv, 125-2; 4. Savanna Walker, MCY, 123-0; 5. Payton Tillotson, Ste, 122-9; 6. Ellie Johnson, CF, 117-3.

Javelin –1. Zena Smith, COR, 139-8; 2. Kylie Christiansen, DIL, 120-1; 3. Erin Sampson, POL, 118-3; 4. Ellie Johnson, CFL, 116-11; 5. Jaree Mane, FRG, 116-1; 6. Mariah Hinson, STV, 115-4.