Local thinclads win medals in track

The 2016 Class C state track meet has come and gone and once again, a number of local athletes from the Hi-Line and surrounding area had standout performances.

On the boys side of things, no local team performed better than the Chester-Joplin-Inverness Hawks, who in particular, got a memorable performance from senior Justin May. May, a stellar three-sport athlete, who has been working to win a state title for four years and, finally, in track he achieved it in the long jump, as he took the crown with a jump of 20-11.

However, May also scored points in three other events at last week's Class C state meet in Missoula. He notched a third-place showing in the 300 hurdles (40.02), as well as a fifth-place finish in the javelin (172-09). He also finished sixth in the triple jump after a jump of 42-3. Cameron Davis of CJI also finished sixth in the discus (133-02), which helped the Hawks get the 20 points they needed to finish ninth.

When it was all said and done, the team title went to Ennis with 83 points. Jordan finished second with 58 and Charlo finished third with 46. Other local teams that scored points were Box Elder, which finished with seven, good enough for 20th and Turner, which finished 21st with six points.

Box Elder got all of its points from senior Shane Ketchum, who notched a third-place finish in the 1,600 after posting a time of 4:38.77. Ketchum also finished finished sixth in the 3,200 after a 10:17.24. Eddie Harmon of Turner also notched a top-three finish, ending up third in the 800 after running it in 2:00.92. Payton Peterson of North Star also worked his way onto the podium in the pole vault.

When it came to the girls competition, the Fort Benton girls were the top team from the area as they scored a total of 19 points, which was good enough for ninth place, The Chinook Sugarbeeters were the only other local team that scored points over the weekend and finished with 10 points.

Freshman Leah Gannon continued her spectacular season finishing third in the 400 (58.93) and sixth in the 200 with a time of 26.37. Senior Kaitlyn Bird also finished fifth in the 300 hurdles (47.72) and the 800 (2:22.39). Maddy Thompson also scored points at the meet for the Longhorns as she notched a fourth-place showing with a time of 13.02.

Chinook also got a strong showing from Abigail Ellison, who added to her Northern C Divisional title in the triple jump with a second-place finish at state with a jump of 34-03. The Beeters also finished fifth in the 400 relay.

At last week's Class B meet in Bozeman, Harlem's Damon Adams was one of the top sprinters, finishing second in the 200 meters and fifth in the 400. Adams scored all of Harlem's points as the Wildcats finished in 10th place with 17.

State C/Missoula

BOYS

Team scores – 1. Ennis 83; 2. Jordan 58; 3. Charlo 46; 4. Manhattan Christian 38; 5. Belt 37; 6. Darby 28; 7. Drummond 22; 8. Chester-Joplin-Inverness 20; 9. Twin Bridges 19; 10. Noxon 18; 11. Arlee 17; 11. Fairview 17; 13. Richey-Lambert 14; 14. Broadview-Lavina 12; 14. White Sulphur Springs 12; 16. Cascade 10; 16. Westby-Grenora 10; 18. Sunburst 9; 19. Savage 8; 20. Box Elder 7; 21. Denton 6; 21. Reed Point-Rapelje 6; 21. Turner 6; 21. Broadus 21; 25. Hot Springs 4; 26. Culbertson 3; 27. Seeley-Swan 2; 27. Plentywood 2; 27. Victor 2; 30. Wibaux 1; 30. Bainville 1; 30. North Star 1; 30. Scobey 1; 30. Ekalaka 1.

100 –1. Kelly Murnion, JOR, 11.12; 2. Cleet Wrzesinski, ENN, 11.16; 3. Michael Delaney, CHR, 11.29; 4. Bill Yeager, TWB, 11.33; 5. Mark Estes, DRU, 11.55; 6. Corbin Wood, ENN, 11.58.

200 – 1. Kelly Murnion, JOR, 21.88 (Class C record; old record 22.16 by Lee Peterson, Hot Springs, 1985); 2. Cleet Wrzesinski, ENN, 22.05; 3. Bill Yeager, TWB, 22.52; 4. Michael Delaney, CHR, 22.84; 5. Cade Estes, DRU, 23.12; 6. Shawn Schaefferkoeetter, WIB, 23.14.

400 – 1, Kelly Murnion, Jordan, 48.64 (Class C record; old record 48.69, by Todd Riech, Hot Springs, 1989); 2, Bill Yeager, T. Bridges, 48.99; 3, Koltin Haugrose, Belt, 50.09; 4, Isaac Desjarlais, Arlee, 50.58; 5, Mark Estes, Drummond, 51.42; 6, Bryar Lange, Savage, 51.68.

800 – 1. Bradley Wilson, NOX, 1:58.41; 2. Isaac Desjarlais, ARL, 1:59.9; 3. Eddie Harmon, TUR, 2:00.92; 4. Kordell Carpenter, DEN, 2:02.54; 5. Spencer Fortner, BRD, 2:03.29; 6. Chance Morgan, SUN, 2:03.34.

1,600 – 1, Evan Duggan, Darby, 4:34.45; 2, Bradey Wilson, Noxon, 4:34.84; 3, Shane Ketchum, Box Elder, 4:38.77; 4, Tim Wright, Richey, 4:39.43; 5, Keagan Stroop, Belt, 4:41.79; 6, Beau Hyatt, Bainville, 4:42.61.

3200 –1. Evan Duggan, DAR, 9.59.99; 2. Keagan Stroop, BLT, 10:09.82; 3. Ryan Busch, MNC, 10:12.55; 4. Tim Wright, RLM, 10:13.17; 5. Kordell Carpenter, DEN, 10:14.79; 6. Shane Ketchum, BXE, 10:17.24.

110 hurdles – 1, Cleet Wrzesinski, Ennis, 14.98; 2, Koltin Haugrose, Belt, 15.21; 3, Ethan Nyhart, White Sulphur Springs, 15.58; 4, Jake Wendt, White Sulphur Springs, 15.72; 5, Jack Powell, Victor, 16.00; 6, Tanner Fix, Ekalaka, 16.09.

300 hurdles – 1, Cleet Wrzesinski, Ennis, 37.90; 2, Koltin Haugrose, Belt, 38.50; 3, Justin May, Chester/Joplin-Inverness, 40.02; 4, Michael Delaney, Charlo, 40.13; 5, Jake Wendt, White Sulphur Springs, 41.22; 6, Riley Linder, Scobey, 41.46.

4x100 relay – 1, Ennis (Austin Baum, Corbin Wood, Tanner Wood, Cleet Wrzesinski) 42.95; 2, Charlo 44.51; 3, Richey-Lambert 44.71; 4, Arlee 44.99; 5, Manhattan Christian, 45.02; 6, Fairview 45.04.

4x400 relay – 1, Ennis (Tanner Wood, Corbin Wood, Wade Luly, Cleet Wrzesinski) 3:24.00; 2, Charlo 3:32.99; 3, Fairview 3:33.21; 4, Belt 3:33.31; 5, Seeley-Swan 3:36.25; 6, Twin Bridges 3:36.78.

High jump – 1, Kevin Blanksma, Manhattan Christian, 6-2; 2, Ulan Omdahl, Sunburst, 6-0; 3, Allan Ekness, Westby-Grenora, 6-0; 4, (tie) Zach Osborne, Hot Springs, and Adam Buxbaum, Culbertson, 6-0; 6, Aaron Perry, Arlee, 6-0.

Pole vault – 1, Zachary Riphenburg, Cascade, 13-00; 2, Lincoln Young, Man. Christian, 12-06; 3, Bridger Smith, Charlo, 12-00; 4, Joel Nelson, Broadview, J12-00; 5, Nate Harris, Plentywood, J12-00; 6, Payton Peterson, North Star, J12-00.

Long jump – 1, Justin May, Chester, 20-11; 2, Ty Stanton, Jordan, 20-08; 3, Corbin Wood, Ennis, 20-06.75; 4, Garrett Greslin, Broadus, 20-06.50; 5, Kelly Murnion, Jordan, 20-04.50; 6, Trevor Paro, Hot Springs, 20-03.75.

Triple jump – 1, Mark Estes, Drummond, 45-04; 2, Ty Stanton, Jordan, 44-08.50; 3, Kevin Blanksma, Manhattan Christian, 42-10.75; 4, Cleve Garman, Westby-Grenora, 42-08.0; 5, Bryar Lange, Savage, 42-05.50; 6, Justin May, Chester/Joplin-Inverness, 42-03.75.

Shot put – 1, Ty Morgan, Ennis, 48-02; 2, Scott Bymaster, Broadview-Lavina, 48-02; 3, Dugan Runkel, Charlo, 45-10.75; 4, Kevin Blanksma, Manhattan Christian, 45-04; 5, Ben Hardy, Fairview, 44-10; 6, Riley Hagler, Savage, 43-08.50.

Discus – 1, Ty Morgan, Ennis, 155-01; 2, Ben Hardy, Fairview, 153-00; 3, Jordan Marsh, Reed Point, 147-11; 4, Dugan Runkel, Charlo, 146-00; 5, Brad Kamps, Man. Christian, 139-10; 6, Cameron Davis, Chester, 133-02.

Javelin – 1, Tyrone Hageman, Jordan, 180-04; 2, John Beckers, Darby, 176-08; 3, Cade Estes, Drummond, 173-05; 4, Paxton Miller, Savage, 173-03; 5, Justin May, Chester, 172-09; 6, Matt Metrione, Belt, 169-05.

GIRLS

Team scores – 1, Plains 66; 2, Seeley-Swan 62; 3, West Yellowstone 55; 4, Drummond 38; 5, Arlee 30; 6, Twin Bridges 26; 7, Plentywood 25; 8, Melstone 25; 9, Ennis 16; 9, Fort Benton 16; 9, Westby-Grenora 16; 9, Valier 16; 9, St. Regis; 14, Manhattan Christian 15; 15, Park City 13; 16, Chinook 10; 17, Winnett-Grass Range 9; 17, Harrison 9; 17, Terry 9; 20, Belt 8; 21, Broadus 7; 22, Hobson 6; 22, Cascade 6; 22, Jordan 6; 22, Bridger 6; 26, Savage 4; 26, Broadview-Lavina 4; 28, Charlo 3; 29, Geraldine 2; 29, Superior 2; 31, Wibaux County 1; 31, White Sulphur Springs 1.

100 – 1, Claire Fickler, Drummond, 12.84; 2, Ashley Revis, Arlee, 12.89; 3, Madison Hill, St. Regis, 13.00; 4, Maddy Thompson, Fort Benton, 13.02; 5, Alex Bohlman, Seeley-Swan, 13.05; 6, Paige Harris, Plentywood, 13.14.

200 – 1, Jewlz Collins, W. Yellowstone, 26.03; 2, Claire Fickler, Drummond, 26.21; 3, Alex Bohlman, Seeley-Swan, 26.25; 4, Paige Harris, Plentywood, 26.26; 5, Ashley Revis, Arlee, 26.31; 6, Leah Gannon, Fort Benton 26.37.

400 – 1, Paige Harris, Plentywood, 58.29; 2, Jewlz Collins, W. Yellowstone, 58.69; 3, Leah Gannon, Fort Benton, 58.93; 4, Alex Bohlman, Seeley-Swan, 59.81; 5, Lily Mercer, Seeley-Swan, 1:00.23; 6, Claire Fickler, Drummond, 1:00.45.

800 – 1, Alex Veltkamp, M. Christian, 2:17.58; 2, BreElle Wacker, Melstone, 2:17.71; 3, Bailee Parker, W. Yellowstone, 2:19.32; 4, Stephanie Robbins, Seeley-Swan, 2:22.10; 5, Kaitlyn Bird, Fort Benton, 2:22.39; 6, Kita Weingart, Winnett, 2:22.62.

1600 – 1, Bailee Parker, W. Yellowstone, 4:57.09; 2, BreElle Wacker, Melstone, 5:18.11; 3, Stephanie Robbins, Seeley-Swan, 5:20.49; 4, Kita Weingart, Winnett, 5:23.64l 5, Alex Veltkamp, Man. Christian, 5:24.35; 6, Kimberly Earhart, Plains, 5:24.37.

3,200 – 1, Bailee Parker, W. Yellowstone, 10:31.82 (Class C record; old record 11:03.89 by Bailee Parker); 2, BreElle Wacker, Melstone, 11:53.74; 3, Kimberly Earhart, Plains, 11:53.80; 4, Stephanie Robbins, Seeley-Swan, 11:54.01; 5, Kita Weingart, Winnett, 12:03.25; 6, Brooklyn Foust, Charlo, 12:09.96.

100 hurdles – 1, Carly Hergett, Arlee, 15.60; 2, Kailee Oliverson, T. Bridges, 15.61; 3, Ember Drivdahl, Hobson, 16.12; 4, Rayna Laakso, Park City, 16.16; 5, Taya Defrance, Harrison, 16.32; 6, Jewlz Collins, W. Yellowstone, 16.62.

300 hurdles – 1, Jewlz Collins, W. Yellowstone, 45.50; 2, Mariah Stoltz, Valier, 47.09; 3, Taya Defrance, Harrison, 47.28; 4, Desiree Scott, Bridger, 47.30; 5, Kaitlyn Bird, Fort Benton, 47.72; 6, Sara Anderson, Belt, 48.80.

400 relay – 1, Seeley-Swan (Alex Bohlman, Paige Holmes, Lily Mercer, Andi Bohlman) 50.95; 2, Westby-Grenora 51.22; 3, Ennis 51.81; 4, Belt 51.96; 5, Chinook 52.05; 6, Wibaux 52.33.

1600 relay – 1, Seeley-Swan (Paige Holmes, Alex Bohlman, Stephanie Robbins, Lily Mercer) 4:03.92; 2, Twin Bridges 4:09.52; 3, Plains 4:11.21; 4, Westby-Grenora 4:13.56; 5, Charlo 4:14.06; 6, Fort Benton 4:14.08.

High jump – 1, Kailee Oliverson, T. Bridges, 5-02; 2, Morgan Radtke, Drummond, 5-00; 3, Sage Collins, Broadus, J5-00; 4, Farrah Garman, Westby, J5-00; 5, Alex Bohlman, Seeley-Swan, J5-00; 6, Dani Urick, Belt, J5-00.

Pole vault – 1, Paige Harris, Plentywood, 10-01; 2, Mariah Stoltz, Valier, 9-03; 3, Cera Strumpfer, Seeley-Swan, 8-06; 4, Soda Rice, Savage, J8-06; 5, Emma Duboise, Superior, J8-06; 6, Hailey Kassity, Man. Christian, J8-06.

Long jump – 1, Madison Hill, St. Regis, 16-8.25; 2, Claire Fickler, Drummond, 16-6.75; 3, Ember Schwindt, Cascade, 16-5.75; 4, Carly Hergett, Arlee, 16-5.25; 5, Shelby Browning, Winnett, 16-4.75; 6, Taya Defrance, Harrison, 16-4.5.

Triple jump – 1, Jourdain Klein, Ennis, 34-09.25; 2, Abigail Ellison, Chinook, 34-03.25; 3, Carly Hergett, Arlee, 34-03; 4, Morgan Radtke, Drummond, 34-01; 5, Desiree Scott, Bridger, 33-08.25; 6, Genna Barrett, WSS, 33-01.

Shot put – 1, Leah Thompson, Plains, 39-01; 2, Riata Smith, Terry, 36-10.5; 3, Olivia Fitzgerald, Jordan, 36-03; 4, Jessica Thompson, Plains, 35-08; 5, Shyanne Clarke, Geraldine, 35-04.5; 6, Cara Grewell, Park City, 34-11.5.

Discus – 1, Leah Thompson, Plains, 154-11 (all-class record; old record 154-10 by Bree Fuqua, Polson, 1999); 2, Cara Grewell, Park City, 114-5; 3, Lily Huenink, Plains, 110-11; 4, Hope Opie, Broadview, 107-11; 5, Lindsay Benson, M. Christian, 106-5; 6, Riata Smith, Terry, 104-6.

Javelin – 1, Kimberly Earhart, Plains, 142-06; 2, Carley Vonheeder, Plains, 141-04; 3, Alex Bohlman, Seeley-Swan, 133-11; 4, Ronnie Black, Plains, 129-09; 5, Dani Urick, Belt, 125-07; 6, Jessica Thompson, Plains, 123-11.