Havre track teams take first at Cal Wearley

This past Saturday at the Havre Middle School Track, the Cal Wearley Memorial Track Meet made its return. Many teams from across the Hi-Line came to compete against one on another across several events. But at the end of the day, the Havre High track and field teams reigned supreme as both the HHS boys and girls teams took first in their meets.

"We had a really good day. We had several kids qualify for state with some marks in the jumps and in some of the distance runs," HHS head coach Kari Filius said. "We ran very well and jumped very well so I'm super pleased. Everybody's improving and going in the right way."

The HHS boys team scored 123 points to finish first in its meet. Belt came in second with 101.5 points and Cascade took third with 50.5 points. In the girls meet, Havre took first with 145 total points. Conrad came in second with 58 total points.

Many Blue Ponies performed well at their home track. On the boys side, Brayden Kimberling took first in both the 100-meter sprint and the 200-meter sprint. He recorded a time of 11.36 in the 100 and a time of 23.35 in the 200.

Brody Henry also had a strong meet with first-place finishes in both the 800-meter dash and the 1,600-meter dash. He recorded a time of 2:03.50 in the 800 and a time of 4:46.72 in the 1,600. Havre's Caleb Tomac finished first in the 3,200-meter dash with a time of 9:57.60 and he took third in the 800 with a time of 2:08.00. Trayden Riley finished first in the 400-meter sprint with a time of 53.70.

Jacob Herring also had a strong day for the Ponies. He finished second in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 44.00 and he took fourth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 18.39. Zack May finished third in the 1,600 with a time of 5:02.41 and he took sixth in the 800 with a time of 2:12.10.

Many other Ponies performed well on Saturday. Michael Emge took second in the 200 with a time of 23.75 and Brisbin Reiter took fourth in the 200 with a time of 24.15. Kale Van Campen finished fourth in the triple jump with a measurement of 39-04. Shane Patacsil took fifth in the 400 with a time of 55.20 and Ciaran Courtnage tooke fifth in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 18.63.

The Havre boys also did well in both relay events. In the 400 relay, the Havre team of Reiter, Patacsil, Kimberling and Carson Harris took first with a time of 45.60. In the 1,600 relay, the Havre team of Tomac, Henry, Patacsil and Deven Tyler took second with a time of 3:41.85.

In its first-place finish, the HHS girls team had several strong performers at the meet. Kyanna Jarvis took first in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.40 and she took first in the high jump with a measurement of 5-02. The Ponies will not get too many chances to compete at home this season, so Jarvis enjoyed her time at the meet.

"I enjoyed the team atmosphere with everybody," Jarvis said. "The weather was pretty good. It wasn't too cold and it was just a fun meet to have at home with everybody."

Hailey Gingery performed well as she took first in the 1,600 with a time of 5:55.68. She also took second in the 3,200 with a time of 12:38.10. Kaydance Reiter finished second for the Ponies in both the 100 and the 200. She posted a time of 13.01 in the 100 and she recorded a time of 27.11 in the 200.

Ariana Gary also had a strong day as she took second in both the 100-meter hurdles and the high jump. She recorded a time of 17.32 in the 100-meter hurdles and she recorded a measurement of 5-00 in the high jump.

Macee May also performed well in several events for the Ponies. She took second in the long jump with a distance of 16-04 and she took fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 32.03.5. She also took fifth in the 100 with a time of 13.55.

Jayla Meldrum had a strong day with third-place finishes in both the 1,600 and the 3,200. She posted a time of 6:09.74 in the 1,600 and she posted a time of 13:37.90 in the 3,200. Amaya Jarvis performed well in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 51.30 to finish second.

Macy Brandon finished third in the 400 with a time of 1:04.26 and Taylor Leeds took fourth in the pole vault with a measurement of 6-06. Maggie Daniels took fourth in the shot put with a distance of 30-10 and Clara Laird took fourth in the javelin with a distance of 100-01.

Many other Ponies performed well Saturday. Hannah Kinsella finished fifth in the 3,200 with a time of 13:56.10. Carolyn Thomas took sixth in the 100 with a time of 13.62 and Gracie Shandorf took sixth in the 800 with a time of 2:44.90.

The Havre girls also took first in both the 400 and the 1,600 relay events. In the 400 relay, the team of Thomas, May, Kaydance Reiter and Kyanna Jarvis recorded a time of 52.70. In the 1,600 relay, the team of Brandon, Amaya Jarvis, Kyanna Jarvis and Reiter posted a time of 4:24.20.

After several weeks of delay, it is nice for the Ponies to finally be in the thick of their season. Now, they will look to build off this performance at the Cal Wearley as they next compete in the Gold Strike Invitational in Laurel. That meet will start at 10 a.m. this Saturday.