Track Closes Out Regular Season in Wolf Point

Predictions of inclement weather led to the cancellation of the Jean Dreikosen Invitational Meet at Scottie Field, scheduled for May 8. The lack of the Hinsdale/Saco meet meant that Valley County teams competed in their final regular season meet at the Gene Nelson Memorial Invite on Friday, May 7, where the most the teams had to deal with was the notorious northeastern Montana wind. The Wolf Point track is also the site of the upcoming District 2B/3C Track meet this Saturday, May 15.

Glasgow’s teams claimed top slots at the meet as the boys tied Wolf Point for first place with 89 points and the girls took third with 65 points behind Circle, 82, and Malta, 78. The Hinsdale boys placed fourth with a score of 71 as the Raider girls claimed fifth with 51 points. Lustre Christian scored 23 points on the boys’ side for eighth place while the Lion girls took 10th with 11 points. The Nashua boys took 11th place with two points and the girls took 12th with three.

Loden Idler, Raiders star, took firsts in the boys 100 and 200 meters, setting personal records in both events. He ran the 100m in 11.38 and the 200m in 23.29. Teammate Jesse Lee took fifth in the 100m with a time of 11.77. Lustre’s Jasiah Hambira set a personal record and took second in the 200m, finishing in 24.08. In the 400m Lee took second, 53.58, and Hambira placed fourth, 55.29.

Glasgow’s Iris McKean took second in the girls’ 400m, setting a personal record at 1:06.48. The Scottie senior also snagged a second in the 800m, running the race in 2:34.61. Her teammate Emily See placed fourth and set a personal record at 2:41.49. The two took top slots in the 1600m with McKean in first, 5:54.66, and See in second, 6:00.19.

The Glasgow boys also had a strong showing in the distance races and earned significant points for their team. Dalton Sand was first in the 800m, 2:12.15, with teammate Carl Zabrocki right on his heels in second place, 2:15.28, a personal record. Lane Thompson finished fourth with a personal record of 2:17.17. Sand placed second in the 1600m, finishing in 5:05.56 and Zabrocki was third with a time of 5:16.99. Thompson placed fifth, 5:23.85 and Bergen Miller was sixth, 5:29.00. Miller also finished sixth in the 3200m, with a personal record of 11:32.99.

The Raiders took three of the four top slots in the hurdles. Kaitlyn McColly won both girls events, setting a personal record of 15.09 in the 100m hurdles and finishing the 300m hurdles in 47.56. Trey Johnson won the boys 110m with a time of 17.56 and took second in the 300m with a personal record of 47.02. Glasgow’s Fynn Sukut took second in the 110m with a time of 18.13 and outpaced Johnson in the 300m to take first with a time of 46.79. His teammate Damien Nesbitt took sixth in the 110m event with a time of 20.67, a personal record.

Glasgow’s 4x100 relay teams took fifth places in Wolf Point. The girls’ team of Blaire Westby, Samantha Tryan, Kira Beck and He’Lena Stulc ran the race in 56.71 and the boys, Blake Lloyd, Colter Cumber, Tatum Hansen and Reed Larsen, finishing in 49.07. The girls’ 4x400 team, Stulc, McKean, Ava Lloyd and See, took second with a time of 4:36.08. Hinsdale entered Idler, Aiden Albus, Johnson and Lee in the boys’ 4x400 relay and took second with a time of 3:57.59. The Scottie boys’ 4x400 team of Larsen, Zabrocki, Miller and Thompson placed fourth with a time of 4:10.40.

Hinsdale’s Lee tied for fourth in the boys’ shot put with a throw of 40-05.00 while Lustre’s Tiara Whitmus also tied for fourth place, throwing 31-05 in the girls’ competition. Nashua’s Tia Dees placed sixth with her 31-00.05 throw. Whitmus set a personal record in the girls’ discus and took second place with a throw of 99-04. Nashua’s Devin Fromdahl placed fifth, 91-04, and Opheim’s Carrie Taylor (as part of the Scobey team) placed sixth, 91-00. Scottie Bergen Miller took third in the boys’ discus with a throw of 121-00.

Carrie Taylor also took a sixth place in the girls’ javelin, throwing 91-11 while Glasgow’s Vaughn Miller, back in action after a couple weeks’ absence, took fourth and set a personal record with a throw of 131-04. His teammate Beau Malnaa threw 125-01 for sixth place and personal record. Nashua’s Fletcher Clampitt took fifth place with a throw of 127-11.

“You can tell [Miller] did the at home workouts because he just picked up where he left off beforehand,” commented Scottie head coach Tim Phillips. “Beau had another foot p.r. in the javelin so he’s progressing as well!”

Lustre’s Hambira won the boys’ high jump clearing 6-00. Opheim’s Mandy Fuhrmann (with the Scobey Spartans) set a personal record in the girls’ high jump and took second place, clearing 4-10, while Glasgow’s Eve Stone also set a personal record at 4-10 and took third place. “For the girls, Eve Stone really has blossomed in the high jump - she set a p.r. for the second week in a row, at 4’10 on [Friday],” Phillips said.

Hinsdale’s McColly cleared 9-00 to win the girls’ pole vault. Her teammate Cienna Strommen placed sixth at 6-06. Glasgow’s Tyann Graham placed third after clearing 8-00 and her teammate Kira Beck took fourth at 7-00. Stephen Bailey took second in the boys’ pole vault, clearing 12-06. Fellow Scottie Ted Tryan placed sixth at 11-00 while Hinsdale’s Idler took fifth place after clearing 11-06.

McColly took second in the long jump with a distance of 16-07.75. Glasgow’s Sheree Cook set a personal record at 13-11.50 and took sixth place. Idler won the boys’ long jump with a leap of 19-02.75. Glasgow’s Ted Tryan set a personal record of 18-02.75 and took fourth place, while Lustre’s Hambira took sixth with a jump of 18-01.50.

In the girls’ triple jump, McColly took first with a distance of 34-01 and Opheim’s Bo Anderson (on the Scobey Spartans) took second in the boys competition with a jump of 36-05.50.

Hinsdale head coach Taylor Olson said, “Wolf Point was a good meet to see where our athletes sit going into the post season. We are excited to be taking this group to Districts this week where they get an opportunity to compete and advance to the next level.”

Phillips told the Courier the Wolf Point meet was a chance for his athletes to put in some work in the district meet venue and that despite the windy day, his team turned in 22 personal bests. The Glasgow head coach has his sights set on the postseason, while acknowledging his team’s growth. “Overall, looking at the progression, we’ve come a long way in the regular season. But I think we started a little farther behind than usual, partly due to the COVID year, but partly just because we are so young,” he said. “Our hope is to keep progressing through the post season; that’s been a tradition for our Scottie Track and Field trams, and I see no reason why it won’t continue.”

Looking at the competition, Phillips expects his boys to challenge the talented Wolf Point Squad who are strong in the distance races while his girls team will face competition in the points department from a strong Malta throwing crew. “So, yeah, the district team races will be fun to watch!” he exclaimed before adding the Scottie team will be focused on getting athletes to the Northern B Divisional meet in Glasgow on May 21 and 22, and hopefully on to state in Laurel after that. “The top six in each event advance in each meet, and it will come down to hundredths of seconds and quarters of inches for some of these kids to move on to the next level,” noted Phillips.

All teams will be back in Wolf Point this Saturday, for the District 2B/3C Track meet with action beginning at 9 a.m. at Lowry Field.