East Helena Track Meet
Author: MT43 News Sports Reporter
MT43 News Sports Reporter
Saturday, April 27th was a cool and mostly rainy day for a track meet in East Helena. Many spectators donned winter coats and umbrellas, while the athletes tended to keep to their team tents between events to stay dry. Additionally, the officials were having issues with the timing system, which led to a late start, slow heats, and an unexpected change in the schedule of events. This delay was unnerving for those athletes anxious to return in time for the evening’s big event, the Broadwater High Prom.
The Lady Bulldogs placed fourth among the teams with 53 points. As it was either the 2nd or 3rd meet of the week for our Bulldogs, some limited the number of events entered. In addition, a few ladies are currently dealing with some injuries, as was the case last week with the gentlemen.
Despite the conditions, senior Reese Wolfgram had a standout day. She placed 4th in the triple jump while adding two 8th place finishes in the 100-meter dash and long jump. The cool weather usually is a benefit to the distance athletes and they did not disappoint. Junior Memphys Meier looked strong placing tenth in the 800-meter run with her season’s best. Fellow junior Kaelyn Sangray is the lone Bulldog who can say she has PR-ed every meet this season with her efforts in the 3200-meter run. Improving every week, she broke the 13-minute mark for the first time on Saturday. Fellow distance runner and junior Abby Wickens clocked her best times in both the 800 & 3200-meter runs.
100-meter dash: 3rd Kaitlyn Noyes 13.10, 8th Reese Wolfgram 13.60, Aspen Slyker 13.90, Amanda Pesicka 14.10 SR, Emmalin Fischer 14.20 PR, Emily Taves 15.60, and Sarah Morgan 16.00. 400-meter dash: Sarah Morgan 1:23. 800-meter run: 10th Memphys Meier 2:43 SR, Kaelyn Sangray 2:50, Abby Wickens 2:50 PR, Jordyn Pittman 3:01 PR, and Shalyn Sentinella 3:28. 3200-meter run: 3rd Kaelyn Sangray 12:51 PR, 5th Abby Wickens 12:57 PR. 100-meter hurdles: 9th Emmalin Fischer 18.30.
Shot Put: Karsyn Sangray 25’9” PR, Berlin Korr 25’6” PR, and Jazlyn Martin 25’5”. Discus: 9th Jazlyn Martin 88’4”, Karsyn Sangray 66’2” and Berlin Korr 50’11”. Javelin: 1st Havyn Vandenacre 117’7”, 8th Luci Horne 90’8”, Aspen Slyker 72’1”, Jazlyn Martin 62’6”, Berlin Korr 53’10”, and Karsyn Sangray 53’3”.
Long Jump: 1st Kaitlyn Noyes 16’6”, 8th Reese Wolfgram 14’7.5”, Luci Horne 13’10.5” SR, Emmalin Fischer 12’3.5”, Emily Taves 12’1.5”, and Sarah Morgan 8’3”. Triple Jump: 1st Kaitlyn Noyes 33’11.5”, 4th Reese Wolfgram 31’2”, and Luci Horne 26’10.5”.
The men’s team had such a strong day on Thursday, it was hard to imagine they could top it, but the number of PRs established a mere two days later is truly impressive. Junior Nolan Flynn had the crowd cheering him on as he sprinted to the finish of the 1600-meter taking the win right at the line. He started the day by placing 6th in the two-mile with freshman Rylan Hoveland not far behind in 10th place. Freshman Logan Johnson once again improved all his times in the sprints while sophomore Trace Giomi did the same in shot put and javelin.
100-meter dash: 6th Deegan Mattson 11.60, Colt Bernard 12.10, Marek Easter 12.20 PR, and Logan Johnson 13.00 PR. 200-meter dash: Logan Johnson 26.60 PR. 400-meter run: Logan Johnson 1:02 PR. 800-meter run: Max Sellay 2:19 PR and Gavin Greene 2:31. 1600-meter run: 1st Nolan Flynn 5:00 and Rylan Hoveland 5:46. 3200-meter run: 6th Nolan Flynn 11:17 and 10th Rylan Hoveland 12:19.
110-meter hurdles: 6th Deegan Mattson 17.40, 7th Jim Tew 17.60 PR, and Tavyn Anderson 18.90. 300-meter hurdles: Tavyn Anderson 48.20 PR. The team of Deegan Mattson, Colt Barnard, Tavyn Anderson, and Jim Tew finished the 4 x 100-meter relay in 47.30 for a tie for 8th place.
Long Jump: Tavyn Anderson 17’0.5”, Logan Johnson 14’8”, and Gavin Greene 12’7”. Triple Jump:8th Jim Tew 37’10”, 9th Tavyn Anderson 37’4”, and Gavin Greene 30’9”
Shot Put: 10th Gavin Schmele 38’, Trace Giomi 32’10” PR, Tanner Bird 31’11.5” PR, Pat Gossard 28’6”, Aidan Kitto 25’5”, Creighton Wright 25’4”, and Cooper Hines 24’1”. Discus: Gavin Schmele 103’5”, Trace Giomi 93’6”, Tanner Bird 92’5”, Pat Gossard 79’4”, Aidan Kitto 73’9”, Cooper Hines 67’, and Creighton Wright 65’11”. Javelin: Pat Gossard 102’7”, Gavin Schmele 98’6”, Tanner Bird 94’10”, Trace Giomi 90’1” PR, Aidan Kitto 84’2”, Creighton Wright 63’10”, and Cooper Hines 54’2”.
The Bulldogs have another busy week with two meets. First, a select group will be heading to Great Falls for the Top Eight on Tuesday, April 30th. Then the entire team will make the trek to Missoula for the KLH Invite on Saturday, May 4th for the last regular season meet. Next, they begin the post-season with the District Tournament in Belgrade on Thursday, May 9th.
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Image 1 Caption: Seniors Berlin Korr, Havyn Vandenacre, Luci Horne, Reese Wolfgram, and Cooper Hines
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Image 2 Caption: The families of the Broadwater Bulldog Seniors
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