High School District Track 5-17-24 Author: MT 43 News Staff Reporter
Article Published: 05/17/2024 Volume: 2 Edition: 45 MT 43 News Staff Reporter
The post-season section of the track and field schedule began last Thursday with the District 5B Meet held at the Special Event Center in Belgrade. The 5B District includes our local Broadwater Bulldogs, as well as, the Ennis Mustangs, Jefferson Panthers, Lone Peak Big Horns, Manhattan Tigers, Three Forks Wolves, and Whitehall Trojans. The 12C District Meet was held concurrently.
Individual success on a day like this can be measured in a multitude of ways: marking a state qualifying time or distance which advances to the state meet, placing in the top six which earns team points and advances to divisionals, cracking the top ten for the first time all year, or establishing a season’s best or personal record. Many Bulldogs managed more than one of these milestones on Thursday and still a few 7th place finishes were heartbreaking and season-ending.
The Lady Bulldogs topped all female teams with a total of 142 points to capture the District Championship. This well rounded and balanced team is comprised of five freshmen, four sophomores, six juniors, and four seniors. A bonus was that high school principal, Sherri Heavrin was on hand to present the trophy to the Bulldogs.
Despite being state-qualified in all five of their individual events, sophomore Kaitlyn Noyes and senior Havyn Vandenacre pushed themselves to earn six 1st place finishes and two 2nd place ribbons combining for a remarkable 76 points. Sophomore Holly Newman had a standout day as well, winning the high jump along with a pair of runner-up places and a pair of 4th place finishes, earning 34 points on her own. Freshman Kyla Meissner won the 800-meter run adding another ten points to the team tally. Seniors Reese Wolfgram and Luci Horne scored points in multiple individual events, as well as both relays. The distance squad continued their remarkable season with almost the entire group establishing their PR or SR in their respective races and advancing four runners to the divisional meet.
100-meter dash: 1st Kaitlyn Noyes 13.39, 6th Reese Wolfgram 13.84, 8th Aspen Slyker 13.89 and Amanda Pesicka 14.27. 200-meter dash: 1st Kaitlyn Noyes 27.29, 7th Aspen Slyker 28.85, and Amanda Pesicka 29.88. 400-meter dash: Amanda Pesicka 1:09 SR and Sarah Morgan 1:19 PR. 800-meter run: 1st Kyla Meissner 2:29 PR, 6th Memphys Meier 2:38 SR, 9th Jordyn Pittman 2.54 PR, and Shalyn Sentinella 3:25. 1600-meter run: 7th Memphys Meier 5:49, Jordyn Pittman 6:25 PR, and Shalyn Sentinella 7:33 PR. 3200-meter run: 5th Kaelyn Sangray 12:43 PR and 6th Abby Wickens 12:48 PR.
100-meter hurdles: 1st Havyn Vandenacre 15.11 and 2nd Holly Newman 17.45. 300-meter hurdles: 1st Havyn Vandenacre 46.47 and 4th Holly Newman 51.93. 4x100-meter relay: 4th Reese Wolfgram, Luci Horne, Aspen Slyer, & Amanda Pesicka 54.98. 4x400-meter relay: 4th Luci Horne, Aspen Slyker, Reese Wolfgram, and Amanda Pesicka 4:34.
High jump: 1st Holly Newman 4’8” and 2nd Kaitlyn Noyes 4’8”. Long Jump: 1st Kaitlyn Noyes 16’8.5”, 2nd Holly Newman 15’8.5”, 6th Luci Horne 14’6” SR, 7th Reese Wolfgram 14’5.25”, and Emily Taves 12’6”. Triple Jump: 1st Kaitlyn Noyes 33’9.5”, 2nd Reese Wolfgram 32’8.25”, 4th Holly Newman 32’2” PR, and 8th Luci Horne 28’7”.
Shot Put: 8th Jazlyn Martin 25’0.5” and 9th Berlin Korr 24’3.5”. Discus: 7th Jazlyn Martin 76’2” and Karsyn Sangray 72’8” PR. Javelin: 2nd Havyn Vandenacre 117’1”, 6th Luci Horne 93’0”, 7th Aspen Slyker 88’9”, Jazlyn Martin 73’5”, and Karsyn Sangray 57’2”
The gentlemen finished the day with 73 points, earning them 4th overall. This young team consisting of four freshmen, nine sophomores, three juniors, and one senior have a bright future. Junior Deegan Mattson had a standout day winning three races and finishing no lower than 3rd all day. He managed 36 points on his own and helped the short relay add another eight. Sophomore Mark Easter certainly had his best day, managing to set his PR in three of his individual events while also contributing in the short relay. Junior Nolan Flynn earned 5th place honors in both the one- and two-mile races, establishing his PR at both distances, which is remarkably difficult to do on the same day. Freshmen Jim Tew and Tavyn Anderson added to the team tally in the long and short hurdles, as well as the long and triple jumps.
100-meter dash: 1st Deegan Mattson 11.91, 6th Colt Barnard 12.36, and Logan Johnson 13.30. 200-meter dash: 3rd Deegan Mattson 24.28, 6th Marek Easter 24.76 PR, Colt Barnard 25.43, and Logan Johnson 27.28. 400-meter dash: 4th Marek Easter 54.63 PR and Logan Johnson 1:01 PR. 800-meter run: Gavin Greene 2:24 PR. 1600-meter run: 5th Nolan Flynn 4:46 PR and Rylan Hoveland 5:27 PR. 3200-meter run: 5th Nolan Flynn 10:34 PR and Rylan Hoveland 12:24.
110-meter hurdles: 1st Deegan Mattson 17.18 SR, 5th Tavyn Anderson 18.67 PR, and 6th Jim Tew 19.94. 300-meter hurdles: 1st Deegan Mattson 42.80 PR, 6th Tavyn Anderson 48.23 PR and 7th Jim Tew 49.14. 4x100-meter relay: 2nd Marek Easter, Jim Tew, Colt Barnard & Deegan Mattson 45.86. 4x400-meter relay: 4th Rylan Hoveland, Logan Johnson, Colt Barnard, and Nolan Flynn 4:07.
Shot put: 7th Gavin Schmele 36’9.5”, 10th Trace Giomi 34’4.5” PR, Tanner Bird 32’2.5” PR, Creighton Wright 26’5.5”, and Cooper Hines 21’7.5” Discus: 6th Gavin Schmele 115’1”, Tanner Bird 91’10”, Trace Giomi 91’6”, Tanner Bird 74’6”, Pat Gossard 85’7” PR, and Aidan Kitto 79’8”. Javelin: 8th Marek Easter 128’10”, Gavin Schmele 107’7” PR, Tanner Bird 105’8”, Pat Gossard 102’6”, and Trace Giomi 83’8”.
Long Jump: 3rd Jim Tew 18’11”, 7th Marek Easter 18’3.5” PR, 8th Tavyn Anderson 18’0”, and Logan Johnson 16’1”. Triple Jump: 4th Jim Tew 37’8.5” and 5th Tavyn Anderson 37’1.75”.
The Broadwater Bulldogs will travel to the Laurel Sports Complex for the Southern B Divisional Meet on Thursday, May 16th. The top 6 finishers from District 5B will join the top athletes from District 3B and 4B, which totals 20 schools. Due to the Southern Division being comprised of 3 districts instead of two (like the Northern and Western Divisions), the top eight finishers in each event will be awarded ribbons and earn their right to advance to the State Class B Meet in Laurel on Thursday, May 24th and 25th. Good luck Dogs!
Article Images Click on Image Thumbnail(s) to view fullsize imagePhotoCredit: MT 43 News Staff Reporter & Sherri Heavrin Image 1 Caption: District Champions
Top row: Holly Newman, Abby Wickens, Memphys Meier, Lucy Horne
Bottom (l to r): Sarah Morgan, Shalyn Sentinella, Kyla Meissner, Aspen Slyker, Kaelyn Sangray, Jordyn Pittman, Amanda Pesicka, Havyn Vandenacre, Karsyn Sangray, Reese Wolfgram, Kaitlyn Noyes, Emmalin Fischer, Emily Taves
Not pictured: Jazlyn Martin & Berlin Korr
Photo credit: Sherri Heavrin Image 2 Caption: Seniors Havyn Vandenacre, Lucy Horne, and Reese Wolfgram celebrate their last district tournament with a trophy.
Photo credit: Sherri Heavrin Image 3 Caption: Freshman Jim Tew clears the last hurdle of the 300-meter race.
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