Vikings four-peat as state champs

GREAT FALLS – Charlo’s boys thought they had lost; they had a chance for four and had let it slip away.

“I think it was one of the Belt kids that came up and shook one of the kids’ hands and told them congratulations,” Charlo coach Bret Thompson recalled.

The scoring in the 200-meter dash had been delayed so meet officials could look over the replay. Tyler Delaney had finished fourth, putting the Vikings one-and-a-half points in front of second-place Belt for a fourth straight boys’ Class C state championship, but the athletes down on the field didn’t know that.

“They really thought that we hadn’t won coming down to the end of the track meet,” Thompson said. “They were pretty excited when they found out.”

It was a meet in which nothing seemed to go as planned.

Belt thrower Hunter Croff, the favorite in the javelin, scratched on all three attempts.

Awhile later, Charlo’s division champion hurdler Kail Pope fell in the high hurdles.

Delaney and his brother, Michael, both scored points in the sprint events.

“We weren’t supposed to be scoring in the 100 and 200 with the Delaneys,” Thompson said, referring to the brothers’ seed times. “It was a lot of little things.”

None of those little things were bigger than Dalton Delaney’s fifth place in the two-mile. The junior bested his seed time by more than 20 seconds.

“We win by a point and a half and he got us two points,” Thompson said. “I guess you can get a little closer, but not much closer.”

There was also the help from the usual suspects.

Both boys’ relays were second.

Tyler Delaney placed in the 100, 200 and 400.

Pope, fighting through injury, was fifth in the 300 hurdles. Michael Delaney placed fourth.

Jacen Petersen was second for another year in the pole vault and third in the javelin, early points that Thompson said were immeasurable.

“He was busy,” the coach said. “That was Friday morning and he had the javelin, the pole vault and the short relay preliminaries.”

Thompson sung the praises of his group of four seniors—Petersen, Pope, Tyler Delaney and Connor Daugherty—who were a part of all four championship teams.

“They’ve been a part of it from the first time we won the first one,” Thompson said, noting that the group was the core of the Vikings’ continued success.

The coach also reminded that it doesn’t end with them.

“I have a shot putter [Dugan Runkel] and I have Michael [Delaney] who was in five events,” Thompson said. “Jesse Long was in the hurdles.”

In addition to losing his seniors, Thompson said he is sad to lose an integral coach as well. Jared Miller, an assistant the past few seasons, is taking a job in Missoula and will be sorely missed, Thompson said.

Charlo’s girls also had a solid showing, placing seventh in Great Falls.

That effort was led by a third-place long relay that ran the same at the Western C divisional meet a week prior. The Vikings’ 400-meter relay was fourth.

Jordan Ludeman placed second in the pole vault.

Aspen Runkel placed fourth in the 100 hurdles and sixth in the 300 to cap off a stellar senior season. Runkel was also eighth in the 200. Teammate Sienna Brown finished 10th.

Arlee’s girls placed 22nd behind a third-place finish in the 800 from Jessica Knoll.

Alex Adams narrowly missed the podium in the pole vault for the Scarlets, placing seventh. The Scarlets’ short relay finished sixth. Whitney Malatare was 14th in the long jump.

Isaac Desjarlais was the Warriors’ only state qualifier. The sophomore finished seventh in the 100-meter dash.

Two Eagle River’s Kamiah Payne placed third in the state in the long jump, jumping 20 feet even.

State C Track and Field

Memorial

Stadium

Great Falls

GIRLS

Seeley-Swan 62, West Yellowstone 52, North Star 47, Darby 35, Hinsdale 28, Belt 28, Charlo 22, Drummond 19, Broadview-Lavina 19, Park City 18, Chinook 18, Alberton 18, Harrison 17, Melstone 14, Saint Regis 13, Shields Valley 12, Winnett-Grass Range 12, Richey-Lambert 12, Hobson 11.5, Twin Bridges 11, Simms 10, Arlee 7, Highwood 6, Manhaggan Christian 6, Terry 5, Lincoln 4, Fairview 4, Cascade 4, Harlowton 3, Broadus 2.5, Valier 2, Willow Creek 2, Fort Benton 2, Big Sandy 1

100: 1, Claire Fickler, Drummond, 12.65. 2, Brianna Gray, Park City, 12.93. 3, Tylynn Rettig, North Star, 12.98. 4, Bettie Carlon, North Star, 13.02. 5, Jewlz Collins, West Yellows, 13.04. 6, Bethany Lacock, Hinsdale, 13.10.

200: 1, Brianna Gray, Park City, 25.93. 2, Claire Fickler, Drummond, 25.96. 3, Keely Ehmann, Darby, 26.15. 4, Alex Bohlman, Seeley-Swan, 26.69. 5, Ally Martin, Harlowton, 26.71. 6, Tylynn Rettig, North Star, 27.03.

400: 1, Jewlz Collins, West Yellows, 59.04. 2, Paige Holmes, Seeley-Swan, 59.65. 3, Keely Ehmann, Darby, 1:00.04. 4, Kylie Kerkaert, Shields Vall, 1:00.80. 5, Sara Anderson, Belt, 1:01.46. 6, Paige Phillips, Twin Bridges, 1:01.70.

800: 1, Bailee Parker, West Yellows, 2:17.99. 2, Stephanie Robbins, Seeley-Swan, 2:24.11. 3, Jessica Knoll, Arlee, 2:25.04. 4, Shae Sager, Shields Vall, 2:26.41. 5, Madison Schwehr, Broadview-Lavina, 2:26.43. 6, Molly Herron, Big Sandy, 2:26.82.

1,600: 1, Bailee Parker, West Yellows, 5:01.75 (new Class C record; old record 5:11.80 by Marni Ryti, Terry, 1984). 2, Stephanie Robbins, Seeley-Swan, 5:25.05. 3, BreElle Wacker, Melstone, 5:26.64. 4, Lily Lang, Darby, 5:29.68. 5, Nikki Aiken, Manhattan Ch, 5:30.28. 6, Madison Schwehr, Broadview-Lavina, 5:34.92.

3,200: 1, Bailee Parker, West Yellows, 11:03.89 (new Class C record; old record 11:17.70 by Mackinzie O’Dore, Joliet, 2010) . 2, BreElle Wacker, Melstone, 11:49.95. 3, Lily Lang, Darby, 11:53.42. 4, Nikki Aiken, Manhattan Ch, 11:56.51. 5, Stephanie Robbins, Seeley-Swan, 12:00.36. 6, Caitlyn Lantis, Terry, 12:11.98.

100 Hurdles: 1, Jewlz Collins, West Yellows, 15.71. 2, Bethany Lacock, Hinsdale, 15.75. 3, Paige Holmes, Seeley-Swan, 16.17. 4, Aspen Runkle, Charlo, 16.36. 5, Mikaela Grove, Highwood, 16.62. 6, Taya DeFrance, Harrison, 16.77.

300 Hurdles: 1, Paige Holmes, Seeley-Swan, 46.73. 2, Taya DeFrance, Harrison, 47.52. 3, Sarai McCollaum, Darby, 47.65. 4, Mikaela Grove, Highwood, 48.30. 5, Mariah Stoltz, Valier, 48.53. 6, Aspen Runkle, Charlo, 48.94.

400 Relay: 1, Belt (na) 51.04. 2, North Star 51.63. 3, Darby 51.84. 4, Charlo 52.26. 5, Twin Bridges 53.35. 6, Arlee 53.42.

1,600 Relay: 1, Seeley-Swan (Paige Holmes, Alex Bohlman, Marge Henrekin, KeAnna Conley), 4:06.25 (new Class C record; old record 4:06.9 by Cascade, 1995). 2, Belt, 4:13.36. 3, Charlo, 4:14.62. 4, Shields Valley, 4:16.08. 5, Twin Bridges, 4:17.51. 6, Darby, 4:17.98.

High Jump: 1, Jaegen Hughes, Hobson, 5-00. 2, Bethany Lacock, Hinsdale, J5-00. 2, Gabby Moeller, St. Regis, J5-00. 4, Katie Fertterer, Belt, 4-10. 5, Sage Collins, Powder River, J4-10. 5, Ember Drivdahl, Hobson, J4-10.

Pole Vault: 1, Bethany Lacock, Hinsdale, 9-06. 2, Jordan Ludeman, Charlo, 9-00. 2, Madison Schwehr, Broadview-Lavina, 9-00. 4, Caty Morrison, Terry, J9-00. 5, Cassidy McCarthy, Fort Benton, J9-00. 6, Cera Strumpfer, Seeley-Swan, 8-06.

Long Jump: 1, Bettie Carlon, North Star, 16-10.50. 2, Tylynn Rettig, North Star, 16-06. 3, Shelby Browning, Winn-GR, 15-11. 4, Faith Vitt, Fairview, 15-08.75. 5, Jaci Nesbit, Willow Creek, 15-05.75. 6, Paige Fickler, Drummond, 15-03.

Triple Jump: 1, Bettie Carlon, North Star, 35-07. 2, Britt Cooper, Harrison, 34-06.75. 3, Shelby Browning, Winn-GR, 34-04.50. 4, Kelsie Dustin, Twin Bridges, 34-02.50. 5, Bethany Lacock, Hinsdale, 34-01.50. 6, Taylor Price, Powder River, 34-01.25.

Shot Put: 1, Britney Nelson, Chinook, 37-07. 2, Abby Bymaster, Broadview-Lavina, 37-00.50. 3, Autumn Rehbein, Richey-Lambert, 36-06.25. 4, Abby Erickson, Lincoln, 36-01. 5, Katie Fertterer, Belt, 35-10.75. 6, Kylie Mahana, Harlowton, 34-11.50.

Discus: 1, Delani Hanley, Alberton, 119-03. 2, Britney Nelson, Chinook, 110-09. 3, Autumn Rehbein, Richey-Lambert, 108-04. 4, Elsie Carpentar, Cascade, 106-09. 5, Morgan Martin, Twin Bridges, 106-08. 6, Abby Bymaster, Broadview-Lavina, 103-10.

Javelin: 1, Hollee Meek, Simms, 123-11. 2, Ryan Vicek, Alberton, 121-09. 3, Arianna Jones, St. Regis, 121-02. 4, Mary Strumpfer, Seeley-Swan, 116-00. 5, Katie Fertterer, Belt, 111-04. 6, Alex Bohlman, Seeley-Swan, 110-07.

BOYS

Charlo 53.5, Belt 52, Jordan 44, Manhattan Christian 41.5, Broadus 37, Ennis 35, Bainville 22, Hot Sprints 21.5, Twin Bridges 19, White Sulphur Springs 16, Wibaux 12, Culbertson 12, Darby 11, Fort Benton 10, Chinook 10, Power 10, Savage 10, Harrison 10, Froid-Medicine Lake 10, Victor 10, Shields Valley 8, Alberton 8, Box Elder 8, Circle 8, Two Eagle River 6, Broadview-Lavina 6, Melstone 5, Terry 4, Dutton-Brady 4, Centerville 4, Fairview 4, Nashua 4, Cascade 4, Harlowton 2, Noxon 2, Winnett-Grass Range 2, Superior 1, C-J-I .5

100: 1, Kris Noble, Powder River, 11.26. 2, Connor Murnion, Garfield, 11.32. 3, Tyler Delaney, Charlo, 11.38. 4, Kelly Murnion, Garfield, 11.42. 5, Michael Delaney, Charlo, 11.44. 6, Seth Bayles, Powder River, 11.46.

200: 1, Connor Murnion, Garfield, 22.65. 2, Kelly Murnion, Garfield, 22.70. 3, Kris Noble, Powder River, 22.73. 4, Tyler Delaney, Charlo, 22.81. 5, Parker McCafferty, Belt, 22.84. 6, David Keena, Manhattan Ch, 22.86.

400: 1, David Keena, Manhattan Ch, 50.23. 2, Parker McCafferty, Belt, 50.56. 3, Kelly Murnion, Garfield, 50.58. 4, Tyler Delaney, Charlo, 50.73. 5, Bill Yeager, Twin Bridges, 51.42. 6, Austin Storle, Dut-Brdy, 52.06.

800: 1, Jory Fisher, White Sulphu, 1:55.10. 2, Parker McCafferty, Belt, 1:57.63. 3, David Keena, Manhattan Ch, 1:57.73. 4, Tristen Guillot, Twin Bridges, 1:59.45. 5, Joe Koch, Harlowton, 2:01.21. 6, Austin Storle, Dut-Brdy, 2:01.55.

1,600: 1, Chance Hyatt, Bainville, 4:34.95. 2, Tristen Guillot, Twin Bridges, 4:36.38. 3, Jory Fisher, White Sulphu, 4:36.62. 4, Lane Nickels, Nashua, 4:37.62. 5, Bradey Wilson, Noxon, 4:39.28. 6, Brayden Wacker, Melstone, 4:40.36.

3,200: 1, Chance Hyatt, Bainville, 10:05.83. 2, William Ketchum, Box Elder, 10:26.50. 3, Harry Green, Belt, 10:27.00. 4, Brayden Wacker, Melstone, 10:32.49. 5, Dalton Delaney, Charlo, 10:38.95. 6, Tristen Guillot, Twin Bridges, 10:41.39.

110 Hurdles: 1, Keith Heidema, Manhattan Ch, 15.12. 2, Ryan Kasten, Circle, 15.40. 3, Tanner Hoff, Hot Springs, 15.63. 4, Ben Hulme, Fort Benton, 15.98. 5, Koltin Haugrose, Belt, 16.01. 6, Jalen Hendrickson, Froid-Medicine L, 16.20.

300 Hurdles: 1, Koltin Haugrose, Belt, 40.41. 2, Jalen Hendrickson, Froid-Medicine L, 41.13. 3, Keith Heidema, Manhattan Ch, 41.67. 4, Michael Delaney, Charlo, 41.69. 5, Kail Pope, Charlo, 41.71. 5, Tanner Hoff, Hot Springs, 41.71.

400 Relay: 1, Broadus (na) 44.41. 2, Charlo 44.60. 3, Belt 44.91. 4, Hot Springs 45.18. 5, Ennis 45.20. 6, Savage 45.78.

1,600 Relay: 1, Belt (Colton Swanson, Matt Metrione, Koltin Haugrose, Parker McCafferty), 3:28.24. 2, Charlo, 3:29.90. 3, Broadus, 3:31.74. 4, Manhattan Christian, 3:31.94. 5, Dutton-Brady, 3:32.30. 6, Ennis, 3:32.86.

High Jump: 1, Quin Schroedel, Power, 6-04. 2, Jacob Bakken, Wibaux, 6-00. 3, Seth Christiaens, Broadview-Lavina, J6-00. 4, McQ Burley, Powder River, J6-00. 5, Kevin Blanksma, Manhattan Ch, J6-00. 6, Keith Heidema, Manhattan Ch, 5-10. 6, Cody Ramberg, Cji Hi-Line, 5-10.

Pole Vault: 1, Walker McKitrick, Ennis, 13-06. 2, Jacen Petersen, Charlo, 13-00. 3, Brett Berry, Fairview, 11-06. 3, Zack Riphenburg, Cascade, 11-06. 3, Haakon Fredrickson, Ennis, 11-06. 6, Jordan Skaley, Savage, J11-06.

Long Jump: 1, Zac Agee, Victor, 20-07.25. 2, Cole Fairchild, Shields Vall, 20-06.75. 3, Kamiah Payne, Two Eagle River, 20-00. 4, Jacob Bakken, Wibaux, 19-11.75. 5, Connor Murnion, Garfield, 19-09. 6, Scott Kamps, Manhattan Ch, 19-08.25.

Triple Jump: 1, Jed Fike, Harrison, 43-01.50. 2, Jarod White, Hot Springs, 42-03.25. 3, Kelly Murnion, Garfield, 42-01. 4, Josh Stickel, Terry, 41-08.50. 5, Cedar Martin, Winn-GR, 41-06. 6, Kevin Blanksma, Manhattan Ch, 41-05.

Shot Put: 1, David Manning, Culbertson, 51-04.50. 2, Derek Wham, Ennis, 50-11.50. 3, Zach Molyneaux, Chinook, 50-05.75. 4, Austin Brentlinger, Twin Bridges, 47-01. 5, Rhett Harmon, Bainville, 46-11. 6, Joe Caicedo, Darby, 46-02.

Discus: 1, Derek Wham, Ennis, 171-04. 2, Andrew Lommen, Alberton, 144-00. 3, Brandon Ereaux, Fort Benton, 141-02. 4, Zach Molyneaux, Chinook, 134-11. 5, David Manning, Culbertson, 134-04. 6, Jarrod Tippens, Superior, 131-04.

Javelin: 1, Joe Caicedo, Darby, 176-11. 2, Braden Feisthamel, Savage, 168-03. 3, Jacen Petersen, Charlo, 162-01. 4, Dylan Lencioni, Centerville, 161-08. 5, Tanner Hoff, Hot Springs, 158-01. 6, Jalen Hendrickson, Froid-Medicine L, 157-04.