Montana
List: Updated 2023 Montana track and field state qualifiers
BILLINGS — Because the climate has improved, so have the marks of Montana’s highschool monitor and area athletes, as this week’s listing of qualifiers has grown considerably.
Montana already has a male going sub-50 seconds within the 400. Gallatin’s Nash Coley grew to become the primary to interrupt the barrier this season together with his time of 49.66. Coley can also be third within the 110 hurdles and second within the 300s.
Glendive’s Kohbe Smith has some critical bounce. The junior has Class A’s solely lengthy soar over 22 toes, and he is additionally No. 2 within the triple soar. Sky seems to be the restrict for this younger man.
Missoula Loyola’s Luca Dombrowski appears to be like to be rounding into type. Dombrowski completed second to teammate Ridger Palma in each the 200 and 400 eventually yr’s State B monitor and area meet however at present holds the classification’s quickest time in each occasions.
Seeley-Swan’s Owen Hoag is firmly inserting himself as Class C’s high sprinter. Hoag, a West Level commit, Has Class C’s high instances within the 100, 200 and 400. He is the one Class C athlete to even qualify to date within the 200 and 400.
Alyssa Keller is proving to be one in every of finest javelin throwers within the nation. The Billings West senior marked a throw over 152 toes at this weekend’s Billings Invite, which has her within the high 5 of your complete nation.
The Western A has some critical velocity this season. Between Whitefish’s secure of star-studded sprinters and the velocity of Stevensville’s Claire Hutchison and Columbia Falls’ Ally Sempf, there’s prone to be a number of tight races all year long.
Conrad’s Breauna Erickson has an actual probability at State B pole vault file set by Carter Theade of Crimson Lodge in 2013 at 11 toes, 3 inches. Erickson improved upon her season-best by greater than a foot with an 11-foot vault on the Cal Wearley Memorial.
Manhattan Christian senior Jadyn VanDyken is trying like a one-gal wrecking crew to date. VanDyken leads Class C within the triple soar, 100, 200 and 400 and has additionally certified within the lengthy soar. VanDyken can rack up a ton of factors for the Eagles this spring.
The total lists of state-qualified athletes are beneath. These lists, whereas unofficial, are up to date via outcomes posted at www.athletic.web. Solely FAT instances are thought-about. For those who discover an error or omission, please electronic mail sports activities@ktvh.com.
2023 Montana monitor and area state qualifiers
(By April 17)
BOYS
100
AA (11.3) – Thomas Carter, Helena Capital, 10.93; Hudson Lembke, Missoula Sentinel, 11.12; Tanner Macy, Billings Senior, 11.13; Kash Goicoechea, Kalispell Glacier, 11.17; Hayden Opitz, Helena Capital, 11.23; Jared Felten, Billings Senior, 11.23; Karsen Beitz, Missoula Sentinel, 11.24; Adam Ryland-Davis, Helena, 11.25; Ryan Dierenfield, Billings Skyview, 11.25; Lance Baumgart, Helena Capital, 11.29.
A (11.4) – Malaki Simpson, Columbia Falls, 11.05; Carter White, Frenchtown, 11.14; Kaeden Sager, East Helena, 11.26; Solomon Morgan, Corvallis, 11.27; Brayden Kimberling, Havre, 11.36.
B (11.5) – Dawson Sweat, Townsend, 11.40; Brinkley Evans, Conrad, 11.41.
C (11.6) – Owen Hoag, Seeley-Swan, 11.09; Brenden Fetter, Chinook, 11.40; Caiden Sekuterski, Cascade, 11.44.
200
AA (22.8) – Thomas Carter, Helena Capital, 22.45; Lance Baumgart, Helena Capital, 22.79.
A (23.2) – Kaeden Sager, East Helena, 22.56; Malaki Simpson, Columbia Falls, 22.96; Solomon Morgan, Corvallis, 23.02; Carter White, Frenchtown, 23.03; Kade Boyd, Billings Central, 23.04; Tanner Schwend, Laurel, 23.12; Nate Olson, Frenchtown, 23.13.
B (23.1) – Luca Dombrowski, Missoula Loyola, 23.01; Dawson Sweat, Townsend, 23.04.
C (23.5) – Owen Hoag, Seeley-Swan, 22.11.
400
AA (51.8) – Nash Coley, Gallatin, 49.66; Jackson Tarver, Nice Falls CMR, 51.13; Garrett Dahlke, Gallatin, 51.25; Brady Kolendich, Missoula Sentinel, 51.43; Jeff Lillard, Kalispell Glacier, 51.44; Aaron French, Helena, 51.74.
A (51.7) – Treyton Graham, Dillon, 50.14; Clay Oven, Billings Central, 51.50.
B (51.4) – Luca Dombrowski, Missoula Loyola, 51.39.
C (52.52) – Owen Hoag, Seeley-Swan, 52.42.
800
AA (2:01.00) – Henry Ballinger, Helena, 1:55.35*; Keagen Crosby, Missoula Sentinel, 1:56.50; Daniel Wiltse, Missoula Hellgate, 1:56.79*; Aaron French, Helena, 1:57.24.
A (2:02.00) – Evan Bennett, Hamilton, 1:56.87.
B (2:02.80) – Hunter Bailey, Baker, 2:01.29.
C (2:04.60) – Shaphan Hubner, Manhattan Christian, 2:01.49.
1,600
AA (4:34.00) – Weston Brown, Bozeman, 4:21.50; Nathan Neil, Bozeman, 4:22.28; Ryan Harrington, Nice Falls, 4:22.83; Henry Ballinger, HElena, 4:26.43; Finneas Colescott, Missoula Hellgate, 4:26.70; Jaxon Straus, Billings West, 4:27.93; Keagen Crosby, Missoula Sentinel, 4:29.86; Quinn Newman, Missoula Sentinel, 4:31.46; Carson Steckelberg, Gallatin, 4:31.56; Mason Moler, Billings West, 4:32.88; Tyler Inabnit, Missoula Sentinel, 4:32.92; Daniel Wiltse, Missoula Hellgate, 4:33.95.
A (4:37.00) – Evan Bennett, Hamilton, 4:33.04.
B (4:43.50) – Jack Jensen, Bigfork, 4:39.23; Luke Mest, Jefferson, 4:40.76.
C (4:42.80) – Thomas Oylear, Broadus, 4:36.86; Oren Arthun, Manhattan Christian, 4:40.76.
3,200
AA (10:00.00) – Weson Brown, Bozeman, 8:48.24*; Nathan Neil, Bozeman, 8:50.26*; Finneas Colescott, Missoula Hellgate, 9:14.70*; Ryan Harrington, Nice Falls, 9:44.28; Carson Steckelberg, Gallatin, 9:53.93; Tyler Inabnit, Missoula Sentinel, 9:56.06; Jaret Dushin, Helena Capital, 9:56.52; Henry Sund, Helena, 9:56.53; Quinn Newman, Missoula Sentinel, 9:59.03.
A (10:12.00) – Taylor Doleac, Hamilton, 9:54.79; Gavin Hagberg, Corvallis, 10:01.36; Greyson Piseno, Billings Central, 10:08.80; Jack Davidson, Corvallis, 10:08.41.
B (10:32.00) -Kyler Harris, Florence, 9:55.79; Peyton Summers, Wolf Level, 9:57.36; Luke Mest, Jefferson, 10:02.39; Rogan Hanson, Florence, 10:12.93; Beau Johnston, Three Forks, 10:14.70; Bryon Fanning, Three Forks, 10:15.57.
C (10:31.90) – Scott Parke, Drummond, 10:08.00; Thomas Oylear, Broadus, 10:10.76.
110 hurdles
AA (15.70) – Merek Mihelish, Helena Capital, 14.55; Corbin Weltzien, Missoula Hellgate, 14.98; Nash Coley, Gallatin, 15.06; Ethan Anderson, Kalispell Glacier, 15.31; Mitchell Fogelson, Billings West, 15.49; Gavin Mow, Helena Capital, 15.50; Aidan Martin, Gallatin, 15.59; Rowley Dupras, Missoula Massive Sky, 15.64.
A (16.10) – Aiden Learn, Corvallis, 15.43; Kee Christiansen, Dillon, 15.78; Brody Hardy, Frenchtown, 15.88.
B (16.00) – Dylan Root, Jefferson, 15.34; Isak Epperly, Bigfork, 15.78.
C (16.30) – William Martin, Darby, 15.95; Nathan Tuinstra, Valley Christian, 16.09;
300 hurdles
AA (41.50) – Merek Mihelish, Helena Capital, 39.70; Nash Coley, Gallatin, 40.23; Colter Petre, Helena, 40.65.
A (41.80) –
B (41.80) – Dylan Root, Jefferson, 40.76.
C (42.50) – Rance Hamilton, Manhattan Christian, 41.38.
400 relay
AA (43.80) – Provisional qualifying time used at divisional meets
A (44.80) – Dillon, 43.55; Frenchtown, 43.75; Columbia Falls, 44.14; Hamilton, 44.28.
B (44.65) –
C (45.30) –
1,600 relay
AA (3:30.00) – Provisional qualifying time used at divisional meets
A (3:34.00) – Dillon, 3:30.30; Frenchtown, 3:32.71; Hamilton, 3:32.76; Columbia Falls, 3:33.04.
B (3:34.00) –
C (3:37.90) – Manhattan Christian, 3:31.20.
Lengthy soar
AA (21-00) – Brody Thornsberry, Kalispell Flathead, 21-11; Scott Klinker, Nice Falls, 21-08; Rafe Spring, Gallatin, 21-06.5; Jeff Lillard, Kalispell Glacier, 21-01.5; Colter Petre, Helena, 21-01.5; Grady Walker, Missoula Sentinel, 21-00.5.
A (20-06) – Kohbe Smith, Glendive, 22-02.5; Clay Oven, Billings Central, 21-06.5; ; Kyle Holter, Butte Central, 21-06.25; Carter White, Frenchtown, 21-05.5.
B (20-04) – Bryce Umphrey, St. Ignatius, 20-07.
C (20-02) – Jasiah Hambira, Lustre Christian, 21-05.75; Caiden Sekuterski, Cascade, 21-02.5; Xander Pugh, Nashua, 21-00; Brenden Fetter, Chinook, 20-08.5; Gage Goltz, Bridger, 20-06.25; Terran Joseph, Lustre Christian, 20-04.75; Carter Casavant, Cascade, 20-04; Johnslee Pierre, Lustre Christian, 20-03.25.
Triple soar
AA (42-00) – Scott Klinker, Nice Falls, 44-00; Porter Gibbs, Missoula Massive Sky, 42-09; Grady Walker, 42-06; Jacob Dolezal, Kalispell Flathead, 42-04; Rowley Dupras, Missoula Massive Sky, 42-03.
A (41-09) – Sam Henderson, Butte Central, 43-11; Kohbe Smith, Glendive, 42-03; Carter White, Frenchtown, 41-11; Jey Hofer, Lockwood, 41-09.5.
B (41-03) – Hunter Stevens, Jefferson, 42-03; Levi Peterson, Bigfork, 41-05.
C (41-09) – Jasiah Hambira, Lustre Christian, 44-01; Noah Wilson, Ennis, 43-08.5; Caiden Sekuterski, Cascade, 43-08.
Excessive soar
AA (6-02) – Aayden Simmons, Helena, 6-06; Porter Gibbs, Missoula Massive Sky, 6-04; Hunter Preston, Missoula Hellgate, 6-04; Rowley Dupras, Missoula Massive Sky, 6-02; William Hollensteiner, Kalispell Flathead, 6-02; Jaxan Lieberg, Helena, 6-02.
A (6-00) – Weston Means, Lockwood, 6-04; Sam Henderson, Butte Central, 6-02; Derek Criddle, Corvallis, 6-02; Kyle Holter, Butte Central, 6-00; Tyce Casterline, Lockwood, 6-00; Aren Larson, Sidney, 6-00.
B (6-00) – Quinn Lue, Florence, 6-00; William Wagner, Florence, 6-00; Ivan Lefdahl, Malta, 6-00.
C (6-00) – Jasiah Hambira, Lustre Christian, 6-02; Isaac Maki, Belt, 6-00; Levi Jensen, Chinook, 6-00; Gage Witt, Park Metropolis, 6-00; Donovan Gibbs, Circle, 6-00; Ty Leischner, Scobey, 6-00; Charles Butikofer, Bainville, 6-00; Axel Becke, Denton-Geyser-Stanford, 6-00; Bodie Donsbach, Roy-Winifred, 6-00;
Pole vault
AA (13-06) – Joey Sandberg, Missoula Massive Sky, 13-06.
A (13-00) – Taylor Searle, Hamilton, 14-07.
B (12-03) – Luke Donally, Huntley Mission, 14-00.
C (12-00) – Nathan Adams, Manhattan Christian, 12-07; Blaine Downing, Saco, 12-06; Ty Leischner, Scobey, 12-06; Lucas Kovalsky, Superior, 12-06; Hayden Dempster, Lincoln, 12-00.
Shot put
AA (48-00) – Jack Murrray, Gallatin, 53-03; Jacob Anderson, Billings West, 52-01; Henry Sellards, Kalispell Glacier, 50-01.25; Cole Dawes, Helena Capital, 49-11.5; Maxx Lee, Billings Senior, 49-06; Barrett Hageman, Helena Capital, 48-10; Alex Shields, Missoula Hellgate, 48-07; Dylan Christman, Helena, 48-04.5; Austin Buehler, Helena Capital, 48-03.5.
A (47-00) – Andrew Burrows, Hamilton, 56-01.5; Cy Stevenson, Libby, 51-03.5; Wyatt Miles, Corvallis, 50-04; Christian Wolfe, Lewistown, 50-02; Hunter Gum, Stevensville, 49-03; Lane Voermans, Columbia Falls, 48-02.
B (46-10) – Beau Meyer, Missoula Loyola, 46-09.5.
C (45-01) – Memphis Black, Belt, 47-08.
Discus
AA (146-00) – Anthony Okes, Nice Falls CMR, 165-04.5; Barrett Hageman, Helena Capital, 153-00; Aiden Krause, Kalispell Glacier, 153-00; Danny Sirmon, Missoula Sentinel, 149-03.5.
A (142-00) – Andrew Burrows, Hamilton 165-04; Sean Zimmer, Lewistown, 147-06; Lane Voermans, Columbia Falls, 144-09.
B (137-00) – Beau Meyer, Missoula Loyola, 135-03.
C (140-04) – Bryce Grebe, Melstone, 160-02; Memphis Black, Belt, 155-04; Hunter Sharbono, Fairview, 146-07; Klayton Kovatch, Seeley-Swan, 145-00.
Javelin
AA (170-00) – Aiden Nichols, Missoula Hellgate, 174-08.
A (167-00) – Levi Reynoso, Corvallis, 183-00.
B (163-00) – Vaughn Miller, Glasgow, 162-06.
C (153-00) –
Ladies
100
AA (13.0) – Ave Roberts, Billings Skyview, 12.30; Myley Bronaugh, Billings Skyview, 12.60; Olivia Collins, Gallatin, 12.63; Logan Todorovich, Helena, 12.69; Abby Thompson, Billings Senior, 12.77; Angel-Ialelei Martin, Billings Skyview, 12.79; Reghan Skogen, Helena, 12.82; Natalia Antonucci, Gallatin, 12.84; Anneliese Bessette, Missoula Hellgate, 12.99; Ela Bloyder, Billings West, 12.99.
A (13.15) – Brooke Zetooney, Whitefish, 12.70; Claire Hutchison, Stevensville, 12.70; Rachael Wilmot, Whitefish, 12.99; Hailey Ells, Whitefish, 13.00; Kaydance Reiter, Havre, 13.01; Ally Sempf, Columbia Falls, 13.01; Farah Wyche, Corvallis, 13.02; Jenna Ellis, Hamilton, 13.03; Kaitlyn Dantic, Laurel, 13.11.
B (13.1) – Grace Ekness, Shepherd, 12.71; Brynn Wandle, Huntley Mission, 12.83; Isabelle Berry, Missoula Loyola, 12.92; Malea Egan, Colstrip, 12.94.
C (13.2) – Jadyn VanDyken, Manhattan Christian, 12.73; Brooke Reuter, Savage, 12.75; Cambry Conradsen, Savage, 12.90; Josie Brown, Saco, 13.00.
200
AA (26.7) – Ave Roberts, Billings Skyview, 25.72; Madilyn Todorovich, Helena, 26.16; Olivia Collins, Gallatin, 26.64.
A (26.9) – Brooke Zetooney, Whitefish, 25.99; Hailey Ells, Whitefish, 26.16; Ally Sempf, Columbia Falls, 26.17; Claire Hutchison, Stevensville, 26.70; Kaitlyn Dantic, Laurel, 26.70.
B (27.2) – Isabelle Berry, Missoula Loyola, 26.89; Cori Coombe, Joliet, 27.02; Clare Ronayne, Jefferson, 27.29.
C (27.10) – Jadyn VanDyken, Manhattan Christian, 26.39; Taylee Chirrick, Roberts, 26.80; Josie Brown, Saco, 26.83; Brooke Reuter, Savage, 27.01.
400
AA (1:01.00) – Madilyn Todorovich, Helena, 59.51; Breanna Smith, Missoula Sentinel, 59.61; Olivia Collins, Gallatin, 59.86; Hailey Burger, Helena Capital, 1:00.91.
A (1:01.50) – Carly Prepare dinner, Laurel, 59.84; Claire Hutchison, Stevensville, 1:00.03; Hailey Ells, Whitefish, 1:00.92; Jenna Ellis, Hamilton, 1:01.06.
B (1:01.60) –
C (1:00.60) – Jadyn VanDyken, Manhattan Christian, 1:00.47.
800
AA (2:24.00) – Breanna Smith, Missoula Sentinel, 2:17.01; Isabel Ross, Gallatin, 2:18.58; Claire Rutherford, Gallatin, 2:20.00; Alexis Brauer, Billings Skyview, 2:21.97; Sophia Miller, Missoula Hellgate, 2:22.03; Kaitlyn Skinner, Missoula Hellgate, 2:23.37; Ruby Lorenz, Missoula Sentinel, 2:23.41.
A (2:26.00) – Carly Prepare dinner, 2:25.39.
B (2:26.00) – Tanae Baker, Glasgow, 2:25.82.
C (2:26.40) – Mia Handran, Scobey, 2:22.76; Annie Kaul, Plentywood, 2:24.59.
1,600
AA (5:23.00) – Claire Rutherford, Gallatin, 5:21.62
A (5:28.00) –
B (5:31.00) – Natalie Wooden, Massive Timber, 5:27.29.
C (5:31.70) –
3,200
AA (11:50.00) – Claire Rutherford, Gallatin, 11:26.71; Lucia McCormick, Bozeman, 11:38.45; Jamison Molloy, Missoula Hellgate, 11:41.39; Malia Bradford, Missoula Sentinel, 11:47.85.
A (12:13.00) – Mariah Aragon, Hardin, 11:52.07; Amara Auch, Corvallis, 11:57.35.
B (12:22.00) – Natalie Wooden, Massive Timber, 11:43.77; Emily See, Glasgow, 12:04.11; Ellie Baxter, Thompson Falls, 12:10.25.
C (12:32.90) – Shelby LaBrie, Whitewater, 11:56.51; Annie Kaul, Plentywood, 12:11.30; Mya Inexperienced, Scobey, 12:13.00; Anna Terry, Chinook, 12:20.57; Lily Adair, Darby, 12:21.26.
100 hurdles
AA (16.30) – Logan Todorovich, Helena, 15.37; Cienna Soens, Billings Skyview, 15.98; Alivia Rinehart, Kalispell Flathead, 16.05; Emily McElmurry, Missoula Sentinel, 16.06; Piper Jette, Billings Senior, 16.22.
A (16.40) – Olivia Lewis, Corvallis, 15.70; Kyanna Jarvis, Havre, 16.40.
B (16.50) – Isabelle Berry, Missoula Loyola, 16.14; Havyn Vandenacre, Townsend, 16.34.
C (16.70) – Emma Konen, Twin Bridges, 16.23.
300 hurdles
AA (48.50) – Cienna Soens, Billings Skyview, 47.09; Kathryn Sheridan, Helena Capital, 47.69.
A (48.50) – Olivia Lewis, Corvallis, 45.75; Hailey Ells, Whitefish, 47.38.
B (48.10) – Havyn Vandenacre, Townsend, 47.43; Isabelle Berry, Missoula Loyola, 47.77.
C (48.20) – Taylee Chirrick, Roberts, 47.03; Emma Konen, Twin Bridges, 47.39.
400 relay
AA (50.60) – Provisional qualifying time used at divisional meets
A (51.80) – Whitefish, 50.52; Lewistown, 51.32; Corvallis, 51.57.
B (52.10) –
C (52.40) – Manhattan Christian, 51.70.
1,600 relay
AA (4:12.00) – Provisional qualifying time used at divisional meets
A (4:14.00) – Corvallis, 4:12.37; Whitefish, 4:12.50.
B (4:18.00) –
C (4:20.60) –
Lengthy soar
AA (16-06) – Logan Todorovich, Helena, 18-02.75*; Madilyn Todorovich, Helena, 17-09*; Ava Kellenberg, Missoula Sentinel, 17-04.5; Reghan Skogen, Helena, 17-02; Ryesha Farmer, Nice Falls, 17-01; Karys Camp, Kalispell Glacier, 17-00; Akilah Kubi, Kalispell Flathead, 16-09.
A (16-00) – Alexis Daigle, Frenchtown, 17-02; Sydney Petersen, Dillon, 16-10.25; Kylie Konen, Dillon, 16-07; Macee Might, Havre, 16-04.
B (15-09) – Saraya Afrank, Baker, 16-09.75; Remington Pederson, Forsyth, 16-09; Taylor Evans, Conrad, 16-07.5; Makenzie Sheils, Columbus, 16-07.5; Emma Pouwers, Bigfork, 16-04; Inga Turner, Bigfork, 15-11; Camy Hoiland, Anaconda, 15-10; Madison Akins, Huntley Mission, 15-10.
C (16-02) – Emily Maughan, Seeley-Swan, 17-01; Zeason Schaffer, Broadus, 16-10; Taylee Chirrick, Roberts, 16-08.5; Brooke Reuter, Savage, 16-04.5; Alizae Howard, Roy-Winifred, 16-04; Angeline Riener, Fort Benton, 16-03.5; Jadyn VanDyken, Manhattan Christian, 16-03.25; Mallory Tommerup, Plentywood, 16-02.
Triple soar
AA (34-00) – Emily McElmurry, Missoula Sentinel, 38-01; Ava Kellenberg, Missoula Sentinel, 37-06.75; Afton Wride, Kalispell Flathead, 35-08.5; Alix Mund, Missoula Hellgate, 35-06; Kyesha Farmer, Nice Falls, 34-09; Karys Camp, Kalispell Glacier, 34-08; Mia Stephan, Kalispell Flathead, 34-04.5; Addi Kynett, Nice Falls, 34-00.
A (33-07) – Kendall Wahl, Billings Central, 35-07; Leina Ulutoa, Ronan, 34-05; Macee Might, Havre, 33-09.5; Amber Santon, Dillon, 33-08.5.
B (33-10) – Remington Pederson, Forsyth, 34-06.5; Avery Gerdes, Huntley Mission, 34-02.25; Makenzie Sheils, Columbus, 34-01.75; Meryssa Value, Forsyth, 34-01; Kaitlyn Noyes, Townsend, 34-01; Cori Coombe, Joliet, 34-00.
C (33-04) – Jadyn VanDyken, Manhattan Christian, 35-04; Macy Tjelde, Fairview, 34-08.25; Brooke Reuter, Savage, 34-06.25; Taevyn Beaudin, Valley Christian, 34-03.5; Jayla Ramberg, Chester-Joplin-Inverness, 34-02.75; Cambry Conradsen, Savage, 33-11; Krystan Hafla, Jordan, 33-10; Mallory Tommerup, Plentywood, 33-09; Brynne Hill, Richey-Lambert, 33-05.25.
Excessive soar
AA (5-02) – Kennedy Moore, Kalispell Flathead, 5-04; Madilyn Todorovich, Helena, 5-04; Brenna Berghold, Bozeman, 5-02; Logan Todorovich, Helena, 5-02*; Jaidyn Pevey, Kalispell Glacier, 5-02; Ava Kellenberg, Missoula Sentinel, 5-02.
A (5-00) – Rylee Boltz, Libby, 5-02; Claire Hutchison, Stevensville, 5-02; Kyanna Jarvis, Havre, 5-02; Emilee Searle, Hamilton, 5-01; Ayda Griffin, Hamilton, 5-00; Codi Nagle, Glendive, 5-00; Hailey Ells, Whitefish, 5-00; Ari Gary, Havre, 5-00.
B (4-10) – Avery Gerdes, Huntley Mission, 5-02; Remmi Stanger, Eureka, 5-00; Lily Heiberg, Choteau, 4-10; Eve Stone, Glasgow, 4-10; Trinity Riffle, Thompson Falls, 4-10; Holly Newman, Townsend, 4-10.
C (5-00) – Audrey Sampsen, Plentywood, 5-04; Mallory Tommerup, Plentywood, 5-02; Angeline Riener, Fort Benton, 5-00; Samantha Fenley, Harlowton-Ryegate, 5-00; Emma Konen, Twin Bridges, 5-00; Kenzie DeFord, Shields Valley, 5-00.
Pole vault
AA (10-00) – Austin Lengthy, Billings West, 11-00; Hannah Moses, Missoula Hellgate, 11-00; Annika Nehring, Helena, 10-06; Abigail Ingraham, Billings West, 10-00; Alixis Dvorak, Billings West, 10-00; Abbie Morledge-Hampton, Billings Senior, 10-00; Reghan Skogen, Helena, 10-00.
A (9-06) – Charlie Ham, Frenchtown, 11-01; Chesnee Lawerence, Hamilton, 11-00; Megan Frank, Glendive, 10-00; Emma McAllister, Columbia Falls, 9-06.
B (9-00) – Breauna Erickson, Conrad, 11-00; Brynn Wandle, Huntley Mission, 10-06; Ava Krings, Conrad, 10-00; Eve Stone, Glasgow, 9-06; Hannah Christman, Huntley Mission, 9-06; Kira Beck, Glasgow, 9-00; Delayne Lindeen, Huntley Mission, 9-00.
C (8-09) – Annie Kaul, Plentywood, 10-00; Tori Venema, Manhattan Christian, 9-06; Taevyn Beaudin, Valley Christian, 9-00.
Shot put
AA (35-03) – Kai Johnson, Kalispell Glacier, 39-06; Tesse Kamps, Gallatin, 38-11; Rae Good, Billings Skyview, 38-10.5; Torie Jamieson, Billings Senior, 37-06; Natalie Ellis, Missoula Massive Sky, 37-01; MaKenna Harmon, Billings Senior, 35-07.5; Bria Henry, Billings West, 35-04.
A (35-02) – Sadie Smith, Frenchtown, 40-00; Maggie Hillis, Laurel, 37-00.5; Mya Winkler, Hamilton, 36-08; Tyanna Jessop, Hamilton, 35-10.
B (34-09) – Scout Nadeau, Bigfork, 37-07; Talen Rogers, Colstrip, 36-04.5; Alexis Deming, Plains, 36-00; Madison Chappius, Bigfork, 35-01.
C (35-01) – Natalie Fisher, White Sulphur Springs, 37-01; Carolyne Christoffersen, Froid-Medication Lake, 36-04.5; Emma Brensdal, Plentywood, 36-02.5.
Discus
AA (113-00) – Torie Jamieson, Billings Senior, 126-10; Tesse Kamps, Gallatin, 113-03.5.
A (110-00) – Alanna Auch, Corvallis, 121-09; Kaiya Graves, Laurel, 121-01; Mya Winkler, Hamilton, 112-05.5
B (106-05) – Alexis Deming, Plains, 116-01.
C (108-01) – Emma Brensdal, Plentywood, 114-06; Abigail Barrett, Augusta, 109-09; Audrey Baker, Nice Falls Central, 109-06.
Javelin
AA (115-00) – Alysa Keller, Billings West, 152-02; Clara Fox, Bozeman, 137-02; Jaeli Jenkins, Gallatin, 128-10; Ava Dierolf, Gallatin, 123-10; Taliana Miller, Kalispell Flathead, 122-09; Kaelyn Saari, Helena Capital, 122-00; Charlotte Osler, Kalispell Glacier, 116-05; Rachel Macy, Billings Senior, 116-03.
A (115-00) – Daeja Fike, Laurel, 141-02; Brianna Linday, Laurel, 120-00; Mya Winkler, Hamilton, 116-08; Ella Moodry, Butte Central, 116-03.
B (114-09) – Ashley Carroll, Shepherd, 133-00; Katelyn MacDonald, Wolf Level, 118-02; Madison Chappius, Bigfork, 117-05; Zoey Albert, Bigfork, 116-09.
C (115-06) – Jessie Struna, Drummond, 122-01; Paige Wasson, Whitewater, 119-06; Emily Brown, Noxon, 119-01; Bentley Bertolino, Roberts, 117-07; Carrie Taylor, Scobey, 116-02; Danielle Sexton, Seeley-Swan, 115-08.
*Signifies time from Arcadia Invitational in California.
Montana
Judge denies retired Montana Highway Patrol chief's motion to find AG in contempt • Daily Montanan
Attorney General Austin Knudsen won’t be facing a contempt order from court in a wrongful discharge lawsuit.
A former Montana Highway Patrol chief who is suing Knudsen and the state argued that the attorney general should be found in contempt for allowing the Department of Justice to disseminate confidential personnel information — an allegation the DOJ denied.
A district court judge denied the motion to set a contempt hearing last month. Lawyers for the state called the motion “unorthodox” and “a red herring.”
In the lawsuit, former Highway Patrol Col. Steve Lavin alleged he was wrongfully terminated after he launched a management review and workplace climate survey.
As part of that lawsuit, lawyers for Lavin alleged the DOJ shared private information about Lavin with political consultant Jake Eaton and The Political Company, and Eaton more widely released it in an email to clients.
The Political Company provided fundraising consulting to Knudsen, a Republican re-elected as attorney general in November.
In the email, Eaton criticized Lavin as “an inept leader” albeit “super nice guy.”
The court filing from Lavin’s lawyers didn’t specify which part of the email it considered private personnel information.
Eaton is not party to the lawsuit, but he earlier told the Daily Montana the criticisms in his email came from social media and gossip circles, not the DOJ.
In its response to the motion, Brown Law Firm lawyers representing Knudsen argued the state shouldn’t have to argue for Eaton, a third party, who acted as a private individual “with no official judicial or ministerial duties.”
Regardless, they also said Eaton’s explanation to the Daily Montanan that his sources did not include the DOJ make the contempt motion moot.
Plus, they said, the timing didn’t add up for such a motion.
They said the lawsuit was still “in its infancy,” their deadline to answer hadn’t even passed before the contempt motion came up, and it could “only be classified as a poorly masked attempt to force defendants to appear prior to their statutorily prescribed deadline.”
The lawyers argued that when contempt isn’t committed in open court or within the purview of the presiding judge, an affidavit outlining the facts constituting contempt needs to be presented, and one was not. So they said the judge should deny the motion.
In the order last month, Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Michael McMahon agreed with the state’s argument about the need for an affidavit outlining “a statement of the facts.”
The order denied the plaintiff’s request that the court set a hearing “to allow defendants to answer why they should not be held indirect civil contempt.”
The order said the contempt motion was not supported by an affidavit, required when contempt is alleged outside the view of the court. It also said the Montana Supreme Court had found procedures must be followed in such cases.
In a phone call, lawyer Ben Reed, representing Lavin, said the team’s interest in raising concerns about the email was to ensure the dispute remained focused on the allegations of wrongful termination — and stayed between the parties in the case without interference from outsiders.
“We simply wanted to bring these issues to the attention of the court and make it clear that the case is about what’s in front of the court, and not about what’s not (in front of the court), and to try and keep third parties from joining into the chorus,” Reed said.
Reed, of the Delli Bovi, Martin and Reed firm, also said the plaintiffs will carry on with the lawsuit.
“We’re confident that we can move on in good order and according to the rule of law,” Reed said.
Spokespeople from the DOJ did not respond to requests for comment. In response to the allegations in the lawsuit, the DOJ earlier said Lavin agreed to retire after the Highway Patrol “lost confidence” in him.
In their court filing about the motion for contempt, they said the lawsuit is only about employment.
“Defendants view this as an employment matter — one where the plaintiff signed a release as part of a negotiated severance agreement, which is a complete defense to plaintiff’s claims in this matter,” said the lawyers for Knudsen. “Plaintiff is merely trying to distract from that fact with a red herring motion.”
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With the federal judiciary increasingly hostile toward the battle against climate change, environmental litigators have turned to state courts for progress. They scored a major victory on Wednesday when the Montana Supreme Court issued a landmark decision holding that the state constitution protects residents against climate change. On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discuss the case and its consequences for other climate-curious state supreme courts. A preview of their conversation, below, has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Dahlia Lithwick: This week, the Montana Supreme Court boldly went where we keep hoping state supreme courts will go.
Mark Joseph Stern: It all started with a provision of the state constitution that guarantees the right “to a clean and healthful environment” and requires the state “to maintain and improve” that environment “for present and future generations.” Citing this language, the Montana Supreme Court, by a 6–1 vote, held that the state constitution limits the government’s ability to exacerbate climate change. The court discussed the obvious and undeniable reality of climate change, not just globally but in Montana. Refreshingly, it began the opinion with facts about how climate change is ravaging Montana and threatens everybody’s way of life.
Then the court declared that the plaintiffs in this case, a group of young people, could bring this suit and hold the government to its constitutional obligation to protect the environment for future generations. It explained that this obligation is about not just preventing oil spills and other disasters but also limiting carbon emissions so that everyone can enjoy a clean Montana for hundreds of years to come.
If we’ve learned anything about environmental law, it’s that nothing stops or starts within the confines of a state. So while this sounds like an incredibly cool and lofty win, it also sounds like an abstraction, right? Does this actually change anything on the ground in Montana?
It does, and that’s what’s so extraordinary about the opinion to me. Montana Republicans enacted a statute that prohibited the state from considering greenhouse gas emissions when permitting energy projects. The state government essentially said that agencies could not consider the effect of fossil fuels when allowing fossil-fuel projects to move forward. And the court actually struck down that statute, requiring the government to once again consider greenhouse gas emissions when permitting projects. It’s laying the groundwork to limit permits in the future that exacerbate climate change.
That takes this case outside the realm of abstraction and moves it into a much more concrete area. The courts really do have the power to examine a statute or a permit and say, No, this is repugnant to the constitution and must be set aside. They can do the direct work of limiting the devastating impact of fossil-fuel projects today and in the future.
I want to talk for a minute about the question of standing, which is a persistent problem in climate litigation. Lawsuits fall apart on standing because the courts seem to believe that nobody is personally injured by environmental catastrophes that harm absolutely everybody. How did the Montana Supreme Court get around that problem?
The state, in fighting this lawsuit, did argue that climate change affects everyone, so the plaintiffs here did not have a “particularized” injury that gave them the right to sue. The Montana Supreme Court shut that down. It held that because climate change affects everyone in some way, these individual plaintiffs aren’t unharmed. Quite the opposite: It illustrates that these plaintiffs clearly do have real grievances, that their future in Montana is jeopardized, and they should be able to vindicate a constitutional guarantee that applies to each and every person under the state’s foundational law.
Here, the state Supreme Court departed a bit from the U.S. Supreme Court’s standing doctrine—and properly so, because the Montana Constitution provides broader access to the state’s courts than the U.S. Constitution provides to federal courts. Here, the majority refused to turn a provision so central to the Montana Constitution into a nullity just because climate change happens to affect the whole world. We know that it’s affecting Montana in a heightened way. We know that the plaintiffs’ future is imperiled by the acceleration of climate change. And the court said that’s enough for them to come into state court and challenge a law that will exacerbate Montana’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Some of the actual drafters of the Montana Constitution are still alive, right? And they were able to say that this was indeed the intent of their work?
Yes, that’s absolutely right. The current Montana Constitution was enacted in 1972, so there’s a very clear record of what the delegates wanted. And some of those delegates are still alive and have made it abundantly clear that at the time they wanted the strongest, most all-encompassing environmental protections in the nation. The delegates labored over this language to ensure that it would be the strongest found in any state constitution and rejected language that might limit it. Their protections were designed to be, as the court put it, “anticipatory and preventative” for both “present and future generations.”
Why? Because for decades, big corporations had destroyed Montana’s environment. They had harvested all these resources from the state without concern for the lives of residents. And in 1972, the delegates said: enough. They saw that their state was being ravaged by corporations, and they decided to make it a fundamental guarantee that any Montanan could walk into court and vindicate their right to a clean environment. And that is what happened in this decision.
One last thought: Is this utterly Montana-specific, to this one Supreme Court, or is this scalable and replicable across the country?
It is scalable. Montana isn’t alone here: Hawaii also has a state constitutional provision that guarantees the right to a “clean and healthful environment,” and its Supreme Court has vindicated that guarantee, holding that it includes the right to a stable climate system. It will continue to be a watchdog on this. Of course, the Hawaii Supreme Court is one of the most progressive in the country, but these provisions exist in the constitutions of five other states: Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island.
I think there is so much potential—especially in a state like Pennsylvania, which has a lot of dirty-energy projects going on—for the state judiciary to impose some limits on a corporation’s ability to destroy the environment. All these states have left-leaning supreme courts. And I hope they will be emboldened and inspired by what happened in Montana to take action here and vindicate residents’ right to an environment that not just is free of litter and toxic materials but can endure for centuries into the future. That means taking climate change into account and imposing limitations on a state’s ability to exacerbate it.
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Much of the country continues to see big declines in drug overdose deaths, but deaths in Montana were virtually unchanged.
Between July 2023 and 2024, the number of overdose deaths nationwide fell nearly 20%. That’s according to preliminary data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
North Carolina’s deaths were nearly cut in half. Many states saw decreases between 10 and nearly 30%. But Montana’s death rate fell by half a percentage point.
It’s unclear why death rates from drugs like fentanyl are falling so fast in parts of the country but are steady in Montana.Public health experts are debating whether it’s more access to treatment, disruptions to Mexican cartels’ chemical supplies from China or several other factors.
While Montana’s death rate didn’t change much in the latest round of federal data, it has been slowly trending downward since its peak in 2022.
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