Where do Great Falls High, CMR athletes stand in track rankings?

We are only three weeks out from the Class AA state track and field meet at Memorial Stadium.

With only a handful of competitions left until the big show on May 24-25, a number of Great Falls athletes are positioning themselves as the best of the best.

C.M. Russell High’s Jackson Tarver has the top time in the 200 meters this spring, the second best mark in the 400 and is seventh in the 100, while Great Falls High’s Ryan Harrington is second in the 800 and 1600 and top five in the mile.

CMR's Jackson Tarver, who signed with Southern Utah on Wednesday, is approaching school records for the Rustlers in track and field this season.
CMR's Jackson Tarver, who signed with Southern Utah on Wednesday, is approaching school records for the Rustlers in track and field this season.

Defending state triple jump champ Scott Klinker of the Bison will also be in the running for titles in all the leaping events as he leads the AA in the long jump, is fourth in the high jump and fifth in the triple.

On the girls’ side, Great Falls High’s Abby MacDonald is third in the 100 and sixth in the 200, while teammate Scarlet Harris has qualified for state in four events (100, 200, 110 hurdles, high jump). The Bison girls’ 4x100 relay of Addisyn Rask, Isis Haslem, Harris and MacDonald has also recorded the second-best time so far this spring.

Great Falls High's Abby MacDonald finishes first in a 100-meter race against Bozeman High on April 9. MacDonald is one of the top sprinters in the state despite coming off of an ACL tear last year.
Great Falls High's Abby MacDonald finishes first in a 100-meter race against Bozeman High on April 9. MacDonald is one of the top sprinters in the state despite coming off of an ACL tear last year.

CMR faces off with Helena Capital in a dual on Saturday at Memorial Stadium at 10 a.m. while Great Falls High takes on Helena High on the road starting at 10:30 ahead of the crosstown meet on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.

Here’s a look at the top 10 in each event in Class AA as we hit the final stretch of the track season, as recorded by athletic.net.

State-qualifying standards in parentheses; * indicates mark below state standard.

Boys

100 (11.30)

1. Ryan Dierenfield, Billings Skyview 10.64; 2. Hudson Lembke, Sentinel 10.72; 3. Kash Goicoechea, Glacier 10.83; 4. Ben Bliven, Flathead 10.91; 5. Caleb Conver, Billings West 10.94; 6. Osker Patterson, Gallatin 10.98; 7. Jackson Tarver, CMR 11.01; 8. Ryan LaMere, Billings Senior 11.04; 9. Brody Thornsberry, Flathead 11.07; 10. Jacob Dolezal, Flathead 11.08.

200 (22.80)

1. Jackson Tarver, CMR 21.84; 2. Ryan Dierenfield, Skyview 21.96; 3. Ben Bliven, Flathead 21.96; 4. Charlie Babcock, Billings West 22.30; 5. Hudson Lembke, Sentinel 22.40; 6. Nash Coley, Gallatin 22.42; 7. Drew Almquist, Helena Capital 22.46; 8. Caleb Conver, Billings West 22.52; 9. Osker Patterson, Gallatin 22.61; 10. Jacob Paugh, Missoula Big Sky 22.67.

400 (51.80)

1. William Hollensteiner, Flathead 48.78; 2. Jackson Tarver, CMR 49.44; 3. Nash Coley, Gallatin 49.75; 4. Peyton Nelson, Helena Capital 50.49; 5. Wilson Schmidt, Belgrade 50.50; 6. Titus Sykes, Bozeman 51.12; 7. Brady Kolendich, Sentinel 51.17; 8. Reid Bartholomew, Gallatin 51.50; Caleb Conver, Billings West 51.52; 10. Luke Ruch, Helena High 51.73.

800 (2:01.00)

1. Nathan Neil, Bozeman 1:53.20; 2. Ryan Harrington, Great Falls High 1:54.03; 3. Isaiah Cowan, Big Sky 1:56.00; 4. Wilson Schmidt, Belgrade 1:56.31; 5. Ashtyn Rask, Great Falls High 1:56.91; 6. Quinn Newman, Sentinel 1:57.44; 7. Kasen Kastner, Flathead 1:58.00; 8. Kiedes MacFarlane, Gallatin 1:58.39; 9. Ridley Key, Hellgate 1:59.10; 10. Daniel Johnson, Bozeman 1:59.54.

1600 (4:34.00)

1. Nathan Neil, Bozeman 4:11.38; 2. Quinn Newman, Sentinel 4:15.43; 3. Tyler Inabnit, Sentinel 4:23.54; 4. Owen Thiel, Glacier 4:24.04; 5. Ryan Harrington, Great Falls High 4:24.17; 6. Henry Sund, Helena High 4:25.89; 7. Elliot Stimpson, Helena High 4:26.65; 8. Ashtyn Rask, Great Falls High 4:26.93; 9. Dylan Hill, Helena High 4:27.65; 10. John Spinti, Great Falls High 4:28.34.

3200 (10:00.00)

1. Nathan Neil, Bozeman 8:35.32; 2. Ryan Harrington, Great Falls High 8:58.33; 3. Quinn Newman, Sentinel 9:00.72; 4. Jeremy Podson, Bozeman 9:23.67; 5. Daniel Johnson, Bozeman 9:30.49; 6. Miles Halvorsen, Bozeman 9:31.17; 7. John Spinti, Great Falls High 9:38.93; 8. Taylor Neil, Bozeman 9:46.09; 9. Kieran Anderson, Bozeman 9:50.57; 10. Mason Moler, Billings West 9:50.58.

110 hurdles (15.70)

1. Ethan Anderson, Glacier 14.27; 2. Corbin Weltzien, Hellgate 14.44; 3. Gavin Mow, Helena Capital 14.51; 4. Nash Coley, Gallatin 14.54; 5. Merek Mihelish, Helena Capital 14.68; 6. Jacob Dolezal, Flathead 14.87; 7. Sam Henderson, Butte 14.91; 8. Oliver Simianer, Big Sky 15.13; 9. Cormack Batt, Big Sky 15.33; 10. Kellan Krueger, Big Sky 15.40.

300 hurdles (41.50)

1. Nash Coley, Gallatin 37.30; 2. Ethan Anderson, Glacier 38.51; 3. Merek Mihilesh, Helena Capital 39.67; 4. Lane Chivers, Flathead 40.11; 5. Cormack Batt, Big Sky 40.27; 6. Oliver Simianer, Big Sky 40.48; 7. Corbin Weltzien, Hellgate 40.64; 8. Connor Hylton, Big Sky 40.99; 9. Caleb Litzinger, Great Falls High 41.38; 10. Gavin Mow, Helena Capital 41.46.

4x100 relay (43.80)

1. Flathead 42.21; 2. Gallatin 42.74; 3. Billings West 42.90; 4. Helena Capital 42.97; 5. Skyview 43.02; 6. Helena High 43.24; 7. Glacier 43.37; 8. Sentinel 43.44; 9. Butte 43.89*; 10. Big Sky 43.93*

4x400 relay (3:30.00)

1. Gallatin 3:20.99; 2. Flathead 3:23.38; 3. Helena Capital 3:25.44; 4. Bozeman 3:27.37; 5. Sentinel 3:27.39; 6. Big Sky 3:28.01; 7. Glacier 3:28.24; 8. Helena High 3:29.94; 9. Skyview 3:31.06*; 10. Billings Senior 3:31.17*.

Shot put (48-0)

1. Aiden Krause, Glacier 55-7.5; 2. Henry Sellards, Glacier 54-1.5; 3. Jack Murray, Gallatin 53-7; 4. Maxx Lee, Billings Senior 53-6; 5. Cole Dawes, Helena Capital 53-2.5; 6. Barrett Hagerman, Helena Capital 52-4.5; 7. Ben Winters, Glacier 51-4; 8. Brett Polich, Butte 48-5; 9. Jordan Fetterman, Belgrade 48-2.75; 10. Carsen Ross, Gallatin 47-5.5*.

Discus (146-0)

1. Aiden Krause, Glacier 192-6; 2. Jack Murray, Gallatin 187-8; 3. Danny Sirmon, Sentinel 180-4; 4. Kyler Stenson, Butte 166-3; 5. Cole Dawes, Helena Capital 159-3; 6. Barrett Hageman, Helena Capital 158-5; 7. Ryan Barnhart, Billings Senior 158-3; 8. Braydon Tucker, Billings West 156-1; 9. Merek Fisher, Skyview 155-0; Henry Sellards, Glacier 153-5.

Javelin (170-0)

1. Timbur Nilson, Hellgate 182-7; 2. Dominick Mitten, Flathead 170-1; 3. Brett Grange, Helena High 170-0; 4. Beau Kastner, Belgrade 167-7*; 5. Braden Casper, Flathead 167-5*; 6. Tyler Crum, Helena Capital 160-9*; 7. Ethan Kastelitz, Glacier 159-11*; 8. Gabe Sims, Flathead 159-5*; 9. Adam Guajardo, Big Sky 158-7*; 10. Malachi Claunch, Billings West 156-7*.

High jump (6-2)

T1. Jacob Dolezal, Flathead; Aayden Simmons, Helena High; Quinn Clark, Gallatin 6-6; 4. Scott Klinker, Great Falls High 6-5; T5. Porter Gibbs, Big Sky; Sam Henderson, Butte 6-4; T7. William Hollensteiner, Flathead; Tristan Watson, Great Falls High; Boaz McKinney, Skyview 6-2; 10. 13 tied 6-0*.

Pole vault (13-6)

1. Evan O’Toole, Billings Senior 15-1; 2. Michael Mahar, Flathead 14-3; 3. Trevin Olivier, Flathead 14-1; T4. McKalester Johns, Billings West; Brayden Brisko, Helena Capital 14-0; T6. Joey Sandberg, Big Sky; David Jasper, Skyview; Noah Baldry; Andy Williams, Helena Capital 13-6; T10. Karson Pumnea, Butte; Ryan Fuller, Helena Capital; Silas Savoia, Hellgate 13-0*.

Long jump (21-0)

1. Scott Klinker, Great Falls High 23-2.25; 2. Jeremiah Saari, Helena Capital 22-7.5; 3. Oak Sullivan, Bozeman 22-4.5; 4. Quinn Clark, Gallatin 22-4.5; 5. William Hollensteiner, Flathead 22-2; 6. Brody Thornsberry, Flathead 21-11.25; 7. Ben Bliven, Flathead 21-9.75; 8. Stephen Riley, Flathead 21-8.5; 9. Jacob Dolezal, Flathead 21-7.25; 10. Oliver Simianer, Big Sky 21-6.5.

Triple jump (42-0)

1. Sam Henderson, Butte 46-5.5; 2. Porter Gibbs, Big Sky 45-11; 3. Aayden Simmons, Helena High 45-8; 4. Oliver Simianer, Big Sky 45-4; 5. Scott Klinker, Great Falls High 45-2; 6. Quinn Clark, Gallatin 44-4.5; 7. Cooper Pelc, Glacier 43-11.75; 8. Boaz McKinney, Skyview 43-10; 9. Nicholas Bray, Belgrade 43-5.25; 10. Brody Thornsberry, Flathead 43-4.5.

Girls

100 (13.00)

1. Angel-lalelei Martin, Skyview 12.53; 2. Logan Todorovich, Helena High 12.6; 3. Abby MacDonald, Great Falls High 12.62; 4. Brooklyn Ludemann, Big Sky 12.63; 5. Sofia Szollosi, Hellgate 12.65; 6. Myley Bronaugh, Skyview 12.76; 7. Alayna Hurd, Billings West 12.78; 8. Emery Peel, Billings Senior 12.79; 9. Scarlet Harris, Great Falls High 12.8; 10. Abby Thompson, Billings Senior 12.81.

200 (26.7)

1. Madilyn Todorovich, Helena High 25.27; 2. Alivia Rinehart, Flathead 25.47; 3. Angel-lalelei Martin, Skyview 25.86; 4. Sofia Szollosi, Hellgate 25.92; 5. Anneliese Bessette, Hellgate 26.03; 6. Abby MacDonald, Great Falls High 26.05; 7. Breanna Smith, Sentinel 26.16; 8. Scarlet Harris, Great Falls High 26.39; 9. Hazel Bishop, Helena High 26.55; 10. Scotland Harris, Bozeman 26.74*.

400 (1:01.00)

1. Madilyn Todorovich, Helena High 58.64; 2. Hazel Bishop, Helena High 59.27; 3. Sophia Miller, Hellgate 59.43; 4. Anneliese Bessette, Hellgate 59.52; 5. Aliyah Vogel, Billings West 1:00.14; 6. Isis Haslem, Great Falls High 1:00.23; 7. Breanna Smith, Sentinel 1:00.58; 8. Isabel Ross, Gallatin 1:00.74; 9. Kourtney Grossman, Billings West 1:00.85; 10. Carmen Eddy, Glacier 1:01.02*.

800 (2:24.00)

1. Sophia Miller, Hellgate 2:13.47; 2. Kylee Neil, Bozeman 2:19.10; 3. Claire Rutherford, Gallatin 2:19.51; 4. Isabel Ross, Gallatin 2:19.83; 5. Hazel Bishop, Helena High 2:20.43; 6. Gia Petrini, Hellgate 2:21.02; 7. Hazel Cooper, Gallatin 2:21.05; 8. Grace Stewart, Belgrade 2:21.07; 9. Kaitlyn Skinner, Hellgate 2:22.51; 10. Izzy Waters, Bozeman 2:23.30.

1600 (5:23.00)

1. Kaitlyn Skinner, Hellgate 5:06.11; 2. Claire Rutherford, Gallatin 5:07.58; 3. Isabell Ross, Gallatin 5:09.61; 4. Kylee Neil, Bozeman 5:10.53; 5. Sophia Miller, Hellgate 5:11.10; 6. Gia Petrini, Hellgate 5:14.60; 7. Jamison Molloy, Hellgate 5:16.44; 8. Lauren Bissen, Glacier 5:18.15; 9. Hazel Cooper, Gallatin 5:19.20; 10. Tula Higman, Bozeman 5:22.94.

3200 (11:50.00)

1. Claire Rutherford, Gallatin 10:52.34; 2. Kylee Neil, Bozeman 10:55.08; 3. Gia Petrini, Hellgate 11:24.65; 4. Jamison Molloy, Hellgate 1:32.68; 5. Laruen Bissen, Glacier 11:36.65; 6. Tula Higman, Bozeman 11:45.32; 7. Hazel Cooper, Gallatin 11:48.37; 8. Brianna Plant, Helena High 11:48.49; 9. Stella Diaz, Hellgate 11:48.96; 10. Josie Wilson, Flathead 11:49.96.

100 hurdles (16.30)

1. Alivia Rinehart, Flathead 14.68; 2. Logan Todorovich, Helena High 14.95; T3. Anita Black, Gallatin; Bristol Lenz, Flathead 15.54; 5. Emily McElmurry, Sentinel 15.75; 6. Cienna Soens, Skyview 15.76; 7. Scarlet Harris, Great Falls High 16.07; 8. Isabelle Linder, Helena Capital 16.12; 9. Zoey Bortz, Flathead 16.15; 10. Piper Jette, Billings Senior 16.16.

300 hurdles (48.50)

1. Madilyn Todorovich, Helena High 45.62; 2. Alivia Rinehart, Flathead 45.97; 3. Phoenix Hyland, Hellgate 46.01; 4. Isabelle Linder, Helena Capital 46.22; 5. Zoey Bortz, Flathead 46.51; 6. Cienna Soens, Skyview 46.53; 7. Emmery Schmidt 47.80; 8. Anita Black, Gallatin 47.82; 9. Bristol Lenz, Flathead 47.90; 10. Delainey Engen, Billings West 48.17.

4x100 (50.60)

1. Helena High 49.23; 2. Great Falls High 49.89; 3. Billings West 50.00; 4. Billings Senior 50.18; 5. Bozeman 50.43; 6. Gallatin 50.57; 7. Billings Skyview 51.03*; 8. Sentinel 51.07*; 9. Big Sky 51.08*; 10. Hellgate 51.10*.

4x400 relay (4:12.00)

1. Hellgate 4:03.54; 2. Helena High 4:06.76; 3. Gallatin 4:07.14; 4. Billings West 4:09.45; 5. Belgrade 4:09.61; 6. Glacier 4:10.05; 7. Helena Capital 4:11.86; 8. Bozeman 4:13.07*; 9. Flathead 4:14.32*; 10. Skyview 4:14.69*.

Shot put (35-3)

1. Tesse Kamps, Gallatin 42-7; 2. Rae Smart, Skyview 41-7.5; 3. Kai Johnson, Glacier 41-3.5; 4. Ava Epler, Bozeman 39-3; 5. Torie Jamieson, Billings Senior 38-6; 6. Shelby Tadlock, CMR 38-1; 7. Taylor Simon, Belgrade 37-10; 8. Allie Krueger, Glacier 36-10.5; 9. Bria Henry, Billings West 36-6; 10. Kate Breeding, Gallatin 35-9.75.

Discus (113-0)

1. Torie Jamieson, Billings Senior 149-1; 2. Rae Smart, Skyview 138-6; 3. Tesse Kamps, Gallatin 135-10; 4. Kai Johnson, Glacier 117-9; 5. Willa Bishop, Helena High 113-5; 6. Sariah Morrison, Billings West 113-0; 7. Sara Braley, Billings Senior 112-6*; 8. Bryar Michalson, Helena Capital 109-3*; 9. Brooklen Kopp, Hellgate 108-1*; 11. Ava Epler, Bozeman 107-7*.

Javelin (113-0)

1. Ava Dierolf, Gallatin 138-7; 2. Madilyn Todorovich, Helena High 123-0; 3. Kaelyn Saari, Helena Capital 122-3; 4. Rae Smart, Skyview 122-1; 5. Kate Breeding, Gallatin 118-7; 6. Elsa Johnson, Billings West 117-1; 7. Charlotte Osler, Glacier 115-1; 8. Madison Terry, Glacier 114-0; 9. Morgan Meissner, Hellgate 111-0*; 10. Jordan LeForest, Billings Senior 109-9*.

High jump (5-2)

T1. Kennedy Moore, Flathead; Logan Todorovich, Helena High 5-5; T3. Madilyn Todorovich, Helena High; Ava Kellenberg, Sentinel; Jaidyn Pevey, Glacier; Kaitlyn Hammett, Sentinel; Elly Reed, Hellgate 5-4; T8. Scarlet Harris, Great Falls High; Ava McCarthy, CMR; five other tied 5-2.

Pole vault (10-0)

1. Landrie Anderson, Hellgate 12-0; T2. Reghan Skogen, Helena High; Alexis Dvorak, Billings West; Annika Nehring, Helena High 11-6; 5. Breanna Barnes, Glacier 10-9; 6. Jaiden Kirkhart, Great Falls High 10-0; T8. Bree MacDonald, Great Falls High; Addison Smith, CMR; four other tied 9-6*.

Long jump (16-6)

1. Logan Todorovich, Helena High 19-0; 2. Ava Kellenberg, Sentinel 18-2; 3. Reghan Skogen, Helena High 18-0; 4. Madilyn Todorovich, Helena High 17-6; 5. Cadence Ferreira, Gallatin 17-5.5; 6. Emily McElmurry, Sentinel 17-5; 7. Britton Heuiser, Helena High 17-1.5; 8. Alix Mund, Hellgate 17-1; 9. Kyesha Farmer, Great Falls High 17-0; 10. Zoey Fritz, Gallatin 16-11.5.

Triple jump (34-0)

1. Ava Kellenberg, Sentinel 39-2; 2. Emily McElmurry, Sentinel 37-10.5; 3. Logan Todorovich, Helena High 37-3.5; 4. Alix Mund, Hellgate 36-1.25; 5. Afton Wride, Flathead 35-8.5; 6. Kyesha Farmer, Great Falls High 35-3.5; 7. Britton Heuiser, Helena High 35-0; 8. Mia Stephan, Flathead 34-11.5; 9. Sydney Kolwyck, Gallatin 34-10.5; 10. Alice Dolezal, Flathead 34-10.

This article originally appeared on Great Falls Tribune: Where do Great Falls High, CMR athletes stand in track rankings?

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