Mhsa State Class B Track Meet
Author: MT43News sports reporter
MHSA State Class B Track Meet
MT43 News Staff Reporter
The MHSA State Class B Meet was held in Missoula last Friday and Saturday, May 23rd & 24th. The Broadwater Bulldogs were well represented with 10 girls qualifying in 20 events and 8 boys qualifying in 12 events. The Broadwater Lady Bulldogs brought home the 3rd place team trophy by tying Shelby with a total of 34 points.
After placing 2nd at both distances last year and earlier this fall in XC, sophomore Kyla Meissner broke through to bring home her first state championship in the 3200-meter run in dominating fashion on Friday. She followed that with another runner-up finish on Saturday in the 1600-meter run in a hard-fought battle with now two-time state champion Choteau’s Natalie Hodgkiss.
Junior Kaitlyn Noyes defended her championship win from last year by repeating in the long jump with a distance of 17’10.75”, her season’s best. She added a 4th place podium visit in the triple jump. Her busy weekend also included 7th place in the high jump, a pair of 11th finishes in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, as well as stints on both relays.
Junior Holly Newman, despite sickness, ran her personal best time in the 110-meter hurdles to advance to the final, where she placed 5th. She placed 8th in the long jump and competed in the high jump and the short relay.
If you have not had the chance to watch senior Nolan Flynn run a race, you have certainly missed out. He finished his distinguished career with a pair of 7th places in the 1600- and 3200-meter runs, clocking his personal best times. All heart and pure determination, he managed to cut almost 39 seconds off his two-mile time from last year. He graduates from BHS as the school record-holder at the 5K XC distance and is 11th/12th all-time at 3200/1600-meter distances.
The future is bright for the boys’ team with sophomores Jim Tew and Tavyn Anderson clocking their best times in the hurdles, while also competing in the jumps. Junior throwers Trace Giomi and Gavin Schmele PR-ed through the tournaments in the discus and will return next year in the throws.
Girls’ Varsity: 100-meter dash: 11 Kaitlyn Noyes 13.19. 200-meter dash: 11 Kaitlyn Noyes 27.16. 400-meter dash: 17 Elaine MacDonald 1:03.99 PR. 800-meter run: 13 Memphys Meier 2:30.48 SR. 1600-meter run: 2 Kyla Meissner 5:12.93 PR. 3200-meter run: 1 Kyla Meissner 11:19.17 PR, 15 Kaelyn Sangray 12.46.86.
110-meter hurdles: 5 Holly Newman 15.69 PR, 14 Aspen Slyker 17.67 PR. 300-meter hurdles: 12 Aspen Slyker 49.51. 4x100-meter relay: 8 E. MacDonald, A. Slyker, H. Newman, K. Noyes 51.13. 4x400-meter relay: 7 M. Meier, A. Slyker, K. Noyes, K. Meissner 4:14.55.
Discus: 22 Jazlyn Martin 77’. High Jump: 7 Kaitlyn Noyes 4’10”, 17 Holly Newman. Long Jump: 1 Kaitlyn Noyes 17’10.75” SR, 8 Holly Newman 16’. Triple Jump: 4 Kaitlyn Noyes 35’3”.
Boy’s Varsity: 100-meter dash: 22 Colt Barnard 11.94. 1600-meter run: 7 Nolan Flynn 4:32.39 PR. 3200-meter run: 7 Nolan Flynn 9:55.12 PR.
110-meter hurdles: 12 Jim Tew 16.96 PR, 15 Tavyn Anderson 17.62 PR. 300-meter hurdles: 13 Tavyn Anderson 44.71. 4x100-meter relay: B. Lessley, J. Tew, C. Barnard, C. Sell DQ.
Discus: 15 Trace Giomi 131’7”, 16 Gavin Schmele 130’9” PR. Long Jump: 22 Jim Tew 17’11.75”. Triple Jump: 9 Jim Tew 40’8.25”, 13 Tavyn Anderson 39’9.5” PR.
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Image 1 Caption: Kyla Meissner clocks her personal best time to score her first state championship in the 3200-meter run.
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Image 2 Caption: Kaitlyn Noyes flies to her second consecutive state championship in the long jump with her season's best.
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