Flathead’s Emma Andrews, Kwyn Johnson and Rhiannon Sturgess each set state qualifying marks at their season-opening track and field dual with Great Falls C.M. Russell Saturday at Legends Stadium.

Wind and intermittent rain made for tough conditions, but Andrews won the long jump and high jump with state qualifying marks and was 2 1/2 inches shy of the Class AA qualifying standard in the triple jump. Johnson and Sturgess set qualifying marks in the triple jump and 100-meter hurdles, respectively.

As a team, the Flathead girls lost to CMR 79-62. The competition was much closer for the boys, with Flathead winning 73-72.

While Johnson and Sturgess were both participants at last year’s state meet — Johnson won the triple jump and Sturgess was seventh in the 100 hurdles — injuries kept Andrews from qualifying, making her fast start this season all the more satisfying.

She cleared 5-1 in the high jump, her first event of the afternoon, and improved with each attempt at the long jump, matching the qualifying standard of 16-6 on her second jump of the preliminary round and jumping 17-0 in the finals.

“Definitely to qualify for long jump was the major (goal),” Andrews said. “For high jump, I had cleared qualifying standards in practice so I wanted to try for that too.

“I’m feeling healthy so anything can happen.”

Flathead girls coach Tom Gillespie estimated half his athletes missed the meet because they were away on spring break, but those who were present performed well.

“The kids that were here, they really worked hard,” he said. “I think it was a good experience for the kids that were here for spring break to be able to have this meet. CMR is talented so it was definitely a good first meet for us.”

Johnson easily won the triple jump, exceeding 37 feet three out of six jumps, with a long of 37-8 1/2.

“I was really hoping for 38, but on a day like today that doesn’t necessarily happen,” Johnson said. “A high of 37 for me was good and I think I can just keep improving from here.”

Johnson also ran second to Sturgess in the 100 hurdles, missing the 16.2-second qualifying standard by .12 seconds. Sturgess’ time of 16.05 seconds ensured she’ll compete in the 100 hurdles at the state meet for the third straight year.

“That’s a weight off my shoulders,” Sturgess said.

“I started out fast and I maintained my speed through the whole thing. I hit that second-to-last hurdle and that slowed me down, but I recovered fairly well, so I’m happy about that.”

Sturgess also won the 300 hurdles, but was 1.88 seconds over the state qualifying standard.

Flathead’s Dani Davis ran second to CMR’s Anna Weber in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Weber, the defending state champion in both events, was first out of the blocks, but Davis closed the gap down the stretch of both races, finishing the 100 in 13.19 and the 200 in 28.24.

“It was a great way to meet up (with Weber) before state,” Davis said. “It was really fun and exciting.”

Flathead’s Katie Weed was also a winner, throwing the javelin 102-6 to beat Weber by a foot. 

The Flathead boys were without state placers Zach Perrin, Matt Quist and Matthew Tokarz, and coach Dan Hodge said over half his team was absent.

While none of Flathead’s boys set state qualifying marks, Kevin Grosswiler, Jake Egley and Chade Gonter each won two individual events and Grosswiler and Egley were members of Flathead’s winning 400-meter relay.

“For those boys that showed up and competed, I thought they competed at a varsity level,” Hodge said. “They competed hard. They weren’t just there to run the race and they weren’t just there to get in a workout. They wanted to do the best they could.”

Grosswiler blew away the field in the 400, beating CMR’s Daryl Williams by 1.09 seconds with a time of 53.88. He received stiffer competition in the 200, beating teammate Easton Johnson by .25 seconds with a time of 24.33.

“He’s starting off where he left off last year,” Hodge said of Grosswiler.

“He had a good winter, he worked hard. I do an indoor plyometric program and he was there all the time.”

Egley won the 100 and the 300 hurdles and Gonter took first in the high jump and 110 hurdles. Gage Marcum and Caleb McCracken placed first in the shot put and discus, respectively.

Flathead hosts the Class A Invitational Tuesday at Legends Stadium.

Boys

Team Totals

 Flathead 73, C.M. Russell 72

Events

100 — 1, Jake Egley, F, 11.87. 2, Shane Mann, CMR, 11.93. 3, Easton Johnson, F, 12.01. 4, Trampus Barton, F, 12.02. 5, Bryce Cuchine, CMR, 12.15. 6, Brad Larkins, F, 12.21. 

200 — 1, Kevin Grosswiler, F, 24.33. 2, Easton Johnson, F, 24.58. 3, Trampus Barton, F, 24.93. 4, Tanner Dana, F, 25.19. 5, Jed Engebretsen, CMR, 25.50. 6, Ethan Zaremski, CMR, 25.56.

400 — 1, Kevin Grosswiler, F, 53.88. 2, Daryl Williams, CMR, 54.97. 3, Caelan Brady, CMR, 55.57. 4, Hunter Smith, CMR, 57.27. 5, Garrity, Seth, CMR, 59.82. 6, Palmerton, Tristan, CMR, 1:05.27. 

800 — 1, Daryl Williams, CMR, 2:08.68. 2, Caelan Brady, CMR, 2:12.33. 3, Jacob Calles, F, 2:15.28. 4, Hunter Smith, CMR, 2:15.93. 5, Gauge Triplett, F, 2:17.52. 6, Daniel Keller, F, 2:18.43. 

1,600 — 1, Patrick Rayl, CMR, 4:39.55. 2, Shay LaVallie, CMR, 4:40.43. 3, Matt Macfarlane, F, 4:52.32. 4, Kyle Kosinski, F, 5:03.00. 5, Jacob Calles, F, 5:04.02. 6, Vincyent Bohl, CMR, 5:04.82. 

3,200 — 1, Shay LaVallie, CMR, 10:12.77. 2, Patrick Rayl, CMR, 10:16.64. 3, Matt Macfarlane, F, 11:17.96. 4, Vincyent Bohl, CMR, 11:38.86. 5, Edin Agamenoni, CMR, 11:43.89. 

110 Hurdles — 1, Chade Gonter, F, 16.53. 2, Dillon Thomas, F, 16.87. 3, Logan Benjamin, CMR, 16.95. 4, Josh Osborne, F, 17.38. 5, Jake Horton, CMR, 18.44. 6, Gauge Anderson, F, 20.27. 

300 Hurdles — 1, Jake Egley, F, 43.62. 2, Logan Benjamin, CMR, 45.14. 3, Tyler Davis, F, 45.87. 4, Dillon Thomas, F, 47.11. 5, Josh Botti-Anderson, CMR, 47.25. 6, Dylan Creek, F, 48.20. 

400 Relay — 1, Flathead 45.97. 2, CMR 46.48.

1,600 Relay — 1, CMR 3:40.41. 2, Flathead 3:41.99.

High Jump — 1, Chade Gonter, F, 5-11. 2, Tucker Moe, F, 5-05. 3, William Cronk, F, J5-05. 4, Dillon Thomas, F, J5-05. 5, Gauge Anderson, F, 5-03. 6, Connor Mayberry, F, 5-01. 6, Nate Sommers, F, 5-01. 

Pole Vault — 1, Knox Semenza, CMR, 9-06. 2, Trevor Pepin, CMR, 8-06. 3, Tobias Barton, F, 8-00.

Long Jump — 1, Jake Horton, CMR, 19-07. 2, Keaton Krantz, F, 19-04. 3, Shane Mann, CMR, 18-11. 4, Payton Boyce, F, 18-02.50. 5, Sean McDonough, CMR, 17-11.50. 6, Kesten Hemsley, F, 17-07. 

Triple Jump — 1, Jake Horton, CMR, 41-00. 2, Bryce Cuchine, CMR, 36-11. 3, Sean McDonough, CMR, 35-09. 4, Micah Moore, F, 35-02.50. 5, Logan Benjamin, CMR, 35-00. 6, Kesten Hemsley, F, 34-07.50. 

Shot Put — 1, Gage Marcum, F, 44-02.50. 2, Corey Schumacher, F, 41-07. 3, Chris Alexander, F, 41-02. 4, Colter Klinefelter, CMR, 40-07. 5, Brad Larkins, F, 38-05. 6, Tanner Diede, F, 34-08.

Discus — 1, Caleb McCracken, F, 139-08. 2, Dylan Mahoney, CMR, 130-00. 3, Gage Marcum, F, 129-07. 4, Issak Thornton, CMR, 115-09. 5, Garrett Anderson, F, 107-00. 5, Josh McCracken, F, 107-00.

Javelin — 1, Dylan Mahoney, CMR, 156-00. 2, Caleb McCracken, F, 148-08. 3, Matt Ammons, CMR, 131-04. 4, William Cronk, F, 128-11. 5, Corey Schumacher, F, 126-05. 6, Gage Marcum, F, 122-10.

Girls

Team Totals

C.M. Russell 79, Flathead 62

Events

100 — 1, Anna Weber, CMR, 13.03. 2, Dani Davis, F, 13.19. 3, MacKenzie Weber, CMR, 13.66. 4, Shana Cosby, CMR, 14.40. 5, Alisa Valdez, CMR, 14.47. 6, Jenna Reynolds, F, 14.84.

200 — 1, Anna Weber, CMR, 27.39. 2, Dani Davis, F, 28.24. 3, MacKenzie Weber, CMR, 28.82. 4, Monica White, F, 29.09. 5, Shana Cosby, CMR, 30.90.

400 — 1, Maddy Rembe, CMR, 1:03.53. 2, Madison Seaman, F, 1:06.56. 3, Jaylynn Mitchell, CMR, 1:12.26. 4, Samantha Schaner, CMR, 1:14.94.

800 — 1, Sara Mauseth, CMR, 2:49.93. 2, Emily Greene, F, 2:50.63. 3, Madison Rowe, CMR, 3:01.27. 4, Jaylynn Mitchell, CMR, 3:08.75. 5, Liz Thomas, CMR, 3:14.89.

1,600 — 1, Cambria Hassell, CMR, 5:36.53. 2, Zoe Loudermilk, F, 6:10.27. 3, Meghan Clostio, F, 6:13.96. 4, Sara Mauseth, CMR, 6:14.68. 5, Madison Rowe, CMR, 6:15.94. 6, Mackenzie Bouma, F, 6:23.26.

3,200 — 1, Cambria Hassell, CMR, 12:19.96. 2, Zoe Loudermilk, F, 13:55.77. 3, Madison Rowe, CMR, 13:57.40.

100 Hurdles — 1, Rhiannon Sturgess, F, 16.05. 2, Kwyn Johnson, F, 16.32. 3, Emily Greene, F, 18.76. 4, Nicole Hannah, CMR, 18.92. 5, Mickaela Cappis, CMR, 19.52. 6, Kirsten Kaste, CMR, 19.63.

300 Hurdles — 1, Rhiannon Sturgess, F, 49.38. 2, Kirsten Kaste, CMR, 52.91. 3, Nicole Hannah, CMR, 56.91. 4, Mickaela Cappis, CMR, 58.49. 5, Meredith Wilson, F, 1:00.95.

400 Relay — 1, CMR 50.80. 2, Flathead 51.56.

1,600 Relay — 1, CMR 4:21.29. 2, Flathead 4:38.31.

High Jump — 1, Emma Andrews, F, 5-01. 2, Darby Semenza, CMR, 4-11. 2, Cassie Krueger, F, 4-11. 4, Lizzie Sherwood, F, 4-09. 4, Sara Mauseth, CMR, 4-09.

Pole Vault — 1, Darby Semenza, CMR, 9-06.

Long Jump — 1, Emma Andrews, F, 17-00. 2, Darby Semenza, CMR, 16-11.50. 3, MacKenzie Weber, CMR, 16-05.50. 4, Dawson VanArtsdale, F, 16-02.75.

Triple Jump — 1, Kwyn Johnson, F, 37-08.50. 2, Emma Andrews, F, 34-03.50. 3, Rhiannon Sturgess, F, 33-11. 4, Dawson VanArtsdale, F, 30-09.25.

Shot Put — 1, Cailyn Schroeder, CMR, 38-11. 2, Ashleigh Lehotsky, CMR, 36-04. 3, Sarah Clark, CMR, 31-04.

Discus — 1, Cailyn Schroeder, CMR, 130-05. 2, Katie Weed, F, 92-07.50. 3, Karlee Simonson, CMR, 88-08.

Javelin — 1, Katie Weed, F, 102-06. 2, Anna Weber, CMR, 101-06. 3, Kelsey Weed, F, 97-01.