Whitefish’s Sarah Latcham went into the 800-meter run on Tuesday at the Class A Invitational at Legends Stadium with a plan.

“I had a good strategy,” she said.

Which was ... hold back a little on the opening lap, let other runners set the pace.

In this case, there were two ahead of her.

“That was good,” the sophomore said.

“I’m a young runner. I wanted someone else to lead the race. I was happy to have someone do my work for me ... set the pace.”

Then, when the time was right — with 100 meters left — she made her move.

“I was going to do it a little earlier,” she said of her final push.

“I like to sprint ... it’s what I do. I just like to see the finish line getting closer and closer. That keeps me going.”

The end result was a victory and a time of 2:42.04.

Latcham last year ran just a few 800s while she focused most of her attention on the 100, 200 and 400. But after running cross country last fall, she’s now made the move fulltime to the 800.

“I like the 800,” she said.

“I really do.”

Lathcham opened the season with a second-place finish in the 800 at the Columbia Falls Invitational with a time of 2:41.60.

“In the hail and rain,” she said of that race.

“That was a tough one.”

Conditions, although chilly on Tuesday, were much more tolerable.

“This race was more about strategy,” she said.

“I was also hoping for the low 2:30s.”

This meet also had better results for another athlete.

Flathead pole vaulter Dylan Creek no-heighted in Saturday’s season-opening dual with Great Falls C.M. Russell. The senior rebounded in style from that disappointment by clearing 13-0 on Tuesday to finish first.

Creek had three attempts at 13-6, his best effort coming on his final try.

“I felt I was over it,” he said of the crossbar.

“I could see it. I just nicked it off on my thigh.”

Creek opened at 12-0 Tuesday, a height he failed to clear on Saturday.

He followed that by making 12-6 and 13-0 on his first attempts.

“I was on a smaller pole (Saturday),” he said of failure at 12-0.

“After my third attempt, I went to my bigger pole and cleared it (on a practice vault).”

Doing that was a big plus for this meet.

“I just thought of having fun,” he said

“I’d like to qualify (for state) the next meet (by clearing 13-6) and not having to stress out about it for the rest of the season.”

Creek had a personal best height of 13-6 last year and qualified for state. He no-heighted at state.

“I feel pretty good this season,” he said.

“Hopefully I won’t no-height ever again.”

Creek has cleared 14-0 in practice and is aiming for 14-6 by season’s end.

“My goal since my freshman year has been to try to break the school record,” he said.

“We’ll see how it goes.”

Ten teams competed in the invitational. There were two double winners on both sides.

Polson’s Riley Sampson won the discus (137-11) and shot put (48-9) and Glacier’s Kyle Griffith had the best distances in the triple jump (44-9 1/4) and long jump (21-7 3/4).

For the girls, Flathead’s Dani Davis won the 100 (13.11) and long jump (16-6) and Glacier’s Corrine Hamilton had firsts in the 1,600 (5:48.31) and 3,200 (12:35.77).

Class A Invitational

Non-Scoring

Competing Teams

Flathead (Fla), Glacier (Gla), Bigfork (Bfk), Libby (Lib), Cut Bank (CB), Columbia Falls (CF), Browning (Bro), Eureka (Eur), Whitefish (Whi), Polson (Pol)

Girls

100 Hurdles — 1, Kwyn Johnson, Fla, 15.98. 2, Rhiannon Sturgess, Fla, 16.20. 3, Mattie Mazur, Fla, 16.91. 4, Emily Greene, Fla, 17.78. 5, Marissa Hiza, Bfk, 17.81. 6, Issy Gray, Issy, Gla, 17.90.

200 — 1, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 26.88. 2, Dani Davis, Fla, 27.10. 3, Kali Cantrell, Fla, 28.85. 4, Claudia Hewston, Pol, 28.96. 5, Jenna Komac, Eur, 29.03. 6, Lydia Bowman, Pol, 29.43.

100 — 1, Dani Davis, Fla, 13.11. 2, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 13.24. 3, Allie Schulz, Whi, 13.49. 4, Monica White, Fla, 13.64. 5, Tiara Show, Bro, 13.65. 6, Shauna Williams, Gla, 13.70.

1,600 — 1, Corinne Hamilton, Gla, 5:48.31. 2, Cheyenne Oldham, Gla, 5:50.45. 3, Samantha Mundel, CF, 5:55.32. 4, Hallie Hovenkotter, Pol, 5:55.86. 5, Miranda Champion, Gla, 5:55.88. 6, Mackenzie Bouma, Fla, 6:00.95.

400 Relay — 1, Flathead, 51.53. 2, Whitefish, 52.36. 3, Glacier, 53.60. 4, Polson A, 53.74. 5, Polson B, 55.35.

400 — 1, Marlow Schulz, Whi, 1:01.45. 2, Claudia Hewston, Claudia, Pol, 1:04.55. 3, Charlene Mundel, CF, 1:07.12. 4, Alisha Jore, Pol, 1:07.24. 5, Krystin Mossberg, Lib, 1:07.49. 6, Allyson Gimbel, CF, 1:08.80.

300 Hurdles — 1, Rhiannon Sturgess, Fla, 48.45. 2, Kwyn Johnson, Fla, 48.72. 3, Matty McAnally, Bfk, 50.62. 4, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 52.18. 5, Hailee Bennett, Hailee, Gla, 52.97. 6, Allie Schulz, Whi, 53.70.

800— 1, Sarah Latcham, Whi, 2:42.04. 2, Cheyenne Oldham, Gla, 2:44.70. 3, Jessica Chery, Gla, 2:51.15. 4, Alex Bartmess, Eur, 2:51.53. 5, Jacelin Augare, CB, 2:53.49. 6, Meghan Clostio, Fla, 2:53.77.

3,200 — 1, Corinne Hamilton, Gla, 12:35.77. 2, Samantha Mundel, CF, 12:45.01. 3, Hallie Hovenkotter, Pol, 12:46.34. 4, Barrett Gray, Whi, 12:49.30. 5, Miranda Champion, Gla, 13:34.76. 6, Katie Hawes, CF, 13:46.89.

1,600 Relay — 1, Whitefish A, 4:24.94. 2, Flathead, 4:28.11. 3, Glacier, 4:52.52. 4, Whitefish B, 4:53.66. 5, Libby, 4:54.57. 6, Eureka, 4:59.93.

High Jump — 1. Briana Patyk, Fla, 5-1. 2, Emma Andrews, Fla, 4-11. 3, Marissa Hiza, Bfk, 4-11. 4, Cassie Krueger, Fla, 4-11. 5, Leah Cook, Gla, 4-9. 5, Katie Wiley, Gla, 4-9.

Discus — 1, Shauna Williams, Gla, 108-4. 2, Abby Carlson, Gla, 107-10. 3, Jewell Zackit-Ackermann, Pol, 102-5. 4, Emily Billow, Eur, 99-8. 5, Amanda Harrod, Pol, 96-07. 6, Tessa Krueger, Gla, 94-0.

Triple Jump — 1, Carla Nicosia, Carla, CF, 33-10. 2, Emma Andrews, Fla, 32-9.25. 3, Taylor Loomis, Gla, 32-2.25. 4, Janae Moon, Fla, 31-10.5. 5, Katie Wiley, Gla, 31-4. 6, Mattie Mazur, Fla, 30-11.5.

Javelin — 1, Lizzie Sherwood, Lizzie, Fla, 101. 2, Katie Weed, Fla, 100. 3, Eviann Reynolds, Whi, 96-3. 4, Brittan Austin, Gla, 95-10. 5, Moriah Corrigan, Pol, 94-7. 6, Keyawna Larson, Gla, 93-7.

Pole Vault — 1. Claudia Hewston, Pol, 8-6. 2, JoJo Sherman, Gla, 8-0. 3, Olivia Carette, CB, 7-6. 3, Caitlin Larson, Eur, 7-6. 3, Madison Dodson, CB, 7-6. 6, Courtney George, Bfk, 6-6. 6, Leah Woodruf, Gla, 6-6. 6, Makenzie Miller, Bfk, 6-6.

Shot Put — 1, Tessa Robertson, Bfk, 33-6.75. 2, Tessa Krueger, Gla, 33-4.5. 3, Emily Billow, Eur, 33-4. 4, Camylle Wood, Gla, 31-6. 5, Jewell Zackit-Ackermann, Jewel, Pol, 31-3.25. 6, Abby Carlson, Gla, 31-.5.

Long Jump — 1, Dani Davis, Fla, 16-6. 2, Kwyn Johnson, Fla, 15-8.5. 3, Megan Russell, Megan, Fla, 15-6.75. 4, Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 15-3. 5, Phoebe Guercio, Whi, 14-10. 6, Monica White, Fla, 14-7.5.

Boys

110 Hurdles — 1, Noah James, Gla, 16.25. 2, Keaton Grove, Whi, 16.45. 3, Dillon Thomas, Fla, 16.59. 3, Chade Gonter, Fla, 16.59. 5, Cain Boschee, Gla, 17.11. 6, Keaton Nicholson, Whi, 17.18.

100 — 1, Aaron Robinson, Gla, 11.57. 2, Josiah Osborne, CF, 11.66. 3, Jake Egley, Fla, 11.80. 4, Colin King, CF, 11.83. 5, Austin Gordon, Bfk, 11.94. 6, Sean Foley, Whi, 11.95.

1,600 — 1, Kade McCutcheon, Gla, 4:48.32. 2, Logan Morley, Bfk, 4:51.92. 3, Matt Macfarlane, Matt, Fla, 4:52.73. 4, Chance Kittle, Bfk, 4:53.38. 5, Ruben Castren, Gla, 4:54.29. 6, Ben Moon, Fla, 4:54.80.

400 Relay — 1, Whitefish A, 44.74. 2, Glacier A, 44.77. 3, Flathead, 45.12. 4, Whitefish B, 47.30. 5, Glacier B, 47.35. 6, Eureka, 47.48.

400 — 1, Logan Harwood, Whi, 51.27. 2, Evan Epperly, Gla, 52.48. 3, Kevin Grosswiler, Fla, 53.09. 4, Sean Laimbeer, Pol, 53.34. 5, James Cutler, Gla, 54.11. 6, Luke Kazlauskas, CF, 54.67.

300 Hurdles — 1, Adam Cebulla, Gla, 41.55. 2, Taylor Hulslander, Gla, 43.13. 3, Keaton Grove, Whi, 43.71. 4, Chade Gonter, Fla, 44.35. 5, Jake Egley, Fla, 45.16. 6, Tyler Davis, Fla, 45.52.

800 — 1, Zach Perrin, Fla, 1:57.09. 2, Nathan Connell, Gla, 2:07.60. 3, Luke Cardon, Whi, 2:07.76. 4, Tel Motichka, Pol, 2:10.40. 5, Logan Streit, Gla, 2:11.85. 6, Chance Kittle, Bfk, 2:12.16.

200 — 1, Evan Epperly, Gla, 23.80. 2, Josiah Osborne, CF, 24.19. 3, Brad Larkins, Fla, 24.58. 4, Kam Gravelle, Eur, 24.62. 5, Tyler Baker, Bro, 24.82. 6, Jake Egley, Fla, 24.84.

3,200 — 1, Sylas Schutt, Fla, 10:45.10. 2, Jace Kalbfleisch, Whi, 10:45.21. 3, Ruben Castren, Gla, 10:46.98. 4, Logan Morley, Bfk, 10:51.24. 5, Noah Hill, Gla, 11:06.88. 6, Thomas Henson, Whi, 11:13.11.

1,600 relay — 1. Glacier A, 3:34.96. 2, Flathead, 3:35.98. 3, Glacier B, 3:58.98. 4, Libby, 4:08.98. 5, Whitefish, 4:20.68. 6, Browning, 4:42.68.

High Jump — 1, (tie) Matt Quist, Matt, Fla, and Aaron Robinson, Gla, 6-1 each. 3, Chade Gonter, Fla, 5-11. 4, Hunter Swinehart, CB, 5-9. 4, Buddy Tullis, Eur, 5-9. 4, Khaz Yanak, Eur, 5-9.

Discus — 1, Riley Sampson, Pol, 137-11. 2, Caleb McCracken, Fla, 134-10.5. 3, Zach Dennehy, Gla, 134-1. 4, Koler Kansitaneaux, Whi, 133-2. 5, Richard Roo, Eur, 128-0. 6, Joe Galllatin, Pol, 124-7.

Triple Jump — 1, Kyle Griffith, Kyle, Gla, 44-9.25. 2, Austin Cook, Gla, 38-6.25. 3, Jared Welch, Eur, 37-2.5. 4, Nolan Hofstee, Eur, 36-11. 5, Connor Gray, Whi, 36-10.5. 6, Keaton Krantz, Fla, 36-7.75.

Javelin — 1, Shelton Todd, Gla, 172-0. 2, Taylor Hulslander, Gla, 170-6. 3, Logan Jones, Gla, 158-9. 4, Bremen Hall-Melton, Fla, 148-4. 5, Jake May, Whi, 145-0. 6, Caleb McCracken, Fla, 141-1.

Pole Vault — 1, Dylan Creek, Fla, 13-0. 2, Sean Foley, Whi, 13-0. 3, E.J. Havens, Whi, 12-0. 4, Jared Rubel, Pol, 12-0. 5, Brayden Nicholson, Gla, 12-0. 6, Cole Jankovsky, Eur, 11-6.

Shot Put — 1, Riley Sampson, Pol, 48-9. 2, Todd Ogden, Gla, 47-4. 3, Richard Roo, Richard, Eur, 42-7. 4, Gage Marcum, Fla, 41-5. 5, Michael VonSchenk, Whi, 41-3. 6, Tanner Ballard, CB, 40-5.

Long Jump — 1. Kyle Griffith, Glacier, 21-7.75. 2, Cameron Nissen, Bfk, 19-6. 3, Sean Foley, Whi, 19-5.5. 4, Josiah Osborne, CF, 19-4. 5, Rial Gunlikson, Gla, 19-0. 6, Hunter Swinehart, CB, 18-10.5.