WHITEFISH — Nipped at the finish line in the 100-meter hurdles, Rhiannon Sturgess made sure it didn’t happen later in the day during the 300 hurdles.

Sturgess started strong and went on to win that race with ease, posting a time of 46.86 at the 19-team ARM Invitational track and field meet Saturday.

Phoebe Guercio of Whitefish was second, 48.04.

“The last 100 (meters) felt really good to me,” the Flathead senior said.

“I wasn’t dying. I had more energy than I usually do.”

It was also a good way for her cap off a long day that featured off-and-on rain showers and temperatures in the low 40s. That made for some testy conditions for the athletes.

It did not rain, however, for her last race.

“I tried to stay warm as often as I could,” she said.

She also took a 20-minute nap in the Flathead team tent between her events.

“You really have to push yourself,” she said of the 300 hurdles.

“That’s why I like it. That race has more to do with determination than it does form.”

Sturgess finished sixth at state last year in the 300 hurdles. She has already qualified for state this year in both hurdle races by bettering the state qualifying time.

“Not my best (time), but I’m not too mad about it,” she said of Saturday’s 100 race.

“I got edged out at the end. I didn’t finish as strong as I would have liked.”

Hailey Phillips of Plains had the winning time 15.52. Sturgess was second in 15.63.

 Sturgess says her times in both events this year are faster than those she posted in 2013.

“Way better,” she said.

“Not doing that (long jump and triple jump) this year (helps).”

She’s also injury free. Last season she had to deal with shinsplints.

“I’m trying to give my body a break,” she said.

“I miss jumping, but I know it’s for the best. The hurdles are my bread and butter.”

Sturgess, who plans to pursue a career in nursing, has signed a national letter of intent for track at Carroll College. She will receive a partial scholarship for athletics and academics.

Glacier swept the team titles with the girls scoring 143 and the boys 150.

Whitefish’s girls and boys were second with 93 and 92 totals, respectively.

The Columbia Falls girls were fourth, 64 1/3, with Flathead fifth, 48.

The Flathead boys were third, 76, and Columbia Falls placed sixth, 22.

Individually, Whitefish senior Marlow Schulz had a sensational day. She swept the sprints, winning the 100 (12.69), 200 (25.87) and 400 (1:00.17).

She also anchored both winning relay teams for Whitefish.

Glacier senior Evan Epperly nearly matched that by winning the 200 (22.85) and 400 (51.54). He finished second (11.13) in the 100 behind teammate Logan Jones (10.93).

Epperly also ran the first leg on the Wolfpack winning 400 relay.

Winning two events were Bailey Smith of Glacier, 800 (2:27.33) and 1,600 (5:24.62), and Silas Hasselbrook of Missoula Loyola, 110 (14.97) and 300 (41.44) hurdles.

Only one meet record was broken. Lacey Waid of Havre cleared 10-6 to win the girls pole vault. The old mark was 10-0, set by Ketti Wilhelm of Columbia Falls in 2009.

A.R.M. Invitational

At Whitefish

Girls

Team Totals

Glacier 143, Whitefish 93, Plains 76, Columbia Falls 64 1/3, Flathead 48, Polson 31 1/3, Bigfork 19, Havre 16, Missoula Loyola 15, Cut Bank 9, Lincoln County 7, Frenchtown 33 1/3, Libby 1.

Events

 100 — 1, Marlow Schulz, Whitefish, 12.69. 2, Grace Kurtz, Whitefish, 12.99. 3, Shauna Williams, Glacier, 13.15. 4, Nicole Rehbein, Plains, 13.18. 5, Alysha  Smith, Glacier, 13.38. 6, Mary Baker, Columbia Fal, 13.58.

 200 — 1, Marlow Schulz, Whitefish, 25.87. 2, Nicole Rehbein, Plains, 27.36. 3, Grace Kurtz, Whitefish, 27.66. 4, Megan Russell, Flathead, 27.86. 5, Shannon Dimond, Plains, 28.53. 6, Shyla Stevenson, Libby, 28.56.

 400 — 1, Marlow Schulz, Whitefish, 1:00.17. 2, Hailey Phillips, Plains, 1:01.17. 3,  Emily Cheroske, Bigfork, 1:01.34. 4, Grace Kurtz, Whitefish, 1:03.57. 5, Maja Holmquist, Frenchtown, 1:04.93. 6, Chloe Hensley, Glacier, 1:05.12.

 800 — 1, Bailey Smith, Glacier, 2:27.33. 2, Claudia Hewston, Polson, 2:27.63. 3,  Mercede Erickson, Glacier, 2:29.85. 4, Peyton Filius, Havre, 2:31.72. 5, Maggie Mitzel, Loyola Sacre, 2:35.87. 6, Demi Horton, Plains, 2:37.94.

1,600 — 1, Bailey Smith, Glacier, 5:24.62. 2, Samantha Mundel, Columbia Fal, 5:34.22. 3, Corrine Hamilton, Glacier, 5:46.43. 4, Kimberly Earhart, Plains, 5:47.47. 5, Haley Ohm, Havre, 5:48.54. 6, Sarah Latcham, Whitefish, 5:49.77.

 3,200 — 1, Maggie Mitzel, Loyola Sacre, 12:04.18. 2, Corrine Hamilton, Glacier,  12:21.78. 3, Alex Bartmess, Lincoln Coun, 12:24.59. 4, Barrett Gray,  Whitefish, 12:48.82. 5, Bailey Strader, Loyola Sacre, 12:52.70. 6, Quinn Diehl, Loyola Sacre, 13:00.83.

 100 hurdles — 1, Hailey Phillips, Plains, 15.52. 2, Rhiannon Sturgess, Flathead, 15.63. 3, Mattie Mazur, Flathead, 16.38. 4, Carla Nicosia, Columbia Fal, 16.51. 5, Brynn McChesney, Glacier, 16.60. 6, Hailee Bennett, Glacier, 17.05.

 300 hurdles — 1, Rhiannon Sturgess, Flathead, 46.86. 2, Phoebe Guercio, Whitefish, 48.04. 3, Hailee Bennett, Glacier, 48.56. 4, Brynn McChesney, Glacier, 50.93. 5, Carla Nicosia, Columbia Fal, 51.54. 6, Madison Wheeler, Polson, 51.64.

400 relay — 1, Whitefish (Phoebe Guercio, Allie Schulz, Grace Kurtz, Marlow Schulz ), 51.27. 2, Glacier, 51.70. 3, Polson, 52.72. 4, Columbia Falls, 52.79. 5, Plains, 54.00. 6, Bigfork, 54.07.

1,600 relay — 1, Whitefish (Phoebe Guercio, Sarah Latcham, Grace Kurtz, Marlow Schulz ), 4:12.32. 2, Glacier, 4:16.05. 3, Columbia Falls, 4:24.90. 4, Polson, 4:25.66. 5, Plains, 4:28.70. 6, Cut Bank, 4:54.66.

High jump — 1, Marissa Hiza, Bigfork, 4-10. 2, Emma Andrews, Flathead, 4-8. 3, Kidron Lee, Polson, 4-8. 4, Zoee Boschee, Glacier, 4-8. 5, Tia Kohs, Flathead, 4-8. 6, Gracie Carlyle, Polson, 4-6. 6, Carla Nicosia, Columbia Fal, 4-6.  6, Kaia Roberge, Frenchtown, 4-06.

Pole vault — 1, Lacey Waid, Havre, 10-6 (new meet record, old record 10-0, Ketti Wilhelm, Columbia Falls, 2009). 2, Madison Dodson, Cut Bank, 9-0. 3, Bekah Weaver, Whitefish, 9-0. 4, JoJo Sherman, Glacier, 8-6. 5, Brielle Birgensmith, Whitefish, 8-6. 6, Katelyn Parmelee, Glacier, 8-0.

Long jump — 1, Ellie Johnson, Columbia Fal, 15-0. 2, Summer Burlage, Columbia Fal, 5-0. 3, Katie Wiley, Glacier, 15-0. 4, Phoebe Guercio, Whitefish, 14-9. 5, Shauna Williams, Glacier, 14-07. 6, Hailey Phillips, Plains, 14-04.

Triple jump — 1, Carla Nicosia, Columbia Fal, 33-8.5. 2, Zoee Boschee, Glacier, 33-7. 3, Katie Wiley, Glacier, 33-5.75. 4, Abi Fiske, Glacier, 33-1.25. 5, Janae Moon, Flathead, 32-8.5. 6, Allyson Gimbel, Columbia Fal, 31-2.5.

Shot put — 1, Tessa Krueger, Glacier, 39-1.5. 2, Leah Thompson, Plains, 35-11.5. 3, Haley Belgarde, Columbia Fal, 35-10.75. 4, Jenessa Heine, Flathead, 35-7. 5, Tessa Robertson, Bigfork, 34-1.

Discus — 1, Leah Thompson, Plains, 128-8. 2, Shauna Williams, Glacier, 118-2. 3, Kayla Holmes, Plains, 114-6. 4, Andrea Getts, Columbia Fal, 112-2. 5, Tessa Krueger, Glacier, 111-10. 6, Emily Billow, Lincoln Coun, 109-5.

Javelin — 1, Keyawna Larson, Glacier, 126-0. 2, Carley VonHeeder, Plains, 122-1. 3, Mariah Corrigan, Polson, 113-9. 4, Kelsey Weed, Flathead, 99-11. 5, Kimberly  Earhart, Plains, 98-7. 6, Lacey Hochhalter, Frenchtown, 97-11.

Boys

Team Totals

Glacier 150, Whitefish 92, Flathead 76, Missoula Loyola 36, Troy 34, Columbia Falls 26, Frenchtown 15, Hot Springs 12, Bigfork 12, Ronan 10, Plains 10, Lincoln County 8, Polson 7, Havre 5, Browning 2, Cut Bank 1.

Events

  100 — 1, Logan Jones, Glacier, 10.93. 2, Evan Epperly, Glacier, 11.13. 3, Jed Nagler, Whitefish, 11.47. 4, Sean Opland, Troy, 11.51. 5, Gharret Olson, Frenchtown, 11.57. 6, Christian Langston, Lincoln Coun, 11.62.

200 — 1, Evan Epperly, Glacier, 22.85. 2, Logan Jones, Glacier, 23.24. 3, Cain Boschee, Glacier, 23.34. 4, Sean Opland, Troy, 23.38. 5, Sean Foley, Whitefish, 23.56. 6, Anthony Byrns, Hot Springs, 23.74.

 400 — 1, Evan Epperly, Glacier, 51.54. 2, Cain Boschee, Glacier, 53.62. 3, Luke Cardon, Whitefish, 54.06. 4, Tanner Dana, Flathead, 54.11. 5, Tanner Olsen, Glacier, 54.51. 6, James Ratzlaff, Columbia Fal, 54.70.

 800 — 1, Jake Perrin, Flathead, 2:06.01. 2, Luke Cardon, Whitefish, 2:07.12. 3, Colton Gorian, Glacier, 2:08.74. 4, Andrew Honken, Frenchtown, 2:10.06. 5,  Gavin Ruud, Flathead, 2:11.79. 6, Brock Sandry, Glacier, 2:11.80.

1,600 — 1, Kade McCutcheon, Glacier, 4:35.66. 2, Sylas Schutt, Flathead, 4:36.21. 3, Chance Kittle, Flathead, 4:36.95. 4, Brock Sandry, Glacier, 4:44.19. 5, Brady  Stone, Browning, 4:47.95. 6, Colton Gorian, Glacier, 4:49.28.

3,200 — 1, Logan Harmon, Glacier, 10:05.88. 2, Jacob Calles, Flathead, 10:20.28. 3, Garrett Ruud, Flathead, 10:35.99. 4, Thomas Henson, Whitefish, 10:57.07. 5,  Frank Dean, Frenchtown, 11:35.64. 6, Noah McDuffie, Lincoln Coun, 11:42.06.

110 hurdles — 1, Silas Hasselbrook, Loyola Sacre, 14.97. 2, Dillon Thomas, Flathead, 15.21. 3, Chade Gonter, Flathead, 15.30. 4, Keaton Grove, Whitefish, 15.36. 5,  Brandon Conard, Lincoln Coun, 15.85. 6, Josh Osborne, Flathead, 15.99.

300 hurdles — 1, Silas Hasselbrook, Loyola Sacre, 41.44. 2, Keaton Grove, Whitefish, 41.59. 3, Alex Wilson, Whitefish, 42.36. 4, Tanner Hoff, Hot Springs, 42.82. 5,  Carson Cantrell, Bigfork, 43.13. 6, Keaton Nicholson, Whitefish, 43.35.

400 relay — 1, Glacier (Evan Epperly, Cain Boschee, Tucker Rauthe, Logan Jones), 44.26. 2, Whitefish, 44.88. 3, Loyola Sacred Heart, 45.27. 4, Flathead, 45.73. 5, Bigfork, 45.80. 6, Columbia Falls, 46.24.

1,600 relay — 1, Whitefish (Walter Holliday, Alex Wilson, Luke Cardon, Jed Nagler), 3:37.19. 2, Columbia Falls, 3:37.60. 3, Flathead, 3:39.23. 4, Glacier, 3:41.80. 5, Polson, 3:42.30. 6, Hot Springs, 3:44.48.

High jump — 1, Matt Quist, Flathead, 6-2. 2, Strother Cooper, Loyola Sacre, 6-2. 3, Sean Opland, Troy, 6-0. 4, Chade Gonter, Flathead, 6-0. 5, Jack Dolson, Hot  Springs, 5-10. 6, Nathan Olds, Troy, 5-10.

Pole vault — 1, Lonnie Sherman, Glacier, 14-0. 2, EJ Havens, Whitefish, 13-0. 3, Sean Foley, Whitefish, 12-6. 4, Jared Rubel, Polson, 11-6. 4, Tristan Lihme, Lincoln Coun, 11-6. 6, Thomas Gruber, Havre, 11-6.

Long jump — 1, Gabe Hickman, Troy, 20-5.5. 2, Pate Scott, Troy, 20-2.5. 3, Keaton Krantz, Flathead, 19-9.5. 4, Josh Hill, Glacier, 19-9. 5, Bobby Erbaugh, Frenchtown, 19-7. 6, Hunter Swinehart, Cut Bank, 19-3.

Triple jump — 1, Nakia Alexander, Columbia Fal, 42-1.5. 2, Cain Boschee, Glacier, 41-10. 3, Bobby Erbaugh, Frenchtown, 41-8.5. 4, Jarod White, Hot Springs, 41-1.75.  5, Lucas Blankers, Lincoln Coun, 40-10. 6, Keaton Krantz, Flathead, 40-5.5.

Shot put — 1, Lucas Gerhardt, Ronan, 50-6.5. 2, Gage Smith, Whitefish, 48-11. 3, Ben Gorham, Plains, 48-7. 4, Harrison Kauffman, Glacier, 47-11. 5, Will Medeiros,  Loyola Sacre, 42-10.5. 6, Jacob Dilworth, Frenchtown, 42-8.5.

Discus — 1, Zach Dennehy, Glacier, 153-11.5. 2, Tyler Iverson, Bigfork, 149-0. 3, Sam Nelson, Glacier, 143-10.5. 4, Ben Gorham, Plains, 137-9. 5, Gage Smith,  Whitefish, 135-0. 6, Koler Kanistanaux, Whitefish, 134-9.5.

Javelin — 1, Todd Ogden, Glacier, 174-2. 2, Luke May, Whitefish, 164-7. 3, Ty Morgan, Columbia Fal, 163-8. 4, Ryen Antley, Havre, 153-3. 5, Joey Mullen, Polson, 152-6. 6, Gabe Hickman, Troy, 151-2.