It’s a rare feat.

Only 19 girls and      four boys in the history of track and field in Montana have won an event all four years they were in school.

Two athletes from our area have a chance to do that this weekend.

Glacier’s Todd Ogden would be the first Montana boy to win four javelin state titles since 1971, and the first to earn four in any event since 1982.

Whitefish’s Marlow Schulz would be just the fourth girl to win the 100-meter dash all four years.

Each has found their way to this spot differently.

Ogden comes from a family of athletes, two of his older brothers having played football in college. It was from them he picked up the sport his freshman year.

He’s been dominant ever since.

He’s won each of his state titles by at least 10 feet, winning by an average of 15 feet, 5 inches. Last season, he set the Class AA state meet record with a throw of 210-8.

That was a career best until last week, when he threw for 215-0, the second-best throw in state history and the fourth-best throw in the nation this season.

He enters this week’s state meet in Great Falls an overwhelming favorite, having thrown 25 feet further than anyone else in the class this season.

Schulz grew up on the track. Her father, Whitefish coach Derek Schulz, toted her around the state to meets, where she took to the sport.

By the nature of the event, the sport’s shortest and fastest race, she’s had close competition each season. She won by a hair her sophomore season and entered finals that year in second place to her own teammate.

Her toughest competition this season is the only girl to beat her in a race at state. Corvallis’ Sadi Henderson, who won the 400 in their freshman season, has kept pace with Schulz again this season and is her toughest competition in each of the sprints.

Even with tough competition, she has become just the 11th girl in state history to win at least three times in the 100.

An all-around athlete, she’s also won twice in the 200 and 400 and once in the 800. She enters this week’s state meet in Butte as the one of the favorites in all four of the sprints and middle-distances, should she choose to run them all.

Ogden proved his mettle as an all-around athlete on the other side of the grandstands from the javelin field in Legends Stadium. Inside the stadium, as a linebacker and punter for the Wolfpack, he was named to the all state team and served spells at running back, scoring decisive touchdowns in the playoffs his last two seasons.

His talents drew college offers from football and track but has yet to decide where he’ll spend next season. As one of the elite throwers in the nation, already in touch with national coaches, there have been offers spanning the map.

Schulz has already decided, choosing among a field of elite academic schools to go to St. Johns in New York to continue with track and her second love — tap dancing.

Each is impressive and has already proven to be among the finest athletes in state history.

This weekend they could add one more line to their already impressive résumés.