The points spread out on a cool, overcast day at Legend Stadium, where Missoula Hellgate leads a balanced girls field at the Western AA Divisional track and field meet Friday.

Not far behind Hellgate (62 points), Missoula Sentinel (50) and Helena (47) sits Flathead with 32 points. Senior Hannah Perrin won a 3,200 race that, despite lacking State qualifiers Sage Brooks and Kensey May of Hellgate, went by fast.

Perrin edged Hellgate’s Abby Kendrick, winning in 11 minutes, 9.63 seconds.

“She lowered her PR by 20 seconds, which is outstanding,” Flathead coach Charlie Dotson said. “She’s peaking when it matters. She still has a big day Saturday (the 1,600 and the long relay), but I’m excited to see if she can carry this momentum into tomorrow, which I think she will.”

The quartet of Rylee Barnes, Cerise Lee, Skye Thompson and Akilah Kubi helped Flathead finish second in Friday’s short relay, in 50.55. Sentinel won in 49.83.

Dotson subbed a sore Kelcey Copping out of the relay, but then Copping ran well enough in the 100 trials to make Saturday’s finals.

Helena’s Odessa Zentz ran her best time yet in the 800, winning in 2:14.69. Hellgate’s Brooks put up a battle before finishing second at 2:16.25, followed by Helena’s Carly Ryan and Flathead freshman Lilli Rumsey Eash. Brooks and Rumsey Eash ran personal bests.

Butte’s Anna Trudnowski won twice Friday, in the 300 hurdles and high jump.

Hellgate’s Mara Parks was the best of a crowded shot put field, where Flathead’s Rebecca Eacker, already qualified for next week’s State AA meet in Missoula, didn’t place. Teammate

Alliyah Stevens surged into a sixth-place finish, however.

Glacier has 11 points, with most coming from Taylor Brisendine, who was fourth in the high jump (clearing 5-3) and fifth in the long jump.

Sentinel started out pretty dominant on the boys’ side, with William Mortenson and Tanner Klumph going 1-2 in the 3,200 and Drew Klumph winning the 300 hurdles.

The Spartans have 70 points after eight events. Butte is a distant second with 47.5.

Glacier’s Caleb Bernhardt was second in the 300s, a tough race that ended with four of the final line of hurdles tipped over. It was his first loss in three tries against Klumph, who ran 40.51.

Flathead’s Timothy Weymouth cleared 13-0 in the pole vault, which was good for fifth; Big Sky’s Josh Smalley cleared 14-9 to win it. The Braves also finished fourth in the 400 relay.

Western AA

Legends Stadium, Kalispell

GIRLS

Team scores (through 7 events) — Hellgate 62, Sentinel 50, Helena 47, Flathead 32, Helena Capital 23, Butte 19, Glacier 11, Big Sky 4.

800 — 1, Odessa Zentz, Hel, 2:14.69; 2, Sage Brooks, Hgt, 2:16.25; 3, Carly Ryan, Hel, 2:21.00; 4, Lilli Rumsey Eash, Fla, 2:21.94; Ruby Lorenz, Snt, 2:23.53; 6, Tori Noland-Gillespie, Fla, 2:26.60.

3200 — 1, Hannah Perrin, Fla, 11:09.63; 2, Abby Kendrick, Hgt, 11:10.43; 3, Emma Nelson, 11:15.24; 4, Kylie Hartnett, Hel, 11:33.02; 5, Annika Kendrick, Hgt, 11:46.26; 6, Hailey Nielson, 11:47.79.

300 hurdles — 1, Anna Trudnowski, Butte, 46.59; 2, Kathryn Sheridan, Cap, 46.68; 3, Keara Burgess, MBS, 46.77; 4, Sidney Gulick, Gla, 47.41; 5, Hailey Flamand, Hgt, 47.43; 6, Skye Thompson, Fla, 47.61.

400 relay — 1, Sentinel 49.83; 2, Flathead 50.55; 3, Hellgate 50.69; 4, Big Sky 50.70; 5, Helena Capital 50.86; 6, Glacier 51.76.

Javelin — 1, Anja Jackson, Snt, 122-3; 2, Elly Thorpe, Hgt, 116-11; 3, Madalynn Rhodes, Butte, 115-4; Kennedy Kuhn, Hgt, 113-10; 5, Allyson Mueller, Butte, 112-3; 6, Audrey Hofer, Cap, 108-2.

Shot put — 1, Mara Parks, Hgt, 36-8.25; 2, Aubrie Christman, Hel, 36-7.25; 3, Avery Youbles, Hgt, 35-3.75; 4, Emma Ritter, Gla, 35-3.25; 5, Sydney Mattfeldt, Hel, 35-2; 6, Alliyah Stevens, Fla, 35-1.25.

High jump — 1, Anna Trudnowski, Butte, 5-3; 2, Logan Todorovich, Helena, 5-3; 3, Jayden Nash, Sentinel, 5-32; 4, Taylor Brisendine, Glacier, 5-3; 5, Ava Kellenberg, Sentinel,5-1; 6, Kennedy Moore, Flathead, 5-1.

Long jump — 1, Perry Paffhausen, Butte, 17-3; 2, Audrey McElmurry, Snt, 17-3; 3, Brooke Stayner, Snt, 17-2.5; 4, Logan Todorovich, Heln, 16-9; 5, Taylor Brisendine, Gla, 16-6.5; 6, Akilah Kubi, Fla, 16-5.25.

Pole vault — 1, Libby Hansen, Cap, 10-0; 2, Emma Rohrer-Fitzhugh, Cap, 10-0; 3, Hania Halverson, Fla, 9-6; 4, Annika Nehring, Hel, 9-0; 5, Jaymee Sheridan, Cap, 9-0; 6, Samaire Gittings, Hel, 8-6.

BOYS

Team scores (Through 8 events) — Sentinel 70, Butte 47.5, Hellgate 35, Helena 32, Helena Capital 25, Big Sky 21.5, Glacier 11, Flathead 6.

800 — 1, Ignatius Fitzgerald, Hgt, 1:57.08; 2, Henry Ballinger, Cap, 1:58.23; 3, Colin Shaules, Snt, 1:59.22; 4, Keagen Crosby, Snt, 1:59.69; 5, Jackson Triepke, Hgt, 2:00.53; 6, Sam Ells, Gla, 2:01.02.

3200 — 1, William Mortenson, Sentinel, 9:18.07; 2, Tanner Klumph, Sentinel, 9:19.37; 3, Miles Colescott, Hellgate, 9:50.17; 4, Finneas Colescott, Hellgate, 9:54.29; 5, Corbin Johnson, Sentinel, 9:54.64; 6, Colten Graham, Hellgate, 9:55.50.

300 hurdles — 1, Drew Klumph, Snt, 40.51; 2, Caleb Bernhardt, Gla, 40.79; 3, Holt Downey, Butte, 41.84; 4, Colter Petre, Hel, 42.20; 5, Kyler Smith, Hel, 42.49; 6, Joey Lauerman, Cap, 42.67.

400 relay — 1, Butte 42.66; 2, Sentinel 43.11; 3, Helena Capital 44.13; 4, Flathead 44.17; 5, Glacier 44.23; 6, Big Sky 44.94.

Javelin — 1, Zac Crews, Snt, 167-7; 2, Tanner Huff, Butte, 163.07; 3, Ryan Woldstad, Hgt, 160-9; 4, Marcus Evans, Hel, 157-7; 5, Tyler Deborde, Hel, 156-4; 6, Cole Sandberg, MBS, 155-1.

Shot put — 1, Josh Golema, Hel, 48-11.5; 2, Chaise Meyer, MBS, 48-3.75; 3, Tom Nilson, Hgt, 47-4.75; 4, Daniel Difort, Snt, 47-4.5; 5, Dylan Cunningham, Cap, 45-0.25; 6, Colter Janacaro, MBS, 44-10.25.

Long jump — 1, Christian Hansen, Butte, 22-0; 2, Dylan Snyder, Butte, 21-2; 3, Connor Chalmers, Snt, 21-0; 4, Christian Vetter, Butte, 20-11; 5, Jace Klucewich, Snt, 20-9; 6, Ryan Neil, Butte, 20-5.5.

Pole vault — 1, Josh Smalley, Big Sky, 14-9; 2, Alex Brisko, Capital, 14-0; 3 (tie), Wyatt Rightnour, Helena, and Jacob Lay, Helena, 13-0; 5, Timothy Weymouth, Flathead, 13-0; 6 (tie), Gavin Vetter, Butte, and Chris Dill, Big Sky, 12-6.