BUTTE — Six points separated the top five teams at the Harry “Swede” Dahlberg Invitational track and field meet Friday, and two of them were from Kalispell.

Glacier tied with Helena Capital for the top spot, each scoring 58 points in the all-boys event. Flathead was fifth with 52; Gallatin (56) and Helena (55) were in between, suggesting the State AA meet in five weeks could is anyone’s ball game. 

All 16 Class AA teams competed, and Glacier made a statement with Owen Thiel winning the 1,600 in 4 minutes, 26.27 seconds, Ethan Anderson running a season-best 39.13 while winning the 300 hurdles and Dylan Smith finishing second in both the discus and shot put — while hitting his personal record in the shot of 52 feet, 5 inches. 

Gallatin’s Jack Murray won both throws and continues to lead AA in both. 

Jack Robinson (42-2.75) and Chase Chaffin (PR of 41-9.5) going 3-4 in the triple jump helped Glacier, though it should be mentioned that Butte Bulldog Sam Henderson won with an eye-popping mark of 48-0.25. 

Cooper Pelc ran a PR of 14.97 in the 110 hurdles for Glacier as well, taking third. He was also fifth in the 200. 

Thiel’s 1,600 time sits fifth in AA; Pelc’s time in the 110 hurdles also is fifth. Anderson’s 300 hurdles time is second in AA behind Lane Chivers this season, though Chivers was second in Friday’s race, clocking 40.09. 

Sweeping the 100 and 200 was Flathead’s Ben Bliven: The senior took the 100 in 11.09 seconds and the 200 in 22.44. Both times were off his season-bests, but he continues to lead both events for all classes. 

The Braves’ Kasen Kastner was second in the 800, his only race Friday, to Belgrade’s Wilson Schmidt — with Schmidt running the fastest time in AA, at 1:52.98. It was the first time he’s run the race this season. 

Chivers, Kastner, Bliven and William Hollensteiner teamed up to win the 1,600-meter relay in 3:25.62, the best time in AA. 

Hollensteiner ran only relay races Friday; the Braves were third in the short relay behind Bilings West and Missoula Sentinel. 

Complete results can be found at athletic.net.