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The Class B and Class C State Track and Field meets were held

this past weekend in Butte and Laurel bringing an end to another

fantastic school year.

Harlem senior Reece Hutton and Turner junior Eddie Harmon

both captured individual State Championships and a total of

thirteen athletes earned All-State recognition following their

weekend performance.

Hutton has excelled for the Wildcats in Football, Wrestling

along with Track and Field. Hutton was a All-State performer

on both offense and defense the past two seasons for the Wildcat

football team. he has wrestled at the State Tournament and was a

runner up in the Shot Put as a junior earning All-State honors.

Saturday in Butte at the Class B State Track and Field Meet

Hutton claimed his spot at the top of the podium by winning the

Shot Put with a mark of 51'5.5".

Hutton was already the Wildcats record holder in the event

eclipsing the 50' mark his junior season and posting consistent 50'

marks this spring. The senior also found himself on the podium

after finishing fourth in the Discus with a flip of 154'3" a personal

best mark.

Hutton will continue competing in Track and Field as well as

football as he has already signed a Letter of Intent to join both

teams for the NAIA Dickinson State Bluehawks.

Harmon made his mark in the 800 Meter race at the start of

his sophomore season breaking the school mark in April of 2016.

Since then Harmon has continually bettered his time building off a

All-State performance in Missoula last spring.

Harmon entered the State C Track and Field meet in Laurel as

one of the favorites. At the Northern C Divisional Harmon was

edged out By Denton's Kordell Carpenter who owned the Class C

fastest time heading into the event Friday.

After 500 Meters it was Carpenter holding a 25 Meter lead over

Seeley Swan's Logan Maughan and Harmon. The distance looked

insurmountable but as if lightning struck the field Harmon found a

burst and began closing in on the leader with every stride.

As they entered the final turn Harmon was right on Carpenters

heals and began setting him up for the pass down the stretch.

With only a few meters remaining Harmon overtook a falling

Carpenter and broke the tape in a thrilling finish clocking in with

a 1:59.33 time and becoming the first Turner Tornado to win a

state championship in Track and Field.

Harmon's effort also established a new school record becoming

the first sum two minute 800 Meter race run for the school.

Harmon also turned in a solid effort in the 400 Meter race,

earning All-State recognition as well with a third place finish.

Harlem Wildcat freshman L'Tia Lawrence has had an fine

first year of high school athletics. After earning All-state honors

last fall in Cross Country and All-Conference recognition in

Basketball this winter she found herself on the podium twice in

Butte earning All-State recognition for her 3200 Meter and 1600

Meter runs.

Lawrence was second in the 1600 Meter run completing the four

lap race with a personal best time of 5:30.88. She then finished

fourth in the 3,200 Meter run crossing the finish line in 12:25.98.

Chinook sophomore Megan Molyneaux ran a fantastic 200

Meter race to finish second in the finals at the Class C State meet

in Laurel. Molyneaux ran a :26.79 in the preliminaries, tied for

the second fastest time but was able to improve her time in the

finals to earn silver.

Molyneaux also ran a leg on the Sugarbeeters fifth place

4x100 Meter relay team. Joining her on the podium and earning

All-State recognition were senior Rochelle Chaffin, junior

Jaye Anderson and sophomore Kourtney Hanson. The quartet

completed the four exchanges in :51.16 which may be a new

school record when checked.

The Sugarbeeter girls also finished in the top six in the long

relay as Chaffin, Anderson, Hanson and sophomore Lincy

Johnson finished sixth with a time of 4:22.16.

Hays/Lodge Pole junior Isiah RunsAbove has proven to be

one of the stronger distances runners in the state and certainly

proved himself Saturday at the State C finishing third in a tightly

contested finish of the 3200 meter race.

RunsAbove found himself in a pack heading down the stretch

where position changed and anything could happen especially

after all the excitement earlier at the State C. In the end it was

RunsAbove standing third on the podium as an All-State runner

after crossing the line in a time of 10:15.37.

Harlem freshman Taggert Devaney certainly made his mark

on the Class B ranks this spring excelling in the 800 Meter run.

Friday afternoon in Butte his two lap effort of 2:01.99 earned

Keri Hanson/Linda Hutton Photo

Harlem Wildcat senior Reece Hutton capped a stellar four year run with a State Championship in the Shot Put claiming the top spot on the podium with a toss of 51'5.5". Hutton also finished fourth in the Discus at the State B Track and Field meet in Butte and will be attending Dickinson State this fall where he will be a part of both the football and track and field programs.

him a fourth place finish in the event and gave him All-state

recognition.

Chinook senior Rochelle Chaffin finished sixth in the 200

Meter Dash with a time of :27.47 and Sugarbeeter senior Wade

Schneider was a All-State performer in the Shot Put finishing

sixth with a distance of 44'9.5"

Harlem senior Damon Adams stood on the podium as well

having finished fifth the 400 Meter Dash with a time of :51:21.

Wildcat senior Tyus Hammett was a All-State performer as well

finishing sixth in the High Jump after clearing 5'10".