The Cal Wearley Invitational Track & Field meet was held last Wednesday at the Havre Middle School Track.

Most teams were competing in just their second meet of the season and there is no barometer better than the Cal Wearley to assess where you are and where you need to get to if you want to be competing at the State Track and Field Meet the end of May.

In what, for most, is the biggest meet of the season until the state meet, it brings together some of the top talent in the Class A, B and C ranks.

28 teams and more than 700 athletes to part in the meet and a top six finish here is an indicator of good things to come.

The Chinook Sugarbeeters, Harlem Wildcats, Hays/Lodge Pole Thunderbirds and Turner Tornadoes were all on hand Wednesday.

The Chinook girls had a fantastic day with two individual champions and an overall fourth place finish. The Harlem Wildcat girls and the Sugarbeeter boys also had an individual champion.

Chinook senior Kourtney Hanson won the 800 meter race in a time of 2:29.65 to capture top honors. Senior Megan Molyneaux also captured gold for the 'Beeters, winning the 200 Meter Dash in :27.37.

Harlem junior L'Tia Lawrence easily won the 3,200 Meter Race out pacing the second place finisher by more than 50 full seconds. Lawrence completed the eight laps around the track in 12:05.58.

Molyneaux also finished second in the 100 Meter Dash with a time of :13.27.

Molyneaux, Hanson, freshman Anna Morrow and senior Lincy Johnson also teamed up to finish third in the 4x100 Meter Relay. The quartet completed the three exchanges and crossed the finish line in:54.70.

The 4x400 Meter Relay finished fourth and included Hanson, Molyneaux, Johnson and Morrow.

Sophomore Jayden Miller scored points for the 'Beeters in the field, finishing fourth in the Discus with a flip of 90'9". Junior Raynee Hassler finished fourth in the 1,600 Meters and sixth in the 3,200 Meters.

Chinook senior Trajan Hannum also captured gold at the Cal Wearley Invitational, winning the Boys 800 Meter run. Hannum crossed the finish line in 2:10.00 to win the event. Hannum also finished fifth in the 800 Meter run.

Harlem junior Brad Cichosz also had a great invitational, performing very well in the distance races. Cichosz finished second in the 3,200 Meter race with a time of 10:50.12 and third in the 1,600 Meter run, crossing the line in 4:58.74.

Chinook senior Brendan Edwards finished sixth for the Sugarbeeters in the Shot Put.

The 'Beeters 4x100 Meter relay team of Hannum, freshman Toby Niederegger, junior Sam Dumas and freshman Hunter Molyneaux took fourth. The same four ran the 4x400 Meter Relay was fifth.

The Harlem Wildcats were the only team in action on Saturday and made their way to the Choteau Acantha Invitational.

For the girls senior Haley Johnson finished second in the Shot Put with a throe of 28'5.5" and senior Skylee Dirden was fifth in the Triple Jump with a leap of 28'8".

Cichosz had a fantastic day on the boys side of things, sweeping both the 1,600 and 3,200 Meter races.

Cichosz won the 1,600 Meter race with a time of 4:52.32 and the 3,200 Meter race in 11:04.00.

Overall our Blaine County teams are off to a great start. Several athletes are very close to meeting automatic qualifying times for the state meet.

All four teams will be back in action this Saturday on the Havre Middle School Track and Field to compete in the Havre Lions Invitation.

Cal Wearley Memorial Track & Field

Wednesday, April 3

Girls Results

Team Scores: 1.) Havre 85; 2.) Fort Benton 81; 3.) Glasgow 80; 4.) Chinook 47; 5.) Malta 43.66; 6.) Chester-Joplin-Inverness - 39; 7.) Cut Bank 36; 8.) Whitewater 22; 9.) Dodson 20; 10.) Fairfield 18.33; 11.) Simms 11; 12.) Harlem 10; 13T.) North Star 8; 13T.) Shelby 8; 13T.) Roy-Winifred 8; 13T.) Denton-Geyser-Stanford 8; 17.) Turner 2.

100 Meters - 2.) Megan Molyneaux, Chinook - 13.27

200 Meters - 1.) Megan Molyneaux, Chinook - 27.37

800 Meters - 1.) Kourtney Hanson, Chinook - 2:29.65; 5.) Shyan Krass, Turner - 2:42.95

1600 Meters - 6.) Raynee Hasler, Chinook - 6:41.58

3200 Meters - 1.) L’Tia Lawrence, Harlem - 12:05.58; 4.) Raynee Hasler, Chinook - 14:28.66

4x100 Relay - 3.) Chinook (Anna Morrow, Kourtney Hanson, Lincy Johnson, Megan Molyneaux) 54.70

4x400 Relay - 4.) Chinook (Megan Molyneaux, Anna Morrow, Lincy Johnson, Kourtney Hanson) 4:44.38

Discus - 1kg - 4.) Jayden Miller, Chinook - 90’9”

Boys Results

Team Scores: 1.) Glasgow 84; 2.) Malta 75; 3.) Fairfield 66; 4.) Fort Benton 45; 5.) Havre 43; 6.) North Star 38; 7.) Big Sandy 36; 8.) Cut Bank 28; 9.) Shelby 27; 10.) Denton-Geyser-Stanford 24; 11.) Chinook 21; 12.) Chester-Joplin-Inverness 20; 13.) Harlem 14; 14T.) Turner 2; 14T.) Whitewater 2; 16T.) Augusta 1; 16T.) Conrad 1.

800 Meters - 1.) Trajan Hannum, Chinook - 2:10.00; 5.) Jack Harmon, Turner - 2:13.75.

1600 Meters - 3.) Brad Cichosz, Harlem - 4:58.74; 5.) Trajan Hannum, Chinook - 5:05.92.

3200 Meters - 2. ) Brad Cichosz, Harlem - 10:50.12

300 Meter Hurdles - 36” - 5.) J.T Hauer, Chinook - 49.46

4x100 Relay - 4.) Chinook (Trajan Hannum, Toby Niederegger, Sam Dumas, Hunter Molyneaux) 48.75

4x400 Relay - 5.) Chinook (Sam Dumas, Toby Niederegger, Hunter Molyneaux, Trajan Hannum) 4:01.87

Shot Put - 12lb - 6.) Brendan Edwards, Chinook - 37’9”.

Choteau Acantha Invitational

Saturday, April 6

Girls Results

Shot Put - 4kg - 2.) Haley Johnson - 28’5.5””

Triple Jump - 5.) Skylee Dirden, Harlem 28’’8”

Girls Results

1600 Meters - 1.) Brad Cichosz, Harlem - 4:52.32

3200 Meters - 1.) Brad Cichosz, Harlem - 11:04.00