Montana Athletes Shine At 2017 Simplot Games

For Immediate Release
Date February 18, 2017
Contact: Katie Damron (208) 220-5307
E-mail: media@simplotgames.com
 
 
Montana Athletes Shine At 2017 Simplot Games
 
Pocatello, Idaho – Athletes from Montana made their mark on 2017 Simplot Games by medaling after two and a half days of competition.
 
Here are some of the standouts:
 

• Dawson LaRance, a senior from Billings, won the boys’ 800 meters with a time of 1:54.60.
• Annie Hill, a junior from Kalispell, won the girls’ 3200 meters with a time of 10:44.21, and Camila Noe, a junior from Kalispell, placed second with a time of 10:44.51.
• Cleet Wrzesinski, a senior from Baker, placed second in the boys’ 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.17 seconds.
• Jacob Grinwis, a senior from Bozeman, placed third in the boys’ 800 meters with a time of 1:55.86.
• Delaney Bahn, a sophomore from Bozeman, placed third in girls’ high jump with a mark of 5’7”.

 
Below is a complete list of the finalists from Montana:
 
Boys 60 Meter Hurdles
2^nd, Cleet Wrzesinski, 12, Baker
 
Boys 800 Meter Run
1^st, Dawson LaRance, 12, Billings
3^rd, Jacob Grinwis, 12, Bozeman
 
Boys 3200 Meter Run
4^th, Chase Equall, 12, Bozeman
 
Girls 3200 Meter Run
1^st, Annie Hill, 11, Kalispell
2^nd, Camila Noe, 11, Bozeman
 
Girls 4 x 400 Relay
6^th, Mountain West Youth Track Club, Missoula
 
 
Girls 4 x 800 Relay
6^th, Bozeman Distance Project ‘B’, Bozeman
 
Boys Shot Put
6^th, Blade Miller, 12, Billings
 
Boys Pole Vault
2^nd, Garrison Hughes, 11, Sidney
 
Girls Pole Vault
5^th, Katrina Terry, 12, Billings
 
Girls High Jump
3^rd, Delaney Bahn, 10, Bozeman
5^th, Camille Landon, 12, Bozeman
 
 
 
 
 
More than 2,200 athletes came from across the U.S., Canada, and Australia to participate in the 39^th annual Simplot Games. Simplot Games remains the nation’s premier high school indoor track and field event. Sponsored by the J.R. Simplot Company since 1979, the Simplot Games are held at Idaho State University’s Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho.
 
For more information on Simplot Games, please visit our website at www.simplotgames.com. You may also contact Lisa Woodland at (208) 235-5604 or Simplot Games Media Team at media@simplotgames.com.
 
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