The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-05-23
BEARCREEK WINS THE
ANNUAL TRACK MEET
(BY DEAN FoRNEY)

May loUn was one OF the finest days
for track meet this country has seen
for a period of several years. It
dawned bright and sunny and stayed
that way all day. A crowd of about
1900 spectators witnessed the per
formances of the entrants at the an
nual county high school track and
field meet held at Belfry.
John Kastelitz, of Bearcreek, was
high point man of the track meet, with
291a points; Pete Vavich, Bearcreek,
was second with II points and Cliff
Sterling, Belfry, was third with 161s
points.
Bearcreek finished with total of
SO 1-3 points; Red Lodge 65 5-6
points; Belfry 45 Sc points; Bridger
10 points; Fromberg 7 points and
Roberts failed to score.
OFT Gardner, of Montana State col
lege at Bozeman, was the official in
charge Of the meet.
The new county records set were
nearly all made in the preliminaries:
hardly any of the men made as good
time in the finals. The records:
Half Mile-Vavich, Bearcreek, time
2:079; 100-Yard Dash, S. Strong
Bridger time 1915 seconds; 22O-Yard
Dash, S. Strong, Bridger, time 23:5
seconds; High Hurdles, Schwin, Red
Lodge, time 1877 seconds; Broad
Jump, Kastelitz, Bearcreek, distance
19 feet 81 inches; and the pole vault,
Collins, Fromberg, IL feet. Collins is
a sophomore fifteen years of age and
is expected to break his own record
next year.
The summary of the finals
High Jump-Blazina, Schwin and
Koski, of Carbon, tied for first; Poder-
jay and Kastelitz, Bearcreek, tied for
fourth; 5 feet 8 inches.
Shot Put-Vavich, Bearcreek, first;
G. Sterling, Belfry, second; Kaste-
litz, Bearcreek, third; Babcock, Bear
creek, fourth; G. Sterling, Belfry.
fifth. Distance Al feet inches.
Broad Jump-Kastelitz, Bearcreek,
first; Poderjay, Bearcreek, second
Murdo, Carbon, third; Collins, From
berg, fourth; Baxter, Carbon, fifth
/ Distance l9 feet, sc. inches.
Discus Throw-C. Sterling, Belfry.
flint; Poderiay, Bearcreek, second;
G. Sterling, Belfly, third; Kastelitz,
Bearcreek, fourth; Vavich, Bearcreek,
fifth. Distance 101 feet, ~ inches.
Mile Run Matross, Belfry, first;
Hodnik, Bearcreek, second; Musgrave,
Belfry, third; Moore, Belfry, fourth;
Davis, Carbon, fifth. Time a minutes.
SO seconds.
High Hurdles - Schwin, Carbon.
first; Maple, Belfry, second; Murdo,
Carbon, third; Baxter, Carbon, fourth;
Chesarek, Belfry, fifth Time 1879
seconds.
220- Yard Dash-S. Strong, Bridger
first; Blazina, Carbon, second; Kas-
telitz, Bearcreek, third; Gillen, Car
bon, fourth; Luhrsen, Carbon, fifth.
Time "a seconds.
440-Yard Dash-Vavich, Bearcreek,
first; Poderjay, Bearcreek, second;
Davis, Carbon, third; Matross, Belfry,
fourth; Sasich, Bearcreek, fifth. Time
81 seconds.
Pole Vault - Collins, Fromberg,
first; c. Sterling, Belfry, and Martin,
Carbon, tied for second; Murdo, Car
bon, fourth; Aho, Carbon, Laukatis.
Beacreek, and Andrew, Belfry, tied
| for fifth. Height II feet.
| Javelin-Murdo, Carbon, first; C.
Sterling, Belfry, second; Martin, Car
bon, third; Babcock, Bearcreek, fourth
Vavich, Bearcreek, fifth; Distance
149 feet.
100-Ya Dash-S. Strong, Bridger.
first; Kastelitz, Bearcreek, second;
Blazina, Carbon, third; Gillen, Car
bon, fourth; Babcock, Bearcreek, fifth
Time 10.5 seconds.
Half-Mile Run-Vavich, Bearcreek.
first; Matross, Belfry, second; Mus
grave, Belfry, third; Hodnik, Bear
creek, fourth; Moore, Belfry, fifth
Time minutes, 10 seconds.
Low Hurdles-Kastelitz, Bearcreek,
first; Schwin, Carbon, second; Poder-
jay, Bearcreek, third; Martin, Carbon,
fourth; Baxter, Carbon, fifth. Time
281a seconds.
This is the first meet that has been
won by Bearcreek. In the past From
berg won once, Belfry twice, and Car
bon four times.