BOYS

• Miles City’s boys sprinters put on a show at last spring’s State A meet in Laurel. Keith Vanderlaan won both the 100- and 200-meter dashes, barely edging out teammate Kip Krebsbach at the line in the 200. Vanderlaan will enter the season as the favorite in both events, as will the Cowboys’ 400-meter relay team, which won in 2018. Three of Miles City’s four sprinters return to the team, with Krebsbach having graduated. Jess Bellows, Aidan Barrows, Vanderlaan and Krebsbach set the State A record last year in the prelims with a time of 42.62 seconds before winning in the finals with a 42.72.
• Sidney’s Carter Hughes, too, can join the three-time state champion club in Montana. Hughes won both the shot put and discus in 2017 and 2018 and will be the favorite this season. Hughes also has the state record for both events in sight. Hughes’ personal best in the shot put of 58-06 is exactly half an inch farther than the current state record, which was set in 2014 by Livingston’s Chris Emter. His discus best of 179-0 is on the heels of Colstrip’s Jason Small, who set the State A record in 1996 with a toss of 182-07. Hughes can cement himself in Montana history as one of Class A’s best throwers with another tremendous season.