KSEN/K96 Athletes of the Week

KSEN/ K96--BOZEMAN TROPHY ATHLETE'S OF THE WEEK JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO THE HEAT OF THE SEASON.

      MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HONORS GO TO A TREMENDOUS THREE SPORT ATHLETE, WHO ALMOST UNBELIEVABLY HAS NOT BEEN HONORED YET THIS YEAR. CHOTEAU JR. RUSCH YEAGER IS AN ALL-STATE SELECTION IN BOTH FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL AND IS NOW COMING INTO HIS OWN ON THE TRACK.  LAST WEEKEND AT THE CELTIC CLASSIC IN GREAT FALLS, RUSCH CLEARED THE BAR AT 6'7" AND NOW STANDS AS THE BEST JUMP IN THE STATE IN CLASS B. RUSCH ALSO PULLED OUT A VICTORY IN THE TRIPLE JUMP AT THAT CELTIC CLASSIC AND AGAIN AT THE CASCADE TOP 8 MEET TUESDAY NIGHT.

      WE ALSO HAD A NOMINATION FOR CJI JR. DANE GRAMMAR WHO IS THE DEFENDING STATE CHAMPION IN THE SHOT PUT AND DISCUS AND HAS WON THOSE TWO EVENTS IN HIS LAST 4 MEETS, SETTING NEW PERSONAL BESTS EACH TIME. AND A NOMINATION FOR LEDGER MARTIN OF CONRAD WHO BROKE A CONRAD SCHOOL RECORD IN THE 400M LAST WEEK WITH A 49.4 IN THE 400M.   THE RECORD BY ERIK GUSTAFSON HAD STOOD FOR THE PAST 51 YEARS.  MARTIN HAS NOW QUALIFIED FOR STATE IN THE 100M, 200M, 400M AND THE 800M.

      OUR FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK IS A REPEAT PERFORMER WHO JUST KEEPS GETTING FASTER.  SHE HAS BECOME ONE OF SHELBY'S BEST FEMALE SPRINTERS EVER.  JR. REGAN TORGERSON HAD THE BEST TIME IN THE STATE ALL-CLASS IN THE 400M AND WHILE THAT WAS ERASED MOMENTARILY, SHE RAN A 24.81 IN THE 200M IN HAVRE LAST WEEKEND AND NOW HAS THE ALL-CLASS BEST TIME AND BEST CLASS B TIME IN THAT EVENT. SHE HAS THE BEST TIME IN CLASS B IN THE 100 M AND SHE'S THE ONLY FEMALE TO GO UNDER 25-SECONDS, IN THE 200M, ALL-CLASS, IN THE STATE. ADD TO THAT REGAN RAN THE ANCHOR LEG ON BOTH SHELBY RELAY TEAMS WHICH FINISHED 2ND AND BOTH PRE-QUALIFIED FOR STATE.