The Montana Grizzlies track and field program is adding the best athlete in the country for his event and all they had to do was look a few miles down Highway 93.
Corvallis senior Hunter Loesch recently signed to compete for the Grizzlies in college. The Blue Devils standout is currently ranked No. 1 in the nation for high school javelin after recently unleashing a toss of 214 feet, 8 inches at the Corvallis Quadrangular home meet on May 2.
No other athlete in Montana has thrown farther than 183 feet so far this season.
There are only four high schoolers in the country that have eclipsed 210 feet in the javelin this season, and the other three are all in Missouri.
Not all states offer javelin at the high school level: it’s offered in approximately 22 states offer javelin at their high school state championship meets with some of those being of the rubber-tipped variety.
Loesch will be the heavy favorite to win the javelin title in this year’s class A state championships, which begin on May 22 in Kalispell. Loesch previously placed third at state as a sophomore and second last spring as a junior.