Polson girls, Whitefish boys claim crowns
POLSON – The Polson girls and the Whitefish boys claimed the team titles Saturday at the Northwestern A divisional track meet.
The Pirates won three events on the final day Saturday, and used their superior depth to hold off Whitefish, 139-124. Ronan-St. Ignatius was third at 76.
Drew Coco won a pair of events to lead the Bulldogs to the title with 162.5 points. Columbia Falls was second at 136.5, followed by Polson with 87.
The Polson girls got wins from Loni Havlovick in the shot put (36.10.75), Christa Redcrow in the long jump (16-5.75), and the 4x400M Relay team in a season best 4:10.0.
Sadie McMillan of Ronan-St. Ignatius and Kayla Carlson of Bigfork were double winners. McMillan won the 100 in 13.06 and the 200 in 26.8. Carlson improved her best time of the season by three seconds in the 800 to 2:19, and also won the 3,200 in 11:53.
Bigfork’s Mallery Knoll won the 300 hurdles in a blistering 45.9 seconds, one of just four marks under 46 seconds in the state this season.
Coco posted the best 800 time in the state this season at 1:57 for the Whitefish boys. That’s two full seconds better than any time in the state this spring. Coco added a win in the 3,200, finishing in 10:15.
Other wins for the Bulldogs came from Aaron Tkachyk in the long jump (21-8.25) and Willie Roche in the high jump (6-6).
The top five placers advanced to the State A meet, which begins Friday in Butte.
GIRLS
Team scores: Polson 139, Whitefish 124, Ronan-St.Ignatius 76, Bigfork 70, Columbia Falls 62.5, Libby 54.5.
100 – 1, Sadie McMillan, RSI, 13.06; 2, Mallery Knoll, BF, 13.21; 3, Sierra Pete, Pol, 13.24; 4, Sophia Lewis-Peterson, CF, 13.470; 5, Amanda Foley, WF, 13.479; 6, McKenzie Reeve, CF, 13.78.
200 – 1, Sadie McMillan, RSI, 26.8; 2, Mallery Knoll, BF, 27.13; 3, Sierra Pete, Pol, 27.19; 4, Amanda Foley, WF, 27.66; 5, Sophia Lewis-Peterson, CF, 27.67; 6, Tabitha Carlson, RSI, 27.9.
800 – 1, Kayla Carlson, BF, 2:19; 2, Stella Holt, WF, 2:26; 3, Carly Schwickert, WF, 2:29; 4, Breanna Leggit, WF, 2:30.3; 5, Cedar Jordt, CF, 2:30.6; 6, Ashli Fairbanks, CF, 2:30.9.
3,200 – 1, Kayla Carlson, BF, 11:53; 2, Jessica Sagen, WF, 12:17; 3, Bailey Eaton, WF, 12:25; 4, Mesa Starkey, Pol, 12:32; 5, Jinise Osborne, CF, 12:50; 6, Nicki Moser, CF, 13:30.
300 hurdles – 1, Mallery Knoll, BF, 45.9; 2, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 46.8; 3, Christa Redcrow, Pol, 46.9; 4, Sadie McMillan, RSI, 47.2; 5, Ariel Ducote, WF, 48.6; 6, Megan Apple, WF, 48.7.
4x400M Relay – 1. Polson, 4:10.0 (Katie Finley, Sierra Pete, Christa Redcrow, Breanne Kelley); 2. Whitefish, 4:15.4; 3. Columbia Falls, 4:15.5; 4. Ronan/St.Ignatius, 4:17.3; 5. Bigfork, 4:22.3
Javelin – 1, Stephany Kluver, Lib, 127-1; 2, Alyssa Ladenburg, CF, 119-9; 3, Olivia Nagler, WF, 108-4; 4, Rachel Sweedman, Lib, 104-6; 5, Tara Johnson, Pol, 101-0; 6, Lisa Larsson, RSI, 100-11.
Shot put – 1, Loni Havlovick, Pol, 36-10 3/4; 2, Natasha Lafferty, Pol, 32-11 1/2; 3, Erin Baker, Lib, 30-11; 4, Jessica Huntley, Pol, 30-2fi; 5, Phylissa Mathias, Pol, 29-6; 6, Paula Oliviera, WF, 28-7.
Long jump – 1, Christa Redcrow, Pol, 16-5 3/4; 2, Natalie Kearns, WF, 16-0 1/2; 3, Adessa Durglo, RSI, 15-9; 4, Kaila Forster, Lib, 15-5fi; 5, Rachel Sweedman, Lib, 15-4; 6, Alyssa Ladenburg, CF, 15-2.
High jump – 1, Kelsey Dewit, CF, 5-2; 2, Sadie McMillan, RSI, 5-0; 3, Adessa Durglo, RSI, 5-0; 4, Kayla Dewit, CF, 4-10; 5 (tie), Ketti Wilhelm, CF, and Corey Willis, Lib, 4-8.
BOYS
Team scores: Whitefish 162.5, Columbia Falls 136.5, Polson 87, Libby 64, Bigfork 48, Ronan-St. Ignatius 29.
100 – 1, Dean Phillips, CF, 11.46; 2, Stephen Baumgartner, CF, 11.62; 3, Jason Bowman, Pol, 11.75; 4, Joel Ballard, CF, 11.80; 5, Travis Knoll, BF, 11.89; 6, Anto Daoud, WF, 12.04.
200 – 1, Stephen Baumgartner, CF, 23.3; 2, Anto Daoud, WF, 23.5; 3, Willie Roche, WF, 23.8; 4, Jason Bowman, Pol, 23.93; 5, Joe Andrews, Pol, 23.94; 6, Joel Ballard, CF, 23.99.
800 – 1, Drew Coco, WF, 1:57; 2, Derrick Williams, CF, 2:00; 3, Kaleb Johnson, CF, 2:01; 4, Shawn Whitman, CF, 2:04; 5, Marcus Hungerford, RSI, 2:05; 6, Phillip Sandry, BF, 2:06.
3,200 – 1, Drew Coco, WF, 10:15; 2, Shawn Whitman, CF, 10:26; 3, Justin Whitman, CF, 10:47; 4, Danny Beavers, RSI, 10:50; 5, Dylan Berget, Lib, 11:02; 6, Miles Bieber, Pol, 11:04.
300 hurdles – 1, Chris Alfiero, Pol, 40.7; 2, Seth Wiley, WF, 41.6; 3, Jamie Engledrum, RSI, 42.2; 4, Sam Wiley, WF, 43.0; 5, Ryan Kelley, Pol, 43.4; 6, Tucker Morigeau, Pol, 44.2.
4x400m Relay – 1. Whitefish, 3:31.3 (Seth Wiley, Anto Daoud, Drew Coco, Willie Roche); 2. Columbia Falls, 3:33.2; 3. Polson, 3:36.0; 4. Libby, 3:41.4; 5. Ronan/St.Ignatius, 3:44.5
Javelin – 1, Joel Fuller, Lib, 174-11; 2, Dustin Beck, WF, 166-1; 3, Nate Thompson, CF, 156-2; 4, Seth Wright, Lib, 155-0; 5, Adam Skogen, RSI, 153-9; 6, Brock Picard, Pol, 153-3.
Shot put – 1, Donny Tudahl, BF, 46-0; 2, Joel Fuller, Lib, 44-0fi; 3, Zac Bruer, BF, 43-10; 4, Alex Havlovick, Pol, 42-7; 5, Mike Macijanus, CF, 42-1; 6, Tanner Benedict, WF, 41-3.
Long jump – 1, Aaron Tkachyk, WF, 21-8 ; 2, Willie Roche, WF, 21-4 3/4; 3, Seth Wright, Lib, 20-6 1/2; 4, Garrett Pewe, BF, 20-0; 5, Evan Waldron, RSI, 19-8; 6, Joel Ballard, CF, 19-2fi.
High jump – 1, Willie Roche, WF, 6-6; 2, Seth Wright, Lib, 6-4; 3, Garrett Pewe, BF, 6-4; 4, Kyle Howell, CF, 6-2; 5 (tie), Kodiak Gimbel, CF, and Aaron Tkachyk, WF, 5-10.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Whitefish boys, Polson girls grab early leads
POLSON – The Whitefish boys and the Polson girls took the lead after Friday’s first day of the Northwestern A divisional track meet.
The Bulldogs got a speedy 400-meter win from Anto Daoud and totaled 67 points. Polson is second with 52 and Columbia Falls third with 47.
The Polson girls also got a quick 400 win from Sierra Pete and took a narrow 63-60 lead over Whitefish. Libby is a distant third with 27 points.
Seven events for both the boys and girls were contested Friday. The meet wraps up Saturday with the top five placers in each event advancing to next week’s State A meet in Butte.
Daoud won the 400 in 50.92 seconds, his best time of the season and one of the top 10 in the state.
Columbia Falls won the 400 relay in 44.05 seconds, its best time of the season and one of the state’s best.
Drew Coco, the State A cross country champion, won the 1,600 in 4:35.
Pete took the girls’ 400 in 59.1 seconds, her season best and the seventh quickest in the state entering divisionals.
Adessa Durglo of Ronan-St. Ignatius won the triple jump with a hop, skip and a jump of 35 feet. That ranks in the top 10 marks in the state.
Polson also received wins from its 400 relay team and from Tara Johnson, who took the pole vault at 10 feet.
At Polson
Friday
BOYS
Team scores (through seven events): Whitefish 67, Polson 52, Columbia Falls 47, Libby 22, Bigfork 18, Ronan-St. Ignatius 11.
400 – 1, Anto Daoud, WF, 50.92; 2, Willie Roche, WF, 51.42; 3, Derrick Williams, CF, 52.06; 4, Dalton Rice, WF, 52.73; 5, Kaleb Johnson, CF, 53.07; 6, Chris Alfiero, Pol, 53.17.
1600 – 1, Drew Coco, WF, 4:35; 2, Shawn Whitman, CF, 4:38; 3, Colter Bull, Pol, 4:44; 4, Justin Whitman, CF, 4:53; 5, Dylan Berget, Lib, 4:53.4; 6, Joe Gross, CF, 4:55.
110 hurdles – 1, Jamie Engledrum, RSI, 15.8; 2, Derek Crittenden, WF, 16.521; 3, Ryan Kelley, Pol, 16.524; 4, Seth Wiley, WF, 16.6; 5, Sam Wiley, WF, 17.1; 6, John Joern, WF, 18.0
400 relay – 1, Columbia Falls, 44.05; 2, Polson, 44.44; 3, Bigfork, 44.68; Whitefish, 44.83; 5, Libby, 45.41; 6, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 45.77.
Discus – 1, Donny Tudahl, BF, 148-10; 2, Seth Wright, Lib, 147-11; 3, Alex Havlovick, Pol, 128-1; 4, Daniel Jones, CF, 127-7; 5, Zac Bruer, BF, 125-5; 6, Justin Livingston, CF, 123-8.
Triple jump – 1, Seth Wright, Lib, 42-10 1/2; 2, Aaron Tkachyk, WF, 42-3; 3, Kalin Hale, WF, 42-1 3/4; 4, Nate Thompson, CF, 41-11; 5, Jake Haverkorn, CF, 41-3 1/4; 6, Kyle Howell, CF, 40-11 1/2.
Pole vault – 1, Ryan Kelley, Pol, 13-6; 2, Trae Fouty, Pol, 13-0; 2, Ty Fouty, Pol, 13-0; 2, Joel Ballard, CF, 13-0; 5, Kaleb Prestegaard, WF, 12-6; 6, Zion Lee, Pol, 12-0.
GIRLS
Team scores (through seven events): Polson 63, Whitefish 60, Libby 27, Ronan-St. Ignatius 26, Bigfork 22, Columbia Falls 19
400 – 1, Sierra Pete, Pol, 59.1; 2, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 1:00; 3, Heather Melcer, WF, 1:01; 4, Tabitha Carlson, RSI, 1:02.4; 5, Becca Strellnauer, WF, 1:02.7; 6, Tianna Burns, CF, 1:03.1.
1600 – 1, Kayla Carlson, BF, 5:25; 2, Jessica Sagen, WF, 5:34; 3, Bailey Eaton, WF, 5:35; Carly Schwickert, WF, 5:36; 5, Mesa Starkey, Pol, 5:37; 6, Stella Holt, WF, 5:41.
100 hurdles – 1, Sadie McMillan, RSI, 15.7; 2, Breanne Kelley, Pol, 16.4; 3, Mallery Knoll, BF, 16.5; 4, Ariel Ducote, WF, 17.1; 5, Megan Apple, WF, 17.3; 6, Devon Hoyer, Lib, 17.6
400 relay – 1, Polson, 51.6; 2, Whitefish, 51.8; 3, Columbia Falls, 52.2; 4, Libby, 52.9; 5, Bigfork, 53.0; 6, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 55.4.
Discus – 1, Stephany Kluver, Lib, 107-3; 2, Loni Havlovick, Pol, 106-2; 3, Erin Baker, Lib, 100-3; 4, Phylissa Mathias, Pol, 96-8; 5, Natasha Lafferty, Pol, 96-5; 6, Olivia Nagler, WF, 91-0.
Triple jump – 1, Adessa Durglo, RSI, 35-0; 2, Natalie Kearns, WF, 34-8; 3, Rachel Sweedman, Lib, 34-4 1/2; 4, Kayla DeWit, CF, 34-3 3/4; 5, Megan Powell, WF, 34-2; 6, Christa Redcrow, Pol, 34 3/4.
Pole vault – 1, Tara Johnson, Pol, 10-0; 2, Ketti Wilhelm, CF, 9-6; 3, Alexa Day, WF, 8-6; 4, Caitlin Charlebois, BF, 8-6; 5, Elizabeth King, WF, 8-6; 6, Kelsey Cable, RSI, 7-6; 6, Tabitha Carlson, RSI, 7-6.