LIBBY — It was the same old story for the Polson girls track team, but in Columbia Falls there’s a new boys divisional champion team.
On Saturday, the Pirates wrapped up the two-day meet by defending their Northwestern A girls track title with a 216-point performance while the Columbia Falls boys did their own piling up, totaling 206 points and winning the program’s first divisional trophy since 1993.
Polson had four first-place finishers and 17 top-five performances on the final day and repeated as the best in the Northwest for the first time since the program did it in 2003 and 2004. Both those years Polson went on to win state.
Senior Nicole Davey turned in the second-best 300 hurdles time by a Class A girl this spring when she won her marquee event in 45.90 seconds. Davey, who won two events on Friday, also helped Polson’s 1,600 relay team to a win. The Pirates cruised to victory in 4:09.14, which is the third-best time by a girls’ team going into the State A meet next weekend in Laurel.
Mesa Starkey won the 3,200. Loni Havlovick had the top shot put and came in second in the javelin. Redcrow was also second in the long jump and tied for third in the 300 hurdles. Finley went on to place fourth in the long jump.
Whitefish’s Amanda Foley won both the 100 and 200, Carly Schwickert posted the top 800 time and Olivia Nagler had the best javelin and fourth best high jump.
Kelsey DeWit of Columbia Falls won the high jump and Adessa Durglo of Ronan-St. Ignatius won the long jump.
Whitefish was second with 131 1/2 and Columbia Falls was third with 74 1/2.
On the boys side, Polson was second place with 116 and Whitefish third with 85.
Columbia Falls had three individuals win Saturday on its way to snapping Whitefish’s two-year reign in the boys’ competition. The Wildcats had 206 points, followed by Polson (116) and Whitefish (85).
Distance runners Derrick Williams, in the 800, and Justin Whitman, in the 3,200, keyed the Columbia Falls assault. Williams’ time of 1:59.18 now leads all Class A runners in the 800. Taylor Martinson added a long jump victory for the Wildcats with a mark of 20-0.
Whitefish speedster Anto Daoud was just as impressive on the second day of the meet as he was on Day 1. Daoud won the 200 in 22.47 and ran anchor on the Bulldogs’ winning 1,600 relay, which set the new state lead for Class A teams at 3:26.26. Daoud, who won the 400 and helped win the short relay on Friday, was third in the 100 finals to Ronan’s Jordan Franklin and Martinson. Franklin also won the high jump.
Polson had a pair of throwers earn divisional titles. Brock Picard won the javelin and Alex Havlovick took the shot. Libby’s Kody Berget broke into the state bests with his winning time (40.08) in the 300 hurdles.
The Polson girls are striding into Laurel for this week’s state meet with the chance of winning their second state title in three years. The Pirates last won in 2008 and placed third last year.
Rounding out the boys individual winners were Ronan-St. Ingatius’ Jordan Franklin (100, high jump), Whitefish’s Anto Daoud (200), Libby’s Kody Berget (300 hurdles) and Polson’s Brock Picard (javelin) and Alex Havlovick (shot put).
The top five finishers in all events advanced to state.
Friday’s Results
Columbia Falls boys, Polson girls front-runners
LIBBY – Polson had a winner in six of seven girls events as the Pirates made a strong statement on the first day of the Northwestern A divisional track meet on Friday.
The defending divisionals champs, led by double-event winner Nicole Davey, totaled 102 points and had 14 state-qualifying performances.
Whitefish sits second as a team with 52 points and Columbia Falls is third with 33.
Columbia Falls has the lead on the boys side with 80 points. Polson is next with 56 and two-time defending divisional champ Whitefish is third with 45.
Individual winners on the day for boys were – Derek Crittendon (110 hurdles), Derrick Williams (1,600), Daniel Jones (discus), Ty Fouty (pole vault), Nate Thompson (triple jump) and Anto Daoud (400).
The Whitefish boys short relay team won with Daoud, Crittendon, Daniel Simmons and Iaian Cameron.
Winning in the girls events were – Davey (pole vault and 400), Breanne Kelley (100 hurdles), Mesa Starkey (1,600), Loni Havlovick (discus), Nicole Davey (pole vault) and Adessa Durglo (triple jump).
Polson’s short relay team won with Davey, Kelley, Katie Finley and Anna DiGiallonardo.
Divisional competition wraps up today. The top six place-finishers score for team totals and the top five move on to the state meet in Laurel next week.
BOYS
Team scores (through seven events) – Columbia Falls 80, Polson 56, Whitefish 45, Libby 25, Ronan-St. Ignatius 10
Individual results
110 hurdles – 1, Derek Crittendon, WF, 15.87; 2, Kody Berget, Lib, 15.97; 3, Jordan Franklin, RSI, 16.57; 4, John Joern, WF, 16.68; 5, Trevor Wobschall, CF, 16.88; 6, Gui Silva, RSI, 16.98.
1,600 – 1, Derrick Williams, CF, 4:34.41; 2, Colter Bull, Pol, 4:37.59; 3, Shawn Whitman, CF, 4:45.75; 4, Justin Whitman, CF, 4:46.75; 5, Miles Bieber, Pol, 4:47.20; 6, Pascal Jessat, CF, 4:47.24.
400 relay – 1, Whitefish (Daniel Simmons, Derek Crittendon, Iaian Cameron, Anto Daoud), 44.02; 2, Columbia Falls, 44.39; 3, Libby, 44.73; 4, Polson, 45.43; 5, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 47.00.
Discus – 1, Daniel Jones, CF, 135-2; 2, Clark Rubel, Pol, 130-5; 3, Tyler Krell, Pol, 129-3; 4, Mike Macijinus, CF, 128-4; 5, Justin Livingston, CF, 127-10; 6, Austin Barth, CF, 125-11.
Pole vault – 1, Ty Fouty, Pol, 12-6; 2, Zion Lee, Pol, 12-0; 3, Trae Fouty, Pol, 12-0; 4, Brock Bleazard, Pol, 12-0; 5, Matt Hollo, CF, 11-0; 6, Nate Hutchison, Lib, 11-0.
Triple jump – 1, Nate Thompson, CF, 42-8 3/4; 2, Kodiak Gimbel, CF, 41-10; 3, Mac Roche, WF, 40-6 3/4; 4, Tyler Troy, Lib, 39-1 1/2; 5, Bentley Smith, WF, 39-1; 6, Jordan Franklin, RSI, 38-11.
400 – 1, Anto Daoud, WF, 49.65; 2, Patric Jessat, CF, 50.51; 3, Kody Berget, Lib, 51.70; 4, Derrick Williams, CF, 51.88; 5, Logan Harwood, WF, 52.14; 6, Iaian Cameron, WF, 52.26.
GIRLS
Team scores (through seven events) – Polson 102, Whitefish 52, Columbia Falls 33, Libby 15, Ronan-St. Ignatius 14.
Individual results
100 hurdles – 1. Breanne Kelley, Pol, 16.07; 2. Megan Apple, WF, 16.87; 3. Christa Redcrow, Pol, 17.35; 4. Kayla Forster, Lib, 18.13; 5. Olivia Nagler, WF, 18.30; 6. Courtney Neise, CF, 18.76.
1,600 – 1. Mesa Starkey, Pol, 5:25.57; 2. Carly Schwickert, WF, 5:26.35; 3. Jessica Sagen, WF, 5:28.9; 4. Jinise Osborne, CF, 5:29.28; 5. Bailey Eaton, WF, 5:32.09; 6. Nikola Falk, Lib, 5:33.53.
400 relay – 1. Polson, 50.54 (Katie Finley, Anna DiGiallonardo, Nicole Davey, Breanne Kelley); 2. Whitefish, 52.86; 3. Columbia Falls, 53.11; 4. Ronan-St. Ignatius, 55.68; 5. Libby, 56.54.
Discus – 1. Loni Havlovick, Pol, 126-7; 2. Natasha Lafferty, Pol, 100-4; 3. Erin Baker, Lib, 100-0; 4. Abby Strellnauer, WF, 97-9; 5. Olivia Nagler, WF, 96-10; 6. Allie Lampman, CF, 85-9.
Pole vault – 1. Nicole Davey, Pol, 10-6; 2. Jessie Gist, CF, 8-0; 3. McCall Banner, Pol, 7-6.01; 4. Mckenzie Banner, Pol, 7-6; 5 (tie) Jenny Johnson, Lib, 7-0, Katharine Medland, Pol, 7-0, Mariah Hamel, Pol, 7-0.
Triple jump – 1. Adessa Durglo, RSI, 34-6; 2. Christa Redcrow, Pol, 33-8; 3. Caroline Hansford, CF, 32-2; 4. Carley Jo Benda, WF, 31-7; 5. Heather Bailey, WF, 31-6 1/4; 6. Kayla Forster, Lib, 31-3 3/4.
400 – 1. Nicole Davey, Pol, 59.58; 2. Breanne Kelley, Pol, 1:00.34; 3. Amanda Foley, WF, 1:01.24; 4. Jessie Gist, CF, 1:02.66; 5. Cedar Jordt, CF, 1:03.15; 6. Tianna Burns, CF, 1:03.72.
Saturday’s Results
BOYS
Team Totals
Columbia Falls 206, Polson 116, Whitefish 85, Libby 72, Ronan- St. Ignatius 44
Individual Results
100 – 1, Jordan Franklin, RSI, 11.59; 2, Taylor Martinson, CF, 11.62; 3, Anto Daoud, WF, 11.79; 4, Derek Crittendon, WF, 11.88; 5, Iaian Cameron, WF, 12.01; Joe Andrews, Pol, 12.02.
200 – 1, Anto Daoud, WF, 22.47; 2, Taylor Martinson, CF, 22.77; 3, Patric Jessat, CF, 22.95; 4, Joe Andrews, Pol, 23.29; 5, Kody Berget, Lib, 23.30; 6, Iaian Cameron, WF, 23.52
800 – 1, Derrick Williams, CF, 1:59.18; 2, Patric Jessat, CF, 2:00.98; 3, Colter Bull, Pol, 2:01.16; 4, Shawn Whitman, CF, 2:02.26; 5, Justin Whitman, CF, 2:02.65; 6, Kaleb Johnson, CF, 2:03.13
3,200 – 1, Justin Whitman, CF, 10:24.81; 2, Shawn Whitman, CF, 10:27.48; 3, Colter Bull, Pol, 10:33.90; 4, Jacob Thomas, Lib, 10:37.09; 5, Miles Bieber, Pol, 10:43.13; 6, Nathan Knox, WF, 10:57.13.
300 hurdles – 1, Kody Berget, Lib, 40.08; 2, Jacob Kinder, CF, 40.82; 3, Jordan Franklin, RSI, 41.80; 4, Kodiak Gimbel, CF, 42.71; 5, Tyler Troy, Lib, 43.00; 6, Zion Lee, Pol, 43.46.
1,600 relay – 1, Whitefish (Dalton Rice, Logan Harwood, Iaian Cameron, Anto Daoud), 3:26.26; 2, Columbia Falls, 3:29.06; 3, Libby, 3:40.74; 4, Ronan-St. Ignatius.
Javelin – 1, Brock Picard, Pol, 180-4; 2, Nate Thompson, CF, 176-2; 3, Joe Andrews, Pol, 171-3; 4, Kelly May, Lib, 153-10; 5, James Nash, Lib, 152-8; 6, Bentley Smith, WF, 152-1.
Shot put – 1, Alex Havlovick, Pol, 46-5 1/4; 2, Sawyer Zimmerman, Lib, 43-11 1/2; 3, Daniel Jones, CF, 43-5; 4, Clark Rubel, Pol, 43-0; 5, Mitchell Wassam, CF, 42-10 1/4; 6, Kelly Houle, CF, 42-10
High jump – 1, Jordan Franklin, RSI, 6-0; 2, Kodiak Gimbel, CF, 6-0; 3, Vince DiGiallonardo, Pol, 5-10; 4, Eric Malmquist, RSI, 5-8; 5 (tie), Logan Harwood, WF, 5-6, Drew Galbraith, WF, 5-6
Long jump – 1, Taylor Martinson, CF, 20-0; 2, Tyler Troy, Lib, 19-8 1/4; 3, Nate Thompson, CF, 19-3 1/2; 4, Vince DiGiallonardo, Pol, 19-2; 5, Mac Roche, WF, 18-9 1/4; 6, Dean Willey, Lib, 18-8 1/2
GIRLS
Team Totals
Polson 216, Whitefish 131.5, Columbia Falls 74.5, Ronan-St. Ignatius, 54, Libby 49.
Individual Results
100 — 1. Amanda Foley, WF, 13.24; 2. Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 13.33; 3. Adessa Durglo, RSI, 13.54; 4. Sophia Lewis-Peterson, CF, 13.78; 5. Katie Finley, Pol, 13.83; 6. Mariah Kanistaneax, WF, 13.94.
200 — 1. Amanda Foley, WF, 27.16; 2. Anna DiGiallonardo, Pol, 27.48; 3. Breanne Kelley, Pol, 27.5; 4. Adessa Durglo, RSI, 28.3; 5. Katie Finley, Pol, 28.78; 6. (tie) Sophia-Lewis Peterson, CF, 28.98, Autumn Fisher, WF, 28.98.
300 hurdles — 1. Nicole Davey, Pol, 45.90; 2. Breanne Kelley, Pol, 47.8; 3. (tie) Megan Apple, WF, 48.4, Christa Redcrow, Pol, 48.4; 5. Jessie Gist, CF, 50.50; 6. Cami Casazza, CF, 52.1.
800 — 1. Carly Schwickert, WF, 2:02.24; 2. Jessica Sagen, WF, 2:27.39; 3. Nikola Falk, Lib, 2:27.88; 4. Cedar Jordt, CF, 2:30.36; 5. Ashli Fairbank, CF, 2:30.51; 6. Mesa Starkey, Pol, 2:31.25.
3200 — 1. Mesa Starkey, Pol, 11:51.82; 2. Jinise Osborne, CF, 11:57.34; 3. Bailey Eaton, WF, 12:07.55; 4. Jessica Sagen, WF, 12:09.27 5. Nikola Falk, Lib, 12:19.51; 6. Loni Hanson, WF, 12:39.66.
1600 relay — 1. Polson, 4:09.14 (Katie Finley, Christa Redcrow, Anna DiGiallonardo, Nicole Davey); 2. Whitefish, 4:14.54; 3. Columbia Falls, 4:16.16; 4. Ronan-St. Ignatius, 4:39.88; 5. Libby, 4:49.53.
Javelin — 1. Olivia Nagler, WF, 117-4; 2. Loni Havlovick, Pol, 105-7; 3. Jenny Larsson, RSI, 101-8; 4. Mariah Hamel, Pol, 98-4; 5. Janessa Courtney, WF, 95-4; 6. Erin Baker, Lib, 92-10.
Shot put — 1. Loni Havlovick, Pol, 38-7; 2. Natasha Lafferty, Pol, 34-0; 3. Katie Emery, Lib, 30-7 1/2; 4. Erin Baker, Lib, 30-5; 5. DJ Conko-Camel, Pol, 29-1; 6. Kionna Keller, CF, 28-11 1/2
High jump — 1. Kelsey Dewit, CF, 5-0; 2. Adessa Durglo, RSI, 4-10; 3. Chancey Auge, Lib, 4-6; 4. Olivia Nagler, WF, 4-8; 5. Jenny Larsson, RSI, 4-6; 6. Ashton Berta, CF, 4-6.
Long jump — 1. Adessa Durglo, RSI, 16-1; 2. Christa Redcrow, Pol, 15-9 1/2; 3. Kayla Forster, Liby, 14-5 3/4; 4. Katie Finley, Pol, 14-5 1/2; 5. Sophia Lewis-Peterson, CF, 14-2 1/2; 6. Jenny Johnson, Lib, 14-1.