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An all-class competition
by STACEY LISHOK - Ravalli Republic
Darby’s Rachel Wetzsteon lunges in the triple jump at the Missoula Invitational Saturday at Big Sky’s track. STACEY LISHOK - Ravalli Republic
Valley teams compete against big, small schools at Missoula Invitational

MISSOULA - Hamilton, Stevensville, Corvallis, Darby and Victor athletes took to Big Sky High School’s track Saturday in the all-class Missoula Invitiational.

In boys action, the Broncs and Blue Devils finished fourth and fifth respectively behind Kalispell, Big Sky and Great Falls.

Dalton Sybrant helped the Blue Devils along with two first-place finishes. In the shot put, Sybrant had a 53 foot, two inch toss and a throw of 168-2 in discus.

Corvallis’s Slater Powell also took the top spot in the 110 hurdles with a 15.42 second finish. Powell also took fifth in the 300 hurdles (41.80).

Corvallis’ 1,600 relay team took third to help the Blue Devils to their fifth-place finish.

For the Broncs, Ryan Turley finished third in the 200 (23.50) and sixth in the 100 (11.66) and Wyatt Lawrence earned a second-place finish in the 800 (2:02.27).

Allen McCarty finished sixth in the 300 hurdles (42.40) for Hamilton and Devin Leonardi jumped just over 19-4 in the long jump for a third-place finish.

In the 400 relay, a Bronc relay team took fifth and in the 1,600 relay Hamilton teams took second and fourth.

For the Class C Pirates, Chris Mai notched two third-place finishes in the 800 (2:05.76) and the 1,600 (4:36.08).

Darby was represented by Paul Abrahamsen’s second-place finish in the 3,200 (9:56.50) and Stevensville’s Drew Zeiler finished third in the 400 (53.32).

In girls action, Misha Trotter took the top spot in the 800 (2:21.41) and took third in the 1,600 (5:25.46) for Hamilton. Bronc Alicia Towes had a fifth-place finish in the 100 (13.50) and Megan Baker finished sixth in the pole vault (9-00) while Hamilton teammate Franki Romano finished sixth in the 3,200 (12:43.50).

For Stevensville, Brekka Johnson took third in the triple jump (32-08) and sixth in the 100 (13.69) while Jessi Brunett had a fifth-place finish in the triple jump (32-04).

Tiger Missy DeWalt had a jump of 32-08 for a fourth-place finish in the triple jump and Mariah Cress threw the javelin 122-08 for sixth. Darby teammate Heather Demorest represented the Class B school with fourth place in the 800 (2:29.75) and fifth in the 1,600 (5:33.74).

The Blue Devils had top finishers in Courtney White’s 3,200 fifth place (12:40.40) and Paige Squire’s second-place finish in the 100 hurdles (16.09) as well as a fifth-place finish in the 400 relay.

Boys

Team scores: Kallispell Flathead 119 1/2, Missoula Big Sky 87, Great Falls Russell 67 1/2, Hamilton 45, Corvallis 43, Frenchtown 43, Polson 40, Missoula Sentinel 38, Missoula Hellgate 37, Whitefish 34, Dillon 33, Columbia Falls 15, Plains 12, Victor 12, Eureka 11, Darby 10, Anaconda 7, Stevensville 7, Loyola Sacred Heart 6, Kalispell Glacier 5.

100 - 1, Chris Wilson, CMR, 11.15; 2, Mike Kozlowski, Flat, 11.32; 3, Ian Damon, 11.55; 4, Jonny Dilworth, Ftn, 11.56; 5, Charlie Dotson, Flat, 11.57; 6, Ryan Turley, Ham, 11.66.

200 - 1, Chris Wilson, CMR, 23.10; 2, Bryce Carver, Dil, 23.47; 3, Ryan Turley, Ham, 23.50; 4, Ian Damon, Flat, 23.58; 5, Tyler Wilde, Ftn, 23.59; 6, David Wilson, CMR, 23.73.

400 - 1, Bryce Carver, Dil, 52.77; 2, David Wilson, CMR, 53.13; 3, Drew Zeiler, Ste, 53.32; 4, Michael Gallagher, Flat, 54.02; 5, JJ Harrington, CMR, 54.18; 6, Tyler Jacobson

800 - 1, Logan Torgison, Pol, 2:00.76; 2, Wyatt Lawrence, Ham, 2:02.27; 3, Chris Mai, Vic, 2:05.76; 4, Nate Davis, Ftn, 2:08.09; 5, Seth Svennungsen, Flat, 2:08.27; 6, Davin Murphy, CMR, 2:08.47.

1,600 - 1, Logan Torgison, Pol, 4:30.59; 2, Rob Brooks, Sent, 4:34.33; 3, Chris Mai, Vic, 4:36.08; 4, Drew Coco, Wfsh, 4:38.22; 5, Cody Lund, MBS, 4:39.18; 6, Jake Roske, Hgt, 4:40.95.

3,200 - 1, Rob Brooks, Sent, 9:51.30; 2, Paul Abrahamsen, Dar, 9:56.50; 3, Drew Coco, Wfsh, 9:57.10; 4, Jake Roske, Hgt, 10:01.80; 5, Logun Norris, Dil, 10:04.70; 6, Seth Svennungsen, Flat, 10:05.30.

110 hurdles - 1, Slater Powell, Corv, 15.42; 2, Mike Devlin, MBS, 15.47; 3, Dustin Hover, Hgt, 15.51; 4, Lane Hamilton, MBS, 15.57; 5, CJ Manning, Flat, 15.77; 6, Cody Doyle, Pol, 16.63.

300 hurdles - 1, Lane Hamilton, MBS, 40.30; 2, Dustin Hoover, Hgt, 3, Drew Owens, MBS, 40.80; 4, Beau Gravelle, Flat, 41.70; 5, Slater Powell, Corv, 41.80; 6, Allen McCarty, Ham, 42.40.

400 relay - 1, Flathead, 43.94; 2, Russell, 44.84; 3, Big Sky, 44.90; 4, Sentinel, 45.19; 5, Hamilton, 45.32; 6, Dillon, 45.68.

1,600 relay - 1, Flathead, 3:32.00; 2, Hamilton, 3:33.90; 3, Corvallis, 3:35.40; 4, Hamilton B, 3:37.60; 5, Dillon, 3:38.80; 6, Polson, 3:39.60.

Shot put - 1, Dalton Sybrant, Corv, 53-2; 2, Beau Donaldson, MBS, 52-6; 3, Zach Balcom, LSH, 47-9; 4, Josh Harris, Flat, 47-3 1/2; 5, Scott Klakken, Hgt, 46-9; 6, Luke Truman, Rur, 46-7 1/2.

Discus - 1, Dalton Sybrant, Corv, 168-2; 2, Luke Truman, Eur, 155-5; 3, Ryan Ewing, Flat, 146-7; 4, Josh Harris, Flat, 145-5; 5, Calder Morrison, Flat, 142-11; 6, Andrew Voorhees, CMR, 142-11.

Long jump - 1, Aaron Tkachyk, Wfsh, 20-6; 2, Sam Tedrow, Flat, 19-10; 3, Devin Leonardi, Ham, 19-4 1/2; 4, Brooks Nuanez, MBS, 19-4; 5, Blake Stenzel, CMR, 19-2; 6, Curtis Moen, 19-0.

GIRLS

Team scores: Missoula Big Sky 122, Missoula Hellgate 89, Great Falls Russell 67.50, Kalispell Glacier 60, Polson 56.50, Missoula Sentinel 49, Hamilton 33, Whitefish 31, Corvallis 26, Columbia Falls 23.50, Darby 22, Kalispell Flathead 15.50, Dillon 15, Stevensville 14, Frenchtown 13, Loyola Sacred Heart 100, Plains 10, Eureka 6.

100 - 1 Bobbi Furrer, Hgt, 12.93, 2 Morgan Braby, MBS 13.13, 3 Kate Striepe, CMR, 13.14, 4 Maddey Frey, Gla, 13.27, 5 Alicia Toews, Ham 13.50, 6 Brekka Johnson, Ste 13.69.

800 - 1 Misha Trotter, Ham 2:21.41, 2 Chantelle Grey, Sent 2:22.48, 3 Lauren Kuennen, Wfsh 2:26.30, 4 Heather Demorest, Dar 2:29.75, 5 Amanda Barringer, CMR 2:30.83, 6 Kelsie Miller, Sent 2:33.65.

1600 - 1 Heather Fraley, Gla 5:18.20, 2 Keely West, CMR 5:20.81, 3 Misha Trotter, Ham 5:25.46, 4 Lauren Kuennen, Wfsh 5:26.78, 5 Heather Demorest, Dar 5:33.74, 6 Kori Thornock, MBS 5:35.24.

3200 - 1 Keely West, CMR 11:41.70, 2 Heather Fraley, Gla 12:07.10, 3 Sara Coonce, MBS 12:31.60, 4 Tera Klein, Flat 12:38.20, 5 Courtney White, Corv 12:40.40, 6 Frankie Romano, Ham 12:43.50.

100 hurdles - 1 Lindsey Hall, MBS 15.64, 2 Paige Squire, Corv 16.09, 3 Breanne Kelley, Pol 16.34, 4 Ashley Ferda, Wfsh 16.82, 5 Asia Morasco, MBS 17.09, 6 Jessie Gosselin, MBS 17.09.

400 relay - 1 Hellgate, 51.12, 2 Great Falls Russell 51.77, 3 Missoula Sentinel 52.30, 4 Missoula Big Sky 52.58, 5 Corvallis 53.27, 6 Whitefish 53.28.

Javelin - 1 Ashton Vulles, Pla 128-01, 2 Katie Gannon, Hgt 122-04, 3 Maggie Warren, Dil, 117-05, 4 Abbi Hoerning, Dil 116-03, 5 Meghan Eisenmann, Sent 113-00, 6 Mariah Cress, Dar 122-08.

Triple jump - 1 Kayla Smart, Gla 36-01, 2 Asia Graham, Sent 35-03, 3 Brekka Johnson, Stev 32-08.25, 4 Melissa DeWalt, Dar 32-08, 5 Jessica Brunett, Stev 32-04.25, 6 Bryn Hasquet, Sent 31-11.50.

Pole vault - 1 Allison Huguet, MBS 10-00, 2 Ketti Wilhelm, CF 9-06, 3 Tara Johnson, Pol 9-06, 4 Misty Berdeaux, CMR 9-00, 5 Emily Stoltz, CF 9-00, 6 Megan Baker, Ham 9-00.

Elsewhere,

Bigfork Invitational

Florence traveled to Bigfork for its invitational Saturday. Katie Niemeir swept the hurdles with a 16.02 finish in the 100 and 47.95 in the 300 while the Falcons also swept both the 400 and 1,600 relays. Other top finishers for Florence were Cortney Reynolds for third in the 200 (28.41) and fourth in the 400 (1:05.28), Odessa Conley’s third and fifth-place finishes in the 300 and 100 hurdles respectively and Brooke Zeiler’s fourth-place finish in the 800 (2:37.58).

In boys action, Alex Mitchell finished fifth in the 300 hurdles (47.31) and fourth in the high jump (5-10). Florence senior Danny Lombardo had three fourth-place finishes in the long jump (18-7), triple jump (37-5) and javelin (153-8).

BOYS

Team scores: Thompson Falls 105, Libby 98, Ronan 64, Bigfork 41, Cutbank 32, Eureka 27, Charlo 22, Florence 21, Shelby 18, Glacier 13, Columbia Falls 11, Dutton 0.

1,600 - 1. Donaldson, T.Falls, 4:48.71; 2. Morris, T.Falls, 4:48.93; 3. Naegeli,T.Falls, 4:53.78; 4. Casano, Seeley, 4:55.03; 5. Wroblewski, Ron., 4:59.81; 6. Westoo, Florence, 5:04.68.

300 hurdles - 1. Johnson, Cutbank, 44.09; 2. Engeldrum, Ron, 44.64; 3. Wiley, WF, 44.84; 4. VonHeeder, Seeley, 46.34; 5. Mitchell, Flor., 47.31; 6. Pope, Charlo, 47.47.

High jump - 1. S. Wright, Libby, 6-4; 2. G. Pewe, Bigfork, 6-2; 3. C. Nickol, Shelby, 5-10; 4. A. Mitchell, Flor., 5-10; 5. Z. Evans, Seeley, 5-10; 6. C. Sneed, Bigfork, 5-8.

Long jump - 1. Wright, Libby, 19-3fi; 2. Hoyer, Libby, 19-1/; 3. Freese, Gla. 19-0fi; 4. Lombardo, Flor., 18-7; 5. Thomson, Eur., 18-5fi; 6. Galusha, Flor., 18-0fi.

Triple jump - 1. Wright, Libby, 42-7; 2. Hoyer, Libby, 40-4fi; 3. Robins, C.Falls, 38-2; 4. Lombardo, Flor., 37-5; 5. Hibbs, BF, 36-1/; 6. Jenkins, Flor., 36-1/.

Javelin - 1. Johnson, Cutbank, 168-1; 2. Parcell, Seeley, 162-8; 3. Ballantyne, Shelby, 157-4; 4. Lombardo, Flor., 153-8; 5. Wood, T.Falls, 142-5; 6. Bradley, T. Falls, 140-7.

GIRLS

Team scores: Bigfork 84.3, Florence 73, Cut Bank 65, Libby 60.3, Charlo 54, Ronan 44.3, Dutton 41, Thompson Falls 38, Eureka 32, Seeley 24, Whitefish 6, Glacier 2, Columbia Falls 1, Shelby 0.

100 - 1. Knoll, Bigfork, 12.78; 2. Storle, Dutton, 13.03; 3. Schwindt, Cutbank, 13.23; 4. Egdorf, Bigfork, 13.3; 5. Niemeir, Flor, 13.38; 6. Malecha, Eur., 13.58.

200 - 1. Storle, Dutton, 27.42; 2. Schwindt, Cutbank, 27.78; 3. Reynolds, Flor, 28.41; 4. Crews, Flor, 28.48; 5. Egdorf, Bigfork, 28.53; 6. Lewis, CFalls, 29.08.

400 - 1. Storle, Dutton, 1:02.93; 2. Malecha, Eur, 1:03.87; 3. Schwindt, Cutbank, 1:04.10; 4. Reynolds, Flor, 1:05.28; 5. McLinden, Libby, 1:06.3; 6. Tweed, Seeley, 1:07.77.

800 - 1. Storle, Dutton, 2:33.92; 2. Paine, Bigfork, 2:36.04; 3. Holmes, Seeley, 2:36.91; 4. Zeiler, Flor, 2:37.58; 5. Wilson, Gla., 2:37.87; 6. Malecha, Eur, 2:39.89.

3,200 - 1. Carlson, Bigfork, 12:28.17; 2. Gunderson, T.Falls, 13:27.07; 3. Hamden, Eur., 13:46.66; 4. Mytty, Flor., 14:01.13; 5. Naegeli, T.Falls, 15:01.74.

100 hurdles - 1. Niemeir, Flor., 16.02; 2. Knoll, Bigfork, 16.12; 3. McMillan, Ron., 16.53; 4. Padden, T.Falls, 17.0; 5. Conley, Flor, 17.26; 6. Kelly, Charlo, 17.48.

300 hurdles - 1. Niemeir, Flor, 47.95; 2. Knoll, Bigfork, 48.61; 3. Conley, Flor.,49.03; 4. McMillan, Ron, 49.47; 5. Forrester, Libby, 52.49; 6. Kelley, Charlo, 52.83.

400 relay - 1. Florence, 52.52; 2. Cutbank, 53.11; 3. Bigfork, 53.72; 4. Ronan, 55.4; 5. Eureka 55.07, 6. Dutton, 56.91.

1,600 relay - 1. Florence, 4:20.91; 2. Ronan, 4:25.86; 3. Seeley, 4:29.62; 4. Eureka, 4:33.20; 5. Libby, 4:33.65; 6. Thompson Falls, 4:37.06.


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