Boys run away with Northwest A crown
Wildcat Daniel Jones broke the divisional and school record in the javelin, and teammate Derrick Williams won three races as the Columbia Falls boys track team easily won the Northwest A divisional track title last week at home.
Jones’ first javelin throw was more than 196 feet, but his next throw sailed 202 feet, 6 inches, breaking the divisional record by two inches. Kyle Baker, of Libby, set the previous mark in 2005.
One week earlier at a home dual with Glacier High School, Jones threw the javelin more than 190 feet to break the school record held by Nate Thompson.
Jones said he was trying to break the overall school record, which is more than 205 feet but was set under former javelin standards. Setting the mark brought a wide smile to his face.
“Coach just told me to go out there and have fun,” he said.
Jones also took third in the shot put and second in the discus.
Williams won the 800, the 3,200 and the 1,600 meter runs with times of 1:55.65, 9:38.42 and 4:34.70 respectively. He also took fourth in the 400.
Josiah Osborne also had a great day, winning the 200 in 23.63 and the 100 in 11.43.
Colin King stepped up big and won the long jump with a leap of 21-2.25. The Cats took first through third in the event.
Anthony Correa won the 400 with a time of 51.07, but he strained his hamstring the next day after running the 100. He iced down the injury and was able to walk. Correa is a big part of the team’s hopes to repeat at the state tournament. Not only does he run the 400 and 200, he’s a key leg in the relays.
On the girls side, the Wildkats took third. Jinise Osborne won the 3,200 with a time of 11:56.84. Cortney Niese won the 100 hurdles with a time of 17.43 to lead the Kats.
This year’s state tournament could come down to Corvallis and Columbia Falls on the boys side like it did last year.
Corvallis handily won the Polson ABC meet, where the two teams first met, but many of Columbia Falls’ best boys didn’t compete in all the events.
The state Class A meet will take place in Bozeman with the 400 trials starting at 10:25 a.m. on Friday. The meet continues Saturday.
Girls
Team totals — Whitefish 205, Polson 132, Columbia Falls 105, Libby 46, Frenchtown 36
100: 1. Marlow Schulz, WF, 12.48. 2. Amanda Foley, WF. 12.62. 3. Anna DiGiallonardo, P, 12.85. 4. Elly Webster, L, 13.17. 5. Morgan Christianson, CF, 13.38. 6. Savanna Moon, CF, 13.41.
200: 1. Marlow Schulz, WF, 25.59. 2. Amanda Foley, WF, 25.9. 3. Anna DiGiallonardo, P, 26.81. 4. Elly Webster, L, 27.35. 5. Morgan Christianson, CF, 27.8. 6. Marijka Devivier, WF, 28.06.
3200: 1. Jinise Osborne, CF, 11:56.84. 2. Aja Starkey, P, 12:10.8. 3. Samantha Mundel, CF, 12:21.29. 4. Nicole Brist, WF, 12:26.14. 5. Laura Breidenbach, F, 13:56.21.
300 hurdles: 1. Amanda Foley, WF. 48.6. 2. Morgan Christianson, CF, 49.95. 3. Erica Alfiero, P, 50.52. 4. Courtney Neise, CF, 50.66. 5. Maura Wear, F, 51.82. 6. Ella Kobelt, WF, 52.01.
1600 relay: 1. Frenchtown (Alyssa Kallis, Maja Holmquist, Shalea Wallen, Darby Mcnally). 4:17.52. 2. Polson, 4:19.03. 3. Columbia Falls, 4:23.27. 4. Whitefish, 4:24.. 5. Libby, 5:05.21.
Pole Vault: 1. Jasmine Furniss, F, 9-0. 2. Myka Forster, L, 9-0. 3. Jenny Johnson, L, 8-6. 4. Claudia Hewston, P, 8-0. 5. Brielle Birgensmith, WF, 8-0. 6. Mariana Llaguno, P, 8-0.
Long jump: 1. Anna DiGiallonardo, P, 16-6. 2. Amanda Foley, WF. 15-11.5. 3. Morgan Christianson, CF. 15-4.75. 4. Phoebe Guercio, WF, 15-4.5. 5. Carley Jo Benda, CF, 15-2.5. 6. Taylor Gress, CF,15-0.
Shot put: 1. Eviann Reynolds, WF, 31-2. 2. Abby Strellnauer, WF, 30-1. 3. Jewel Zakit-Ackerman, P, 30-1. 4. Shelbi Mallon, P. 29-11. 5. Shannon MeGinnis, P, 29-7. 6. Faith Bauer, F, 29-4.25.
Discus: 1. Abby Strellnauer, WF, 116-7. 2. Jewel Zakit-Ackerman, P, 109-0. 3. Eviann Reynolds, WF, 99-6. 4. Shelbi Mallon, P, 94-5. 5. Amanda Harrod, P, 94-5. 6. Shannon MeGinnis, P, 93-9.
400: 1. Marlow Schulz, WF, 57.35. 2. Amanda Foley, WF, 59.67. 3. Sarah Latcham, WF. 1:02.66. 4. Morgan Christianson, CF, 1:03.12. 5. Shyla Stevenson, L, 1:03.28. 6. Cedar Jordt, CF, 1:03.94.
1600: 1. Claudia Hewston, P, 5:26.64. 2. Jinise Osborne, CF, 5:30.09. 3. Aja Starkey, P, 5:32.57. 4. Nicole Brist, WF, 5:38.52. 5. Samantha Mundel, CF, 5:40.33. 6. Brittany Swartz, CF, 6:12.50.
100 hurdles: 1. Courtney Neise, CF, 17.43. 2. Ella Kobelt, WF, 17.51. 3. Erica Alfiero, P, 17.95. 4. Maura Wear, FT, 18.25. 5. Erin Tabish, WF, 18.69. 6. Sarah Brennan, FT, 19.23.
400 relay: 1. Polson (Alicia Sicz, Taylor Davis, Erica Alfiero, Anna DiGiallonardo), 52.07. 2. Whitefish (Phoebe Guercio, Ella Kobelt, Sarah Latcham, Marijka Devivier). 52.16. 3. Columbia Falls (Angela Tamburelli, Carla Nicosia, Hope Burlage, Savanna Moon), 52.77. 4. Frenchtown (Jasmine Furniss, Alyssa Kallis, Courtney Krueger, Shalea Wallen), 53.80. 5. Libby (Lana Snyder, Shyla Stevenson, Myka Forster, Elly Webster). 54.09.
High jump: 1. Elly Webster, L, 4-10. 2. Anna DiGiallonardo, P. 4-10. 3. Kidron Lee, P, 4-8. 4. Cortney White, CF, 4-8. 5. Carla Nicosia, CF, 4-8. 6. Torrey Coe, WF, 4-6.
Triple jump: 1. Marlow Schulz, WF, 34-6.5. 2. Carley Jo Benda, CF, 34-2.5. 3. Phoebe Guercio, WF, 33-10.75. 4. Carla Nicosia, CF, 33-4.5. 5. Haley Cyr, FT, 32-1.5. 6. Elly Webster, L, 31-6.5.
Javelin: 1. Bekah Weaver, WF, 106-8. 2. Eviann Reynolds, WF, 99-7. 3. Kaitlyn Gilder, L, 99-6. 4. Abby Strellnauer, WF, 96-6. 5. Hope Burlage, CF, 94-2. 6. Alli Dierenfield, CF, 89-6.
Boys
Team totals — Columbia Falls 174.5, Whitefish 126, Frenchtown 80.5, Libby 73, Polson 71
100: 1. Josiah Osborne, CF, 11.43. 2. Anthony Lowery, F, 11.53. 3. John Owens, WF, 11.55. 4. Vince DiGiallonardo, P, 11.57. 5. Paul McClurg, P, 11.65. 6. Travis Province, CF,11.83.
200: 1. Josiah Osborne, CF, 23.63. 2. Elias Lapka, L, 23.71. 3. John Owens, WF, 23.85. 4. Luke Kazlauskus, CF, 24.09. 5. Luke Cardon, WF, 24.12. 6. Nolan Broden, Libby. 24.13.
800: 1. Derrick Williams, CF, 1:55.65. 2. Travis Hayes, P, 2:02.85. 3. Gage Vasquez, WF, 2:02.87. 4. Luke Cardon, WF, 2:03.72. 5. Tel Motichka, P, 2:04.44. 6. Jacob Thomas, Libby. 2:06.01.
3200:1. Derrick Williams, CF, 9:38.42. 2. Jace Kalbfleisch, WF, 10:20.4. 3. Fischer Gangemi, WF, 10:24.76. 4. Jacob Thomas, L, 10:25.38. 5. Colton Crismore, Libby, 10:25.66. 6. Gunnar Nabozney, F, 10:26.62.
110 hurdles: 1. Brady Baughman, F, 15.74. 2. Trevor Wobschall, CF, 15.74. 3. Dakota Beatty, WF, 15.84. 4. Keaton Grove, WF, 16.14. 5. Adam Schmidt, P, 16.14. 6. David Diehl, F, 16.24.
1600 relay: 1. Whitefish (Luke Cardon, Jace Kalbfleisch, Logan Harwood, Gage Vasquez), 3:32.22. 2. Frenchtown, 3:32.82. 3. Polson, 3:34.52. 4. Columbia Falls, 3:43.94. 5. Libby, 3:48.81.
High jump: 1. Matt Hayes, F. 6-2. 2. Anthony Correa, CF, 5-10. 3. John Chapman, F, 5-8. 4. Colin King, CF, 5-8. 5. Kyle Kelly, CF. 5-6. 6. Logan Harwood, WF. 5-6.
Pole Vault: 1. David Diehl, F. 13-6. 2. Chase Hoyer, L, 13-0. 3. Nolan Broden, L, 13-0. 4. Sean Foley, WF, 13-0. 5. E.J. Havens, WF, 12-6. 6. Drew Fouty, P, 12-0.
Long Jump: 1. Colin King, CF, 21-2.25. 2. Markie Reiten, CF, 20-8. 3. Josiah Osborne, CF. 20-5. 4. Bryce Wehrli, WF, 20-3.25. 5. Matt Price, F, 20-2. 6. David Diehl, F, 20-0.
Shot put: 1. Riley Sampson, P. 50-3.5. 2. Clark Rubel, P, 49-4.5. 3. Daniel Jones, CF, 49-3. 4. Sawyer Zimmerman, L, 47-1. 5. Jacob Babcock, CF, 45-8.75. 6. Joey Emery, L, 43-2.5.
Discus: 1. Riley Sampson, P, 138-1. 2. Daniel Jones, CF, 136-8. 3. Kraig Nelson, L, 136-7. 4. Clark Rubel, P, 134-5. 5. Koler Kanistanaux, WF, 132-4. 6. Christopher Forrest, WF, 128-2.
400: 1. Anthony Correa, CF, 51.07. 2. Logan Harwood, WF, 51.81.3. Luke Cardon, WF, 51.97. 4. Derrick Williams, CF, 51.98. 5. Luke Kazlauskus, CF, 52.58. 6. Colby Peterson, FT, 52.99.
1600: 1. Derrick Williams, CF, 4:34.70. 2. Gage Vasquez, WF, 4:45.35. 3. Jace Kalbfleisch, WF, 4:45.74. 4. Fischer Gangemi, WF, 4:45.99. 5. Jimmy Bjorge, P, 4:46.22. 6. Tel Motichka, P, 4:47.7
110 hurdles : 1. Brady Baughman, FT, 15.42. 2. Trevor Wobschall, CF, 15.43. 3. Dakota Beatty, WF, 15.52. 4. Keaton Grove, WF, 15.88. 5. Adam Schmidt, P, 15.90. 6. David Diehl, FT, 15.93.
400 relay: 1. Columbia Falls (Travis Province, Josiah Osborne, Luke Kazlauskus, Anthony Correa). 44.40. 2. Frenchtown, 44.69. 3. Libby, 44.93; 4. Polson, 45.51.
High jump: 1. Matt Hayes, FT, 5-8. 2. Anthony Correa, CF, 5-6. 3. John Chapman, FT, 5-6. 4. Colin King, CF, 5-6. 5. Kyle Kelly, CF, 5-6. 6. Logan Harwood, WF, 5-6.
Triple jump: 1. Elias Lapka, L, 41-9.75. 2. Conner Williams, CF, 41-6.5. 3. Barak Lapka, L, 41-5.75. 4. Markie Reiten, CF. 40-8.5. 5. Keaton Nicholson, WF, 40-7.75. 6. Matt Price, FT, 39-7.
Javelin:1. Daniel Jones, CF, 202-6. 2. Nolan Broden, L, 161-2. 3. Christopher Forrest, WF. 158-11. 4. Jake May, WF, 157-3. 5. Mark Hader, CF, 152-3. 6. Ty Morgan, CF, 150-2.